A 2 million contract for Cole Caufield according to The Athletic?

Cole Caufield's contract is starting to take shape slowly, with the signings of Matt Boldy and Dylan Cozens.

Many experts agree that he could earn between $7 and $9 million per year on a long-term deal of seven or eight years.

Except Shayna Goldman, a columnist and advanced stats expert for The Athletic.

"A short-term deal would probably keep the contract value around $2 million to $3 million.

A longer-term deal, however, could push it closer to $5 million."

- Shayna Goldman

Yesterday, Dylan Cozens signed a seven-year contract at $7.1M per year, and let's just say that's a better comparable...

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Remember that Caufield has scored 48 goals in 83 games.