Analyst weighs in on Cole Caufield's future contract

Cole will become an RFA at the end of next season.

D'Amico would give Cole Caufield six years and $6.5M per year. What did he base this on?

He based it on the deals of Nikolaj Ehlers (seven years, $6 million a year), Clayton Keller (eight years, $7.15 million a year) and Jake Guentzel (five years, $6 million a year).

Yes he looked at the number of years and the annual amount, but more importantly the percentage of the payroll that the pacts represent.

These three agreements are around 8%, which would be $6.6 million with the current payroll. So with $6.5 million, it was to make a round number.