The Coyotes May Have Just Signed the Craziest Contract of the 21st Century
The Arizona Coyotes have been no stranger to crazy, puzzling moves over the past two decades, but one of their recent moves may have been one of the weirdest we've ever seen.
In 2022-23, center Jack McBain completed his first full season at the NHL level, tallying a solid 12 goals and 14 assists over 82 games, enough for the team to bring him back on a new two-year deal.
That was a wise move for Arizona, as they're looking to build around this young core of Clayton Keller, Dylan Guenther and Logan Cooley, but it wasn't signing McBain that was strange, but rather the terms of his new contract.
A strange number indeed
After a solid year, McBain deserved to get paid as he has plenty of potential, but now CapFriendly has confirmed the deal comes in at two-years, $3,199,998, meaning his annual value sits at $1,599,999.99.
Yes, that means McBain will earn exactly one penny shy of $1.6 million for each of the next two years, as he looks to establish himself, and it appears there's absolutely no explanation for this odd deal. Still, it's great value for both parties, no matter how puzzling that number truly is.
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JUILLET 30 | 123 ANSWERS The Coyotes May Have Just Signed the Craziest Contract of the 21st Century Will McBain live up to the money he's been given? | ||
| Yes | 66 | 53.7 % |
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| William Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mark Stone | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kaedan Korczak | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mitch Marner | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Devon Toews | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jack Drury | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nazem Kadri | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Keegan Kolesar | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Coghlan | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Parker Kelly | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Manson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Martin Necas | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Shea Theodore | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
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