The Athletic releases ranking of the most contract-efficient teams in the NHL
Which NHL teams are the most efficient at signing high-end players to team-friendly contracts?
The Athletic has recently released their 32-team contract efficiency rankings, giving each team a grade based on their signings and their performance for that amount of pay.
As per Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic:
''Probability is not destiny, but it is a good way of showing which teams are likely to get the most value out of the deals currently on the books, and which are not. The contracts being graded include every healthy, non-ELC skater who carries a projected value from the model. Also, any dead money (buyouts, retention, recapture) on the books counts too.''
Here are the top 10 teams in the NHL:
''Age matters a lot here (all future projections are adjusted), as does term length as surplus value can compound over longer deals, for better or worse. Players peak between the ages of 22 and 26, so older players don't earn a lot of grace here, with some exceptions.''
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