The Taylor Hall Contract Extension

The Edmonton Oilers have signed former 1st overall pick Taylor Hall to a 7 year contract extension worth $42M (with an annual salary of $6M). This is certainly a rich contract for a player at his stage of development with 95 PTS in his first 126 GP. That's a richer contract than John Tavares, but less money than Edmonton offered Thomas Vanek once upon a time. Taylor Hall's second contract is more money than that attained by Corey Perry, Milan Lucic, Ryan Getzlaf, and Phil Kessel. Logan Couture signed a 2 year $5.7M deal, and compared to what Hall got, Logan should consider firing his agent. The bottom line, this is an expensive contract for a player who has yet to play more than 65 games in a season.

Below is a list of players who signed their current contracts at a similar age and have comparable offensive production.

Player	Team	Cap Hit	Years	Total money
Alexander Ovechkin	WSH	$9,538,462	13	$124,000,006
Thomas Vanek	BUF	$7,142,857	7	$49,999,999
Anze Kopitar	LAK	$6,800,000	7	$47,600,000
Patrick Kane	CHI	$6,300,000	5	$31,500,000
Jonathan Toews	CHI	$6,300,000	5	$31,500,000
John Tavares	NYI	$5,500,000	6	$33,000,000
Phil Kessel	TOR	$5,400,000	5	$27,000,000
Corey Perry	ANA	$5,325,000	5	$26,625,000
Ryan Getzlaf	ANA	$5,325,000	5	$26,625,000
Bobby Ryan	ANA	$5,100,000	5	$25,500,000
Jakub Voracek	PHI	$4,250,000	4	$17,000,000
Milan Lucic	BOS	$4,083,333	3	$12,249,999
Jordan Staal	CAR	$4,000,000	4	$16,000,000
Nathan Horton	BOS	$4,000,000	6	$24,000,000
Sam Gagner	EDM	$3,200,000	1	$3,200,000
Logan Couture	SJS	$2,875,000	2	$5,750,000
Brad Marchand	BOS	$2,500,000	2	$5,000,000
Bryan Little	WPG	$2,383,333	3	$7,149,999
Max Pacioretty	MTL	$1,625,000	2	$3,250,000