Logan Cooley is entering “blank check” territory.

According to Frank Seravalli, one of the most trusted NHL insiders out there, Cooley turned down a contract extension from the Utah Mammoth that would have paid him $76.8 million over the next eight years ($9.6 million AAV).

It’s a revolutionary point in time in the NHL. The salary cap is rising at unprecedented rates, so everyone is getting paid more than they did before, from the players all the way up to the owners.

Kirill Kaprizov, for example, just signed the most lucrative contract in NHL history: $17 million annually for eight years.

Luke Hughes and Jackson LaCombe, who are both closer to Cooley’s age, both just signed deals with a $9 million average annual value, spanning seven and eight seasons, respectively. It wasn’t that lon

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