Patrick Johnston: Pat Brisson has signed a lot of big contracts in his life. They are all unique. Connor McDavid's new deal is, and so will Quinn Hughes's next one, he said.

Hockey super agent Pat Brisson has been in the game a long, long time. He’s seen a lot of contracts. Article content

He’s seen how the market for superstar players has evolved in the 20 years of the NHL’s salary cap era and those changes have been front of mind for him. Article content Article content

When Jaromir Jagr, just one of the many start-studded clients he’s had over the years, signed an eight-year, $88-million deal in 2001, it was easy to imagine that players would soon be signing even bigger deals, deals that would pay them, $12 million, $13 million per season, eventually even $20 million.

And then t

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