#entry level contract

That's crazy! (Here's Will's break-down on performance bonuses)

So to summarize from the other post, the "A" bonuses are stat-based. You get $250k for each milestone you hit up to $1 million.

Then "B" bonuses are for essentially being a top-ten player or winning one of the big awards (Hart, Conn Smythe, etc).

As a forward, if you're top-ten in the league for points, goals, assists, or points per game played, you automatically get $2.5 million (or whatever your contract allows for. Had Will been a top-ten player, he would've gotten $2.2 million)

Put another way: "A" bonuses are individual milestones and how you ranked against your team while "B" bonuses are how you ranked against the league.

So for Mack's stats this season:

B - [Top 10 in Points] 4th in the league

A - [60] 115 points

B - [Top 10 in Goals] 7th in the league (tied with 3 other players)

A - [20] 40 goals

B - [Top 10 in Assists] 6th in the league

A - [35] 70 assists

B - [Top 10 in Points/Game] 5th in the league

A - [0.73 in Points/Game] 1.4

A - [Top 6 in TOI/Game] 1st - 21:19

A - [Top 3 in +/-] 1st: +8

I’m so happy for him. Hopefully he can score his goals this year.

Yes! So Will is on an entry-level contract right now (ELC), which means that his base salary maxes out at 950k. However, players on ELC's can get big performance bonuses "for reaching statistical or award-based milestones." (how ELCs work)

Here are those stat-based milestones, specifically for forwards:

For players signed starting July 1, 2022, "A" bonuses are worth $250,000 each, to a maximum of $1,000,000 (maximum 4 achieved). They are achieved by each of: -20 goals -35 assists -60 points -Top six in Time on Ice among forwards (in total and/or per game) on team (minimum 42 games) -Top three in +/- among forwards on team (minimum 42 games) -0.73 points per game (minimum 42 games) -End-of Season All Rookie Team -All Star Selection -All Star MVP

So this season, Will's stats in relation to those bonuses are:

[20] 24 goals

[35] 35 assists (what he hit yesterday)

[60] 59 points

[Top 6] 4th amongst forwards - TOI/GP 18:11

[Top 3] Tied for 4th amongst forwards: +1 (idk what happens for ties)

[>0.73] 0.86 Points/Game Played

and then idk about the all-star or end-of-season rookie team, but he hit his max of 4 so it doesn't matter

Had he gotten even one more point, he would've reached all 6 stat-based milestones, however, he still would have been limited to 4 bonuses, which he achieved.

People were talking about it because PuckPedia tweeted about the conditions he needed to hit in order to get that fourth and final bonus:

Oilers Sign Draisaitl, Center Depth Still Uncertain

The Edmonton Oilers have signed Leon Draisaitl to a standard 3-year Entry Level Contract.  Terms of the contract have not yet been released (as of the time of writing), but it is a fair bet that he will receive the maximum $925k base salary, along with many (if not all) of the available bonuses (click here for a full run-down of those bonuses).

Slightly unusually, several class-members of the…