Frank Vatrano just signed a 3 yr/18M extension with 3M/yr in base salary and 9M in deferred salary, making his AAV 4.57M. Would you do this with Boeser?

Boeser is reportedly looking at an 8x8 contract, I'm not going to pretend im an expert, but if we can draft the contract with similar deferrals to the Vatrano extension, we could get it down to an AAV of 6-6.5M/8 years, that seems much, much more palatable. Some more tweets regarding the Vatrano signing to provide context:

LeBrun: Frank Vatrano’s 3-year, $18M extension is an interesting one. He will get paid $3M a year in base salary but then $9M in deferred salary. Starting 10 years from now in 2035, will make $900,000 a year for 10 years, and his plan is to live outside of California (and its tax system) at that point in retirement. Ducks, meanwhile, benefit with deferred payments by having $4.57M AAV (instead of $6M AAV) on the deal. Creative way for both the team and player to make it work. And perhaps show other players in future way to stick-handle around California tax issue.

Chris Johnston: This is the most extreme use of deferred compensation we've seen deployed in the NHL in terms of pushing the money well into the future.

Friedman: This is an Ohtani-esque contract extension for Vatrano