September 24, 2021 by Charlie Eisenhood in Opinion with 0 comments
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Q: Which players are most likely to be switching sponsors this year? And what are the betting odds of the biggest names leaving their current sponsor within five years?
– Bombardier
A: I talked a lot last offseason about how all of the multi-year contracts was going to make this year’s hot stove quite a bit cooler. The sport’s biggest names are mostly under contract through at least 2022 if not beyond, and we’ve seen a growing trend of early extensions for top players.
But let’s take a look at who (as far as we know) is going into free agency this winter (current sponsor in parentheses).
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