Bruins’ David Pastrnak might have the most team-friendly contract in the NHL

The Boston Bruins defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-3 Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in their Stanley Cup quarterfinals series, and it was largely due to right winger David Pastrnak.

If the Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup in June, it will probably be because of David Pastrnak.

The 21-year-old forward is in the fourth year of his NHL career, the first in which he played a full 82 games in the regular season. He has, to put it lightly, exploded this year, amassing 80 points (35 goals, 45 assists), thanks in part to playing on perhaps hockey’s best line with Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron.

But it has been in the postseason that Pastrnak has really turned it on this season. In Saturday night’s victory, he amassed a superhuman six points off a hat trick — the first of his playoff career — and three assists.

Oh, and there’s another thing. Pastrnak will be able to keep doing this for the Bruins until at least 2023.

Pastrnak and the Bruins agreed to a six-year, $40 million extension in 2017, one that pays the forward an average of $6.6 million annually. That’s less than Bergeron ($6.875 million annually) and technically less than Marchand, whose annual average is $6.125 million over the course of his contract but is $7 million in the first five years (two years in).

Pastrnak’s closest comp, Leon Draisaitl, shows what a value Bruins general manager Don Sweeney was able to work out on the extension. The Edmonton Oilers signed Draisaitl to an eight-year, $68 million contract with an annual cap hit of $8.5 million last season. Oh, and his teammate, Connor McDavid’s, eight-year, $100 million contract pays him $12.5 million annually, and his team didn’t even make the playoffs. Just sayin’.

Now that we know how much they each count against Boston’s cap, let’s take a look at the Bruins’ scoring production from its top line so far this postseason:

Marchand: 1 goal, 5 assists, 6 points

Bergeron: 0 goals, 5 assists, 5 points

Pastrnak: 4 goals, 5 assists, 9 points

Now, it’s 100 percent true that being part of this nightmare line is a big part of the reason Pastrnak is able to be so productive.

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But there’s no question that the Bruins are paying a bargain for a very, very, very good player. One who may even earn the Conn Smythe Trophy in a few weeks’ time.

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