Certain players become eligible for max-length extensions. And for the Las Vegas Golden Knights, Jack Eichel fits the bill. As of Tuesday, Eichel can now sign an eight-year extension with Vegas.

On the surface, it’s a fair contract for a superstar signing with a contender. Digging deeper shows potential red flags for Vegas.

In 2015, when Mitch Marner was drafted fourth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs, his head coach, Mike Babcock, didn’t want him. Babcock wanted a defenseman, like Noah Hanifin or Ivan Provorov, after the team’s brutal 68-point campaign in 2014-15.