Before Christmas last season the Dallas Stars offered Klingberg an 8-year contract worth a total $58,000,000 but Klingberg's agent advised him to decline. Instead his agent advised him to hold out for an 8-year offer with $64,000,000 or $8,000,000 per season. That offer never came.
Fast forward to the start of free agency and Klingberg sad looking for a 7-year deal worth $42,000,000. The deal already cost the defender $16,000,000 in total salary. But there were no bites.
Ultimately Klingberg ended up signing a 1-year deal worth $7,000,000 with the Anaheim Ducks. It's no wonder Klingberg fired his agent after he cost him a guaranteed $51,000,000 in salary.