Just Keep Swimming
Joined: Jun. 2018
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I think the best case scenario of this contract is that it looks like the Krejci deal in that it is fair for the production. Either way it is always better to overpay young guys to term than shirt deals or old guys to term. It's not a very good contract from the team sense, but it's workable within the cap (Crosby and Malkin took a much larger combined %) and a liveable deal.
I'm just glad it's over