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is everyone really saying 1.6m is an OVERPAY... he got a 700k raise from an elc. hes making slightly more than chris wagner. its 1.6m for 3 years... who cares? its not like they gave him a danton heinen contract of close to 3m when he just wasnt worth it. ide say this is fine regardless. solid depth signing.
Also for everyone that keeps harping on the seattle could take him bandwagon... dont forget krejci is up next year, could easily make a 1 year deal happen with torey krug so he can resign here post expansion draft. theres workarounds. go into 21 offseason and using 7-3-1 pick bergeron, coyle, marchand, pastrnak, debrusk, bjork, kase (could even try and trade them kase if he doesnt really fit here next year...) grz, carlo, mcavoy, and rask. if they pick krejci or krug they are ufa and could just be like nah im all set. their options then become kuraly (could be kept over kase if kase doesnt fit...), lauzon, frederic (could also be kept over kase if kase doesnt fit the team), senyshyn, kuhlman, JFK, clifton, zboril, john moore. Likely in that order. ide bet bruins make some sort of deal though.