Chiggy
Joined: May 2017
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It's fine. The NMC isn't a huge deal for a player on a two year deal at that price. If the Penguins are trying to trade him in year two of that deal, they have a lot of issues.
The cap hit is fine for how he's producing this year and he gives the team a solid 3C. This isn't like the Leafs giving Marleau $6,250,000x3 at the same age, which was insane.
The important part is that this seems to indicate that the Penguins are trying to compete and not rebuild, which means the other free agents should be coming back too.