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Holy Massive Overpayment Batman!

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3 years/$12.25MM!?!

http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?...id=DL|BOS|home

If I were Krejci (3 years/$11.25MM), I would fire my agent.

They basically expect Lucic (17/25/42) to develop into a Dustin Brown (33/27/60) type player. However, Dustin Brown just re-signed this year for $3.175MM for 5 years.

How much does this stupid signing jack up the cost of our RFAs? How much is EJ going to get this offseason?

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It's a valid point. Lee Stempniak had an even better season, signed a 3 year 7.5mm deal, and regressed to the point where that seems like a pretty poor contract now.

I don't see this breaking the contracts of other league players. I mean this Milan is now being paid more than Milan Hejduk, and it's really on par with what Pittsburgh gave Jordan Staal for his potential.
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Dustin Brown just re-signed this year for $3.175MM for 5 years.
Are you sure? That's only 1.5M a year....that seems cheap to me.
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I fail to see how the signing of 1 player in Boston at the beginning of the season will set any precedence for the Blues and EJ down the road.

It's one signing and it's not DiPietro-level ridiculous.

If anything will cause problems, it's those 10+ year contracts w/no trade clauses.
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xbleed83bluex wrote:
Dustin Brown just re-signed this year for $3.175MM for 5 years.
Are you sure? That's only 1.5M a year....that seems cheap to me.
It's $3.175MM/yr for 5 years.

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