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Penguins Extend Neal
by Paul on 02/19/12 at 12:02 PM ET
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from the Pittsburgh Penguins,
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward James Neal to a six-year contract extension, it was announced today by executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero.
The deal begins with the 2012-13 season and runs through the 2017-18 campaign, and has an average annual value of $5 million.
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Overpayed.
It’s gonna’ come back to bite the Pens, just like the Martin and Michalek contracts…
Posted by Primis on 02/19/12 at 04:10 PM ET
It’s difficult to re-sign a 20+ goal scorer showing 30+ goal potential (under the right conditions) to a contract averaging less than $5M a year, unless you do some creative accounting a la Franzen.
Posted by Moq from Denmark on 02/19/12 at 05:06 PM ET
Not every team circumvents the salary cap and signs a guy to a 10-year contract to knock his cap hit down to $3,954,545 per year.
Or $6,083,333 per year.
Or $4,750,000 per year.
Posted by Flashtastick56 from Milford, CT on 02/19/12 at 07:05 PM ET
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6 years 5 Mill per !! good deal for both !
Posted by Evilpens on 02/19/12 at 12:09 PM ET