Long-Term Deals Make Little Sense
With most of the major free-agents now finding new homes, the thing that sticks out other than the money being thrown around is the long-term deals many players received. A five-year deal used to be a rarity, now it’s pretty much the free-agent deafult given that six, seven and eight year deals are part of the hockey landscape.
You have to wonder how much value Philadelphia is going to be getting from Daniel Briere during the seventh and eighth years of his $52-million contract when the slick centreman will be 37 and 38-years-old. In some respects, Briere really signed a four or five-year deal worth $10-million to $13-million a year with the last two or three years of the contract a bonus if he’s still able to perform at a high level.
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