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Originally Posted by Textcritic
The player risks the loss of opportunity that could see him sign a bigger contract down the road. Even if the cap remains static (which is doubtful) and even if Johnson merely maintains his current level of play, after four years it seems pretty likely that he could sign as a UFA for a fair bit more money.
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I'm not sure if the market is willing to pay an 18 goal, 50 point, undersized, injury prone center considerably more than $5 million a season. He's a good player but not elite or even great and there's not much in the way of untapped potential. IMO he made out very well in this deal and the Lightning are taking most of the risk here.