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Old 04-10-2013, 05:02 PM   #164
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Originally Posted by moon View Post
200k is all he gets for a signing bonus?

I knew a guy that was a late round pick and never played in the NHL that got more than that. Still plenty of money to pay for school expenses if that is what he wants to do.
$92,500/year is the maximum signing bonus he could receive. $70,000 would be his AHL salary.

If he turned out to be another Mitch Wahl and busted out during his ELC while never playing a game in the NHL, he'd walk away as a 24 year-old with $487,500 earned as a professional hockey player.
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