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Originally Posted by Rapidfire999
This would be very dumb of Cowen to accept if he thinks he can project to be a Very good top 2 dman. If he thinks he doesn't have much more to contribute then it will be a major steal for him. Tough decision!
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I wouldn't view it like that. Cowan has untapped offensive potential but right now he projects to be a defensive shutdown defenseman. Shutdown defensemen generally don't make $5M+ a year. For a player who is coming off hip surgery and likely won't be making much more than $4M a year until he hits UFA, 8 years at $3.5M a year = security.