This makes the Erik Karlsson contract look amazing. The Sens were smart to sign him to a long term deal instead of going the Montreal route with the bridge contract.
It is tricky because bridge contracts are low risk and help your cap situation now while long term deals are high risk and may either help or cripple your cap in the future. In hindsight the Flames should have signed Brodie to an 8 year deal but at the time he had only proven enough for a bridge deal.
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