I don't understand the reactions on here. Terms like "boat anchor" are way overblown.
Other dmen making 5.5 million next season:
Wisniewski, Dan Girardi, Nick Leddy, Matt Carle, Tyler Myers.
Guys like Streit/Wideman/Bogosian make a couple hundred thousand less.
Petry had a great playoffs for the Habs and he would have been one of the most sought after defencemen in a shallow market. Given that, 5.5 is not a surprise at all. People calling for 4-4.5/per for 2nd pairing Dmen are out to lunch. Especially for a RH shot who handled an immersion into the MTL market just fine.
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