A 4th-liner who is a team leader, one of your top penalty killers, and can move up the lineup to fill in for injuries? Definitely worth 2m, and 2.2 is not a stretch.
What I really don't understand is how a few people seem to think he's worth 2m but are getting bent out of shape over the other $200,000. In the NHL nowadays, that's the kind of money you find under your sofa cushions – less than 0.3% of the cap. There are several easy ways to recoup that money elsewhere once the cap becomes a problem.
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