This is nothing short of a big bet by Chiarelli - He put a $30M marker on a guy with just shy of one total season in the NHL hoping he turns into a legitimate, long term, top 4 defenseman. Is Klefbom's ceiling so high that you needed to get him locked in at a reasonable number before his play priced him out of their cap structure?
To me, this ties into the Ho-Sang thread - in both cases, you have something that, in isolation could be seen as not a huge deal (oversleeping and giving a long term deal to a young player), but given each guy's track record (Ho-Sang with authority/rules issues, and Chiarelli with cap management issues) you have to wonder if it's a sign of a fundamental flaw rearing its head again.
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