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Originally Posted by VERVE
Given his rising skill and talent, the Oilers are projecting Klefbom to be a top pairing guy (from 3 or 4 to a 2 or 3 dman) playing big minutes in 2 -3 yrs time. The Oilers management are paying him more money upfront and lesser in his later years. This obviously enticed Klefbom and agent to sign longer term beyond his UFA eligibility and keeping him while in his prime (until 29). My observation in short.
In my earlier post, I forgot to add a qualifier of in the near future that Klefbom skills and talents vs Brodie is perhaps better in (2-4 yrs) hoping to explain his higher salary.
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In 2010-11 as a 20 year olds Tim Erixon and David Rundblad were on the Swedish national men's team and had can't miss top-4 d-men designation in Calgary and Ottawa, possibly in 2011-12 but almost surely after that and for a long time.
Thank goodness they were not given $4M 7-year deals based on these widely assumed projections.