Why are we taking Hudler at $7 as gospel? When it was announced that Giordano was looking for $9mil a year, most posters correctly pointed out that this is how negotiations work and that the final contract would be $2 - $3 less per year.
This is pretty much the same thing (only from an incredibly unreliable source), so I'm sure a Hudler deal is coming in closer to $5 than $7. You can still argue that we shouldn't re-sign him, and that's a convincing argument considering his age and who else we have to re-sign, but I highly doubt we're looking at a $7mil/yr contract extension with Hudler.
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