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Originally Posted by dash_pinched
I'm likely in the minority on this, but if BT can get Kris Russell to ink a 3 year deal at $4 million per season, would that be so terrible? His game has definitely turned around in the last couple of weeks.
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The initial problem I could see is I don't think he is worth $4 million a year so overpaying for a bottom pairing defenseman is a bad idea.
Beyond that for next year we would have:
Gio- 6.75
Brodie- 4.65
Hamilton- 5.75
Wideman- 5.25
Russell- 4
Smid- 3.5
Engelland- 2.9
That is $33 million dollars in our defense which is way too much (when you consider how they have played this year its insanely too much).