[Caged Great]

If you were signing Monahan to a 1 or 2 year deal 5 mil per would be about accurate. However, you are basically signing him to a

5, 5, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 7.5, 8.5 contract, which is what a 6.7 mil X 7 deal looks like if spread out.

The last three years are UFA years and is when he should be at his level best.