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Originally Posted by TheoFleury
If you don't think he's worth $3.1m, I am having a hard time reconciling the rest of your post with that fact. If Russell is 'average', $3.1m is a slight underpayment given that an average salary in a $74m cap is $3.2m or so. Seems to me that level of compensation is perfectly in line with his abilities if he is 'serviceable'. Probably one of the best UFA contracts signed recently actually. No term, and at an average salary for an average UFA is tremendous.
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His abilities are probably below average insofar as NHL defenceman are concerned, which is why he should settle on a third pairing wherever he goes.
I suppose to some teams that price is entirely reasonable but for our situation I think it would be an overpayment.