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Originally Posted by Hes
Sign John Carlson for 7x7
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I think Carlson's in line to be the next massively paid UFA (and in my opinion bust). He nearly doubled his points from the previous season to lead all defensemen in scoring (while playing the PP with Ovechkin). He's now playing 27 minutes a night on a playoff team that got to, at least, the conference final. Everything is working out perfectly for him to score in big time during this free agency. Especially as there's no real quality "plan b" for teams.
In fact, the second highest scoring UFA defenseman is his former teammate, Mike Green. Green's coming off a 6M/year contract that he signed after putting up 45 points on the same team that Carlson just put up 68 points on.
Burns signed an 8M/year contract...until he is 40. Carlson is 28, a 7 year contract for him will be entirely during 'prime years'.
If he simply chases money (and that may depend on if he gets the Cup or not), I think the hockey world will be surprised at the contract value.