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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
Tavares contract breakdown:
Year 1, $650k salary, $15.25M sb;
Year 2, $910k salary, $15.25M sb;
Year 3, $910k salary, $11.09M sb;
Year 4, $910k salary, $8.44M sb;
Years 5-7, $910k salary, $7.04M sb in each of those years
Over 31 million in the 1st 2 years
70 million of the total 77 million is signing bonuses
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Is it normal to structure contracts this way? With the emphasis on signing bonus vs. salary is it meant as an incentive for the player as they get all their money at the beginning of each year?