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Originally Posted by The Fonz
It's nearly the same contract as we gave Kiprusoff, beginning in 08/09. Kipper's was a 6yr deal @ 11.60% of the cap, beginning in his 32yo season. Price's contract is an 8yr deal @ 11.32% (assuming a 9M AAV) of today's cap, beginning in his 31yo season.
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You really want to have a goaltender on a $9M contract who will turn 40 in the final year of the contract? Kipper declined considerably in the last 2 years of his contract, after he turned 35 (he retired early and didn't play the final year of that contract). And goaltenders tend to fall off a cliff when they begin that inevitable decline.