[Sylvanfan]

This Ferland contract is okay. I think it could be a year too long but at this dollar figure I think you can live with it. No doubt I like Ferland for 4 years at his age over James Neal.

But Ferland does carry a lot of injury risk for a player his age. No doubt his camp misread the market at midseason as I suspect Carolina would have done 5 per year for 5 years.

As for Vlassic...he never was a huge offensive producer and the signs show decline. He may bounce back for a year, but at this point that will be the exception. I think any team with 3 defenceman making 8 million a year is going to find themselves in a serious cap bind.