If you subscribe to the theory that the cap may not increase much over the next few years to manage the escrow issue, then you are projecting him to be almost 9% of your cap. If you see it going up because of the US TV deal, then obviously it looks better.
It's a pretty big bet for a player with 14 goals last year. Considering the team did the deal a year early, they should have earned a discount for that. IMO Keller didn't sacrifice much upside by signing this deal early. I think the team could have gotten a better discount by doing the deal at this time after his production from last year.
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