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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
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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Yeah, it seems like they are counting on a huge jump in production from him. That may or may not be justified, but as it is he's paid like a 30 goal/70 point guy at least, when he's come nowhere near that so far. So I can see how some observers are a little surprised.