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Enoch Root · 10-07-2022, 01:22 PM

To those saying it's too long, or the last few years will be painful, let me remind you about Giordano.

Gio signed for 6years at $6.75M, covering his 33-38YO seasons. Many said the last half of the deal would be awful. He won the Norris in year 4 at 36 and in year 5 the deal was still reasonable.

And then there was Tanev. Many said the 2nd half of his contract would be painful, and Nuck fans laughed at us. Tanev has been worth at least $7M these last two years, and is there anyone here who would not sign him to a 2X $4.5M deal for the next two years, in a heart beat?

This contract covers Weegar's 29/30 year, through his 36/37 year. IMO, it will be a bargain for the first 3, no worse than reasonable for the second 3, and then we'll see what the last 2 look like. By then however, the cap will be north of $100M and $6.25M will be the equivalent of $4-4.5M now. So who cares?

10-07-2022, 01:22 PM	#217
Enoch Root Franchise Player Join Date: May 2012 Exp:	To those saying it's too long, or the last few years will be painful, let me remind you about Giordano. Gio signed for 6years at $6.75M, covering his 33-38YO seasons. Many said the last half of the deal would be awful. He won the Norris in year 4 at 36 and in year 5 the deal was still reasonable. And then there was Tanev. Many said the 2nd half of his contract would be painful, and Nuck fans laughed at us. Tanev has been worth at least $7M these last two years, and is there anyone here who would not sign him to a 2X $4.5M deal for the next two years, in a heart beat? This contract covers Weegar's 29/30 year, through his 36/37 year. IMO, it will be a bargain for the first 3, no worse than reasonable for the second 3, and then we'll see what the last 2 look like. By then however, the cap will be north of $100M and $6.25M will be the equivalent of $4-4.5M now. So who cares?