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Originally Posted by D as in David
I doubt it's resting on his laurels as much as it is handling his new world with a fat contract. He may be trying to do too much, which could result in him losing his focus and not playing to the coaches' expectations.
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I still remember when Roman Turek got a fat new contract after that hot start in '01-02. That's exactly what happened to him. He thought he had to do more to justify the money, and ended up doing the wrong things. What he should have done was carry on playing exactly the way that got him that contract, but he pressured himself into losing his game.
It's definitely a risk when a player gets a massive raise.