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Originally Posted by Ped
I assume he's talking about when Hossa signed with Detroit.
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hossa was coming off of 15 years as being a pro.... taking a salary "hit" at that point is his career to chase a Cup is a much, much difference thing than labanc coming off of he ELC and earning substantially lower than what his metrics suggest what he ought to be earning based on the market as exists now...
for his sake, he and his agent better hope this season was a trend an not an aberration; Ferland probably could have earned much more than 3.5 AAV if he extended prior to his falloff...