It's a bit of a risk because Chabot has only had one season in this role, but if he's able to play this way consistently through his prime, obviously $8M is a good deal. A legitimate first pairing guy who can score 55+ points every year (only had 70 games to do that last year) is going to be worth over 10M as a UFA pretty easily by the time he's 27... They've bought a bunch of his UFA years for far less. And they have Brannstrom waiting in the wings to supplement him.
Now then, off to find a #1C and a starting goalie.
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