Kin
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bustaheims said:Nik the Trik said:Well, like I said, it wasn't always the case. Phaneuf at 7 in a league where players like Getzlaf and Perry get 8.2 and 8.6 didn't look like good value. Phaneuf in a league where elite players are getting 9 and 10.5 looks right.
That was always kind of the expectation, though. When Phaneuf signed his deal, lot of people said "wait until you see what guys like Subban and other top tier guys get this summer."
Except like I said, that does run contrary to what we saw with Perry and Getzlaf who were the first two elite guys to sign big extensions in the new CBA. Their deals fit pretty comfortably into the salary structure established by guys like Crosby and Ovechkin.
So people might have been predicting that future deals would go into new territory and, well, now they look right but it certainly wasn't the case when the Phaneuf deal got signed.