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Did PK Subban deal signal NHL owner belt-tightening?
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10:19 AM ET 02.17 | Did the surprisingly small second contract given to defenseman PK Subban by the Montreal Canadiens, along with a handful of other modest pacts for other young players, signal an alteration in the recent NHL policy of lavishing enormous salaries to relatively unproven young players in their first post-entry level deals? Subban, after a four-game holdout, signed a two-year pact that averages $2.875 million. That's an enviable raise from the $875,000 he made last year, but still a far cry from most of the exorbitant second contracts given out. But now, maybe, the trend will start to reverse after the modest deals for Subban, Colorado's Matt Duchesne (two years, $3.5 million hit), Florida's Dmitry Kulikov (two years, $2.5 million hit) and others.
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Colorado's Matt Duchesne (two years, $3.5 million hit)...
Dear Boston Herald, for what it's worth, his last name is spelled Duchene.
Guess they confused him with the greats...Steve and Gaetan Duchesne.
Golden Bay
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The Flames Feaster was very happy to read "owner" and not "GM belt-tightening."
Canuck eh?
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They're still trying to figure out the "extra U" in Bourque.
Canuck eh?
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Waiting for them to spell it Bourne. Identity crisis?
shiprock
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HA!
Center Ice
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:-)
roamer
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Or the beer that was made in Pittsburgh for a long time.
Burgh-Fan
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Rolling Rock from Latrobe ??
Swamp Dragon
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Does it come in beer flavour?
Center Ice
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In Detroit, the GM doesn't have to worry about any belt-tightening. He'll never have as much dough as the owner.
roamer
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In fairness, the Boston Herald is like the Toronto Sun, without the journalistic integrity, sales, importance, and Sunshine Girls.
Schad - Notorious…
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Journalistic integrity????? That's some funny stuff.
You gotta cut the Herald some slack, they are just playing down to the competition.
Rex Racer
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What would be great is if they lowered the salaries and lowered the game prices so the average fan could afford to take the family to a game. We all know it won't happen
nygiants1972
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A little nip from the glass-lined tanks? In the 7 oz. pony bottles? Never heard of it.
Slapshot
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