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Draper: Locked Up

by IwoCPO on 10/26/07 at 09:00 AM ET
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Various sources reported it last night. Kris Draper and the Wings have worked out an extension that will keep him in Hocke...errrr, Detroit. 

Draper, 36, is in the final year of a contract that pays him $2.128 million this season. He will earn $1.85 million next season, $1.65 million in 2009-10 and $1.25 million in 2010-11. He was offered a one-, two- or three-year deal and opted for the security of a longer term. The deal might be announced today.

TSN also has it.

Draper is still one of the top 5 defensive forwards in the game, top 3 faceoff men, and now one of the top five bargains in the NHL. 

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Okay, so do the Wings now officially have the best “bargain” roster in the league?

- Draper
- Zetterberg
- Homer
- Cleary
- Franzen
- Filppula
- and yes… Datsyuk (just look what guys got last offseason and tell me he isn’t a bargain)

Sure, some of these will go up in a hurry, but having Drapes/Homer/Datsyuk locked up for (relatively speaking) low rates is a great start.

Posted by Nathan on 10/26/07 at 08:09 AM ET

Compared to Drury, Gomez, etc. (and their productions so far)… Dats’ 7+mil/per and Hanks soon to be about that, yes, the Organ-I-zation is toting quite the bargain roster.

I would have thought Drapes would be worth more than what he signed for considering what everybody else is getting.  Good for the Wings, good for Draper - if he got what he wanted.  It’s too bad that his dedication to the Wings won’t earn him a retired 33.

Posted by cementslinger from Midland MI on 10/26/07 at 08:50 AM ET

Maybe not a retired number but certainly positions within the organ-i-zation. I didn’t know Fisher was scouting for us but that was great to hear that they were taking care of him. I would expect the same or better for Draper, especially given his leadership/mentoring skills.

Posted by srt on 10/26/07 at 09:12 AM ET

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