from TSN,
Vincent Lecavalier’s new deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning will carry him close to his 40th birthday.
The 28-year-old franchise centre signed an 11-year, $85-million contract extension with the Lightning that will kick in for the 2009-2010 season and run through the 2019-2020 campaign.
Lecavalier will earn $10-million per season in salary and bonuses for the first six seasons of the deal, before dropping to $8.5-million in 2016-2017, $4-million in 2017-2018, $1.5-million in 2018-2019 and $1-million and 2019-2020.
Two thoughts:
Wasn’t there a contract recently rejected because there was too much of a variance between the first and last year salaries? If memory serves me, for someone in Nashville? Does that not apply here due to the extreme length (11 years) of this deal, or am I just very confused?
Also, hasn’t this deal been in the works for a long time, long enough that the people praising Barrie and Koules should really be thanking Feaster, and just thankful that the new boys decided to see it through, unlike Boyle?
Posted by senshobo on 07/12 at 11:24 PM