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From TSN:
The New Jersey Devils are on the verge of signing free agent forward Brian Rolston to a four-year, $20 million contract.
Update 6:13pm ET: Tom Gulliti at Fire & Ice,
A league source told The Record that Brian Rolston has decided to return to New Jersey and sign with the Devils. The contract is believed to be four years at $5 million per season. More details to come.
That’s a long contract for an old guy…
Posted by Dan from Pittsburgh on 07/01 at 06:18 PMJust 5 million per? Wow. Devils got a steal in the current market.
Posted by Huss from Sarasota, FL on 07/01 at 06:25 PMdamnit.
Posted by Hippy Dave from San Francisco by way of Detroit on 07/01 at 06:29 PMThey can have him for that kind of money. $5 million for a 70-point scorer? That’s insane.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 07/01 at 06:30 PM5 million a year would be a steal for a two-way guy like Rolston… for no more than 2 years. He’ll be 40 when this contract ends? 5 Mil at 40… in the NHL… good god. But good for him, he did right by the only one who matters (and his agent). He’s not going to that bad a team either.
Posted by Franco from Mich on 07/01 at 06:46 PMWay to let him go, Wild. And his replacement is Brunnette? Great. Another first round exit, here we come.
Posted by Five_hole on 07/01 at 06:47 PMThey can have him for that kind of money. $5 million for a 70-point scorer? That’s insane.
That’s the new NHL, brudda. 5 mil for a 70 pt scorer is absolutely a bargain right now. And don’t be surprised if Franzen is locked up for more than that.
Posted by Huss from Sarasota, FL on 07/01 at 07:00 PMRolston admitted to waiting for an offer from Detroit, but they couldn’t offer him the money that he wanted, nor the length. The Wings are setting themselves up to offer Zetterberg, Franzen and Sameulsson bigger paydays after next season, and they can’t do that paying Rolston $4/$5 mil for 3 or 4 years.
Also, Rolston is well aware that Detroit is one of the few top candidates for Sundin’s services, and knew that if he waited around for Holland to make up his mind on Sundin, that his market value would fade and he’d end up signing with Detroit in the instance they don’t sign Sundin for far less than what he wants, or re-signing with Minnesota for far less than what he wants. He had to act fast, and actually got a pretty awesome deal. Look for New Jersey to make offers to Shanahan and Morrison as well, as it looks like a Newark Reunion is taking shape.
Posted by Joseph from Canton, MI on 07/01 at 07:58 PMPlease limit embedded image or media size to 500 pixels wide.
Oh, crap!
Anyone have Sundin’s number?
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 07/01 at 06:17 PM