Give Columbus credit...they secured their star for a long time....about oh...eight years. GM Scott Howson confirmed to the CP and now AP that the deal is worth 62.4 million dollars over eight years. Using rough math translation...that is right at 7.8 million per year. Turns out that is almost in between what Howson originally asked for (7 million) and what Rick Nash asked for (8.5 million). Weird how that works out.
Some quick notes along the way......
Nash, who would have been an unrestricted free agent after next season, set career and team highs last season with his 79 points (40 goals, 39 assists) in 78 games in leading Columbus to its first trip to the playoffs in the franchise’s eighth season.The 25-year-old left wing from Brampton, Ontario, tied for the NHL lead in goals with 41 in the 2003-04 season.
Now I guess he is going to have to really earn it. At least to me considering he is healthier than Marian Gaborik has been the last several years...this is a pretty nice deal.
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He will. He will Chris. A must for the BJ's moving forward to get one of the game's top finishers locked up.
And he'll be a bargain. Nuts.
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