Matt Karash: Alexander Semin extended - 5 yrs at $7M/year

Woah!

That's sets an ugly precedent. Semin not worth 7million a year. The cap is going down next year....right?

That is brutal it isnt like he is tearing it up

That's sets an ugly precedent. Semin not worth 7million a year. The cap is going down next year....right?
- Hallis2

I like him, but that's insane - 1 year at $7 mil made sense for this year, should have been able to negotiate a lower salary with the 5 year term.

Makes me feel slightly better about Vinny's contract, but only slightly.

Makes me feel slightly better about Vinny's contract, but only slightly.
- simon17

HA! thanks for making the Getzlaf and Perry signings a bargain.

I like him, but that's insane - 1 year at $7 mil made sense for this year, should have been able to negotiate a lower salary with the 5 year term.
- MadCap2008

Absolutley NUTS. What is the price of a ticket to watch him play.

Dont like that signing

HA! thanks for making the Getzlaf and Perry signings a bargain.
- duxcup07

He does have nore points then perry though but contract is still brutal and perey missed games and he brings alot more grit

Dont like that signing
- Joshc

Ownership like this is what is wrong with the NHL. Now every player better than Semin(and there are many) will use this contract as a bargining chip and the third & fourth line players will have to play for next to nothing.
Wake up owners you are ruining the game

As a fan, it's deals like this that make me just really, really appreciate the lockout.

its been 30 games dude...

That contract is ridiculous

WOW.......


Semin is not worth that contract.....

5yrs for 5M would of been better

what????? didn't we just have a lockout to prevent this stuff?? the ownership has nobody to blame but themselves when the league is still in the red in 5 years. now bozak is going to want 5 million for sure, kadri will be in the 7mill range, thanks Carolina!

While I won't pretend that I didn't think the annual salary would be a little lower, this is not the end of the world. The point is not that he's only been here for 30 games (in which he has been a PPG player and is posting a +18). The point is that the players like him, he fits in, and, above all else, he and E. Staal have shown tremendous chemistry. THAT is what this is about, surrounding our captain with talent that he clicks with.

And who here can honestly say that, with the scoring clip he is on, that were he to hit the open market he would not get $6-7 million? And leave the cap going down argument out of it because we all know that teams find a way, for better or for worse. The bottom line is that he has proven to be a good fit here, JR ponied up what he felt he needed to, and this is far from the worst contract in the league.

Move on.

stupidity

Most of you are delusional to how valuable of a player is, and what price must be paid to getting a point per game player. If he hits the open market he gets more. He is a superstar talent/ and player. He is the main reason for E Staals resurrection, a full season I see them both bringing in around 90-100 points for the next 3-4 years. He's the reason people know who Tlustly is. It is not nearly as bad as the Getzlaf or Perry contracts. If you had to ask me who I'd rather have contract aside I still may take Semin then both of them.

8 goals, 22 assists. He's hit the goal post at least 5-6 times as well, if not more.

more like 5-6 times a game. But in all seriousness probably has around 10-15 posts this year.

that's insanity.

really validates a lockout when the owners are still backing up the money trucks dishing out ridiculous contracts like that. wow is that bad.

more like 5-6 times a game. But in all seriousness probably has around 10-15 posts this year.
- StaalsnUrinals

Post = NO GOAL !

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades !

Silly ass contract

You always have to adjust for that strange Canadien vs. Russian bias.

Semin's career numbers are slightly better than Perry's. Both are coming off similar disappointing seasons last year. They are similar in age. Both are having good 2013 campaigns with good chemistry on very good 1st lines that are producing though Semin does get the slight nod stats-wise. Both are on the last year of their current deal and only about 3 months away from UFA status if the GM waits. And Perry's inability to control his temper past what most learn at the age of about 5 has him playing his entire career on the very edge of Sean Averyness.

But somehow Semin's $1.6M discount over 3 fewer years is ludicrous.

???