Purcell extended 3 years

[Hoek]

Just saw this on the team's Facebook. No numbers yet.

I love this move

[timothy]

Waiting on the numbers to be released, but if this is a proactive move by Yzerman given the recent Jiri Hudler contract, we could be getting Purcell locked up on a cap friendly deal.

[Bolts_26]

Not only did Teddy prove that 2010/11 was not a fluke, but he went ahead and greatly improved production on a worse team.

I hope the numbers are reasonable but I'm happy to have Teddy around for a while.

[Mike]

Originally Posted by timothy

Waiting on the numbers to be released, but if this is a proactive move by Yzerman given the recent Jiri Hudler contract, we could be getting Purcell locked up on a cap friendly deal.

Hudler's a little older but, yeah, given that he'll get a chance to cash in again in 3 years, one would think the deal will be reasonable.

[Mike]

Renaud P Lavoie ‏@RenLavoieRDS
Teddy Purcell contract with Lightning: 3 year / $4 500 000 avg

Higher than I expected for the shorter-term but TB is eating up UFA years and it would seem Yzerman believes Purcell is capable of maintaining or building upon last year.

[thefly]

Originally Posted by Mike

Higher than I expected for the shorter-term but TB is eating up UFA years and it would seem Yzerman believes Purcell is capable of maintaining or building upon last year.

are those numbers confirmed?

would have liked to see some ryan clowe like numbers, but good singning anyway

[Mike]

Originally Posted by thefly

are those numbers confirmed?

Lavoie is pretty reliable. I do not doubt that number is accurate, though $4.5m might be the average annual value while the salary fluctuates a bit from year-to-year.

[the_narrow_way]

I think Purcell has the potential to put up a ton more points in the seasons ahead. Good move to get him wrapped-up for 3 more seasons before the CBA nonsense comes to a head.

[Pat664422]

Wow, I did not forsee Purcell getting 4.5 mil a year. I really wish Yzerman would have waited at least halfway through the season, so Purcell could have sweated being in a contract year a little. I suppose the risk there is if he starts tearing it up statistically, the price would be higher - but really, how much higher than 4.5 mil? I loved Purcell in 2010\11, but thought he sleepwalked through a lot of last season - right after he signed his last multiyear contract. I really hope it was a team wide issue (they did admit in the middle of the season they forgot how hard they had to work for the prior season's success) and not just a Purcell issue.

I would have thought extending him would have gotten us a cheaper rate than what we saw in free agency, for Hudler.