Ruutu to re-sign with Canes

[Kovy27]

http://spectorshockey.net/wordpress/201 ... urricanes/

4 years, 4.75 per.


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Assuming no hiccups, Ruuttu expected to get a 4-year extension with a slight bump on the $3.8M he's currently earning. #TradeCentre #tsn

[Malkamaniac]

I don't really remember a year when pieces thought to get traded and help a club out stay with their teams and actually re-sign. Good for Ruutu.

[npv708]

4 million for Ruutu? Too much

[Henry Hank]

McKenzie is saying $4.75 million per now. They should have just traded him if it was going to cost them that much to keep him. The guy averages less than 50 points a season. Kunitz is in the 20-25 goal, 50-60 point range per 82 games and he's a million under that.

[Malkamaniac]

Yea 4.75 is really really poor overpayment.

[TheHammer24]

Neal at $5mm? It's evident that players sign with the Pens for less money. Even martin did.

[SolidSnake]

Gonna be a boring trade deadline I'd say

[TheHammer24]

Gonna be a boring trade deadline I'd say

I think that bodes will for the Pens. I don't want the other teams getting pieces, and I really want to see the Penguins acquire that Crosby guy -- I know he's injury prone and all -- for the playoff run.

[Fire0nice228]

4.75 for Ruutu is crazy, but its Carolina, not exactly a hockey hotbed. The weathers nice though..

[Malkamaniac]

This has a 3 year NTC for the first 3 years of the deal. Are you serious?

[columbia]

This has a 3 year NTC for the first 3 years of the deal. Are you serious?

He must be going PT to NC State and needs to finish up his degree.

[Fire0nice228]

This has a 3 year NTC for the first 3 years of the deal. Are you serious?

Would that many teams want Ruutu at that salary, really?

[The Snapshot]

4.75 for Ruutu is crazy, but its Carolina, not exactly a hockey hotbed. The weathers nice though..

He gets dinged quite a bit for a guy who would be paid that. Only $25K less than James Neal, crazy!?

[pcm]

Not sure what Rutherford's thinking... all the trade talk with Ruutu atop everyone's most wanted list must have screwed with his head. Gleasson was a good sign, as dman are hard to come by, but oft injured 2nd line wingers shouldn't be making 4.75m...

[Fire0nice228]

250k

[brwi]

Wow. 4 yrs @ 4.75mil/yr is a serious overpayment for Ruutu. Rutherford has made some pretty questionable moves since Carolina met the Pens in the conf finals a few years ago, and this is another one. Is he thinking that the Canes have a shot at winning the SE with Ruutu this season? I know it's not out of the realm of possibilities as bad as the SE is right now, but this contract is a real puzzler to me.