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Henrique re-signed. 6 years, 24 million.


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Nothing about Henrique right now says $4 million per year player to me.  Lou took a bit of a gamble here.  Definitely falls under the "Can't really judge this one for a while" category. 

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Nothing about Henrique right now says $4 million per year player to me.  Lou took a bit of a gamble here.  Definitely falls under the "Can't really judge this one for a while" category. 

 

All depends on whether it hamstrings you from making other moves you otherwise would make.  With the cap set to go up dramatically after this year, and only a few players currently on the roster that could plausibly be in a position to demand significant raises in the next few years (Larsson, Josefson, Loktionov and Schneider), I don't see this as an issue.

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Nothing about Henrique right now says $4 million per year player to me.  Lou took a bit of a gamble here.  Definitely falls under the "Can't really judge this one for a while" category. 

 

The cap is artificially low at the moment and the Devils only have one forward signed past 2015-16.  Henrique would've been UFA in 2017 - cap figures to be at least $75M by then, probably closer to $80M - if it's $80M, a $4m Henrique is equal to a 2.8M player under a 56M cap (i.e. what the NHL had in 2008-09 and 2009-10).  It's a risk worth taking.

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