He might hold a grudge. It seems like he really got strong-armed here. The Habs were able to keep his salary low AND managed to have the deal last only two years so that he's still a RFA when the deal is up so they will maintain leverage when negotiations pop up again. I'm sure there's some "wink-wink" "nudge-nudge" going on in terms of suggesting to PK he will get paid a big long term deal when this contract is up but the reality is he's going to have to remain both healthy AND productive to get his full value when this contract is up. He's assuming just about all of the risk here. So yeah, I could see maybe him holding a grudge, especially if there start to be internal grumblings about him not working hard enough or something. At that point I'd want out if I were him.
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