The vast majority of Lane Hutson’s contract in bonuses | A small no-trade clause

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It’s done: Lane Hutson is in Montreal to stay. On this Thanksgiving Day, the American defenseman saw the Habs make official an eight-year contract at $8.85 million per season. The contract will take effect next summer, and clearly, fans will be cheering him on tomorrow. #Toconvince the defenseman to sign at his price, Kent Hughes worked hard. First, he tried to sign him to a deferred-money contract, but the kid wouldn’t go for it. Or his father didn’t? Or his agents didn’t?

But what made the difference was that the Canadiens agreed to give the American the vast majority of the contract ($55M out of $70.8M) in signing bonuses.

As Eric Engels says, his base salary will very often be a million dollars (or a little more) a year. This is increasingly common – and will be limited in the next collective agreement.

[content-ads]Note that in Year 6 of his contract, i.e. when he would have obtained full autonomy, a partial no-trade clause (10 clubs where he can refuse to be traded) comes into play. Eric Engels also reported this. Note that according to Pierre LeBrun, it was really at the end of the week that the file really picked up speed. From Saturday to Sunday, there was progress in negotiations. And that led to the contract.

[spacer title=’en rafale’]- Practice: everyone has arrived ahead of time and the extras are lined up to stay the same.

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