As you probably already know, the Penguins re-signed Conor Sheary yesterday. 3 years, $3.0 million per. [Pensburgh]
Also richer today, Nino Niederreiter thanks to a 5 year, $5.25 million cap hit. [Hockey Wilderness]
Niederreiter has to make the Sheary contract look even better, right? Both players are the same age, and while Nino has a much more extensive NHL resume (389 regular season games, three 20+ goal seasons to Sheary’s 105 games and one 20+ goal season) their stat-lines for last year were similar. 82 gp 25 goals and 57 points for Nino, 61gp, 23 goals and 53 points for Conor. This is a reason the Penguins only went 3 years on Sheary; a long-term contract buys out UFA years. As you can…
