The San Jose Sharks have re-signed 27-year-old defender Radim Simek to a four-year contract, General Manager Doug Wilson announced earlier today. Though the terms of the deal were not released, CapFriendly has the price tag for Simek at $9 million, with an annual cap hit of $2.25 million. An interesting feature of the contract — which was rumored to be in the ballpark of $8 million last week — is that Simek’s actual salary is front-loaded, decreasing in each of the third and fourth years, and does not include a signing bonus in its fourth year, 2023-24.