Is Vladimir Sobotka’s new contract that bad?

As we all know by now, Doug Armstrong finally got that deal signed that he started three years ago. He extended Vladimir Sobotka. After Sobotka’s termination of his KHL deal, one that he signed because he believed that the Blues were lowballing him $300,000 on his last contract, it was only a matter of time before the Blues announced his return.

Sobotka wasn’t going to come back just for two games and the playoffs, so the Blues hammered out an extension with him (which frankly makes me think that the plan was this before Sobotka begged out of his contract, because why beg out with no guarantees?) Spending three seasons away in the KHL negotiated Sobotka right into a three year deal with the…