The Capitals announced yesterday that they’d re-signed Jakob Chychrun to an eight-year, $72 million contract extension and taking care of their last big pending UFA ahead of the final push for the playoffs. It’s a huge deal, and one that certainly has its supporters and its detractors.
So let’s break it down and look at this thing from both sides – is it a good deal or a bad one? Kicking things off with the negatives, because let’s be honest…that’s simultaneously the favorite and most frequent response to things like this.
Cons
First of all, it’s the sheer amount of money.