One of the biggest factors in contract negotiations these days is contracts of comparable players. You look at recent goalie signings; , Varlamov: 5 years, 5.9 per, Bishop: 2 years at 5.95 per, Lehtonen: 5 years at 5.9 per, Crawford: 6 years at 6 per. He's had similar statistical numbers to them with, give or take, plus averages more games per season than any of them. Then on top of that you factor in that Pittsburgh doesn't have any other solid options. Nobody's really looking to trade a goalie, there aren't any solid free agents now or coming up in the offseason. Then you factor in that in his previous ten seasons in the NHL, one shortened due to the lockout, one due to injury, he's had at least 30 wins four times, 40 wins two times, and has a Stanley Cup ring, and excluding the lockout shortened season and 2002-2008, hes played in at least 60 games since 2006. If you've got a logical reason why that's a bad contract, have at it.
