{"id":5085,"date":"2010-05-17T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2010-05-17T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:50:14","slug":"nicklas-backstrom-signs-10-year-deal-with-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/05\/nicklas-backstrom-signs-10-year-deal-with-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicklas Backstrom signs 10 year deal with Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again the Washington Capitals are putting a lot of faith behind one of the young guns. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/ovechkins-contract-is-a-13-year-monster.html\">Alex Ovechkin of course signed to a 13 year, $124 million contract in winter 2008<\/a> and now owner <strong>Ted Leonsis<\/strong> and GM <strong>George McPhee<\/strong> has assured that his linemate, C <strong>Nicklas Backstrom<\/strong> is going to be there for the that period too. <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/capitalsinsider\/contract-details-for-backstrom.html\">Backstrom has signed a 10 year, $67 million deal<\/a> (<em>Capitals Insider<\/em>). Obviously, it is a risk signing players to deals that long, but at the backend, these players should be bargains for the team.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/capitalsinsider\/marcus-johansson-rocks-the-whi.html\">Marcus Johansson, the 2009 #1 draft pick by the Caps, also signed<\/a>. He&#8217;s also a Swede. He&#8217;ll wear #90, even though the -0&#8217;s tend to be used for goalies. The gave him a white sweater to wear.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, the Caps are saying &#8220;this is who we are and are going to be for the next decade.&#8221; Given that they are both 100 point scorers, I&#8217;m pretty happy with the move.<\/p>\n<p>May fortune favor the bold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again the Washington Capitals are putting a lot of faith behind one of the young guns. 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