You guys are crazy. This is an absolute ****ing failure by Yzerman. The guy was a RFA who had played like 40 games in the NHL and only like 8 with your team. He made $650k and could have been qualified for $715k. Sure I could see offering him like 1M per to give him a bone but 2.3m per is an atrocity. What a blatantly pathetic use of cap space. You have the guy by the balls and you let him kick you in the throat. A guy with no leg to stand on is gonna hold out on and you and not play hockey for multiple years because he wants more than 1m for two years? Highly doubt it, and if he did is that really who you want on your team?
And for those that will say, well if he pans out to be the guy then 2.3m isn't too bad. You're right, it's not, but 1M looks exponentially better. And there's zero reason he shouldn't have gotten that.
On top of that what does that say to Lindback who was in nearly the exact same situation when he signed. You got him for 1.5M per but Bishop is now worth almost a million more.
I'm sorry but this is terrible management by Yzerman here.