Dr Johnny Fever
Eggplant and Teal
His salary was 690K. Considering he played almost all year in the minors I can't imagine he earned so much as a dime of his bonuses so this is definitely a raise and not a paycut.
Technically yes. But the argument would go something like this...Before I ever played a minute of pro hockey you were OK with paying me $870K. Now that I am more proven, I'm worth at least X. X being no less than $870K.
At least that's what I would have tried to argue.