Soderberg v. Spooner

[Beesfan]

it'll be a 4x4.5. enough security, more term than he's earned (to date, not just NHL) all in the first season. He's probably giving up a bit in salary but that would seem like a no-brainer to me (in this, always rising, market).

Exactly. 4 years, 18 million. NMC for the entire term. My gut feeling, and its nothing more than that, is that he wants one good NHL contract and then to return to Sweden. By resigning here he gets to play with one team the whole time and he gets a chance to win every year.