Timing is everything in life and the Vancouver Canucks should feel pretty good about their signing of defenseman Alex Edler.
Edler, 26, signed a six-year contract extension on Jan. 18 that will make him the highest-paid defenseman on the team (per the Vancouver Sun). Edler wil earn $30 million over the length of the contract.
If Edler and the Canucks could have worked out a deal before the lockout, Edler's sizable contract would have have almost certainly been for more cash and perhaps a longer term.
It would not have been in the Ryan Suter category—he will earn $12 million prorated (per Capgeek.com) this season—but it would have been for more cash.
Under the new parameters of the collective bargaining agreement, Edler has done very well for himself.
Edler is not in the top rank of defensemen in the NHL. He is not in a category that includes Shea Weber, Erik Karlsson and Zdeno Chara.
However, Edler is very good and moving into the prime of his career. With the retirement of Detroit's Nicklas Lidstrom, Edler has a chance to become the No. 1 Swedish defenseman in the NHL, but he will have to advance quite a ...
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