Bruins Extend Krejci

David Krejci and the Bruins announced today that they had agreed to a 3 year extension

Today, the Bruins announced that they extended center David Krejci for another 3 years. The deal is reportedly worth $15.75M and will carry a cap hit of $5.25M.

The timing of this is just so damn funny. All week there have been rumors galore of the Bruins possibly trading David Krejci in exchange for Anaheim winger Bobby Ryan.  Then, the end of the week comes and it's "Hey guys! We extended him so shut your mouths!" Great timing Chia.

The money he's getting in this makes me a little bit uneasy though. He's a 60 point player who's off to a downright horrible start this year and adds almost nothing to the powerplay. 5.25 million for a 60 point player? That just seems insane. Very few GM's in their right mind would give a 60 point player 5 million. But, I do see where Chiarelli is coming from. He's taking everything into consideration with this deal. And when I say everything, I mean everything. Not just his regular season play, but his play in last year's cup run (without Krejci I don't know how the Bruins would have won) and witnessing how much of a factor he is to the team in the playoffs (see: Injury in 2010 East Semi-Finals) So I guess you can make a case for 5.25, but it still seems too high to me. Then again, we all said that about Ference, Thomas, and Bergeron, and sure as hell those guys are earning their money.

The other funny thing about this deal is that it was signed yesterday in Krejci's hotel room before the Toronto game. I guess the new contract explains the huge game he had, not the trade rumors.