Something very interesting happened in Orange County today. No, it's not more surfing penguins on a movie lot. But the Ducks signed Chris Kunitz to a 4 year , roughtly $15 million contract. Whether Kunitz is worth that or not is debatable. But the fact that he's signed prior to Ryan Getzlaf or Corey Perry, is very surprising.
There is one of two things at work here. Either a) the agents for Getzlaf and Perry have insisted their clients are going to become restricted free agents and Burke had no choice but lock Kunitz up. Or b) Getzlaf and Perry contracts are nearly done and they just haven't been announced yet because of the situation surrounding Scott Niedermayer's possible retirement. For the sake of Ducks fans we hope it's the latter.
Kunitz is a solid overall player...he benefitted considerably from playing a lot with Andy MacDonald and Teemu Selanne, and we think it will be a stretch for him to repeat his offensive success of last year. He may get matched up with Getzlaf and Perry, which will help them defensively, but that's probably it.
Kunitz - neutral (or slightly negative)
Getzlaf - neutral
Perry - neutral
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