What The Savard Signing Means To The Bruins
Written by Greg Ezell   
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 18:03

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If you read my previous post about the Marc Savard rumors, you'd notice the first line I wrote:

He said he wanted to finish his career in Boston. At least you can't call him a liar.

I received a text message from the Boston Bruins stating that Marc Savard has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in the black and gold until the 2016-2017 season.

TSN reports that Savard's contract is a cap hit of $4.2M per season.

So what does this mean for the Bruins? Well lets get the easy part out of the way. This extension means that Boston will keep one of the best set-up men in the NHL until he is 40 years old. Savard has led the Bruins in points the last three seasons (including Kessel's AMAZING 36 GOAL SEASON RIGHT LEAF FANS!!!one11!one1one!) and may do so this year providing he can stay healthy. Right now, Savard is 10th on the B's with 10 points, 8 behind leader Patrice Bergeron despite playing 15 less games.

Another great thing (at least in the short term) is the price. Many people (fans, writers) have said that Savard could command anywhere from $5M to $6M on the open market this offseason and it's very believable. What kind of team wouldn't want a playmaker live Savard? Guys like Marian Hossa, Mike Cammalleri and Brian Gionta commanded at least $5M this past offseason and couple can make an argument that Savard is better than any of them.

So what does this mean for Boston in terms of personnel?

The Bruins get Savard for a smaller cap number than he has had the past four season ($5M). This will allow Boston to put money towards players with expiring contracts that they want to keep (guys like Blake Wheeler [RFA], Shawn Thornton or Steve Begin).

This contract should also help the Bruins in their maturation process of players like Wheeler, Milan Lucic, David Krejci (at the center position) and hopefully guys like Zach Hamill and Joe Colborne.

Savard will command the 1st center and power play position for a while and when his play starts to decline, the Bruins have the guys to fill that spot and let Savard become more of a teacher/leader.

What the future holds for a 37-38-39 year old Savard no one can tell, but for now the Bruins have put themselves in a great position for the future.

Now get the man a winger to feed the puck to.

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