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The minimum teams get a top 4 D for is pretty much 3 years x 4 point something million. This is pretty close to that for a RHD who has proven to be a lot better than a low end top 4D. I think it's fair to assume that the announcement about the salary cap barely rising gave Zub incentive to play it safe and get a contract done.
The Senators lucked out and avoided any real ramifications for bridging Zub two years ago. If you average out both contracts, it works out to 6 years with a 3.9M AAV. I suspect that a 6 year deal signed 2 years ago wouldn't have been for much less than that. In that respect, this signing is going to have a lot of Sens fans breathing a sigh of relief.