There really legitimately, genuinely, all the way through, wasn't a doubt.

There was too much for Yvgeny Malkin to lose.

There's too much for Kyle Dubas to lose.

Neither was in a position pardoned a double

negative to not get this done. Good morning to you. Good. And I do mean good Wednesday morning.

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same place that you found this. Gino was signed for one year. At a guaranteed 5.5 million, there's a little bit more to the contract.

Let me rephrase that.

There's quite a bit more to the contract, which will explain why it didn't, you know, bang, just happen like that.

Not that there was any animosity, not that there was anybody being difficult

about anything. It was just a weird setup in which, well, here, let's just lay it out for you.

The 5.5 million that Gino is guaranteed comes in the form of a 3 million signing bonus, a $2.5 million salary. It counts 5.5 against the cap regardless.

He also can make as much as a half a million in bonuses for games played. I'm sure that's staggered,

although it hasn't been detailed. Meaning if you play 60, you play this, you play 70, you get that.

If you make all 84, remember it's 84 next season, you get the full amount.

He gets a million dollars if the Penguins make the playoffs.

Now, if you don't think that's a topic of conversation now, just wait till next spring.

If and when, the team is approaching a clinching.

It's going to be a thing that everybody's focused on, really, whether that's right or fair or not.

He would then get an additional half million for every playoff round that the Penguins win.

So in that way, he would end up making more money than what his cap hit was this past season, $6.1 million. So everybody gets a little

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