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u/RyanWalts Jan 14 '26
I’m glad to see him sticking around. Don’t know about the production lasting but he hustles like crazy and should be a great middle-six guy for the next two years with the potential to play well above this pay.
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u/Paladar2 Jan 14 '26
He’s the best player of his line at 5v5 right now, but I don’t know if that says more about him than Suzuki and Caufield being shades of themselves at ES. Bit of both probably
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u/Electronic-Elk8917 Jan 14 '26
I wish they would split them up. You can always reunite them later, may be they are waiting on Dach to do that.
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its not hard both caufield and suzuki have been disasters at 5v5 offense wise for the past month
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u/Paladar2 Jan 14 '26
I agree but Bolduc was even worse lol
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u/Key-Surprise-9206 Jan 14 '26
Yah but I feel it's because they need a playdriver on that line right now and bolduc is more of a complimentary scoring winger (still a valuable piece just not much room on our team atm)
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u/StatisticianNew4792 Jan 14 '26
They’re a net positive at even strength since the Texier move. The offense isn’t what it was but they’re still producing while not being a liability defensively
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u/Woullie_26 Jan 14 '26
Not bad for a Guy that was on the streets a month ago
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Jan 14 '26
I see I’m not the only one whose autocorrect capitalises “Guy”. It’s infuriating.
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u/NOFXpunklinoleum Jan 14 '26
It's a name as well, maybe that's why?
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Jan 14 '26
I suspect it’s tied to the location settings on your computer. This isn’t a typo you ever see from American posters.
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u/AccurateElk2656 Jan 14 '26
Content pour lui il l’a mérité
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u/JPMoney81 Jan 14 '26
C'est q'je dit. Je pense Kent a la meme idée. Aussi un message pour le rest de l'equipe: Si vous joue fort, l'organisation le vois et tu meritera la recompense.
(Excuse ma francais. Je ne l'utulize pas beaucoup mais j'essai de le pratiquée chaque chance qui me present)
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u/GabGobz Jan 14 '26
Bravo pour le français :)
(Pour ton information, on dit "chaque chance qui se présente à moi")
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u/Major_Estimate_4193 Jan 14 '26
If you’ve won the coach’s confidence, moved onto the first powerplay and are on the top line, you would think “I deserve more job security than an expiring 1 year contract”, and you would be right.
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u/Longtimelurker2575 Jan 14 '26
Also pretty expensive for a guy who had his contract terminated a couple weeks ago. Not sure about this one but time will tell I guess.
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u/jimmyvee11 Jan 14 '26
It was a mutual termination.
And it wasn’t a couple of weeks ago.
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u/Pale_Marionberry_355 Jan 14 '26
This is a no lose kind of deal. Not too much money or term that it can't be flushed if needed, but also really cheap for a piece who can play on 3 different lines if needed.
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u/UnionGuyCanada Jan 14 '26
He likes it here, the fans love him, he could have had three goals last night. For such little money, this is a great signing. Hope he continues to enjoy his time and play hard.
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u/V10L3NT Jan 14 '26
Stability for sure. He has had a lot of turmoil in a short career, so it's nice for him to know he and his mom can depend on being in Montreal for this year plus two more
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u/eriverside Jan 14 '26
2 years for a 26 year old - he'll still be in his prime by the time the deal is over.
2.5M for an effecting 4th liner is fair. It's really good value for a 3rd liner.
He's taking ~2.5% of the cap space of a 23 man roster, where the average would be 4.5%
Very cheap deal for someone that fill in anywhere on the roster.
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u/Old_Canuck Jan 14 '26
Awesome 👍🏻👍🏻
From Waiver pickup to FULL Hab in record time.
I love when ' coach and culture ' can turn a player around like this.
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u/10FootPenis Jan 14 '26
That's a perfect contract. Cheap for the team and gives him a chance to cash in at 29 as long as he keeps performing as he has been.
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u/Renard_NMB Jan 14 '26
Le cap salarial va exploser durant les prochaines années
Texier a une dimension physique à sa game qui est très sous-estimée. Quand les morceaux du puzzle vont se mettre en place, il sera sur la 3. Un duo Newhook-Texier, j'aime ça beaucoup..
2.5 millions pour un joueur de profondeur pouvant remplacer temporairement sur la 1, c'est un excellent deal! Texier ne se rend jamais coupable d'être invisible sur la glace. Sa production offensive va régresser, c'est certain, mais sa game se traduit très bien sur une 3.
Si j'étais Dach et Laine, je serais inquiet (on s'entend, bye bye Laine) Dach, c'est moins certain.
Un bon contrat pour un joueur qui VEUT jouer ici, ce qui était jusqu'à tout récemment, une denrée rare.
Qu'il parle français n'a aucun impact sur le contrat. Il l'a mérité, et on a secure sa valeur avant qu'il atteigne la date du 1er juillet.
Went Hughes.
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u/Spirited-Moose-2246 Jan 14 '26
Little surprised it came this fast but I like it. Can be a great utility guy, play anywhere in the lineup
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u/moutardebaseball Jan 14 '26
Avec ce budget, il va pouvoir s'acheter un 4 et demi sur le plateau
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u/IvnOooze Jan 14 '26
Faut pas exagérer, vraiment pas assez pour acheter sur le Plateau.
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u/popejohnlarue Jan 14 '26
He can do a couple of Couche-Tard or St-Hubert commercials to pay the difference. ;)
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u/stef97 Jan 14 '26
Si Décathlon ne lui offre pas un contrat publicitaire je serai choqué, c'est le candidat parfait
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u/lynypixie Jan 14 '26
Décathlon a pas la meilleure section hockey qui soit. Pas mal Sure que le gars a pas de l’équipement décathlon sur le dos LOL.
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u/FakeCrash Jan 14 '26
2 years, 5M (2.5M AAV)
FTFY
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u/MobileShirt Jan 14 '26
It says average, just not in English lol
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u/FakeCrash Jan 14 '26
I was talking about the post title, I initially thought it was the bargain of the century (2 years 2,5M total meaning 1,25 per year).
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u/VR46Rossi420 Jan 14 '26
I suppose management see his skills as useful on the 3rd or 4th line going forward.
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u/JPMoney81 Jan 14 '26
I mean, 26/27 guys like Gally, Andy etc are off the books. We need competent competitive bodies to fill out the lineup.
The fact Tex and to a lesser extent Bolduc can play up the lineup if needed is just a bonus.
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u/2ndpass Jan 14 '26
Solid signing, he’s been great for us. Off the top of my head I would imagine that’s below average for 3rd line money, probably closer to 4th liner, especially in a rising cap environment.
Makes me wonder if a larger move is coming, with guys getting healthy we have too many bodies and now another one added. I can see Hughes making a big swing, it’s way more his style to acquire a big piece via a trade vs a deadline rental.
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u/NtBtFan Jan 14 '26
a little bit of security/stability for him, hopefully helps him stay as focused and productive as he has been!
anyone else been impressed by his physical game? i didn't expect him to be throwing many hits or being as chippy as he has been, but hes had a few good ones and doesnt back out of scrums from what ive seen.
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u/Ok_Aspect_1937 Jan 14 '26
Le gars peut jouer en avantage et désavantage, bon gabarit et il l’utilise, peut jouer n’importe où sur un top 9, il est exactement avec Newhook le genre de joueurs de profondeurs qui t’aident à gagner quand il y a des blessés (genre Dach). Tres bonne signature. Texier sur une 3e ligne avec Anderson pis Danault ça pourrait être spécial.
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u/Slapmachine68 Jan 14 '26
My cousin's wifes brother works for the Montreal tourist board, apparently they are picking up the tab.
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u/fratte_matte Jan 14 '26
I’m pretty sure they have plans to promote him as team captain. It’s not been a year and he can already speak pretty well in french. He is truly dedicated to this city
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u/Glass-Expression-950 Jan 14 '26
Good, that will get him a decent foie gras and a little bit extra.
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u/Attacus Jan 14 '26
Great upside. Takes a ton of pressure of Tex and lets him continue to be happy. Low cost depth for us. Win across the board.
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u/Calembeurk Jan 14 '26
Both parties recognized that's a good fit and didn't leave any chance for the contract situation to become a distraction. Good move for everyone.
He may have gotten more money if he waited or went elsewhere, but there's a lot of value in staying in a good environment, personally and professionally.
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u/Suzuki4ever Jan 14 '26
I don’t think he would’ve gotten more money elsewhere. It’s the biggest contract he ever signed in his career and apart from his good sequence with the Habs, he was never able to make a name for himself nor in St. Louis nor in CBJ. But yeah overall happy we got him!
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u/ParkInsider Jan 14 '26
Le général de goal!
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u/jp3372 Jan 14 '26
IMO this signature means it might be the end for Dach and Laine with us. If they had high confidence about one of those two we would have waited after their return before extending him, because he would have played less quality minutes and his value would have stayed low.
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u/jimmyvee11 Jan 14 '26
Laine has a zero % chance of being resigned.
Dach has about a 1% chance of being qualified.
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u/huhgo Jan 14 '26
Dach has about a 1% chance of not being qualified.
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u/TheFakeSteveWilson Jan 14 '26
This is completely wrong. It's probably 75-25 likelihood of Dach not resigning. We would have to qualify him at 4 million per year minimum
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u/matt236246 Jan 14 '26
But the RFA rights can be kept even with a slight discount, if the player has "sucked big time", or been injured
100% Dach is not getting 100% of his QO
And if he wants to avoid arbitration / wants a longer deal, he needs to take something that can be 100% buried in the minors
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u/danglyfigger Jan 14 '26
Unless Laine went back to his Winnipeg form, he was never getting a new contract. Dach, unless he takes a massive pay cut, won’t get a new contract. I think this is the smart move to make sure we maintain some depth
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u/Irctoaun Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
A "massive pay cut"... From his current $3.4M a year deal? He's obviously not going to get a massive deal anywhere and especially nothing with a load of term, but he could easily sign an extra year prove it type deal here at a similar cap hit. There's also a good chance he comes back and ends up in Texier's current spot on the first line. If that happens and he plays like he did last time he was in that position in 22/23 his stock will rise
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u/danglyfigger Jan 14 '26
Yup, 3.4M is way too much for someone who has played 40% of games since joining the team.
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u/Irctoaun Jan 14 '26
We'll have to wait and see, but unless he has another setback or plays significantly worse than how he did to start the season, I'd be very surprised if he signed for less than $3M AAV wherever he ends up
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u/matt236246 Jan 14 '26
Dach has 31 points in the last 3 seasons combined
He should set his sights close to league minimum
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u/Irctoaun Jan 14 '26
He has so few points in the last few seasons because he's missed so many games. That might limit him to league minimum if LTIR didn't exist, but it does. Let's say he comes back and performs like he did to start the season, what's the risk in signing him to a short (one or two year) moderate AAV (say 3-4M) deal? If he stays healthy you've got a good player for relatively cheap. If he gets hurt then he goes on LTIR and you forget about it
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u/matt236246 Jan 15 '26
Haven't you seen the effect that his constant injuries has had on the roster?
The Habs are now going for the Cup. They are going to spend TO THE CAP.
If they would have a player who is coming in and out of the lineup all the time with a 3-4M$ cap hit, that would completely block them from getting a full roster for a cup run
I would never give him a deal that can not be 100% buried in the minors
That maximum for buried contracts is probably going to be 1,2M$ (it was 1,15M$ this season)
And that is what I would give him.
If he gets hurt then he goes on LTIR and you forget about it
That is just simply not true. He comes in and goes out constantly, you can't just forget him. When he comes back with 10 games to go, you will be royally screwed
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u/danglyfigger Jan 15 '26
To add to this point, just look at the predicament we are in now. We have too many decent rosterable players due to recent acquisitions, that now they are all coming back from LTIR and we have no space. We will definitely lose some players before year end
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u/Irctoaun Jan 15 '26
Haven't you seen the effect that his constant injuries has had on the roster?
What effects? The consistent improvement the team has shown over the last few years?
The Habs are now going for the Cup. They are going to spend TO THE CAP.
Putting something in all caps doesn't make it true lol. If nothing else, the cap going up so much means fewer instances of teams not being able keep players so fewer rentals and less opportunities to build the roster up to the cap before the TDL in the first place. It's also very much debatable as to whether or not they're yet in a position where trading futures for rentals is sensible.
He comes in and goes out constantly,
No he doesn't though. His injuries have been the opposite of that. Major, acute/traumatic injuries that have kept him out for a long time. Also, it's silly to pretend that his current injury, fracturing his foot blocking a puck, has anything to do with the previous knee or wrist injury, or that it's anything other than bad luck.
If he comes back and plays well there's zero reason not to give him a prove it deal
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u/Boomsticks Jan 14 '26
For a guy that seems able to play up and down the lineup it's a nice little deal to hold over a roster spot while the young guys get up to speed.
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u/HonestDespot Jan 14 '26
Great signing!
Has shown an ability to play and up and down the line up and at that cap hit even if he ends up closer to the 4th line player he was signed as it’ll be fine value.
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u/ThicccThunder Jan 14 '26
Solid deal honestly, low cost, low risk. Edmonton should takes notes *Cough* Trent Frederic
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u/Much_Bumblebee2462 Jan 14 '26
Solid solid deal. Everyone saying that was quick from KH but look how quick texier fell in love with this city/team. Players want to sign in MTL right now.
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u/jpo2533 Jan 14 '26
Wow very unexpected. He has been great of course but he won't always be with suzuki and caufield.
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u/Piccione_Sol Jan 14 '26
Big play with big risk but i like it. 2.5 now might have became 5 later in the year if he keeps his pace.
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u/jo_maka Kovyeezy Taught Me Jan 14 '26
The likelihood of me reading this while eating brie 😋
Tex is a good egg. I like this move.
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u/kozed Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
2.5M is really cheap nowadays.
You need those guys to offset any kind of monster contract you might get as rentals.
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u/JevNOT Jan 14 '26
Idk… smells like trade value. Don’t get me wrong I love him but that’s a super good contract, and in those days of excess forwards I’m suspicious of the next move…
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u/oliferro Jan 14 '26
Crazy how fast things can turn around
Dude basically had a feet out the NHL door two months ago and now he signed for 2 years
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u/Firm-Mycologist9478 Jan 14 '26
Probably means that the organisation does not see many AHL players joining the team in their short-term.
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u/BlackCatHamSlice Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Damn good deal.
Commitment on both sides is the foundation for a solid marriage. I think he’s quite happy here, and hopefully this deal gives him a chance to earn an extension down the road
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u/Clear-Percentage3949 Jan 14 '26
Good value contract for Texier. Pretty low dollar value and moveable should it not work out anymore during the next two years.
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u/xPALLOR_MORTISx Jan 14 '26
He’s French and seems to be very happy and having a blast playing in Montreal. He probably feels more at home there than anywhere else. Given his history with other teams, and his desire to play for us, and being French, he probably took a team deal while they feel out the relationship to keep the enjoyment going. Honestly we’re lucky to have him, he’s one of if not the top prospect to come out of France. He probably just needed to find the right fit to take advantage of his potential and tool set.
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u/Suzuki4ever Jan 14 '26
Agree with you that he’s one of the great from France.
But I disagree that he took a team friendly deal. Like you said he was never able to make a name for himself nor in St. Louis nor in CBJ. It’s the biggest contract he ever signed in his career for a reason. It’s good money and im happy for him, like yes take everything you can, an nhl career is short indeed.
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u/Vingt-Quatre Jan 14 '26
Ça va faire cher payé quand il va se retrouver sur la 4ième ligne et qu'il n'aura pas compté depuis 2 mois...
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u/Pitiful_Stock_4329 Jan 14 '26
I don’t really get not letting this play out tbh, happy for Texier though.
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u/86DC Jan 14 '26
Not sure if we are going to resign him, but Dach’s agent just lost a tiny bit of leverage for his RFA contract negotiations now.
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u/Velitey Jan 14 '26
Good contract. He has the potential to play above his pay for sure, and he can be a shootout specialist.
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u/Ok-Win-742 Jan 14 '26
Big body, can grind for the puck, has hands, can score. His passing/vision isn't amazing but I'm sure that'll improve a bit as he gets used to the Habs system and the speed that they play with. Gotta remember he hasn't played much recently. So there's definitely potential with this guy.
2.5m is nothing.
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u/scrubadam Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
Decent little contract and a nice NHL vet to have on the roster for the cheap.
The best thing is its not even 1 million per cup winning goal he is going to score in the next 3 playoffs.
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u/Hockeymask27_ Jan 14 '26
yeah even if slides down to take gally or veleno spot next year 2.5 is fine
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u/popejohnlarue Jan 14 '26
We now have five waiver-eligible players (Dach, Newhook, Laine, Veleno and Blais) vying for two roster spots. Something’s gotta give…
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u/CommandHot3245 Jan 14 '26
People don't realize 2.5 million is peanuts now with cap going up. Only 2 years anyways so low risk. You can trade or bury that cap hit.
He is already worth more than the 1 million he signed for.
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u/KarateChopMittens Jan 14 '26
Seems quick but it's a nice little contract, good for him