pretty sure he only signed that 12yrs contract to lower the cap. why would he give vancouver any discount and signed to a well below market value contract at that time to long term? yes i'm sure he'd be fine with a 5-6 mill over 7-8 that's why gillis had to make it a 12yr contract to circumvene the cap makes so much sense... sometimes i question the intelligence of the ppl on this board.. and no one said it was a good contract.. all i said is you'd b*tch if it was 7mil over 7-8 years a shorter term like most of you wanted so regardless you guys will either bitch about a high cap with short term or low cap with long term.