Jared Bednar's extension didn't generate major waves, which is probably the coach's preference. But for the coaching fraternity, it's a significant contract, writes PierreVLeBrun. More on a comforting trend for bench bosses around the NHL:
didn’t generate nearly as much attention as it probably deserved last week.
But for the coaching fraternity, which has been trying to hold some of its pre-pandemic gains in salaries, it’s a significant contract.The rise in coaches’ salaries can really be traced back to Mike Babcock’s eight-year, $5.875 million annual deal signed in Toronto in May 2015 — a contract, by the way, which finally expires this June 30.
And that doesn’t count extensions signed by Bednar in Colorado and Mike Sullivan in Pittsburgh, which won’t kick in until the 2024-25 season. Bednar’s new deal is worth just under $5 million a year , and Sullivan’s will pay him around $5.5 million a year.Other significant deals last summer included Bruce Cassidy getting five years at a $4.5 million salary in Vegas, John Tortorella getting four years at a $4 million salary in Philadelphia and Pete DeBoer four years at a $4.
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