Florida Signs Sean Bergenheim for Four Years
 

SUNRISE, FLA – Florida Panthers Executive Vice President & General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has agreed to terms with LW Sean Bergenheim on a four-year contract. 


“We are very pleased to have signed Sean,” said Tallon. “He is a fast and hard-working forward who recorded a career best 29 points last season and adds further depth to our line-up.” 


Bergenheim, 27, has played in 326 career National Hockey League games with NY Islanders (2003-10) and Tampa Bay Lightning (2010-11) scoring 54 goals with 55 assists and 251 PIM. He appeared in 80 games with Tampa Bay last year registering 29 points (14-15-29) and 56 PIM. In 16 post season contests with Tampa Bay he scored nine goals with two assists. 


The Helsinki, Finland native was drafted by the NY Islanders with their first choice (22nd overall) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. 


wonder if this is another bloated contract

4 years, $2.75 million per year, per Dreger

another superb playoff performance earns a huge contract for a journeyman

if we thought tallon screwed the hawks cap situation ,

how does his generosity in florida get evaluated ?

wow, nearly 3 million for a 3rd/4th liner, tallon is really outdoing himself this year

Dunno. Has he got to the cap floor yet?

Hilarious how a team that has lost millions and millions and millions of dollars has no choice but to spend even more, ensuring they will lose even more.

Well structured salary cap you've got there NHL.

lot of signings for florida

wait wait wait... he goes from making 700k last year to somehow earning 2.75?? he got a career high 29 points last year! this is just crazy!

Florida's dalings today reminded me of all the stupid money and goofy contracts the Lightning were tossing out like crazy a couple years ago, when their ownership was messed up and Len Barrie was calling the shots - signing guys like Malone, Vrbata, Recchi, Roberts, Kolzig, Prospal, anyone with two legs and still able to dress themselves? That was nuts. This was nearly just as nutty. And it still probably won't do them any good!

Exactly. This makes no sense, and then they wonder why this teams have financial troubles.

This deal is like the Pisani deal some years ago. One good playoff-series before you hit free agency and a stupid GM around will throw money after you.

Too much money. I like Bergenheim a lot and think he earned a raise, but this is way too much. He's a solid addition for the Panthers, but they continue to spend with reckless abandon with lots of insane contracts to reach the cap floor. This offseason is setting the stage for the whole CBA to come crashing down hard.