Canes re-sign Samson

[wolfofthesteppes]

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2 year, 2 way deal.

The deal will pay Samson $500,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 at the minor-league level in the first year, and $525,000/$105,000 in the second year.

[Anton Skinner]

hope he gets a chance next season and shows a little more of what he has available at the NHL level

[tarheelhockey]

Can't complain.

[Brock Anton]

Nice. Now lets give him a shot.

[Quacktastic]

Fantastic! He's definitely earned his chance to play in the NHL, now I just hope we will actually give it to him.

[imayagainknowanson]

Originally Posted by Quacktastic

Fantastic! He's definitely earned his chance to play in the NHL, now I just hope we will actually give it to him.

Yup but seems we will start season with something like that:

xxx*- Staal- Jokinen
Tlusty- Sutter- Cole
Boychuk- Ruutu- Larose
Osala- Dwyer/ Brind'amour- Kostopoulos

xxx* - maybe Granlund, Niederreiter, Tarasenko, Connolly... Samson... or just Samsonov.

[dmonk]

Vagrant got his wish.

[Sasha Cares]

yeah, I think this is more aimed at 11-12 after Brindy, Cole, and Sammy are gone

[Vagrant]

Originally Posted by dmonk

Vagrant got his wish.

Thank goodness. I am glad they made him a priority to get under contract. This was a great move.

[Fumble]

Looks good on Samson too... Given his AHL #'s there is no doubt he could have gone to the KHL for a guarantee of more $$.

[Vagrant]

Originally Posted by Fumble

Looks good on Samson too... Given his AHL #'s there is no doubt he could have gone to the KHL for a guarantee of more $$.

I also think it's a positive sign that Carolina paid him $105k at the AHL level. Usually, these guys only get $50-60k at that level, but to keep him from bolting I think they made some concessions.