Coyotes Happy to have Stempniak Back at Fair Price
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NHL.com Staff Writer
Lee Stempniak was forced to wait it out and let the market set
itself, but in the end the offer he got from the Phoenix Coyotes
was enough to keep him in the desert for at least two more
seasons.
Stempniak, who had 14 goals in 18 games as a Coyote at the end of
last season, has signed a two-year contract that reportedly pays
him an annual average salary of $1.9 million, with a lower dollar
figure in year one ($1.5 million) and a higher figure in year two
($2.3 million) so it matches up with the Coyotes' 2010-11
budget.
The money is less than what Stempniak made last season (reportedly
$3.5 million), but Coyotes GM Don Maloney, who traded for the right
wing at the deadline, pointed out the market is vastly different
this summer and Stempniak was caught in the middle.
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