31.5 million

This is an excellent signing!!! Regardless of pay. I love this dude. Can't wait to see him suit up in the winged wheel. 

6 years is a long contract for a 32 year old past his prime. Will be a bad contract in 2 years

but he should be good information 40 points per year.

but he's 32.  So, yeah.  Probably a good deal for two years, but after that might not be such a good look. 

This plus the Helm deal, I don't like it. Not a good offseason for Holland. Can we get Yzerman back?

Good God. The man is either a masochist or simply has no memory. Six years for a 32 year-old is terrible. Here we are. Again.

Slightly overpaid, but he'll be a good addition

Fran's is basically Datsyuk without the magic

Awful length awful.... your going to be massively over paying in 4 years.

So, this is just like April Fool's right? Nobody is stupid enough to do this. Right?

When are they going to understand that signing old guys under large contracts doesn't work anymore? It's not 2001.

Good for Frans and bad for us.

There is an open thread.

Last team in playoffs here we come.

Love this pick up.  Immediate help nown which we need badly.  And at the end of the deal our young players will have developed into top line producers and Frans can fall back to a low minute role player and key leader/mentor.  This is a good signing.

STOP SIGNING OLD PEOPLE

ouch.  can we trade for yzerman?  

wow, look at all the NHL GMs in here

how do you all find time to run your team and the wings?

I'll give you 2 words to describe why this is a great deal: Leader. Ship.

Got can't put a price tag on great leaders.

Prediction: Frans scores 77 pts next year and Wings represent the East.

What about Hans?

I would have preferred 5 years instead of 6 but the money isn't that bad. This organization has relied on the older guys to show the younger guys for years. Holland has made some frustrating moves for sure *cough Franzen cough* and that Ericsson is somehow still on the team but these moves aren't that bad. I'd still love for The Captain to come and help the wings out one more time though