BlackMetalNinja
07-24-2007, 10:25 AM
TORONTO -- Ray Emery (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1647) and the Ottawa Senators (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=ott) avoided salary arbitration Tuesday by agreeing to a three-year deal worth $9.5 million that makes him one of the NHL's highest paid goalies.
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Ray Emery (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1647)
http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nhl/profiles/players/2995.jpg Goaltender
Ottawa Senators
Profile (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1647)
<table cellspacing="0"> <caption>2007 Season Stats</caption> <tbody><tr class="io-columnHeaders"> <td>GM</td> <td>W</td> <td>L</td> <td>T</td> <td>SV%</td> <td>GAA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>58</td> <td>33</td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>.918</td> <td>2.47</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- end player card --> The 24-year-old was a restricted free agent. He will earn $2.75 million next season, $3.25 million in 2008-09 and $3.5 million in 2009-10 -- for an annual average of $3.16 million, a big raise over the $925,000 he made last season. He will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the contract.
Emery's average eclipses the $2.66 million average salaries earned by Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1549) (signed last summer) and Carolina's Cam Ward (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1671), and is less than the $4.25-million, one-year deal signed by New York Rangers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=nyr) starter Henrik Lundqvist (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=3081).
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2947171
<!-- begin player card -->
Ray Emery (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1647)
http://assets.espn.go.com/i/nhl/profiles/players/2995.jpg Goaltender
Ottawa Senators
Profile (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1647)
<table cellspacing="0"> <caption>2007 Season Stats</caption> <tbody><tr class="io-columnHeaders"> <td>GM</td> <td>W</td> <td>L</td> <td>T</td> <td>SV%</td> <td>GAA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>58</td> <td>33</td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>.918</td> <td>2.47</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- end player card --> The 24-year-old was a restricted free agent. He will earn $2.75 million next season, $3.25 million in 2008-09 and $3.5 million in 2009-10 -- for an annual average of $3.16 million, a big raise over the $925,000 he made last season. He will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the contract.
Emery's average eclipses the $2.66 million average salaries earned by Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1549) (signed last summer) and Carolina's Cam Ward (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=1671), and is less than the $4.25-million, one-year deal signed by New York Rangers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/clubhouse?team=nyr) starter Henrik Lundqvist (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=3081).
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2947171