Devin Thomas signs, 1 to go

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Originally Posted by jsarno

This is outstanding! I really feel as if we got him at a steal of a price too. I was hoping to get him for more years, but once he breaks out he'll expect to renegotiate anyway. What a steal!

The price was pretty much set on him as soon as we selected him 34th overall. The draft slot determines the contract value, there's only a few thousand dollars worth of wiggle room.

So we got the standard value for a 2nd round pick.

If you're happy with the low investment, it's mainly because you like the price on 2nd round pick talent. Not because the Skins did anything special to strike a favorable deal. We got the value for the money on draft day, not today.

Lots of teams get great value from their 2nd-4th rounders. Finally we have the potential to be one of them, after picking 5 guys in those rounds this year.