Thornton resigned for 3 years

[leaffan]

3 year deal worth $21.

Contract breakdown: $7M salary in 11-12 plus $1M signing bonus; $1M sb in July 2012 and $6M salary for 12-13; $6M salary for 13-14

He's taking a short term contract with less money (currently making 7.2mil a year) for the only reason to give the team more cap room to spend.

[Tailback U]

Awesome. I don't care what anyone says, Joe is one of my favorite players in the league.

[Fappin Raptor]

I love when players sign for less so they can open up cap room. Lidstrom did this a few years back for us.