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Report: Rask extension ‘in the range’ of $56 million over 8 years

Pittsburgh Penguins v Boston Bruins - Game Four

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 07: Tuukka Rask #40 of the Boston Bruins skates on the ice after defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins 1-0 in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the TD Garden on June 7, 2013 in Boston, United States. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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Tuukka Rask proved himself. Now, he’s about to get very rich.

According to the CBC’s Elliotte Friedman, Rask’s contract extension with the Boston Bruins will be “in the range” of $56 million over eight years, an average annual value of $7 million.

Rask, 26, is coming off a one-year, $3.5 million deal that he signed last summer. The Bruins had wanted to lock up their young netminder for longer, but ultimately both sides kicked the can down the road a season.

In 2013, Rask went 19-10-5 with a .929 save percentage. Then, in the playoffs, his .940 save percentage in 22 games was tops among all starters as the B’s made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.

Only one other goalie in the NHL has a cap hit as high as $7 million -- Nashville’s Pekka Rinne.

In hindsight, B’s general manager Peter Chiarelli may be wishing he’d driven a softer bargain with Rask last summer. But there’s nothing that can be done about that now.

It will, however, make it harder for Chiarelli -- who’s confident a Rask deal will get signed soon -- to add pieces in free agency.