The Nashville Predators have matched the Philadelphia Flyers' (massive) offer sheet to Shea Weber

[JonLP24]

PHILADELPHIA -- Shea Weber can thank the Philadelphia Flyers for one of the richest and longest contracts in the NHL.

But the Nashville Predators will pick up the tab.

We found out what kind of organization the Preds are when they matched the Flyers' offer sheet for Shea Weber. Now we're going to find out what kind of guy Weber is, writes Scott Burnside. Story

The small-market Predators made the bold move Tuesday to match the staggering offer sheet made by a deep-pocketed Flyers organization to keep the two-time Norris Trophy-nominated defenseman in the franchise.

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Nashville dug deep into the pocketbook and decided to pay Weber the $110 million over 14 years offered by the Flyers. Weber, 26, is the Predators' captain and played on a $7.5 million arbitrator's award last season. He had 19 goals and 49 points along the way.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/8195994/the-nashville-predators-matched-philadelphia-flyers-offer-sheet-shea-weber

[MrSlayer]

1. That was a tough call.

It was structured to pay him $27 million in the first year and $68 million over the first six. Good for Nashville. They couldn't lose both Suter and Weber.