Not a fan of those numbers.
That's what you pay a superstar and the Habs can afford it. It'll be tight for a year or two then with the cap going up, he'll be more and more affordable. In 3-4 years, Subban's contract will be a steal. There's no NTC, so the Habs aren't limited.
If you think it's bad, wait 1-2 years and watch all the new CBA deals come out. Subban's number will look real good.
IMO, that contract saved Bergevin's job because shit was getting NASTY when they went into arbitration. There was no reason to go there and things were getting bad on the PR front.
I think Molson gave Bergevin a little call going WTF, fix this now.