Reports: Savard close to a new deal

Various reports from across the internet came out today saying that the Bruins and Marc Savard are close to a contract extension. The Boston Globe's Kevin Paul Dupont reported earlier today that the talks between the two parties "remain on course", and suggested that the final deal would be something like seven-years, $32 million, a cap hit of $4.6 million per season.

Another source, RDS' Bob Hartley, reported that the deal was imminent, and his figure was seven-years, $39 million. Savard would be 39 years old entering the final year of any seven-year deal, but if the B's can retain their top scorer for somewhere between $4.6 and $5.6 million, sign me up. Savard has been all that the B's could have hoped for when they signed him away from Atlanta, and if he puts up points at his current pace for the next few years, this deal may prove to be a steal.

Again, nothing is definite as of right now, but Dupont mentioned in his blog that he expects the deal to be done sometime around Thanksgiving. If so, B's fans will certainly be plenty thankful to have someone of Savard's talent level around for another seven years.