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Bourque named two things when he was asked about the trade. Nashville has put the first one in writing. The second belongs to a power play that brings back 78 percent of the goals it scored last season.
Ten years ago Nashville moved its captain without asking him. That is the part of the Weber trade the new Josi pitch quietly borrows and cannot have. Weber's contract never carried a no-movement clause at all. Josi's does, to the end of the deal.
Everyone graded the Bourque contract on its cap hit and called it a bargain. Grade it on its term and a different deal shows up: a six-year bet on a player with exactly one good NHL season.
