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On Tuesday, the Boston Bruins signed an extension with defenceman Kevan Miller. Miller, a big, right-shooting stay-at-home rearguard, had been eligible for unrestricted free agency this summer. His situation is not dissimilar from that of current Edmonton Oilers defenceman Eric Gryba, and may offer some insight into the kind of contract Gryba himself can secure on July 1.

Bruins beat reporter DJ Bean broke the news:

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Bruins and Kevan Miller agree to four-year, $10 million deal, per agent Peter Fish. — DJ Bean (@DJ_Bean) May 24, 2016

The four-year, $2.5 million AAV contract isn’t exactly unprecedented, coming as it does less than a calendar year after Boston gave Adam McQuaid—another right-shot, stay-at-home defenceman—a four year deal worth a total of $11 million. It’s also comparable to the deal that the Los Angeles Kings gave Matt Greene in the summer of 2014. That deal was for four years and carried a $2.5 million cap hit.

In terms of usage, Miller and Gryba played in similar situations, but Miller was used a bit more frequently. Like Gryba, Miller played entirely at even-strength and on the penalty kill, but averaged a bit more time in each discipline, coming in at a sliver over 19 minutes per night (making him No. 4/5 on Boston’s blue line). Gryba came in a touch south of 18 minutes per game, ranking him fifth among defencemen to play at least half the season with Edmonton.