Rapids Re-Sign Akpan And Smith

The Rapids just announced that Andre Akpan, last year's first round pick, and Jamie Smith have signed new contracts. Akpan was probably offered a new contract so quickly due to the new rules on roster spots (which I'll go into in more detail sometime over the weekend) with minimum and maximum salary limits. Smith's new contract is a bit of a surprise. I'm guessing he got more years for less money or something.