Declined contract offers that ended up a blessing

[Fandlauer]

Jared Cowen turned down an 8 year deal from Ottawa. He only wanted to sign for a few years because his value was only going to go up lol

 

[Em etah Eh]

I may be misremembering but I think the blues offered similar money/term to Brouwer (possibly more $$) but he turned it down since his dad's ranch is near Calgary.

 

[haveandare]

Vanek might have been a better player on NYI. That line with Tavares and Okposo had some crazy chemistry.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Ken Holland offered Matt Beleskey only slightly less money than Boston gave, as well as tried to resign Brendan Smith for a slightly smaller deal than he took with NYR.

Imagine the trouble we’d be in if we had those two contracts too

 

[Beville]

Jared Cowen turned down an 8 year deal from Ottawa. He only wanted to sign for a few years because his value was only going to go up lol

I was gonna mention this one; massive dodged gullet there haha.

 

[CoachBadkitten]

The Avs offered Brooks Orpik a very similar deal the Caps did, if not more money IIRC.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

The Senators offered Cowen 8 years 28M (3.5M AAV), Cowen bet on himself and instead took a 4 year 12.4M (3.1M AAV) deal which was later bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs after they acquired his contract to facilitate the Phaneuf trade.

Ultimately, it's not as bad as some of the offers here, because similar to Despres, if Cowen was bought out before 26, with a 3.5M AAV, his buyout cap hit would have been minimal due to the fact that players under 26 are only required to be paid 1/3rd of the remaining salary spread out over twie the remaining length of the contract.

 

[Its a Trap]

Parise

 

[X66]

Jared Cowen turned down an 8 year deal from Ottawa. He only wanted to sign for a few years because his value was only going to go up lol

Up in flames.

 

[deckercky]

Sundin turned down a 2 year $10M contract from the Canucks. The 2010-12 core would not have been possible if he accepted that.

 

[justafan22]

The Senators offered Cowen 8 years 28M (3.5M AAV), Cowen bet on himself and instead took a 4 year 12.4M (3.1M AAV) deal which was later bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs after they acquired his contract to facilitate the Phaneuf trade.

Ultimately, it's not as bad as some of the offers here, because similar to Despres, if Cowen was bought out before 26, with a 3.5M AAV, his buyout cap hit would have been minimal due to the fact that players under 26 are only required to be paid 1/3rd of the remaining salary spread out over twie the remaining length of the contract.

Wasn't tim murray a big fan of cowen?

 

[b in vancouver]

Nathan Horton supposedly turned down the same offer from the Bruins.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Since Lucic was already mentioned, Kings were ready to back up the Brinks truck for Kovalchuk and Brad Richards. Worked out for the best for the Kings both declined.

 

[TOGuy14]

Oilers were offering Clarkson pretty much the same deal as the Leafs and he said no.

Pretty sure it has been reported that both Ottawa and Edmonton had offered a higher AAV

 

[Volica]

I may be misremembering but I think the blues offered similar money/term to Brouwer (possibly more $$) but he turned it down since his dad's ranch is near Calgary.

He was building a home in Calgary, most of his family is from BC.

Another one is Curtis Glencross. Turned down a Calgary offer in his UFA year because he told them he gave them a hometown discount during his prime (2.5 x 4 from 11-14) and wanted more money. Calgary promptly traded him to Washington, made it to the playoffs without him, got the extra picks; and Glencross couldn't find work in the NHL with his demands. Got a PTO from Toronto, didn't stick and is now doing intermission commentary (or was last year).

 

[THall4]

Nashville got Subban for that contract.

Looking like a pretty good decision to match right now

And they got a few good years out of Weber...best of his career I would say

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

In 2014, when we got James Neal, I also heard we were interested in Lecaivlier, and Spezza. Man we totally dodged a bullet, James Neal did a whole lot for us.......................................................... And man Hornqvist did nothing for the Pens.............................................................................................

 

[THall4]

Lucic not accepting Lombardi's offer of I think 5.25 x 8 years was a blessing in disguise. Having Lucic tied up for so long, even if the cap hit is acceptable for a few years, would have been brutal.

I think Lucic is a solid player, but even this year we're pretty much full on forward spots; if Lucic was part of the team, we might have missed out on gems like Iafallo or Kempe playing this season.

Or the Kings would've just dumped Dustin Brown who before this year was primed for a buyout.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

Carolina offered Paul Kariya four years at $4.5M/yr coming out of the '05 lockout. He turned them down to sign with Nasvhille and Carolina ended up signing Cory Stillman for three years at $1.75M/yr and Ray Whitney for two years at $1.5M/yr instead, both which turned out to be huge steals and instrumental in their Cup run.

 

[Brock Radunske]

I think Toronto was going to sign Dave Bolland then Dale Tallon told their GM to hold his beer.

I came here to post this.
What a dodged bullet.
Yikes!

 

[McGenerational]

The Oilers dodged a huge bullet with the Vanek offersheet getting matched. Phew!

 

[kingpest19]

From my understanding, Vanek spent his offseasons/holidays in Minnesota where he owned a house prior to signing with the Wild. He played at the University of Minnesota in the early 2000's, so it's possible he's been calling it home ever since. He's been playing hockey in North America since he was 15, so it wouldn't be surprising if he intends to settle down in Minnesota after his playing career is over.

Either way, I really don't think he's dwelling over declining the Islanders offer at all. Vanek was one the highest paid players in the league for many years during his long tenure with the Sabres, and has continued to earn a decent amount of $$ since parting ways with them. From an economic standpoint, he's more than fine I think.

Also isn't his wife from Minnesota?

 

[WesMcCauley]

Wasnt Chiarelli really trying to re-sign Horton in Boston and he declined and signed in Columbus instead?

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Carolina offered Paul Kariya four years at $4.5M/yr coming out of the '05 lockout. He turned them down to sign with Nasvhille and Carolina ended up signing Cory Stillman for three years at $1.75M/yr and Ray Whitney for two years at $1.5M/yr instead, both which turned out to be huge steals and instrumental in their Cup run.

Do you have a link?

Damn...I know they won the cup, but I'm not sure this is a bullet dodged. Kariya with that uptempo game that they played in 2005-06 would have been such a pleasure to watch.

 

[Griffin6612]

Pe guns dodged what was it ten years of Jordan staal at 6 million? No Kessle I suspect if that happened.