tradenashnow
Registered User
- Feb 17, 2018
- 949
- 459
Amazing. I've seen some of the dumbest contracts in NHL history the past few days and the Rangers haven't made any of them. God bless Jeff Gorton.
Clearly he was gonna sign for less than Jeff Skinner if he went anywhere else.Honest question for those that had hopes their team would sign Karlsson: What did you expect your team to offer him that would be agreeable to a player his caliber?
I'm seeing a lot of "too much money" comments.
Those posters quoting each other might be the most ambitious crossover in HFBoards today.Can't believe he actually called someone else a victim. Holy ****. Lmao
As a UMass alum, I hope he does. I've been high on him for awhile.Heed, I believe, will be a low key steal of a signing wherever he ends up. If given opportunity, I think he can carve himself a place in the league. Ryan has already shown that to me but it would appear he isn't in the good graces of PDB. They do have guys like Middleton and possibly Roy to compete for jobs. Ferraro could always surprise as well. The only issue I have is that all these guys are not overly physical and big (save Middelton) which could be an issue in the playoffs
Yea, like who wouldn’t take one Erik Karlsson for 1 million less than Weber and PetryPfewffff... that goodness, I didn’t want the HABS to pend that money on him. He’s great, but frail and I worried about the term ... am Happy for SJ.
Burns says Hi.Never pay for a player beyond 33 years of age as that's about when they begin to fall off a cliff.
As a UMass alum, I hope he does. I've been high on him for awhile.
Stupid money for the player Skinner is for sure.I mean, my team just gave Jeff Skinner $9 million a year, so who am I to judge.
I actually don't hate this deal. I'm a big Karlsson fan.
Seriously though, what is San Jose's plan here? Move on from Thornton and Pavelski? If not, how do you afford them? Who do you bring back next season? And who do you try and dump to make this a better team? I don't see how this contract allows San Jose to "take the next step" and get over the hump to win a cup... That's not a young team at all. When does Burns start declining? Will Karlsson even come back 100% to start the season?
This signing seems motivated way more by marketing than actually winning a cup.... A player to keep butts in the seats during a rebuild? Someone help me understand.
Seriously though, what is San Jose's plan here? Move on from Thornton and Pavelski? If not, how do you afford them? Who do you bring back next season? And who do you try and dump to make this a better team? I don't see how this contract allows San Jose to "take the next step" and get over the hump to win a cup... That's not a young team at all. When does Burns start declining? Will Karlsson even come back 100% to start the season?
This signing seems motivated way more by marketing than actually winning a cup.... A player to keep butts in the seats during a rebuild? Someone help me understand.
If Thornton decides to play next season, he will take whatever cap is left because they can do the minimum and throw bonuses at him to compensate him appropriately. They should have the ability to at least move one or both of Braun and/or Dillon. Both would free up 7 million minus whatever to replace them on the third pairing. They could jettison Melker Karlsson at two mil and go from Dell to Bibeau to save 1.3 million. They also have players coming in that could take spots between Chmelevski or Chekhovich in the top nine or Gambrell or True on the 4th line to replace Karlsson. Defense is a little more difficult but they have Ferraro and Sund they just brought in and likely have Merkley to use as trade bait if needed.
We’ll see but they will easily contend next season regardless of the fallout from re-signing EK65.
Again I ask, what players are they going to bring back, and at what contract? Pavelski and Meier alone are going to eat up that $12.5M in cap space, the way I see it. Probably more, actually.