Marian Hossa? yes pls
If he gets amnestied. Yes pls.
Marian Hossa? yes pls
Hossa has continued to play at an extremely high level for the Blackhawks. But the winger’s 12-year, $63 million deal that runs through 2020-21 features the final four seasons at $1 million per. If he were to retire with two years remaining, the charge would be $9.187.5 million per. If he were to play all but the final season of his deal, Chicago’s dead cap charge would be a crippling $18.375 million for 2020-21
Hossa will never sign here ever again... Do you guys not remember what happened?
Hossa will never sign here ever again... Do you guys not remember what happened?
Thanks for the recaps, BonkTastic. The typos weren't that distracting.
Hossa will never sign here ever again... Do you guys not remember what happened?
clarkson, penner, filppula, horton, raymond
For guys who should hit UFA, my top in that criteria are Horton, MacArthur, Stalberg and Penner.
Brunner and Clarkson will likely be resigned.
Boyes might be an intriguing option if he is looking for Latendresse money
What about Penner? I'm pretty sure Murray signed him out of college for Anaheim, and he also tried to trade for him during the Heatley fiasco. We could always use a big winger like him.
I'll take Clowe, Roy and Whitney...
This.
He was betrayed by the Sens when we sign & traded him without his knowledge. Not only will he probably never ever play another game in a Sens jersey, but Muckler effing over Hossa was a huge reason why fellow countryman Chara wouldn't re-sign with us, either.
**** you, John Muckler. Take your ****** sweaters and terrible hockey IQ and go **** yourself.
This.
He was betrayed by the Sens when we sign & traded him without his knowledge. Not only will he probably never ever play another game in a Sens jersey, but Muckler effing over Hossa was a huge reason why fellow countryman Chara wouldn't re-sign with us, either.
**** you, John Muckler. Take your ****** sweaters and terrible hockey IQ and go **** yourself.
The "rebuild" tag can only work for so long as a smokescreen for Melnyk's unwillingness to spend to the cap. He struts himself out as a real 'fan', but the truth is that he is making plenty of money from this team. I don't condone him, but as a fan myself I'd rather if good old "Euge" would use some more of that profit margin on improving the team.
That was Muckler, not Murray, but you're probably right.
That sign and trade of Hossa for Heatley also cost us Chara, so that was a rather poor move by Muckler, even though I'm sure he thought himself quite clever after swinging the deal days after signing Hossa.
Sports franchises aren't the best profit generating ventures. The profit margins are generally pretty low and they often lose more money than they make. I think Melnyk stated in an article last year that the Senators franchise doesn't even start to generate a profit until they are in the second round of the playoffs. Owning a sports franchise is more of a hobby than an viable entrepreneurial endeavor.
It's definitely entrepreneurial, but it's more like owning a house than a standard business. You buy in, knowing that you won't see much yearly profit (at least in relation to the initial investment), in hopes that when you sell the team, it's value has risen enough that you make a tidy profit.
For instance, Melnyk bought the team AND the arena in 2003 for a combined ~$130mil. In 2012, Forbes valued the team ONLY at ~$220mil. His investment has gone up in value 70% in the 10 years he's owned the team, to the tune of $90mil, and that's just the team: he still makes money on the arena for non-Sens events.
Sure, it's a hobby, but it's a shrewd investment as well.
That's well and good, and also to be taken with a gigantic boulder of salt.
Sure the value of the franchise will increase over time, but I have a very hard time believing that Melnyk is not seeing actual profits year in and year out.
Creative accounting between the two companies (Ottawa Senators & Palladium Inc or whatever it is called) can surely hide profits. The ton of charities the team is involved with also has to help in the taxes owed every year.
There are probably loopholes with loopholes. I'm not an accountant, but I do believe in common sense, and common sense tells me a few things.
Billionaires don't become billionaires by pissing their money away. I seriously doubt that any pro sports franchise owner is saying "I don't care if I lose money on this enterprise".
It doesn't make any sense.
The owners have been crying poor since the NHL started. You can find quotes from 75 years ago that could have been written last fall if you look hard enough. Yet, the league revenue is higher than it has ever been.
Then there was this gem by Paul Beeston:
"Under generally accepted accounting principles, I can turn a $4 million profit into a $2 million loss and I could get every national accounting firm to agree with me."
The rest of this is not specifically directed and the post quoted.
The Euge spent to the cap for a long time. Years we underachieved badly or missed the playoffs entirely.There is nothing wrong with him running the ship a little bit tighter until we are a legitimate contender again.
He has ALWAYS put up the money necessary when it was needed. Look at Karlsson's big contract if your memory needs refreshing, or the green light he gave BM to try to acquire Rick Nash and his anchor of a contract.
Spending money for the sake of spending money is stupid. Handing guys like Wade Redden, Brad Richards, Scott Gomez or Marian Gaborik gigantic contracts (all of which have flopped, by the way) is not smart, to say the least.
If it's a move that makes sense and improves the team, Melnyk has always been there.
His commitment to building a winner should never be questioned. I know I've written this before, but if anyone is complaining about Melnyk and the way he is running this team, you must be too young to remember the Bryden or Firestone days when the team REALLY had no money.
Marian Hossa? yes pls