Toggle sidebar

Player Discussion Chris Kreider: Part III

Status
Not open for further replies.
The Crypto Guy

The Crypto Guy

Registered User
Jun 26, 2017
26,441
33,611
Embryo said:
I love when people get angry over other people's finances lol. I am not some libtard socialist, I am believe in capitalism and he should get as much as he can, but if he wants to win a cup with the Rangers in NYC and be immortalized the way guys like Leetch and Graves and Richter are, I think he could take a little pay cut.
Click to expand...
Maybe he doesn't give a shit? Maybe he doesn't care what little johnny thinks of him in the stands and whether or not he thinks he was loyal to the Rangers for signing a contract? Maybe he wants to go make that extra 7M and still sign for a team that is much closer to the cup than the Rangers?
 
  • Like
Reactions: leetch99
romba

romba

Registered User
Aug 2, 2005
6,691
4,458
New Jersey
Disloyal for wanting to maximize his value and to set his entire family up for more than one generation??? He's earned that with the work and effort he's put in over the years.

I mean I'd love to see how much the folks calling out CK for being greedy are putting into their savings account and I'll determine whether it is appropriate or not and whether you are a greedy mofo who neglects the poor and needy of society in favor of your self and your family
 
  • Like
Reactions: leetch99 and The Crypto Guy
romba

romba

Registered User
Aug 2, 2005
6,691
4,458
New Jersey
The Crypto Guy said:
Maybe he doesn't give a shit? Maybe he doesn't care what little johnny thinks of him in the stands and whether or not he thinks he was loyal to the Rangers for signing a contract? Maybe he wants to go make that extra 7M and still sign for a team that is much closer to the cup than the Rangers?
Click to expand...
How'd you bypass the filter? It is....BROKEN?!?

giphy.gif
 
  • Like
Reactions: Rangers743 and The Crypto Guy

Pawnee Rangers

Registered User
Jan 10, 2019
2,477
2,747
romba said:
Disloyal for wanting to maximize his value and to set his entire family up for more than one generation??? He's earned that with the work and effort he's put in over the years.

I mean I'd love to see how much the folks calling out CK for being greedy are putting into their savings account and I'll determine whether it is appropriate or not and whether you are a greedy mofo who neglects the poor and needy of society in favor of your self and your family
Click to expand...

Whether he signs with the Rangers or Ottawa, he's still set his family up for many generations. He could never sign another contract and still be sent for much longer than any of use will be on this planet.
 

Fataldogg

Registered User
Mar 22, 2007
12,388
3,677
Embryo said:
It's not about the money, it's about being part of the team and doing what is best for the team and the goal they have all been striving for together all this time. I love capitalism, I'm not saying he's an ass for wanting money, he's just an ass for being unloyal.
Click to expand...

Where did loyalty get Lundqvist? Sitting on the sideline.

These athletes like Kreider owe the organization nothing. They will move on from him without skipping a beat if they have to. I totally support an athlete, like Kreider, doing what's best for themselves and their family.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Rangers743, romba, leetch99 and 2 others
TheDirtyH

TheDirtyH

Registered User
Jul 5, 2013
6,423
7,024
Chicago
Embryo said:
I love when people get angry over other people's finances lol. I am not some libtard socialist, I am believe in capitalism and he should get as much as he can, but if he wants to win a cup with the Rangers in NYC and be immortalized the way guys like Leetch and Graves and Richter are, I think he could take a little pay cut.
Click to expand...

Liberalism fits more congenially with capitalism than with socialism. A libtard socialist is almost a contradiction of terms.
 

Levitate

Registered User
Jul 29, 2004
31,030
7,797
Fataldogg said:
Where did loyalty get Lundqvist? Sitting on the sideline.
Click to expand...

When was Lundqvist "loyal"? He got paid big money because he was the top goalie for a long time. He didn't take less, and he didn't stay in NY after they decided to rebuild out of any "loyalty" he did it because he likes NYC and playing there not out of loyalty to the team. I'm not saying he's disloyal either, just that nothing that Lundqvist has done is exactly out of loyalty to the team. Lundqvist got paid very well to do what he does and he's now nearing the end of his career and like what usually happens his time is passing and younger players are stepping into his spot
 
  • Like
Reactions: TominNC and jas

True Blue

Registered User
Feb 27, 2002
30,092
8,362
Visit site
Machinehead said:
That said, we can't just default back to the "real world" tropes. He's earned more this year than I will in my lifetime. It's not the real world.
Click to expand...
You are also as far away from being a professional athlete as possible and, unless you have seen active duty, have NEVER subjected your body to such injury risk. Who are you to judge what is and isn't real to those that do?

You are also NOT in the mass entertainment industry, which requires ridiculous training and much time away from home and family. Who are you to judge what is and isn't real to those that do?
 

Bleed Ranger Blue

Registered User
Jul 18, 2006
19,799
1,811
Pawnee Rangers said:
How is that extraordinarily naive? He can't set his family up for life earning 60m in the NHL?
Click to expand...

I just think you're looking at it through the prism of a fan, entirely. Lets figure Kreider is leaving ~$10-15M on the table by not taking another team's potential UFA offer (I'm assuming some team will give him 7 years and the Rangers are trying to work on something that's 5-6. That's about 20% of his total contract. Why would he do that? Because he has enough money? Yes, naive. I won't even get into how Chris Kreider is not as loyal of a fan of the NY Rangers as the people on this board.
 
Bacon Artemi Bravo

Bacon Artemi Bravo

Registered User
Sep 20, 2007
7,079
9,721
Does Kreider play right up until the deadline? I feel like he should sit at this point until the dust has settled one way or the other.
 

True Blue

Registered User
Feb 27, 2002
30,092
8,362
Visit site
Pawnee Rangers said:
But at the end of the day is there really a massive difference between him making 67m or 60m over the course of your career? You get a good financial person and he's more than set for may lives. I'd say no, but I don't and will never live in that stratosphere unless I hit the lottery.
Click to expand...
No offense but what difference is it if yours? Who elected who to place limits on what a person, any person should or should not be able to make? EVERY single human being has the right to make as much as possible. And want to.
 
  • Like
Reactions: TominNC

Pawnee Rangers

Registered User
Jan 10, 2019
2,477
2,747
Bleed Ranger Blue said:
I just think you're looking at it through the prism of a fan, entirely. Lets figure Kreider is leaving ~$10-15M on the table by not taking another team's potential UFA offer (I'm assuming some team will give him 7 years and the Rangers are trying to work on something that's 5-6. That's about 20% of his total contract. Why would he do that? Because he has enough money? Yes, naive. I won't even get into how Chris Kreider is not as loyal of a fan of the NY Rangers as the people on this board.
Click to expand...

#1 I never said 10-15m, but nice try with the dramatics to prove a point. #2 the whole conversation was, if over the course of his career he made 60m, instead of say 65/67m would that be the end of the world? #3 how is Chris Kreider not a loyal fan of the NY Rangers? Please, share?
 
TheDirtyH

TheDirtyH

Registered User
Jul 5, 2013
6,423
7,024
Chicago
True Blue said:
You are also as far away from being a professional athlete as possible and, unless you have seen active duty, have NEVER subjected your body to such injury risk. Who are you to judge what is and isn't real to those that do?

You are also NOT in the mass entertainment industry, which requires ridiculous training and much time away from home and family. Who are you to judge what is and isn't real to those that do?
Click to expand...

The short career length, injury risk, and time away from family are well compensated; I believe that's his point. As, aside from just the salary (which is not a small omission), a professional athlete has inroads to sponsorships and industry related positions (see the plethora of alumni 'employed' by the Rangers in some capacity atm), they have access to world-class medical professionals and treatments, and they don't even fly commercial...

Just think about the leaps it takes to try to invalidate MH's point that Kreider is a multi-millionaire, set to further his multi-million dollar earnings no matter what deal he takes. And to be clear, I've worked two years as a commercial fisherman (the second most dangerous job in the States), so I'm apparently very qualified to speak on our sister-career, professional athlete...
 

Bleed Ranger Blue

Registered User
Jul 18, 2006
19,799
1,811
Pawnee Rangers said:
#1 I never said 10-15m, but nice try with the dramatics to prove a point. #2 the whole conversation was, if over the course of his career he made 60m, instead of say 65/67m would that be the end of the world? #3 how is Chris Kreider not a loyal fan of the NY Rangers? Please, share?
Click to expand...

1. Whether is $7M or $10-15M, the real point is that's a lot of money for a finite professional athlete's career, and you won't find many that will leave that on the table just because you think he can make due without it.

2. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but he'd be stupid to not maximize his value because....

3. At the end of the day, the NYR are Kreider's employer. This fantasy that he'll leave millions on the table for the pleasure of playing with his beloved NYR is just that, a fantasy.
 

Pawnee Rangers

Registered User
Jan 10, 2019
2,477
2,747
True Blue said:
No offense but what difference is it if yours? Who elected who to place limits on what a person, any person should or should not be able to make? EVERY single human being has the right to make as much as possible. And want to.
Click to expand...

No offense taken, no one elected me anything, and I hope he makes more money than Jeff Bezos. I've seen you put a strict limit on what you're willing to pay a player. WHO ARE YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT A PLAYER IS WORTH, BERNIE?!?!?!

Were you screaming at the top of your lungs when Panarin turned down 12.5m a year from the Islanders?
 

True Blue

Registered User
Feb 27, 2002
30,092
8,362
Visit site
Embryo said:
I'm not saying he's an ass for wanting money, he's just an ass for being unloyal.
Click to expand...
Loyalty is a concept frequently determined by family.
Winning a cup in NYC is worth more than 7 mil, it will carry him for the rest of his life, that 7 mil will just be f*ck y** money.
Click to expand...
Says a person that has never a Cup. How would you even know?

Also, please tell me exactly how you have arrived at your timetable of when the Cup returns to NY?

Nothing I love more than when the righteous droves appear to tell the unenlightened masses of what the right and wrong amount is and, even more importantly, decide that they are in the position to tell people what to do with their living.
 
Last edited:
Harbour Dog

Harbour Dog

Registered User
Jul 16, 2015
10,299
12,944
St. John's
Pawnee Rangers said:
But no one knows anything. How much was offered, what he's looking for. This is all speculation. You know what's in his head? Is it really that unheard of to take less to stay in a place you like? Panarin took a lower offer to play for the Rangers less than a year ago.
Click to expand...

Edge has let us know that they are "far apart." Odds are that that means Kreider is not looking to take a (large) discount.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Brooklyn Rangers Fan

Pawnee Rangers

Registered User
Jan 10, 2019
2,477
2,747
Bleed Ranger Blue said:
1. Whether is $7M or $10-15M, the real point is that's a lot of money for a finite professional athlete's career, and you won't find many that will leave that on the table just because you think he can make due without it.

2. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but he'd be stupid to not maximize his value because....

3. At the end of the day, the NYR are Kreider's employer. This fantasy that he'll leave millions on the table for the pleasure of playing with his beloved NYR is just that, a fantasy.
Click to expand...

Panarin just left millions on the table to play for the Rangers. Literally less than a year ago.

Shattenkirk, MaxPac, JVR all signed less than max deals to play where they wanted to play. Let's not make like it doesn't happen. If he wants to maximize his value, he won't be playing here. We've said this over and over and over again. But going by what people have said here, he likes it here and doesn't really want to play anywhere else. If that's the case he's going to have to leave some money on the table. And he'll still live a much better life with his 60m and change then any of us can ever dream of. If not, good luck Chris.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Ad

Latest posts

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom