BELFOUR TURNS DOWN DEAL: A Rogers Sportsnet report said Belfour was offered a new contract, that included a paycut, by the Leafs before the start of the playoffs. The 39-year-old Belfour turned down the offer and is willing to test the NHL's free- agent market this summer, but he does have a clause in his contract that extends the deal for next year if the Leafs win the Stanley Cup. Not only would Belfour pick up a $1 million (all figures U.S.) bonus if Toronto wins the title, he'd also make $8 million next season.
Danrik said:BTW, the article says that Belfour was offered a paycut, but wants to test the free agent market's this summer. The article says that he would've made $8 million next year if the Leafs won the Cup. Read it more closely:
rinkrat13 said:look man - there is NO way I'm gonna change your mind - so keep your signings the way they are... I don't give a s***, I really don't
I just find it unfair that if you have a problem with someones elses signing/trade you just put a stop to it and when someone confronts you on a signing/trade you made you don't care what they have to say - so if it makes you happy you have my blessing on the 3 UFA's signings the Bruins made
OK, now you happy!?!
BTW the Belfour siging would NEVER (and I mean, NEVER) happen!
I think you should read the articles more closely
rupispupis said:After hearing of the Theo Fleury signing, the Chicago fans were, to say the least, unsupportive.
Chicago will try to move Fleury. In return we are looking for a legitimate enforcer and a mid-round pick. Willing to be flexible. His salary is $2.2M. Also might be looking to move D Deron Quint.
PM me with offers.
rinkrat13 said:I kinda have a problem with some of your UFA signings...
now, if Belfour, Murray & Rolston test the unrestrained free agency waters they will get contracts alot bigger then the ones they got from BOS (remember Martin Lapointe $4M fpr a $2M player)...
... now, Danrik I'm not trying to start something here or am I trying to jump on you every time you make a move, although this time giving Roslton a $250K & Murray a $650K raise is not the kinda money they would get as UFA's in a free market... not to mention Belfour getting a $2M salary cut (Eddie turned down $8M from the Leafs earlier, in the "real" NHL) why would he take less with BOS?
again, Danrik please don't think I'm jumping on you (I would've made this statement no matter who the GM was) IMO deals like the three above would should never be approved
thats the main reason a player can't wait till they become UFA - so they can get top dollar for the rest of their careers (in some cases) or at least cash in for the next few years...
Danrik said:The rumor out of Boston is that the Bruins would like to hire a top notch coach to try and take them to the next level and current head coach Mike Sullivan would be an assistant coach.
rinkrat13 said:maybe Bobby Orr or Don Cherry :lol
Danrik said:Add in the CBA confusion and I don't see anyone offering these guys ridiculous contracts as you seem to have indicated they will get. Now I have no problem hearing what you think is fair offers, because yeah well, someone has to keep me accountable.
Alfie#11 said:Re: All the signings
One thing I notice is that a lot of the good players are signing contracts. While it's not unheard of for players to forgo UFA status, I've never seen a summer where basically all of the high profile UFAs forgo free agency to sign a new deal with a team. Some of these players would get bid up in price.
The CBA also doesn't apply in this league. By setting a cap of $55 million, you've raised the collective salary amount of the league.
Going by USAToday , only 6 teams had salaries of over $55 million. In this environment good players get big raises. Why would a player like Turner Stevenson sign for relatively the same money? Teams looking for a big winger would likely offer him $2-3 million a year.
In the rosters thread, Washington is at something like $25 million in salary - $30 million of cap space left! Players could go to Washington for huge dollars or use them as leverage to extract more money from the teams they really wanted to sign with.
Alfie#11 said:Re: All the signings
One thing I notice is that a lot of the good players are signing contracts. While it's not unheard of for players to forgo UFA status, I've never seen a summer where basically all of the high profile UFAs forgo free agency to sign a new deal with a team. Some of these players would get bid up in price.
The CBA also doesn't apply in this league. By setting a cap of $55 million, you've raised the collective salary amount of the league.
Going by USAToday , only 6 teams had salaries of over $55 million. In this environment good players get big raises. Why would a player like Turner Stevenson sign for relatively the same money? Teams looking for a big winger would likely offer him $2-3 million a year.
In the rosters thread, Washington is at something like $25 million in salary - $30 million of cap space left! Players could go to Washington for huge dollars or use them as leverage to extract more money from the teams they really wanted to sign with.