Confirmed Buy-Out [DET] Justin Abdelkader

[Wingsfan 4 life]

If he played center I'd think Holland would try him out on the Oilers

He actually did play some center way back in his first couple years on Detroit. I'm sure Holland remembers those good ol days pretty vividly

 

[torniojaws]

3 points in 49 games will do that.

Are you talking about Abdelkader or Detroit Red Wings?

 

[Bounces R Way]

I never said they were excused from the cap. You shifted the goal post to "every other team". I Moved it back to the specific team we are talking about and their specific situation.
Here you are again moving goal posts....

I don't need to ask Toronto or Tampa or the Oils, do you even understand the history of The Detroit Red Wings?
We went through cap hell already, from dynasty to dumpster fire. We signed Wiess and bought him out to sign Nielsen while Zetterberg and Franzen sait in LTIR whilst having Abby and Big E and Daley, and, and, and.....

Trying to patronize a Wings fan over salary cap numbers and what it means to a good team.... lol

I'm the one moving goalposts and patronizing. Sure.

Yeah, especially the last 3 years of a huge 1M cap hit.
How are we gonna be able to sign anyone ever again.

1) Never said they would never be able to sign anyone ever again, didn't even imply it.
2) The salary cap affects "every other team". That's its whole point. No team exists unaffected by it so comparing them is logically sound.
3) 6 years of dead money is objectively a long time. One of the longer buyouts ever actually.

Think critically about topics you're speaking on man.

But I'm the one being patronizing.

 

[Hennessy]

Detroit's really gonna miss his PMs.
They'll need to find a replacement who gets goaded just as easily into doing dirt-stupid stuff.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

It's like eating pistachios.

When you have a full bag, if you can't get one to open, f*** it I got a million of them. Losing 1 means nothing.

Then you get to the bottom of the bag and all of a sudden, you're in Hurt Locker mode cracking that thing like it's a safe in Ocean's 11 because you are running out of pistachios and the you really wish you had cared more when the bag was full.

This is a very particular metaphor. Are you craving pistachios right now?

 

[Zetterberg4Captain]

Abby simply isnt good

SY is clearly trying to rid the team of KH "country club" boys and make room for prospects or free agents.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Are you talking about Abdelkader or Detroit Red Wings?

Yes.

 

[dredeye]

I get his brutal but given the wings are rebuilding why not just ride out the bad deal for another year or Two? These buyouts always surprise me

 

[crashnburnluder]

Not sure the rules for the next expansion draft, but maybe the buy out was needed to free up a Protected slot since he had a NMC/NTC clause?

 

[Sonofamitch]

Nervous as hell, he’s going to become a leaf lol

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Not sure the rules for the next expansion draft, but maybe the buy out was needed to free up a Protected slot since he had a NMC/NTC clause?

Honestly, we don't have a seventh forward that we need to protect lol.

Nervous as hell, he’s going to become a leaf lol

You fired his biggest fan this past season. Probably not.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Translation: Givani Smith.

 

[elitepete]

Ken Holland is not a salary cap era GM.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Poor Oilers fans.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Ken Holland is not a salary cap era GM.

2005-2015 disagrees. Abdelkader contract was bad but imo it's done essentially zero damage to the Wings. The hope was probably that his play would hold up better so he could be a veteran mentor through a rebuild. Didn't work out, but again the money is not an issue at all.

 

[serp]

Contract never made sense. 7 years for a at the time 29 year old third liner physical player ? That was just never going to work out.

 

[13to40]

Contract never made sense. 7 years for a at the time 29 year old third liner physical player ? That was just never going to work out.

I remember arguing with some Red Wings fans on the day he was signed and they were saying it was an amazing contract for the team and he should be getting paid more. He would be a continuous 20G scorer... don’t get me wrong I was hoping that fantasy would become a reality, but as expected; the contract was nothing less than an albatross.

 

[needzmoarcleary]

I remember arguing with some Red Wings fans on the day he was signed and they were saying it was an amazing contract for the team and he should be getting paid more. He would be a continuous 20G scorer... don’t get me wrong I was hoping that fantasy would become a reality, but as expected; the contract was nothing less than an albatross.

I highly doubt any sane wings fan ever stated it was an amazing contract, let alone getting paid more. The general consensus was it was horrid before the ink dried.

 

[nbwingsfan]

I remember arguing with some Red Wings fans on the day he was signed and they were saying it was an amazing contract for the team and he should be getting paid more. He would be a continuous 20G scorer... don’t get me wrong I was hoping that fantasy would become a reality, but as expected; the contract was nothing less than an albatross.

I cant think of a single fan thinking it was a good contract...

 

[13to40]

I cant think of a single fan thinking it was a good contract...

Was my initial thought as well. He seemed very much as more of a casual red wings fan...
Anyways I’m just ecstatic that he was finally bought out

 

[SuperScript29]

I liked Abdelkader in his prime but it was time to move on like 3 years ago. It just took a GM with balls to pull it off.

 

[ShelbyZ]

Detroit's really gonna miss his PMs.
They'll need to find a replacement who gets goaded just as easily into doing dirt-stupid stuff.

Hell, he was barely even interested in doing that anymore, let alone doing things that would make a positive impact on the game...