Eller's Arbitration

[Riggins]

Just don't do a 2 year deal as he will be UFA after. Either 1 year or 3+ years.

 

[WeThreeKings]

So will we get the numbers tomorrow?

 

[MXD]

So will we get the numbers tomorrow?

Supposed.
IMO, a 1M gap, they all settle.

Also, in every case, the amount offered by the Habs will be insufficient.

 

[Price is Wright]

Lars Eller: 21 Even Strength points, 77 games, 13:26 ES TOI/G

Daniel Briere: 19 Even Strength points, 69 games, 11:05 ES TOI/G

 

[Wats]

Lars Eller: 21 Even Strength points, 77 games, 13:26 ES TOI/G

Daniel Briere: 19 Even Strength points, 69 games, 11:05 ES TOI/G

Wouldn't be surprised if the agent then points out Briere = 4M, then:

Lars Eller: 11 Even Strength points, 17 games, 14:43 ES TOI/G

David Desharnais: 5 Even Strength points, 17 games, 15:15 ES TOI/G

 

[Jazzped]

Don't know if he's reliable...

Craig Morgan ‏@cmorganfoxaz
Hearing Lars Eller requested $3.1M and Montreal offered $1.650M.

 

[WeThreeKings]

2.5.. Done deal

 

[Halifaxhab*]

Wouldn't be surprised if the agent then points out Briere = 4M, then:

Lars Eller: 11 Even Strength points, 17 games, 14:43 ES TOI/G

David Desharnais: 5 Even Strength points, 17 games, 15:15 ES TOI/G

Briere was a UFA, who had a MUCH better proven record than Eller....I don't think he's a good comparable for the agent to use. And I HATE BRIERE!

 

[Gustave]

2.5.. Done deal

That's above Kreider money....

 

[Milhouse40]

Don't know if he's reliable...

Craig Morgan ‏@cmorganfoxaz
Hearing Lars Eller requested $3.1M and Montreal offered $1.650M.

So Habs are offering Eller less than Weaver, Moen, Prust and about the same amount they gave Bouillon last year.....good luck with that Bergevin.

That offer alone would be enough to ask for a trade....

 

[Constable]

Either sign and trade or sign and keep, no arbitration.

 

[overlords]

So Habs are offering Eller less than Weaver, Moen, Prust and about the same amount they gave Bouillon last year.....good luck with that Bergevin.

That offer alone would be enough to ask for a trade....

Depends. If that's their offer and they know full well that they'll eventually move up halfway to meet Eller in negotiations, that's one thing. If they truly think that's his worth, we're in trouble.

I've kinda already accepted the possibility that Eller will be leaving this summer. MT/Bergevin never seemed to have a great opinion of him.

 

[Agalloch]

So Habs are offering Eller less than Weaver, Moen, Prust and about the same amount they gave Bouillon last year.....good luck with that Bergevin.

That offer alone would be enough to ask for a trade....

He will be signed to a 1 year 2,5 M. IMO.

 

[Dagistitsyn]

So Habs are offering Eller less than Weaver, Moen, Prust and about the same amount they gave Bouillon last year.....good luck with that Bergevin.

That offer alone would be enough to ask for a trade....

Yeah, I call ******** on that rumor.

 

[WeThreeKings]

So Habs are offering Eller less than Weaver, Moen, Prust and about the same amount they gave Bouillon last year.....good luck with that Bergevin.

That offer alone would be enough to ask for a trade....

Appears to me that player come in high on asking price and team comes in low.. Just to create the polarization for the hearing

 

[Gustave]

So Habs are offering Eller less than Weaver, Moen, Prust and about the same amount they gave Bouillon last year.....good luck with that Bergevin.

That offer alone would be enough to ask for a trade....

Settle down, it's a negotiation. Both parties ask for their best case scenario and the arb settles down the middle(or close to it) more often than not.

Like WTK mentioned, the likeliest number is 2.5.

 

[pine*]

my guess habs offering ~1.5m and eller wants ~3m.

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER

well played sir

 

[MXD]

Settle down, it's a negotiation. Both parties ask for their best case scenario and the arb settles down the middle(or close to it) more often than not.

Like WTK mentioned, the likeliest number is 2.5.

I'm not Eller's biggest fan.

But 3.1 requested ? I'd offer him 3 for a few (3) seasons... 1,5 has to be in view of a 1 yr deal. Or just a plan to end up at 2.5.

 

[Agnostic]

My guess Habs offering ~1.5M and Eller wants ~3M.

1.5M is the minimum qualifying offer, I doubt that would be a realistic number for Bergevin to consider.

 

[GoodKiwi]

How many more RFA years does Eller have, two?

 

[Gustave]

I'm not Eller's biggest fan.

But 3.1 requested ? I'd offer him 3 for a few (3) seasons... 1,5 has to be in view of a 1 yr deal. Or just a plan to end up at 2.5.

It would be in our interest, but my guess is that it wouldn't be in Lars'.
I'm thinking that he and his agent are counting on a big year offensively to try and boost his value down the line.
He probably wants more $ (like 4 a year) for 3 to 5 years on a long term deal. Speculation, of course.

 

[MXD]

How many more RFA years does Eller have, two?

Yep.

As I said... Take Eller's number and give him that, but ask him to waive one or two UFA years. 3M is the going rate for nonELC, 2-3rd line tweener.

 

[Brainiac]

Ha ha ha ha. Bergevin offering 1.6M to Eller. Saw that one coming from about 10 miles aways.

Anyone still think I'm crazy saying that 6x6.5M is what's on the table for Subban?

 

[MXD]

It would be in our interest, but my guess is that it wouldn't be in Lars'.
I'm thinking that he and his agent are counting on a big year offensively to try and boost his value down the line.
He probably wants more $ (like 4 a year) for 3 to 5 years on a long term deal. Speculation, of course.

Eller would then end up at 2,5 for one season. But he is what he is --- a tweener.

Of course 3 x 5 makes no sense from Eller perspective.

 

[Analyzer*]

Bergevin isn't going to offer a ton for Eller. He offers low, because he wants low contracts to keep his cap space to presumably add no one.