Confirmed with Link: Filppula signs with Tampa 5 years 5m per year (post #16)

[PullHard]

Yzerman is on a slow boat to Unemployedton

 

[Amyklas]

Stevie overpaid big time...hope it doesn't bite him in the rear

 

[last_sd]

Basically same deal with Weiss.

 

[Claypool]

Bummed to see him go, but changes had to be made. He never took his game to another level.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

The best part about this is that Filppula is going to be not-shooting and losing the puck in the offensive zone against the Wings now.

 

[mindfly]

So basically Filppula and Weiss have the same contract... will be hard not to compare stats next season

 

[joe89]

Oh boy this is gonna be a great follow next season Weiss vs Filppula. Weiss is the much more proven center, I guess that tipped it for Detroit. Filppula never showed he was capable of centering the 2nd line.

 

[aar000n]

Suckers

 

[ricky0034]

what was the Wings offer? 7x4.75? I bet he regrets turning that down now

ah well,i'd rather have Weiss anyways

 

[odin1981]

So he'll be in Detroits division....

Thats what sens fans are saying about alfie. I can live with fil in the same division. Its not like he is a yzerman/lidstrom type leaving to fellow division rival.

 

[chances14]

Yzerman is on a slow boat to Unemployedton

yup. another awful move by yzerman

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

I wonder if it's 5 because he wanted to be paid just a LITTLE BIT more than Weiss.

 

[SoupNazi]

So he'll be in Detroits division....

That's not such a bad thing.

 

[Flowah]

I thought he was asking for 5.5 and that was the sticking point.

What the hell just happened?

 

[SportsballChic]

Obviously don't know the situation here specifically but, generally this happens a lot in FA markets in sport. Specifically if you follow football you know that Wes Welker just left the Patriots over a "disrespectful offer" but ended up signing with Denver on a SLIGHTLY WORSE contract.

It's a pretty generic cycle tho: Athlete negotiates with team, gets offended that they won't give him what he wants, says angry things, hits the FA market, discovers that really WAS his value and then salavages his pride by signing ANYWHERE but his original team so he can say "it's a fresh start, I got what I wanted".

Good luck Fil. I'd have kept you at that price buddy. Win Steve some games.

 

[sepster]

So he'll be in Detroits division....

Sounds good to me, he can skate around the perimeter and look for the pass 1st all day long against the Wings.

 

[ricky0034]

I thought he was asking for 5.5 and that was the sticking point.

What the hell just happened?

reality

 

[last_sd]

I thought he was asking for 5.5 and that was the sticking point.

What the hell just happened?

He was probably asking that and teams turned around and signed Weiss, Bozak, Ribero.

 

[sepster]

The best part about this is that Filppula is going to be not-shooting and losing the puck in the offensive zone against the Wings now.

Ha, beat me to it.

 

[Flowah]

Good luck Fil. I'd have kept you at that price buddy. Win Steve some games.

But not against us

 

[RedWinger10]

Wow I wish him the best. I thought Yzerman would be uninterested in him at that price but maybe he sees more potential. Who knows.

 

[14ari13]

He did not want to play With so many Swedes

 

[SportsballChic]

Wow I wish him the best. I thought Yzerman would be uninterested in him at that price but maybe he sees more potential. Who knows.

To be completely fair, it just seems like that's about the going rate for a 2nd line center.

Now, if you don't think he was a 2nd line center.. yeah, it's brutal.

I do tho. I think we'd have kept him at that price. Pride sucks, it makes people do stupid things all the time.

 

[Henkka]

Heard Detroit offered 4.75 for 5 years. So Yzerman outbid Holland badly.

Good luck for Filppula at Tampa. Should be nice fit.

 

[crashman]

I'm happy for Filppula. He was a hell of a player and we don't win the cup in 2008 without his contributions.


Here's to you Motor City Fil! You were my Finnish Flash!