Rumor: Marinaro: Philip Danault turned down $5M/6 years

[MasterMatt25]

guy is a stud, best FA signing by the kings in a while.

miss him

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

 

[tkb81]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

I think it was more the direction of the two clubs ... especially with weber gone and price out

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I think it was more the direction of the two clubs ... especially with weber gone and price out

They didn't know that Price would be out at the time. The only thing they knew about the upcoming season was about Weber being out for the year.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Mike Richards vibes here. Guy won like 20 of 24 faceoffs last night as well.

 

[Reality Czech]

Mike Richards vibes here. Guy won like 20 of 24 faceoffs last night as well.

But can he party like Mike Richards?

 

[rajuabju]

I have to say, I was not particularly pleased about the signing... I didnt think it was bad per se, just unneeded in the sense that we had SO MANY centers in our pipeline already. But, glad to be proven a totally inept armchair GM so far.

 

[Buck Dancer]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

Would you rather live in LA or Montreal? The choice is pretty easy for me and I’m from Montreal lol

 

[BatVader]

Looks like Danault just wanted out of Montreal

 

[CapSpace]

So we let Danault walk, lost Kotkaniemi for a first then trade a first for Dvorak who doesn't give a flying f*** about competing.

How can Molson accept this non sense anymore is beyond me.

 

[Zobitembois]

He will be regretting that

Second post of the thread aged like milk....

 

[CupInSIX]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

Did Bergevin's final offer ever get out? It would seem the offer was pulled from the table during the summer, and I would imagine the most he was willing to do was 4.5m per.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

I don't miss him as a Habs fan, he's a #3C... The problem is we gave a lot for Dvorak and he looks as inept as Danault offensively, but without the defense...

 

[SenzZen]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

I have nothing real to base this off, but I would venture a guess that they could have offered identical contracts and the decision would have been the same.

The role he would be playing in Montreal would be more demanding, and he'd have less support in it. Playing behind Kopitar >>> Playing behind Suzuki

 

[Barnaby]

I have nothing real to base this off, but I would venture a guess that they could have offered identical contracts and the decision would have been the same.

The role he would be playing in Montreal would be more demanding, and he'd have less support in it. Playing behind Kopitar >>> Playing behind Suzuki

Living in LA, young team trending up, and none of the pressure cooker stress. Danault isn’t getting chased down the street or having editorials written on him in CA. I don’t think most guys would think twice... unless maybe your family lives there and you have school aged kids.

I was in the camp that thought it was going to be a bad signing which is seemingly a lousy take.

 

[montreal]

did not want to pay him that much, he's too frustrating for his lack of goals. In his last 64 NHL games he's got 6 goals. If he was our 3rd line center and paid 3M or so a year I'd be thrilled to have him but good on him for getting paid and playing hockey in LA vs Feb winters in Quebec

 

[Look Up]

Danault signed with the Kings because they (Blake, Robataille) promised him a more prominent role on offence.

In his own words:

 

[BonMorrison]

Mike Richards vibes here. Guy won like 20 of 24 faceoffs last night as well.

it’s funny because they actually look like each other too

 

[Treb]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

The plan in the next few years was to have Suzuki and KK as top6 C. Danault's role would have been on the downswing compared to LA where he has more time as a main piece until Byfield/Turcotte replace him.

Knowing we were going to lose KK, we probably would have tried harder to retain him instead of trading for Dvorak.

 

[KingsHockey24]

it’s funny because they actually look like each other too

It's true.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

So we let Danault walk, lost Kotkaniemi for a first then trade a first for Dvorak who doesn't give a flying f*** about competing.

How can Molson accept this non sense anymore is beyond me.

Whats nonsense is how youre bashing Molson because he didnt use 11.6 M of capspace for 2 players that have scored 3 goals in 20 games combined.

 

[Mats26]

So glad we got Danault. Can't imagine having Kopitar\Lizotte as our top 2 centers right now.

 

[KingsHockey24]

So glad we got Danault. Can't imagine having Kopitar\Lizotte as our top 2 centers right now.

Your profile picture would be our 2C.

 

[CanadienShark]

Would you rather live in LA or Montreal? The choice is pretty easy for me and I’m from Montreal lol

Montreal by an enormous margin. I absolutely hate LA and I think Montreal is the best city in North America.

 

[Stickpucker]

I wonder what the issues were with getting Danault locked in. Montreal and Los Angeles offered the same years. Was the extra $500K/year really that difficult to negotiate between? They really weren't that far off.

Pretty cheap of Habs if true. Can't shell out 500k for heart and soul guy shutting down the big dogs of the league.