Look at Nashville's valuation at the time when Weber worked with Philly to sign that deal. I haven't oversold anything - it was my conclusion based on what I know about the situation.
It was supposed to be tough, not bankruptcy.
If you can find a legit source claiming bankruptcy then yeah, you haven't oversold it. Until then...
Who cares about arbitration? Weber didn't sign an offersheet after his ELC because he didn't need to, Nashville wanted him and re-signed him to an agreeable deal. The other time, Nashville desperately wanted him and he took advantage of the situation and signed one of the richest deals in hockey history, 52m in bonuses in the first four years. If any Hab had done that to the Habs, they'd be drawn and quartered by the "I cheer fer da logo in front, not da name in da back" crowd.
You mean like Carey Price who has 45.75 mil in bonuses in first 4 years in a cap era(a real cap era) of no front loading? That's even worse!
Carey Price even has 70 million in signing bonuses over 8 years vs Weber's 68 million over 14 years...
I await your posts about Carey Price being selfish, greedy and not caring about the habs.
Either way, using your logic about 'agreeable deal'.
On the 3rd contract Subban got paid, Weber got a 1 year deal. He got paid on his 4th. So...let me get this straight. He would've have signed an offer sheet if Nashville wanted him and signed him to an agreeable deal...just like Subban.
No we're not. It's irrelevant.
So you're comparing 2nd contracts now where Weber made 4.5 a year? Since when?
I could've sworn you called him greedy and said Nashville would go into bankruptcy. Was that for his ELC? Was it for his 4.5 million deal? Or was it about his 3rd and 4th contracts?
Yeah...why are changing it now?
Weber didn't get a deal because he didn't want one. He wanted to leave and tried to force his exit without having full free agency rights. Now he's in Montreal against his wishes.
Do you have a source that he didn't want one when he went to arbitration?
In your defense there is a source saying he wanted to go to Philly after he signed that offer sheet. At that point he had committed so yeah sure. Before that during negotiations? Nope. No source of Weber asking for a trade, refusing to negotiate or anything.
He looked fine... until his catastrophic injuries got him TWO surgeries and took him out for a full calendar year.
Jay Bouwmeester didn't match his attacking potential, but he was lauded as a safe and sound d-man all his career. He was paid for it. Turns out he fell off a cliff. It can happen to Shea Weber too. And again, I don't care about the late 30s/early 40s years, those are throwaway years. I care about 33-36 where the Habs are meant to be back in contention. Somehow.
Markov had multiple injuries, Carey had problems. We'll see. I mean, he can come back horrible in December, you're 100% right. This is fair speculation. I honestly don't know though. We'll know when we see him.
Jay Bouwmeester went from Norris candidate to #2 D.
JayBo was never really a top 5 D-man or a consistent Norris candidate. He finished 11th, 14th and 17th in voting in 16 NHL seasons.
Apart from Weber's rookie(28 games played), sophomore year and last year he's been in Norris voting top 20 every season.
2,2,3,4,4,6,7,8,10,17
That's pretty spectacular. Jay bo isn't really on his level.
Like I said, you may be 1000% right and he comes back horrible but I hope he doesn't obviously. We'll see how it goes, I can't comment until I see him play.