For a player won’t as much injury history it’s a big gamble to sign only for one year. Holding out and signing elsewhere would have been better if he really wanted out.I dont buy that entirely.
He did what he needed to do to maximize his 1 year contract.
Holding out for a trade would damage his stock.
He leveraged the arbitration against the chaotic situation in Ottawa and grabbed himself another million bucks.
So he gambles on himself, gets a nice payday and controls his future as a UFA while he waits to if the Sens org gets turned around at all.
People always make things so binary like he can only want to stay or only want to leave.
Mark Stone cares about his reputation.For a player won’t as much injury history it’s a big gamble to sign only for one year. Holding out and signing elsewhere would have been better if he really wanted out.
This always seems to happen to teams, who's owners get too " hands on " in all pro sports....it's never a good thing, when the owner becomes the face of the team...never.We are watching the death of a franchise. No star players on the roster, no one in the stands watching, no bailout from the city, no first round pick this year to generate some hope. This is the end of this franchise. There has never been a team in the NHL with a bleaker outlook both on and off the ice.
Some other NHL-calibre city will step up with a huge relocation offer and the BoG of the NHL will feel compelled to allow the move while lining the pockets of the owners with a handsome fee.
I cant help but wonder what would happen if you ever had a public statement that the big 3 UFAs had wanted to stay but not for Melnyk.
Like an unprecedented NHL mutiny.
This would only occur after they signed long term elsewhere because NHL owners and GMs can be real big babies about taking vengeance on those that "disrespect the game" by speaking ill of the masters of the purse.. but still. It's an interesting thought.
There are billionaires lined up to buy the team and develop Lebreton flats.
You aren't witnessing the death of a franchise, but the last gasps of the Melnyk ownership...it's a BEAUTIFUL THING!!!
For a player won’t as much injury history it’s a big gamble to sign only for one year. Holding out and signing elsewhere would have been better if he really wanted out.
People need to realize that even after a 2nd putrid season in a row this year, with Colorado owning our 1st pick, even stinking it up in 2019-20 and 2020-21, the Sens only have a 37% probability of a #1 overall pick in those years combined (18.5% per year).
Without a new owner willing to invest in some free agents, this team could be terrible for a very long time, thanks to StooGene's Magic Dollar Per Point Liquidation Emporeum.
So does Pierre go back to one of the GM's who have recently robbed him for a second/third dip, or allow others in on the Ottawa Senators freebie giveaway?
Predictably, this has turned into a game of he-said, she-said. Per Marc Brassard, here's what Stone had to say:
«Je n'ai jamais entendu parler de Louis Jean, je ne sais pas où il aurait pu trouver cette information. J'adore ça ici, j'ai aimé mes 4 dernières années ici et je veux rester ici. Je ne sais pas qui est Louis Jean.»
TR: "I've never heard of Louis Jean. I don'y know where he could have gotten this information. I love it here, I've liked my last four years here and I want to stay. I don't know who Louis Jean is."
Only western conference teams allowed to bid, and they have to take Bobby Ryan on top of that(unless we're just moments away from our artificial deadline, then we'll take any crap offer we'll get).
I don't disagree, but I'm a big believer in presenting both sides of the debate when they share similar weight.He's saying the right things, but unfortunately his 1 year deal speaks louder.
LOL.LOL, lined up? Wouldn't that convey the idea that there are perhaps people bidding against each other for the franchise? If anyone had made Melnyk an offer that the BoG would approve it would have been done by now. Actually it would have been done last year before the Lebreton development was approved so that the new ownership group could put their signature on the project.
And even in the hypothetical situation that the team gets sold, what exactly are people going to support on ice? A direction-less team with no future, no first round pick this year, no star talent on the roster? It'll be 2020 before we can even get excited about the possibility of a first overall pick (assuming we actually win the draft lottery). Probably 2022 before we have enough young talent assembled on the roster to start signalling the end of the rebuild. And probably 2024 before this team is even competitive.
And during that whole time - through all the misery and hardship - this fanbase is going to go back to supporting this team the way they used to?
You actually believe that?
YupI don't disagree, but I'm a big believer in presenting both sides of the debate when they share similar weight.