You don't. It's called a comparable, and he signed it in March, midway through the year.
In any event, I would have been really happy with that deal for PK.
we should invest in top 6 players, not guys like Bourque and Desharnais and Briere is no longer a top 6 forward. If we want Galchenyuk and Gallagher to properly develop into stars, then we need stars to guide them like what Sakic and Forsberg did.
Habs opted to play hardball with PK last season, now they will have to pay up.
How much PK gets will really depend on how much he wants. He's earned it.
If they play hardball again, he will go to arbitration where he will be given every dime he wants (maybe even more).
You really need to get over this , im sorry. You make it sound like they intentionally wanted to upset him which is NOT what happened.
edit : also, target vanek, bigtime, arent they shopping him too?
I think you're mising an important point. Bergevin played hardball because he wanted to prod Subban into earning his contract demands and Subban came through.Habs opted to play hardball with PK last season, now they will have to pay up.
How much PK gets will really depend on how much he wants. He's earned it.
If they play hardball again, he will go to arbitration where he will be given every dime he wants (maybe even more).
I think you're mising an important point. Bergevin played hardball because he wanted to prod Subban into earning his contract demands and Subban came through.
Assuming you meant NHL-ready, and to use your terminology...hell no.
Pacioretty-Desharnais-Bournival
Bourque-Plekanec-Gallagher
Galchenyuk-Eller-Briere
Prust-White-Parros
Tinordi-Subban (Tinordi's green, but I think he'll be ready for the test and will benefit from playing with PK)
Beaulieu-Emelin (these two should compliment each other well)
Gorges-RHD-PP (One can assume one of Diaz/Nygren/Pateryn/Ellis/Thrower/etc will be ready)
Price
Budaj
Subban signing for a cap hit of 6.5 million isn't nearly as far fetched as people think. Pietrangelo signed his deal this year for a annual 6.5 million cap hit. Subban and Pietrangelo are on the same level IMO. They should get similar contracts all things considered.
Defense: UFA
Diaz
Murray
Markov
Emelin
Boullion
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Out of the following, I like to bring back Emelin pending on his health.
That means we only have Subban, Gorges, Emelin as regulars. We need to build a tougher defense group. Add Dan Girardi, Dennis Seidenberg and bring up Jarrod Tinordi and Nathan Beaulieu, we should have a solid group of veteran and youth.
Subban(6.5mil)-Gorges(3.9mil)
Seidenberg(4.5mil)-Girardi(5mil)
Tinordi(1.08mil)-Emelin(3mil)
Beaulieu(1.2mil)
$25.18 million invested on defense
On forward: UFA
Gionta
Parros
I don't see us bringing Gionta back next year and Parros is a dime a dozen. I like to target Tomas Vanek. Vanek is like Hossa in Chicago. He will probably cost us $7 mil. Finally give Plekanec a real first line player to play with. I like to us to add some size but we are stuck with Briere and Desharnais.
Bourque(3.3mil)-Plekanec(5mil)-Vanek(7mil)
Pacioretty(4.5mil)-Desharnais(3.5mil)-Briere(4mil)
Galchenyuk(3.2mil)-Eller(3mil)-Gallagher(870k)
Prust(2.5mil)-Bournival(870k)-Moen(1.5mil)
White(700k)
$39.94 million invested on forwards
Price(6.5mil)
Budaj(1.4mil)
$7.9 mil in goal.
$7.9+39.94+25.18=73 mil cap (assuming that the cap will be $74 mil)
Are you serious? 2 words: Norris Trophy.
If Pietrangelo is making 6.5 mill a season without proving himself in the league, let alone even winning a Norris then you can damn well count on Subban getting more than that. His agent will likely use Pietrangelo as an example of how much non Norris trophy winners are getting. If you think they're in the same boat then you're in for a harsh reality slap.
What top 6 guys do you suggest the Habs "invest" in?
If you saw the UFA market this summer it was pretty bare and even fringe top 6 guys got huge money(Clarkson and Clowe).
Subban signing for a cap hit of 6.5 million isn't nearly as far fetched as people think. Pietrangelo signed his deal this year for a annual 6.5 million cap hit. Subban and Pietrangelo are on the same level IMO. They should get similar contracts all things considered.
I personally think Subbans cap hit is around 7 million but I wouldn't be surprised if its less.
I'd like to grab Brian Boyle, our Brandon Prusts good buddy from New York. Could give him something similar to what Prust got. I'd go with 4 years / 9 $M.
Bournival on the 1st line?
Bournival on the 1st line?
You put way too much value into "first line". Guys like Prust, Moen, and even Latque have seen "first line" time for this franchise in recent years.
We've been rolling three 2way lines for years anyway, not much difference between 1st line and 3rd line for this team for years.
Defense: UFA
Diaz
Murray
Markov
Emelin
Boullion
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Out of the following, I like to bring back Emelin pending on his health.
That means we only have Subban, Gorges, Emelin as regulars. We need to build a tougher defense group. Add Dan Girardi, Dennis Seidenberg and bring up Jarrod Tinordi and Nathan Beaulieu, we should have a solid group of veteran and youth.
Subban(6.5mil)-Gorges(3.9mil)
Seidenberg(4.5mil)-Girardi(5mil)
Tinordi(1.08mil)-Emelin(3mil)
Beaulieu(1.2mil)
$25.18 million invested on defense
On forward: UFA
Gionta
Parros
I don't see us bringing Gionta back next year and Parros is a dime a dozen. I like to target Tomas Vanek. Vanek is like Hossa in Chicago. He will probably cost us $7 mil. Finally give Plekanec a real first line player to play with. I like to us to add some size but we are stuck with Briere and Desharnais.
Bourque(3.3mil)-Plekanec(5mil)-Vanek(7mil)
Pacioretty(4.5mil)-Desharnais(3.5mil)-Briere(4mil)
Galchenyuk(3.2mil)-Eller(3mil)-Gallagher(870k)
Prust(2.5mil)-Bournival(870k)-Moen(1.5mil)
White(700k)
$39.94 million invested on forwards
Price(6.5mil)
Budaj(1.4mil)
$7.9 mil in goal.
$7.9+39.94+25.18=73 mil cap (assuming that the cap will be $74 mil)
I think you're missing an important point. Bergevin played hardball because he wanted to prod Subban into earning his contract demands and Subban came through.
Always like reading your posts (btw), but...gotta disagree with you on your above post. Or actually I agree with you writing that Bergevin did want to see if Subban could earn his contract...but he still lost 'cause now he has to overpay in a huge way.
Imo, Bergevin had no idea Subban would come close to winning the Norris and gambled...lowballing PK Subban...imo. I don't like the lowballing part since Subban is the best player I've seen wear the Habs' jersey since Patrick Roy...imo.
Bergevin LOST and he lost BIG TIME.
Now he has to pay up, UNLESS...the unpredictable happens this season to PK Subban. I predict a great season as usual for PK.
(*knock on wood*).
Go Subban Go!!
For the record I was one of those Hab fans who wrote 7 yrs for 5mil/year (you can look at my old posts...not kidding around).