Confirmed with Link: Wings sign Weiss 5 yrs 4.9m/yr (Conf Post #197 & #1 Updated))

[SportsballChic]

If he's still asking for $6 million and 5 years?

Just, no. Please. Do not do this. We have this guy in the minors already; his name is Landon Ferraro and he'll be up next season.

I'd rather just move Franzen back to center, split up Pav and Hank or just keep Emmerton on the 4th line.

Weiss was ONLY attractive when we thought he'd be cheap and short term. If Holland dumps 5 years into this guy at anywhere NEAR 5 million; I will literally lose my.... yeah.

Ugh. Repeat: do not want for more than 2 years at 4 million. Do not care what market is willing to pay; let market overpay for midget in his 30's.

 

[JmanWingsFan]

Looks like things are slowing down for now.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Looks like things are slowing down for now.

You're some kind of good luck charm!

TSN reports the Weiss deal will be done within the hour.

 

[Laser Rayzor]

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 1m
Wings think they'll get Weiss, but are concerned Blues might outbid them in the end.

 

[hyduK]

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 31s
Wings think they'll get Weiss, but are concerned Blues might outbid them in the end.

 

[last_sd]

I want Weiss just for the fact that we won't have cap space to sign Cleary once we get him.

 

[1st Line Interloper]

If he's still asking for $6 million and 5 years?

Just, no. Please. Do not do this. We have this guy in the minors already; his name is Landon Ferraro and he'll be up next season.

I'm sorry but Landon Ferraro's ceiling is nowhere even close to what Stephen Weiss is. Ferraro is a bottom 6 upside where Weiss is a jack of all trades #2 center.

If he's asking for that though, I don't want him.

 

[hyduK]

the fact that they're scared of getting outbit at least gives me some hope that it won't be ridiculous money.

 

[last_sd]

It's weird that Weiss' list is narrowed down to STL and DET.

One is in west and one is in east. Two play different style of game.

Unless it's just money.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

If he's still asking for $6 million and 5 years?

Just, no. Please. Do not do this. We have this guy in the minors already; his name is Landon Ferraro and he'll be up next season.

I'd rather just move Franzen back to center, split up Pav and Hank or just keep Emmerton on the 4th line.

Weiss was ONLY attractive when we thought he'd be cheap and short term. If Holland dumps 5 years into this guy at anywhere NEAR 5 million; I will literally lose my.... yeah.

Ugh. Repeat: do not want for more than 2 years at 4 million. Do not care what market is willing to pay; let market overpay for midget in his 30's.

Weiss is a good player and I guess Zetterberg and Datsyuk are midgets. Amazed at how much hate Weiss gets, especially because I lived in Florida for a year watching pretty much every Panthers game and on a lot of nights he was the best player on the ice, not just the Panthers the entire ice.

Prepare to:

 

[Run the Jewels]

Ansar Khan ‏@AnsarKhanMLive 1m
Wings think they'll get Weiss, but are concerned Blues might outbid them in the end.

Gotta love how Ken Holland is never responsible for reeling guys in. Always crazy teams offering guys crazy money. Fantastic bit of posturing there. Please just do your job and sign the guy.

 

[Yzerman1919*]

If we sign Weiss, the Alfredsson dealis GENIS.

Z/Pav/Alfie
Franzen/Weiss/Nyquist
Tatar/Helm/Bert
Abby/Andersson/Miller

Those top 2 lines are probabl 2 of the most competitive lines in hockey.

You can split up Z and Pav too

Z/Weiss/Franzen
Alfie/Pav/Nyquist

 

[SportsballChic]

Weiss is a good player and I guess Zetterberg and Datsyuk are midgets. Amazed at how much hate Weiss gets, especially because I lived in Florida for a year watching pretty much every Panthers game and on a lot of nights he was the best player on the ice, not just the Panthers the entire ice.

Prepare to:

Look, I wanted him at the right price. I don't think he sucks but I have no interest in the kind of money they were talking yesterday.

If he signs for 2 years? I'll make a ****ing Crow pie. If he signs for 5? I don't care HOW good he is next year, that's a terrible deal yo.

I don't hate Weiss. Don't lump me in with everyone else because I don't want to sign the guy like he's a tier 1 FA when he isn't.

And yes. Pavel is a midget.

 

[DRWCountryClub]

Look, I wanted him at the right price. I don't think he sucks but I have no interest in the kind of money they were talking yesterday.

If he signs for 2 years? I'll make a ****ing Crow pie. If he signs for 5? I don't care HOW good he is next year, that's a terrible deal yo.

I don't hate Weiss. Don't lump me in with everyone else because I don't want to sign the guy like he's a tier 1 FA when he isn't.

And yes. Pavel is a midget.

Just calm down until we see what he's is signed for...

 

[Run the Jewels]

If we sign Weiss, the Alfredsson dealis GENIS.

Z/Pav/Alfie
Franzen/Weiss/Nyquist
Tatar/Helm/Bert
Abby/Andersson/Miller

Those top 2 lines are probabl 2 of the most competitive lines in hockey.

You can split up Z and Pav too

Z/Weiss/Franzen
Alfie/Pav/Nyquist

Yep, our top 6 goes from meh to very good. Still not out of the woods on a Weiss deal just yet tho.

 

[JmanWingsFan]

You're some kind of good luck charm!

TSN reports the Weiss deal will be done within the hour.

Sorry... Explain how I'm a good luck charm?

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

Sorry... Explain how I'm a good luck charm?

You said we'd have to wait, and then they said we wouldn't have to wait. So you jinxed the situation in a positive way.

 

[7r4n]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 53s

DET closing in on Stephen Weiss.

Well then...

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 44s
DET closing in on Stephen Weiss.

I want Weiss, just hope it's not at 6m.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Craig Custance ‏@CraigCustance 37s
Red Wings not in on Grabovski.

There goes that dream. I assume it could change though if STL swoops in and steals Weiss, seeing as Ribiero and Cullen are gone.

 

[SportsballChic]

Just calm down until we see what he's is signed for...

I want to get that joke, I really do. However... I don't watch that series of insipid movies. I know who she is, I just don't know the situation at all.

Don't tell people to calm down. It really never works. Ever, in life, over really anything. All it does is make them reply all snippy. Like this.

I was just telling TZE that he wasn't understanding me/or was mischaracterizing my statements. I'm from Detroit, swearing just means excited to us. Not necessarily mad.

 

[Drunk Larry Murphy]

I don't think Weiss' cap hit is going to be bigger than what Ribeiro or Horton got, regardless of what he asked for.

 

[Unfriendly Ghost]

The way I view it, if Holland is actually willing to pay, it can't be that bad. That man won't pay anyone.

 

[DRWCountryClub]

I want to get that joke, I really do. However... I don't watch that series of insipid movies. I know who she is, I just don't know the situation at all.

Don't tell people to calm down. It really never works. Ever, in life, over really anything. All it does is make them reply all snippy. Like this.

I was just telling TZE that he wasn't understanding me/or was mischaracterizing my statements. I'm from Detroit, swearing just means excited to us. Not necessarily mad.

Wow, you really are worked up. I've never watched the movies myself, I just thought the reaction was funny.

This is a situation where you have no control, and the guy isn't even signed.

 

[bullocks]

Bozak just signed for 4.2 so expect around 4.5-4.7