No ****.
Pay the man his money. Been saying that forever, what the **** took so long anyway? Thank God Dean has finally come to his senses. Sign the ****ing thing and let's move on to hockey.
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No ****.
Pay the man his money. Been saying that forever, what the **** took so long anyway? Thank God Dean has finally come to his senses. Sign the ****ing thing and let's move on to hockey.
KINGS17
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Rooting for another lockout, and compliance buyouts if this comes to pass. The window for cups is 2-3 years now IMO, and that includes this season.
Ziggy Stardust
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It will hurt down the road, but it's about keeping a contending team together for a few more years. Yes, I understand this deal will cause some casualties this off-season (likely Gaborik) and likely another the following summer when Toffoli gets 8 years at $7M+.
I have said it before, and I will say it again, if it really goes south around the next work stoppage, the next round of compliance buyouts is always an option.
I have said it before, and I will say it again, if it really goes south around the next work stoppage, the next round of compliance buyouts is always an option.
LOL at buying out Kopitar.
This is getting ridiculous now. Do you even read your posts before hitting that "submit" button?
KINGS17
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LOL at buying out Kopitar.
This is getting ridiculous now. Do you even read your posts before hitting that "submit" button?
I'm not necessarily referring to Kopitar. The Kings have lots of long term deals on the books. I could however see in 4 years from now how a 50-point center at age 33 making an AAV of $10M with a cap of around $82M could be bought out. I guess we'll revisit this then.
This is uttter BS. I have been pointing out that the Toews contract should not be used as a comp, and for good reasons economically. I also pointed out that players don't start producing more offense when they hit 30 years of age. Kopitar's numbers will continue to decline as he gets older. That's the reality of the situation. I know the truth is a downer for some of you, but it is what it is. Dean is overpaying by a pretty large amount to keep a player happy for the short term. That's it in a nutshell.
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Ziggy Stardust
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Other reporters stated that they were at an impasse while Mayor said otherwise last night, and now it's all but official. I don't know who his sources are but clearly the guy is connected.
Maybe when he said soon before they felt both parties were within range, and it looks like someone bridged that gap to get this deal done.
Read LeBrun's tweet, in line with what Mayor has been saying for a while now:
Onto Lucic now.
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LOL at buying out Kopitar.
This is getting ridiculous now. Do you even read your posts before hitting that "submit" button?
I actually agree with him, 5 years into the deal, his play declining severely, with compliance buyouts available, you wouldn't do it?
EDIT: Personally, not rooting for a lockout, just see it as inevitable.
Ok, two things:
Gaborik is signed through the 2020-21 season. So unless you are talking a trade, he's here for the duration.
There are no compliance buyouts left. The time frame for those ended on June 30, 2014.
This makes me feel a little better, actually. It sounds like the $$$ was decided on before the Kings offered to open talks with Lucic. They must have a plan for keeping him.
So if it is 8x10 I think that would definately be a win for the kopitar camp. If the kopitar camp did meet in the middle what was their original request? Couldn't be that much more.
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It's going to happen, because the owners have too much money tied up in these long term deals.
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Exactly, and with it will come a new CBA and the opportunity for more compliance buyouts.
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Not just be able to, the Kings will NEED to shed at least two bad contracts in 4 or 5 years.
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Do you guys want to see a Kings team without Kopitar? I sure don't.
Besides his contract will have little effect on the cap situation when the Kings are in a full rebuild two years from now.
Kopitar is our best player and has basically been a savior for the Kings helping bring in this successful era, and now he will retire a King. Don't see the issue here
Besides his contract will have little effect on the cap situation when the Kings are in a full rebuild two years from now.
Kopitar is our best player and has basically been a savior for the Kings helping bring in this successful era, and now he will retire a King. Don't see the issue here
Ziggy Stardust
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A bigger issue is middle of the road players earning $3-5M or more, like Dustin Brown.
whether or not it happens isn't what is stupid about that post...cheering or hoping for a lockout is the most idiotic thing ever. How can you call yourself a fan when you are cheering for the game to not be played?
Why not cheer for no lockout but the new CBA to allow a buy out as if there were no lockout, or have some sort of franchise provision where you can go above the cap by one player of the teams choosing.
Point is there are many things to hope for before a lockout.
Me I am hoping Kopitar is one of few players that is still elite till he is 40, the CDN dollar rebounds by year 3 of his deal and the cap goes way up as the game grows leading to it being a steal come year 4. I know it is very unlikely but hope for positive things not a ****ign lockout.
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