JWI19 said:
Do some of you people realize Marchant is gonna get paid the rest of his contract regardless of the outcome of the CBA?
is that true? because as a canuck fan, i heard there is a possibilty that naslund can retire after this hockey yr (if there is no season) because his contract will be expired anyways. i guess it all depends on what the new cba looks like.
JWI19 said:
His and other big contracts a binding and wont be ripped up because of a new CBA.
unforturnately
JWI19 said:
So why should he care, after all once his deal is done he'll be close to retiring.
many players play till their late 30s and early 40s these days, so i think he still have 1 or more contracts left in him, specially with his speed. therefore, he does care, because if the nhlpa wins, he'll cash in big time again after this contract.
JWI19 said:
Maybe just maybe he and other are looking out for the younger and future NHL players.
then how come so many younger players (those that are supposed to be helped) are speaking up against the nhlpa? how are they helping the '04 and '05 draft class, when those players can be playing in the nhl and earning good money? how are they helping the dagenais, ference, commodore? how come those that speak up against the young players are the veterans who are on big contracts (pronger, mccabe, marchant)?
anybody who thinks pronger, mccabe, marchant, modano, etc are looking out for the young players are naive. they are all looking out for themselves and how many zeros they'll get on their next contracts.