Around the League 14: PLAY GLORIA!

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I'm not picking a side, and I generally have no issue with arguing just to argue, but I can kinda see both sides of this one.

IMO, Eberle gets a bad rap for one reason or another. Maybe he can't get the stench of Edmonton off of him. And Skinner gets a pass for one reason or another, seemingly emerging blameless from his teams' failure to make the playoffs for nine straight seasons. IMO, they are close enough in value that one shouldn't be making $3.5 million per season more than the other. To me, it shows that Skinner was quite comfortable using every ounce of leverage to his financial benefit, while Eberle -- for one reason or another, known only to him -- didn't.

Probably because Skinner was coming off a 40 Goal season and Eberle was coming off of a 37 point seasons.

I wasn't arguing that Skinner is $3.5M > Eberle. I was disagreeing with the statement that they are "similar" players that DBT made. Other than raw points, they aren't similar in terms of style, strengths and how they play.

Anyhow, it doesn't matter to me because I'm just glad we aren't the team paying Skinner that contract.

EDIT: Funny how the trade got viewed after Skinner signed. Universally, the trade of Skinner was panned by fans and media as the Canes getting screwed. Now, Skinner cost the Sabres $9M/year for 8 years (with a NMC) and everyone is panning the Sabres for giving him that contract.

 

[DaveG]

Can we combine Around the League, News and Notes and Offseason Roster building into one thread now that the season is over? The same basic conversation is going on in all three threads.

It's the Kobayashi Maru my man. We've tried it that way in the past with similarly disastrous results.

 

[Lempo]

It's the Kobayashi Maru my man. We've tried it that way in the last with similarly disastrous results.

The very point of Kobayashi Maru is not for you to succeed!!

 

[Lempo]

Probably because Skinner was coming off a 40 Goal season and Eberle was coming off of a 37 point seasons.

I wasn't arguing that Skinner is $3.5M > Eberle. I was disagreeing with the statement that they are "similar" players that DBT made. Other than raw points, they aren't similar in terms of style, strengths and how they play.

Anyhow, it doesn't matter to me because I'm just glad we aren't the team paying Skinner that contract.

EDIT: Funny how the trade got viewed after Skinner signed. Universally, the trade of Skinner was panned by fans and media as the Canes getting screwed. Now, Skinner cost the Sabres $9M/year for 8 years (with a NMC) and everyone is panning the Sabres for giving him that contract.

Two, three, six, Pu, get ur bod' onto the whoop!

 

[MinJaBen]

Can we combine Around the League, News and Notes and Offseason Roster building into one thread now that the season is over? The same basic conversation is going on in all three threads.

Make it happen @garnetpalmetto @DaveG

It's the Kobayashi Maru my man. We've tried it that way in the past with similarly disastrous results.

Plus it would have to be closed immediately.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

It's the Kobayashi Maru my man. We've tried it that way in the past with similarly disastrous results.

How about just closing 2 of the 3 threads and renaming the remaining thread?

 

[bleedgreen]

Eberle and Skinner are not comparable. There’s impressive over rating of Eberle and under rating of Skinner going on there.

Both contracts will probably look bad in the end.

 

[Svechhammer]

Can we combine Around the League, News and Notes and Offseason Roster building into one thread now that the season is over? The same basic conversation is going on in all three threads.

One Thread to rule them all, One Thread to find them,
One Thread to bring them all and in the offseason bind them

 

[Lempo]

How about just closing 2 of the 3 threads and renaming the remaining thread?

Let's seek out a solution that I can pronounce.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Can we combine Around the League, News and Notes and Offseason Roster building into one thread now that the season is over? The same basic conversation is going on in all three threads.

I literally can't even remember which thread it was that I was in the middle of a big argument.

 

[SvechneJerk]

I literally can't even remember which thread it was that I was in the middle of a big argument.

The correct answer is C: All of them

 

[vorbis]

the lesson, as always, is never post

 

[Lempo]

the lesson, as always, is never post

Greetings professor Falken

 

[My Special Purpose]

Yeah if the Canes got a 1st and Pionk for Faulk I’d be underwhelmed.

Trouba owes his fiancee big time. Not only did he force a trade out of Winnipeg, he looks like a hero in the process.

Chris Pronger is kicking himself that he didn't think of this.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Trouba owes his fiancee big time. Not only did he force a trade out of Winnipeg, he looks like a hero in the process.

Chris Pronger is kicking himself that he didn't think of this.

I’d agree if I wasn’t 99% Chris Pronger didn’t give a f*** what anyone thought.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Chris Pronger is too busy crushing Justin Bieber to give a shit about any of that.

 

[AD Skinner]

Remember when pronger threw the game puck in the trash can? That dude was crazy

 

[SvechneJerk]

Ouch.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Why ouch? What were you expecting?

 

[MinJaBen]

Ouch.

That’s a UFA contract right there, folks.

 

[MinJaBen]

If the Marleu rumors are true, Toronto is in a tougher spot than I thought.

 

[SvechneJerk]

Just seems a bit much for someone with a career high of 55 points. One man's opinion.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I mean, ouch for them, I guess.

This is why I don't think we're in the UFA market at all. I think we're pretty much exclusively ripping talent from cap-strapped teams. The UFA price tags just aren't worth it.

 

[Canes]

Looks pretty high at first glance but at least he plays center. If a winger who only has 8 more points in a career year can get 9, 7 for a center isn't too bad in comparison.

 

[HisIceness]

Lot of overpayment thus far. We're going to have another lockout anyways so why not go for the gold in the process...