They must know something about one of their other players. Teams won't just overspend the Cap like that without a plan. Maybe Norris' recovery hasn't gone as hoped, or that gruesome looking injury to Forsberg (torn MCL in BOTH knees!) is something they don't see him recovering from? Or maybe something looming with Team Canada stuff and Batherson.
And that's why I think good teams not spending assets on a good goalie is silly. That is a young team that should be making the playoffs and very well may have the whole thing derailed because they won't spend assets on a goalie.
Youd think teams wouldve learned by watching edmonton throw money and Campbell. Yet Ottawa taking a major risk with Korpisalo who has 1 good season over the past several and LA is going with the husk of Talbots career and Copley/Rittich.
Forsberg on LTIR may be enough to get them to a 21 man roster IF they can talk Pinto into a cheap contract. Has there been any word on the Team Canada stuff? Feels like it was weeks ago we were told teams were expecting suspensions.
If they shift their injured guys to LTIR, they'll have an extra $10.7M in cap. That's plenty to fill the holes with some bargain contracts.
I'm not interested in him for the Preds... like DeBrincat or Nylander, I don't think luring players in when they are already pretty much at their peak but then paying them big money that takes them deep into their 30s is the right model. Hopefully our current prospect group will show us that if we just keep our draft picks and develop well, this level of player is always coming up from within anyway.
I agree, and I do think that's the calibration that WILL take place for Arvidsson-like players within a couple years, alas. (The pre-broken Arvidsson anyway... e.g. DeBrincat, sure, Terry). Guys who are signing long-term deals or extensions this year really should be pushing pause to factor that in.
Mind you, the arbitrator is just going to look at the cases presented to him. So if the team presents a stronger case than Terry's agent, it may look just based on how the trial goes as if Terry deserves lower. The arbitrator in theory doesn't even know anything about hockey, or about any comparables outside of the ones introduced in the case, and presumably has never seen the player before in his life. Which is kind of why these hearings are usually so harsh... the team goes to great lengths to trash the player and present his performance in the worst possible light. If they succeed, the arbitrator could well end up at a lower number. It wouldn't shock me. But hopefully for Terry it takes him to UFA, then he can have his revenge with a sayonara in a couple years.
That's a solid deal, and if his production holds up that'll even be considered a discount in probably 2 years.
Yeah, I had him pegged as being worth $7M just in arbitration. To take a 7-year deal at those numbers, I'm surprised he didn't at least get some up-front signing bonus money or a front-load that he could bank for investments, or better NTC/NMC concessions. He probably would have been better off just letting the arbitration case play out. Because even if the arbitrator had given him $6M, the Ducks would have elected a 1-year term to keep him RFA, and he'd have been in a better spot under a higher Cap to get a better deal next summer. Oh well, first world problems for a guy who just got $49M!
No doubt, he shouldn't be missing many meals that's for sure.Yeah, I had him pegged as being worth $7M just in arbitration. To take a 7-year deal at those numbers, I'm surprised he didn't at least get some up-front signing bonus money or a front-load that he could bank for investments, or better NTC/NMC concessions. He probably would have been better off just letting the arbitration case play out. Because even if the arbitrator had given him $6M, the Ducks would have elected a 1-year term to keep him RFA, and he'd have been in a better spot under a higher Cap to get a better deal next summer. Oh well, first world problems for a guy who just got $49M!
Maybe or he could have fell on his face and left himself in jeopardy of never seeing that money. For every guy that gambles and wins there is a Codey Franson or Klingberg who are stabbing themselves every day for not signing the long term deals they were offered.Yeah, I had him pegged as being worth $7M just in arbitration. To take a 7-year deal at those numbers, I'm surprised he didn't at least get some up-front signing bonus money or a front-load that he could bank for investments, or better NTC/NMC concessions. He probably would have been better off just letting the arbitration case play out. Because even if the arbitrator had given him $6M, the Ducks would have elected a 1-year term to keep him RFA, and he'd have been in a better spot under a higher Cap to get a better deal next summer. Oh well, first world problems for a guy who just got $49M!
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