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I guess that depends on what he's asking for. If he's asking for 9 and they want him to take a discount off that, then I can see why Point might not want to do that. If he's asking to be paid higher than Kucherov and won't take a discount, I agree.For all the flack Marner is getting and all the talk of "Marner wants same/better than Matthews" and what his teammates might feel about that - I feel as though Point could be even more troubling in terms of teammate impact.
All of Stamkos, Kuch and Hedman took "team-friendly" deals, relatively speaking. Still lots of money - but less than they probably get on the open market. If Point is insisting on absolute top-end $$ in comparison - and especially if he ends up sitting and missing a lot of the season - I wonder if some of his teammates may end up resenting that.
I think people are aware but its still annoying. The worst was during the EK saga. Nobody had a god damn clue.Are people confused with what insiders do? If they dont have something concrete they rarely if ever actually use definitive terms. "He said my sense so its obviously all not truuuue". Okay.
The annoying part to me is people taking clear speculation and acting like its fact. That's not on the insider that's on the people consuming the information. The 31 thoughts is by far the worst culprit of this. Friedmans thoughts constantly get taken for information.I think people are aware but its still annoying. The worst was during the EK saga. Nobody had a god damn clue.
TB needs Yzerman back
I'm getting tired of all these RFAs though, this is getting crazy
"and my sense"
Oh cool, another worthless tweet.
My gut feeling is a deal will get done at some point, but no deal is in place currently. (E4)
He is getting that sense from talking to people close to the situation.
yeah i hate when good hockey players ask for substantial salaries
Yeah, heaven forbid that he only gets $60 million over a contract. How would he even survive?
Yeah, heaven forbid that he only gets $60 million over a contract. How would he even survive?
Yeah you've got to figure one Tampa's guys will want a market value contract at some point.
I say this and probably signs for like 8.5 x8 tomorrow
Im sure he is
This is getting crazy, I thought he would have been the easiest RFA to get a deal done.
Lebrun's gut feeling is usually better than most reporters' "trusted sources".
Wow Pierre! It's almost as if JBB has made his final offer and the Point camp is declining it hoping for something else. Brilliant reporting dude!
if he was willing to do that he would have signed already. I dont think he takes less than 9.5 and I don't think he takes more than 6 years.
If point says 9.5 x 6 and I'll sign, are Tampa really gonna say no and let a 40+g/90+pt C sit out?