Fireable?
Was MB trying to include him in his Eichel offers but Buffalo said they’d rather have 2-3 1st rounders instead, so he tried to shop him for picks but no one was biting? Then he hears this and decides it’s one way to get the picks he needs? I may be giving him too much credit.
Which is why I continue to believe that heading into this season with Kotkaniemi as a top 6C on this team was never *the* plan but rather plan B.
It's not about giving him too much credit but there has to be a reason.
He's also a fool to have taken it.. he knows the position he puts the Habs in, to me this is a clear indication that he wants out. Aho deserved the contract the Habs offered him, KK doesn't deserve this contract. I would've understood a 3-4 year contract at 4-5 millions per, but this is a clear FU move on both Carolina and KK's parts. He persona non grata for me now and I was a huge fan. This kid turns his back on the team that reached to draft him 3rd overall because he didn't play all the games in the finals? Sounds to me like he's a spoiled little brat. Good riddance.
If they keep the picks its at MIN 2 years if the canes completely crapped the bed before that 1st (even a top 10) would see the ice at 19 years old. Carey price is how old? Weber, petry, armia, gally, anderson and toffi hoffman byron and even savard? There is a large portion of our core staring down 30+ years of age and all that entails as some of us older folks know. Lehk is 26 already. we have an aging group of players and HAD 5 good young peices. Take away KK makes it harder for a win now team. If you can flip those assets, great, but it doesn't hlep us if you keep them for likely 3-5 years. Its another set back and means you should just blow up the team.
KK’s value in terms of hockey accomplishments is nowhere close to the aforementioned players. You do bring valuable and researched arguments. Kudos.He proved he was great in the playoffs and at 20 years old. He proved that the habs losing Danault didn't matter to them. There is rumour it was for less. And it is ONLY his performance bonus from his ELC. What was the duration of that offer? 3 years at 2.5? I would laugh at that. Esp knowing the habs need him with Danault gone, or the fact he has been in multiple trade talks. He won't be a hab anyway so why take that offer.
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AAV P. BONUSES S. BONUSES BASE SALARY TOTAL SALARY MINORS SALARY For a comparable of someone drafted after him and given a chance here is a write up on Brady T[TBODY] [/TBODY]
2018-19 $925,000 $3,425,000 $2,500,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 2019-20 $925,000 $3,425,000 $2,500,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000 2020-21 $925,000 $3,425,000 $2,500,000 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $70,000
Make no mistake, though, he’s in big league territory and there are a few trails to follow with what’s happened recently with high-end draft picks coming out of their entry-level deals.
If the Senators go down the long-term road, buying Tkachuk out of years of unrestricted free agency, the contracts of New Jersey’s Nico Hischier (seven years, $50.75 million), Winnipeg’s Kyle Connor (seven years, $50 million), Arizona’s Clayton Keller (eight years, $57.2 million) and Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen (six years, $55 million) could come into play.
There are mid-range options, where players don’t give up unrestricted free agency and maintain salary arbitration rights when the contract expires.
Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders (three years, $21 million), San Jose’s Timo Meier (four years, $24 million) and Vancouver’s Brock Boeser (three years, $17.62 million) are part of that world.
The most interesting contract here, however, could be the three-year, $21-million deal signed by Matthew Tkachuk — Brady’s brother — with Calgary in 2019.
DO any of those contracts look like 2-2.5 million deals? Let alone the duration?
The thing that made him leave Montreal is wads of cash. and not giving a f*** about this team
It's a clear indication that he wants six million dollars and the Canadiens weren't offering even half that. I can not fathom holding this against Kotkaniemi. Absolutely absurd that we cheer for the team run by the "if you want loyalty buy a dog" guy that replaced Markov with Karl f***ing Alzner and we're supposed to expect a player to walk away from SIX MILLION DOLLARS.
And when they do its not like that team can't or won't suddenly throw them overboard-see Markov. Subban loved the habs and despite MBs very words of never trading him, he was gone in a few weeks time. Its business and I can say I don't get attached to any player anymore. How can you when you have 1/3 of the roster flipped each and every year.
