GDT: Free Agent Frenzy Part II - Awful deals galore! (Clowe to NJ)

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Good deal for Weiss.

THAT'S...actually not horrible.

 

[NYR Viper]

40-50 point center. 2nd/3rd line tweener. $3.5m isn't bad.

He is a 40 point center who is 36. I wouldn't touch him with that contract.

 

[Dalagaze]

I don't understand how these GM's haven't learned a single lesson year after year. How can you justify giving Clarkson a deal like that?

"Well we really needed toughness up front and the market has a big impact on the contracts being signed...."

 

[SupersonicMonkey*]

Good deal for Weiss.

Thats a great deal for Weiss.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

These are the same contracts that caused the most recent lockout. 7 years for Clarkson? God damn.

This is why I will NEVER side with the owners. Its quite fkin simple, stop handing out stupid contracts.

 

[ecemleafs]

Understood, but that glass man isn't going to survive. I think his deal is bad and that makes Clarkson's look even worse.

if injuries force him to "retire" then he will just be put on LTIR and have insurance pay him.

 

[Tawnos]

He is a 40 point center who is 36. I wouldn't touch him with that contract.

Well, pro-rated at 52 points last year. It's just a 2 year deal. Not a biggie.

 

[RGY]

anything on the rangers? rumors? even if its smaller players

 

[Dalagaze]

This is why I will NEVER side with the owners. Its quite fkin simple, stop handing out stupid contracts.

No, blame the GMs. They're the ones doing the signing.

 

[Kwayry]

Next time, they should lockout the GM's, not the players. these prices are just silly.
The GM's have so little time to produce now, they are going to take their best shot by cutting corners, i.e. giving ridiculous money to FA's. The owners need to have a heart to heart with their GM's not the players.

 

[Punxrocknyc19*]

i wonder if Sather is targeting Valtteri Filppula

 

[Inferno]

anything on the rangers? rumors? even if its smaller players

rumor has it rangers are close with re-signing McDonagh.

 

[broadwayblue]

Agreed. Although, by the time the 7 years is up, the number could drop from 10.8% of the Cap to 7.8%, which won't be so bad for him at that point, most likely.

Isn't the deal 5.25M/year. If so, that's already under 9%, no?

 

[Tawnos]

No, blame the GMs. They're the ones doing the signing.

Except in NY, the GMs answer to the owner (or to the President, who answers to the owner). The owners have given their rubber stamp.

 

[SupersonicMonkey*]

Where is Dagoon when you need him? Inside info on the Rangers would be great this day.

 

[RangerBoy]

The Leafs have about $14-million in cap space now and Bernier, Kadri, Gunnarsson and Franson probably eat $11-million of that.

https://twitter.com/mirtle/status/353216839939133441

 

[nyr2k2]

I don't understand how these GM's haven't learned a single lesson year after year. How can you justify giving Clarkson a deal like that?

How anyone can ever take anything the owners say seriously, after seeing this, is beyond me. They piss and moan and shut the league down, and then have their GMs revert to the exact same behavior that got them to where they were.

 

[LaffyTaffyNYR]

No, blame the GMs. They're the ones doing the signing.

owners/gm/management. there lol.

 

[Tawnos]

Isn't the deal 5.25M/year. If so, that's already under 9%, no?

Yep. Math was wrong. 8.1% now, likely 6% by the time it's up.

 

[broadwayblue]

This is why I will NEVER side with the owners. Its quite fkin simple, stop handing out stupid contracts.

The teams with money will always spend to the cap. They just want the cap lower to protect themselves from themselves.

 

[Zamboner]

7 yrs for injury prone player

Plus he's already 28. Even healthy, he'd be slightly overpaid with the type of point production he brings. And not only won't he be healthy, he'll be in his 30's for the bulk of the deal, so the production is going down. I'd be completely depressed if the Rangers made that deal.

 

[Moon Knight]

I still want Jagr but that's most likely not happening. I don't mind Sather just keeping quiet cause a lot of these signings are just terrible.

 

[Clowes Line]

I want me some Mason Raymond

 

[Kershaw]

Both contracts are horrendous, but I prefer Clarkson's over Clowe's since he is a better player.

 

[broadwayblue]

I'm happy if we just re-sign our guys to reasonable contracts. Next summer Sather will make his next big splash...so we have time to worry about that.