danisonfire
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What else are they supposed to do with France and Belgium playing in the euro cup rerun? I am just waiting for PKs at this point. Don't spoil itA lot of them post here.
What else are they supposed to do with France and Belgium playing in the euro cup rerun? I am just waiting for PKs at this point. Don't spoil itA lot of them post here.
I've been a poster on this site for about 8 ish years and a lurker for way more and I never ever go on the main board.I have come to conclusion that people on the main board are part of an experience conducted by Pinel institute in Montreal. I've never seen so many stupid takes in 1 thread.
I realize this is the case, it costs a fortune to go to NHL arenas to watch games, but I was looking at the struggles of the everyday person which has little to do with Slaf. I feel good for him but also empathize with those who aren't doing so well.But it's the average Joe that makes those insane deals possible by spending their money (whether it's merchandise, live games, cable subscription, etc.). So it's nothing but fair IMO.
It reminds me of a collective of Quebec Nordiques fans aka half the Montreal Canadiens media right now. Go look up the biggest haters in our media and chances are they use to cover the Nordiques or they grew up fans of them.I have come to conclusion that people on the main board are part of an experience conducted by Pinel institute in Montreal. I've never seen so many stupid takes in 1 thread.
I agree but it isn't the point I was making. It has nothing to do with Slaf or the Habs, it's just my take on the way things are right now.Well the league make several billions in revenue (6.6 last fiscal year?) so it's only natural for the athletes to get a slice of the pie. Now I do think our world is kind of broken when I look at all the sport league revenues, but then again Joe Average Dude played an active role in creating those monsters.
There is an optics motive behind it for sure (masking lack of any big ufa signing) but I think it also sends a good message about where our priorities are: locking up our budding core players.Good bet of a contract and I don't think it's a coincidence that the announcement coincides with an otherwise inactive July 1st.
It will take the spotlight away from not making any big ufa signing which probably would have been a mistake regardless.
I think the strategy signing Caufield, Suzuki and Slaf 8 years is that in 3-4 years 23 millions for 3 solid top 6 player wont be a bad deal at all with the cap likely being close to 100 millions then (if it works in Utah you can expect the cap to increase).I love it, I think we saved a solid 750k-1M per year than if we had waited till next summer
It's 7.6 though. Every dollar count. I hated when MB would overpay 250k for a bottom 6 player and then people would be "it's not a big deal" and i was like if you overpay your entire bottom 6 by 250k - 300k then it's around 1.5m to 2m less you have for your top 6. I like that this time around we focus on paying the top 6 and then use the remaining $ for the bottom 6.Sub 8M for a 1st liner will be cheap in the 100M cap world we're gonna be in not too far from now.
Now, re-sign Dvorak!!
Culture!Slafkovsky Suzuki and Caufield taking on these contracts will have a ripple effect on every future contract for the next 3-5 years.
Now, we just have to wait/find a way to move off the bad contracts handed out by Bergevin. We will soon be back to competing for the cup, we just need to be a little more patient.
I would agree with you but progression is not linear.The opposite of this is true. Early on this year, his first 15-20 games he seemed to struggle quite a bit and then he took off. There is quite literally no downside to this deal. He should be good for 60+ points next year without injury. Go luck at how much that costs this day and age. Then remember Slaf just turned 20 3 months ago.
This is a sweetheart deal. I was a skeptic when he looked lost on the ice, but he’s been past that for 60 games or so.
I would agree with you but progression is not linear.
Imagine giving Galchenyuk that contract after his 30 goals season at age 21.
Not saying this will happen but saying there is not risk is wrong.
It must be said that the Habs are fortunate and its a good sign, because he could have easily have waited, bet on himself and really hold a lot of leverage for his next deal.Aaah...
The Suzuki Standard Holds that is AWESOME news.
Very good job by kent. We did not follow the greedy trio of Maple leaf.Suzuki Caufield and Slafkovky all bought into the program. No one gets paid more than the captain looks like.
But the crazy thing is, right now he's managing to keep his core guys (Suzuki, Caufield and now Slafkovsky) under 8M/yr.Glad to get this done. I think he'll be worth it but I hope HuGo (and the core) understands that in a rising cap world having everyone under 8 probably isn't going to be feasible.