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That's was my first thought too. If you're going to ask a guy whose contract is up to be your number one goalie then you need to be prepared to pay him more than your backup if you intend to keep him.
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That's was my first thought too. If you're going to ask a guy whose contract is up to be your number one goalie then you need to be prepared to pay him more than your backup if you intend to keep him.
Number1RedWingsFan52
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We'll sign Mrazek, But unfortunately we could be looking at $10 million worth of Goalies if Mrazek gets his asking price or close to it.
Mrazek/DDK
DDK has avoided arbitration by signing 6 yr. deal @$5 mil per(I'm OK with this deal). Pretty much as expected.
I pray that Mrazek and Holland agree on a 2 yr. bridge deal at $4 mil. Next summer, Howard is left unprotected and(with some added incentive) LV takes Howard. Even if they don't take him, it will be easier/less expensive to either buy out Howie or trade him with retention. After July 1st/2017 we can then extend Petr for another 6 yrs(starting in 18/19) for probably close to $6 mil per.
DDK has avoided arbitration by signing 6 yr. deal @$5 mil per(I'm OK with this deal). Pretty much as expected.
I pray that Mrazek and Holland agree on a 2 yr. bridge deal at $4 mil. Next summer, Howard is left unprotected and(with some added incentive) LV takes Howard. Even if they don't take him, it will be easier/less expensive to either buy out Howie or trade him with retention. After July 1st/2017 we can then extend Petr for another 6 yrs(starting in 18/19) for probably close to $6 mil per.
Go get it Petr. I don't mind guys going after what they're worth, and seeing a teammate in Howard earn what he does for far worse results has to grind his gears.
Meh. I don't think many Detroit fans will be upset if he gets his full ask.
Any thoughts or speculation that Howard gets bought out if Mzareks award is higher than a certain amount?
mouser
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Clock is ticking, wonder if they'll actually hit the arbitration hearing tomorrow.
Btw, for any not aware: Mrazek is the sole team-elected salary arbitration this summer. All the others were player-elected.
Btw, for any not aware: Mrazek is the sole team-elected salary arbitration this summer. All the others were player-elected.
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Most have expected them to get there for a while now.
They are going to compare him to Gibson as the big starting point, probably Vasy in Tampa.
It will be interesting to see how contentious this gets. He is critical to the future so you don't want to put the guy in tears. But for everyone saying Howard, I am sure his agent can try, but it won't work that well when they sit in front of the arbitrator more than likely. But I don't think Wings fans will be upset if he gets his two years and 10 million. Heck if he wanted to use the Howard logic, he should have demanded 5.5 per. Anderson's deal also buys out UFA years. They are not ideal for Mrazek's side as some would think.
We had a poster put up the salaries comparable in terms of bridges for RFA guys that were similar and if I remember right most were closer to the Wings number than Mrazek and I don't think anybody cleared 4 million at that point.
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I agree, but if he's signing a 2 year bridge deal there's no need to pay his full ask.
mouser
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Can't even mention Howard in the arbitration, he can't be used in any discussion of what Mrazek should be paid.
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Not a wings fan but saddling up alot of money long term into yet another goalie is tough when youre trying to compete. If they were able to move howard's contract they probably would. But 10m for goalies is alot
He's only played around 100 NHL games. Bridge deal into long term deal makes more sense at this point. Plus the Howard situation and cap situation in general.
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Last time they committed to a goalie long term, they kinda got burned. Also we have a bunch of money tied up long term in crap right now.
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mouser
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FYI: even though the arbitration hearing started they can still settle on a new contract so long as they do so before the arbitration ruling is released. That usually happens a couple days after the hearing.
Number1RedWingsFan52
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Gregg Krupa who's the Red Wings beat writer for the Detroit News, Seems to think that Mrazek's deal will be a 2 year $9 million deal or an AAV around $4.5M per this is pretty much my line of thinking as well.
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