As far as I read, Dale only said he was talking to Svoboda. Was there any reports saying he was negotiating/asking Jagr to take a pay cut or is all that just assumption? And why is there a big stink over not giving them a contract if you already have a feeling he won't sign for less any
That Florida choose to move on without Jagr is not a problem, that was their choice:
The problem with Jagr saga is that the Panthers disrespected him with how they handled it.
When Jagr had finished his season with Boston, they told after 2-3 days he would not be re-signed - compare this to Florida who lied and were dishonest for 3 months.
Jagrs agent Svoboda made a contract offer to Tallon - this again CLEARLY indicates Jagr wanted to return to play for Florida.
Now to the most important case, there were 2 scenarios after Svoboda made that offer to Tallon.
1. If Florida wanted to try to keep Jagr:
Tallon should have answered something like:
"We appreciate everything Jagr has done for the organisation the past 3 years, but our owner has told us we need to reduce salary by 10 million. So we cannot pay Jaromir 5.5$ if he wants to comeback. Maybe we can pay him 3.5. or 4 million. Would Jaromir comeback for these amount of salary?" That would have been a counter-offer coming from Florida ASAP to get the situation dealt with as quickly as possible for both parts.
2.If Florida did not want to retain Jagr - which was the case:
"We appreciate everything Jagr has done for the organisation the past 3 years, but have decided to go with more youth and speed therefore we wont offer any new contract to Jaromir. We wanted to tell you this immediately so Jagr can plan his future hockey career accordingly and also take care of his estate business in Florida etc."
Any of these options would have been completely fine, and Jagr and Florida could have parted ways on good terms. Jagr could have felt sad he did not get to return as he wanted, but the Panthers would have treated him fairly.
Instead we get this madness with Tallon running some kind of freakshow lying and hiding Floridas agenda with regards to giving Jagr a new contract or not for 3 months.
Is that the way you treat one of the top 5 players in the league all time who has been brilliant for the organisation and giving his absolute max on the ice and off the ice teaching and helping the Panthers young stars on the rise?
Panthers moving on from Jagr is fine, how they treated Jagr and fooled the fans throughout the whole ordeal is nothing short of a disgrace.
What does this signal to potential players joining Florida? The owner is a nutcase who know wants to cut costs, the GM is an disrespectful man who treats a player like Jagr like he was a piece of trash while tricking the whole Florida fanbase that they were trying to re-sign Jaromir.
The whole thing is so stupid, its beyond words.
only in ozone starts and have him on a line with Horvat the rest of the time.
