Rumor: Tarasenko

[CanesUltimate11]

Well, back to worrying about the Aho extension that has been pending for 5 days.

 

[Svechhammer]

lol ok well then yeah glad we aren't going there

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

lol ok well then yeah glad we aren't going there

1x$5.5M was my thought for what the Canes were doing. I bet that Vlad's camp thinks that if he has to leave New York, he might as well shoot for term.

 

[tarheelhockey]

lol ok well then yeah glad we aren't going there

Sounds like we weren’t really that close after all. Just one on a list of offers that he wasn’t going to agree to.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Sounds like we weren’t really that close after all. Just one on a list of offers that he wasn’t going to agree to.

That’s if you believe Larry f***ing Brooks.

 

[A Star is Burns]

What a strange saga. Onto the next moves.

 

[MinJaBen]

lol ok well then yeah glad we aren't going there

Yeah, if that were the salary we were paying, I'm glad that looks to be killed. I'd rather send Pesce to Toronto with an add for Nylander as a rental then do Tank for $5.5M.

 

[LBS I Digress]

Honestly? Yeah.... He certainly would have helped our offense a lot, but the more I thought about it, he's not what he used to be and there's a lot of potential for him to be Patches 2.0. If he's doing this to get more term or money up front, then bah goodbye time to pivot elsewhere.

And really, I hope our front office approaches it this way as well. Move on and get someone else. Go with the Karlsson trade, and then follow that up with Pesce for Nylander. We'd be better off doing that anyway.

Oh yeah, at the end of the day this isn’t any type of make or break move for us. If the term is short and not an over payment, I’d be more than happy to have him. But like you said, if he’s asking more term or going overboard on the $$ amount then we don’t need to force anything.

Non-ironically, signing a player like this at $3.5Mx1 is a very different story than signing him for real money with real term. Given his age, injury history, and recent level of play, we can look to Teravainen as an example of the salary:production ratio we’d be signing up for. It’s problematic to have multiple players like that, while also trying to squeeze in UFA extensions for core players and upgrade via trade or FA.

That kind of risk is a luxury we can’t afford at the moment. Let an Ottawa take it on, it makes sense for them.

I whole heartedly agree:

I can’t imagine we’ll panic and offer more than what we’re comfortable with judging from how the borg has operated in the past. I’m sure they probably have a couple other tricks to try and pull off if this doesn’t pan out. I would like to see the 2C addressed more than the wings as others have said, I like KK’s progress but I still don’t know if I would trust him in that slot full time for next year.

At the end of the day I’d still like to see Tank come here at the right price, but not holding my breath for it, and I would be disappointed to see any type of overpayment.

 

[Svechhammer]

1x$5.5M was my thought for what the Canes were doing. I bet that Vlad's camp thinks that if he has to leave New York, he might as well shoot for term.

His camp can think whatever it wants, but he's moving on from NYR because they can't afford him. Asking for the moon with his next contract at a high dollar long term rate in a flat cap space when many of his peers are taking short term at lower rates is dumb

And then you factor in his injury history

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Larry Brooks is above Gold in the non connected, loud mouth team coverage category

Larry brooks is the equivalent of a newspaper publishing fansided articles

 

[Lempo]

Well. That was eventful, in the nothing visible happens kind of way.

 

[Oogie Boogie]

Move on and go for bigger targets.

 

[HisIceness]

As someone else said he's got his cup ring and now it sounds like he wants one last payday.

Again, I'd welcome him if it's a reasonable deal and he wants to help this franchise win that second Cup we all want. But there's other talent out there.

 

[tarheelhockey]

That’s if you believe Larry f***ing Brooks.

I dunno, his take seems consistent with the known facts.

We were hearing scuttlebutt that the Canes were hashing out final details on a deal, but that doesn’t make sense in light of the agent being fired. Presumably Tank would not approve a deal and then turn around and fire his agent the next day. It makes sense that the deal was presented, the agency felt good enough about it to leak to a reporter, and Tank said “**** no, you’re fired” after seeing what they were working on.

Honestly this is all consistent with how the Canes operate too. We are well known for making offers — sometimes successfully — that insult the recipient. This is the organization that signed TDA for 1x$1M and then traded him when he had a good season. Do I think we would be in on a deal that would make a player so angry that he fires his agent? Yes I do.

 

[Borsig]

Yeah you don't want to demand overpayment and want to win a SC. The two aren't compatible. I'd much rather have TDA at 2.5m. He scored more points here than tank has in the the last couple years combined or close to it.

Tony will pass more than 50 points here. Yeah we still need help at F but f*** that price.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

What the hell is going on over there?

 

[Lempo]

What the hell is going on over there?

A double agent situation.

If we wanted a motherf***ing mole in the organization, we would offersheet one from Montreal!

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Since it's apparently up in the air right now, I'm declaring myself Tarasenko's agent. As soon as I get his number, I'll let you know what the hold up is.

 

[AD Skinner]

A double agent situation.

If we wanted a motherf***ing mole in the organization, we would offersheet one from Montreal!

There’s layers to this one. A true masterpiece

 

[Joe McGrath]

I dunno, his take seems consistent with the known facts.

We were hearing scuttlebutt that the Canes were hashing out final details on a deal, but that doesn’t make sense in light of the agent being fired. Presumably Tank would not approve a deal and then turn around and fire his agent the next day. It makes sense that the deal was presented, the agency felt good enough about it to leak to a reporter, and Tank said “**** no, you’re fired” after seeing what they were working on.

Honestly this is all consistent with how the Canes operate too. We are well known for making offers — sometimes successfully — that insult the recipient. This is the organization that signed TDA for 1x$1M and then traded him when he had a good season. Do I think we would be in on a deal that would make a player so angry that he fires his agent? Yes I do.

To be clear I was just shitting on Larry Brooks on basic principle.

 

[DaveG]

I don't care that this is a guy that we definitely could use, the whole way this played out has been f***ing hilarious.

 

[Brock Anton]

"I think my offers are too low, so I'm going to fire my agent in the middle of contract negotiations and start them all over, that'll make teams offer me more!"

 

[The Faulker 27]

I don't really care either way honestly, but Vlad might be a dumbass.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Maybe we get him even cheaper now