From: @TSNBobMcKenzie
Sent: Mar 8, 2013 12:53p
Eight years with AAV of $8.25M for Ryan Getzlaf with ANA.
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Anaheim won't go near the finals, 1st/2nd round exit on the cards for them IMO. They have 3 players shooting over 20%, 8 players shooting over 14%, and are getting outplayed 5v5. Their hot start will ensure them a mid-seed for the playoffs, but they aren't a contender.
St: Louis will go farther than Anaheim in the post season. LA/CHI/STL are the top teams in the West.
Damn, so much for my fantasy of getting Getzlaf here after buying out Richards...haha.
One more reason -- Fasth has plenty of holes. Glove side high. He'll be exposed the second time around the league.
even though Miller had done well and he has a bright future I rather go out and deal Boyle, Zuccarello's rights, , 3rd and suuure throw in Bickelfor another C. It can be a guy that has a yr or two left on his deal if its the right cap hit.
If Asham is healthy I think Haley is a good backup for toughness, Bickel really is expendable when Staal is back, Hamrlik in and Gilroy, Eminger as spares
In the playoffs are they really going to play Bickel anyway?
Man that's a lot of money. Perry is going to have a field day in free agency.
Almost makes Gaborik look like a bargain.![]()
They are still buying out Richards, regardless of who is on the free agent market in two years.
Or, makes you reconsider moving him in fear of what he and many others will ask for once they get to UFA. Young cheap talent will be even more important.
I agree. I was more poking fun at the people who kept on say "but it'll be ok! we'll just sign Getzlaf!"
Actually, with the way Stepan is progressing, it isn't out the realm of possibility that we'll need a 2nd line center and not a 1st.
Paul Stastny, Joe Pavelski... an aged Henrik Sedin turning himself into Saku Koivu?
I just don't see how this team can keep him without seriously handcuffing ourselves financially. Assuming Richards isn't bought out, but what would be the point? The best UFA center on the market just re-signed for more money than we could have even hoped to have offered.
I'm a big fan of Gaborik and I'd hate to see the guy go, but he's the odd man out here. Nash and Callahan are our top-six RW's, and keeping McDonagh, Stepan, and Hagelin while maintaining some semblance of cap flexibility is absolutely vital.
Wait a second, I thought we were going to buy out Richards and sign Getzlaf.
Summer of 2014 Malkin is a UFA
just sayin
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Summer of 2014 Malkin is a UFA
just sayin
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Exactly my thinking as well. This off-season is when it should be done. They need to re-stock the system and it is the easiest way to do it.
I just don't see how this team can keep him without seriously handcuffing ourselves financially. Assuming Richards isn't bought out, but what would be the point? The best UFA center on the market just re-signed for more money than we could have even hoped to have offered.
I'm a big fan of Gaborik and I'd hate to see the guy go, but he's the odd man out here. Nash and Callahan are our top-six RW's, and keeping McDonagh, Stepan, and Hagelin while maintaining some semblance of cap flexibility is absolutely vital.