Bogosian
Let me guess, you just got home from the bar and you thought the question was "who should the Jets offer their first 7 year contract to"?
Bogosian
Let me guess, you just got home from the bar and you thought the question was "who should the Jets offer their first 7 year contract to"?
Bogo makes as much sense as the rest of em. None.
14 votes for Hainsey? Are these all just troll votes angry about his NHLPA representation? We don't have anyone who should be bought out. Gagnon is closest.
The opinions of him are severely different at the end of last season to now.
I went back and read many threads towards the end of the season to try and get a general consensus on where he stands with most, and looking at it now it's almost a complete 180. And that is with absolutely zero hockey being played.
So it's not hard to understand what has caused it to change.
With respect to the topic at hand, buying someone out who is on the last year of their contract with no one else to replace them is simply hogwash. But, at the end of the day someone will have to step into that top 4 role with Bogo, Toby and Buff as I'm about 99% sure Ron will not be re-signing for obvious reasons.
Certain bridges have already been burned.
If there was a thread on most useless Jets players then Antropov, Miettinen and Ponikarovsky come to mind.
Nah, it's not the ownership or anything like that.
It's how the fans view him and what will most likely happen were he to step on the ice in a Jets jersey this year.
He knows how people see him by being Fehr's right hand man and always in the spotlight during this lockout. So this will most likely be the last in Winnipeg.
We'll see How the year goes Lynk. Lets hope the Jets play well and make the playoffs and we can put this behind us. I am pro TNSE but hold no grudges against Ron......when this is done its done but sadly I will probably be in the minority.
I am not down on Ron. He isn't responsible for the lockout. If anything his PA representation is a plus. He stepped up in a big way to help lead the player charge. He took bullets for all of them. Unless his teammates have an issue with him I would hope TNSE wouldn't steer clear out of petty bitterness.
Let him play or somebody make him expendable then judge him.
If there was a thread on most useless Jets players then Antropov, Miettinen and Ponikarovsky come to mind.
Rumour has it the BOG want's two buyouts per team.
Jets: Antro, Hainsey
The buyouts wouldn't be for 2012-13. They'd be for the 2013-14 season. Antro and Hainsey are both UFA's at the end of June this year. According to Capgeek, the only players signed for 2013-14 are:
Kane (5 years remaining at $5.25 MM each / Buyout cost $9.5 MM)
Jokinen (1 year remaining at $4.5 MM / Buyout cost $3.0 MM)
Ladd (3 years remaining at $4.4 MM each / Buyout cost $9.0 MM)
Slater (2 years remaining at $1.6 MM each / Buyout cost $2.13 MM)
Thorburn (1 year remaining at $866K / Buyout cost $600K)
Byfuglien (3 years remaining at $5.2 MM each / Buyout cost $11.67 MM)
Enstrom (5 years remaining at $5.75 MM each / Buyout cost $19.17 MM)
Stuart (1 year remaining at $1.7 MM / Buyout cost $1.2 MM)
Pavelec (4 years remaining at $3.9 MM each / Buyout cost $5.42 MM)
Scheifele (2 or 3 years remaining at $1.59 MM each)
Klingberg (1 year remaining at $870K)
Telegin (2 years remaining at $698K)
Melchiori (2 years remaining at $672K)
Chiarot (2 years remaining at $618K)
Sol (1 year remaining at $578K)
And the last 6 players on that list are all on two-way deals that don't count against the cap and pay them $55K - $70K when they're down in St. John's.
So everyone else is either a UFA or RFA at the end of this season. I don't think buyouts are going to be a priority for the Jets. I think it's a bit of an issue that the team has only 9 NHLers signed for next season.
I don't think we buy anyone out. We don't have any brutal contracts. And any players that are overpaid, we still need.
The thought of buying out Hainsey scares me.
Who would replace him?
Theres no point buying someone out if it just creates a massive hole in your roster.
Whoa, easy there. Hainsey's contract is pathetic. I like the guy, but let's get real, he's a 5th D-man at best. At $5,000,000 per? See ya!
Other than Hainsey, I would suggest the Jet's contracts are basically in-line with league standards.