Comments on: Rangers, Zherdev talking contract

By: zZzZ 13 ZzZz rules!!...says Greg L.

zZzZ 13 ZzZz rules!!...says Greg L. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:19:52 +0000

(beer me) Ya don’t want to break the bank not just yet …I agree . Z needs to be signed for what ever both sides see fit.
Glen has to do this because he can’t have Z sit there unsigned while Kevin Lowe lurks around slipping teams offer sheets.

Just because we screwed up on SIGNING GOMEZ and DRURY. We can’t let this 24 year old go …expecially with AA and Grachev coming up( I agree CCCP)....who ever says ( Dr house)not to sign at all costs is as senile as Sather himself.

Staal , Dubinsky and Zherdev with AA and Grachev are our core guys!! Gomez , drury, Naslund , rozi? andbetts are not.

howyagonnatellme nameshouldbe howthehell doIwritesomuch atatime.

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:07:18 +0000

beerme – understand what you’re saying. but unlikely player will take too much of a discount per yr to lengthen the term. and if they do may not be worth it. example i would rather have redden at 3 yrs $ 7 mm per yr than 6 yrs $ 6.5 mm per. would really rather neither but i think you get my point.

By: graves9

graves9 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:06:06 +0000

sven 1.2 mill per year for Sjostrom? Are you kidding me? The guy is a nice pker and that’s it he’s not worth anything over the league minimum.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:03:52 +0000

new post

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:02:56 +0000

“there are loopholes such as parking a contract in ahl like they did with rissmller. but doing that really pisses people off (incl agents who have other clients).”

EXCELLENT point.

By: Beer Me!

Beer Me! — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:01:40 +0000

The cap hit’s reduced because you’re reducing the per year value of the contract all together.

In the Z case, I’d rather something like 17mil/5yrs than 12mil/3yrs

Let’s just say (and this probably didn’t happen, but for an example…) that slats offered avery $5mil/1yr. If there’s an option on the table to make $15.5mil, but spread over the course of 4 yrs, your cap hit comes down conversely.

Not that you don’t know that joe, cause I know you do. But maybe misinterpreting what I was trying to get at.

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:00:21 +0000

pavel this is not a video game. and it’s not the nfl where you can just cut a guy. no one will trade for those contracts unless they return an equally bad and lengthy one. there are loopholes such as parking a contract in ahl like they did with rissmller. but doing that really pisses people off (incl agents who have other clients). doing that will make it very unlikely future free agents will sign here. maybe the kaspar treatment can be given and rozy allowed to go back to europe.

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:55:28 +0000

bff- unless you move a center to wing then dubinsky is effectively playing 3rd line. drury has played center a lot more than wing this yr.

By: Pavel

Pavel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:55:12 +0000

We cannot afford another $5m+ contract unless one (or more of) Gomez, Drury, Rozsival, Redden and Lundqvist are gone… my vote is Gomez and Redden.

By: LI Joe

LI Joe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:53:27 +0000

sved – i don’t think those numbers come close to getting us under the cap. we can not afford another $ 7 mm man – and on top of that raises to everyone. some are going to be gone just like whay happened to pitt. the cap is going down this yr and even more next yr.

beerme – unless they do a dp like 15 yr deal with z i don’t see how lengthening the yrs will decrease the cap hit.