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Rumsfeld
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by Rumsfeld » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:24 pm
Island Nucklehead wrote: Guy can score, but I wouldn't want to pay $8M/year for a completely one-dimensional player with only 1/2 a set.
Yeah he's not worth 8 million, but he's no more one-dimensional than the Sedins. And at least he tries to defend himself, even if it's in a bitchmade sort of way.
And for people comparing his contract extension to the Sedins, keep in mind that when his contract ends he'll be the same age as the twins are when theirs begins.
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by Jovocop » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:31 pm
Rumsfeld wrote:Island Nucklehead wrote: Guy can score, but I wouldn't want to pay $8M/year for a completely one-dimensional player with only 1/2 a set.
Yeah he's not worth 8 million, but he's no more one-dimensional than the Sedins. And at least he tries to defend himself, even if it's in a
bitchmade sort of way.
And for people comparing his contract extension to the Sedins, keep in mind that when his contract ends he'll be the same age as the twins are when theirs begins.
Seriously, I rather him just turtle than fighting like a little girl, Semin is another good one...

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by Ronning's Ghost » Wed Oct 02, 2013 1:37 pm
I've never understood why Semin is mocked more widely for winning a fight with an ungraceful looking style than Staal is for losing to someone who fights that way. It's a results-driven process, I'd say.
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by BigTuna » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:37 pm
Rumsfeld wrote:Island Nucklehead wrote: Guy can score, but I wouldn't want to pay $8M/year for a completely one-dimensional player with only 1/2 a set.
Yeah he's not worth 8 million, but he's no more one-dimensional than the Sedins. And at least he tries to defend himself, even if it's in a bitchmade sort of way.
And for people comparing his contract extension to the Sedins, keep in mind that when his contract ends he'll be the same age as the twins are when theirs begins.
Bingo. He turned 26 today. He's being paid for his prime years. The Sedins not so much.
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by Island Nucklehead » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:08 pm
BigTuna wrote:
Bingo. He turned 26 today. He's being paid for his prime years. The Sedins not so much.
Yep. And he'll enter the final year of his deal at 34 years old.
The Leafs had to make that deal, and it's not a gross overpayment (because someone would have given him that in Free Agency). That being said, of all the $8M/year players, Phil Kessel is the worst, imo.
In order of Cap Hit:
Ovechkin
Malkin
Crosby
Perry
Giroux
Staal
Getzlaf
Kessel
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by Rumsfeld » Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:27 pm
Anybody else thinking Columbus squeaks into the playoffs this year?
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by Blob Mckenzie » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:39 pm
BigTuna wrote:
His career took off. He's outscored Ovi since that incident.
Kessel outscored Ovechkin in one season. It was Ovechkin's worst season ever by a mile. AO has averaged 100 points a season. Kessel will likely never get 100 points in a season. Not that you would be so thick as to call Yellow Teeth a better player though. I don't think you are that silly ? Are you ??
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by Blob Mckenzie » Wed Oct 02, 2013 8:42 pm
Island Nucklehead wrote:BigTuna wrote:
Bingo. He turned 26 today. He's being paid for his prime years. The Sedins not so much.
Yep. And he'll enter the final year of his deal at 34 years old.
The Leafs had to make that deal, and it's not a gross overpayment (because someone would have given him that in Free Agency). That being said, of all the $8M/year players, Phil Kessel is the worst, imo.
In order of Cap Hit:
Ovechkin
Malkin
Crosby
Perry
Giroux
Staal
Getzlaf
Kessel
No your'e right Kessel is not grossly overpaid at 8 but he is by far the worst player in the group you mentioned.
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by sagebrush » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:07 pm
Ben Eiger was waived by the Oilers today.
Apparently Eakins likes MacIntyre better (bigger, badder, less mouthy, & can almost skate,.. +
on the IR).
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by BigTuna » Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:15 am
Blob Mckenzie wrote:Island Nucklehead wrote:BigTuna wrote:
Bingo. He turned 26 today. He's being paid for his prime years. The Sedins not so much.
Yep. And he'll enter the final year of his deal at 34 years old.
The Leafs had to make that deal, and it's not a gross overpayment (because someone would have given him that in Free Agency). That being said, of all the $8M/year players, Phil Kessel is the worst, imo.
In order of Cap Hit:
Ovechkin
Malkin
Crosby
Perry
Giroux
Staal
Getzlaf
Kessel
No your'e right Kessel is not grossly overpaid at 8 but
he is by far the worst player in the group you mentioned.
Not the last two years.
Perry had his one great season, but hasn't looked that great since.
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by Hockey Widow » Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:18 am
Wild extend Pominville for 5 years at 28 million.
Cap hit 5.6
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by Rumsfeld » Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:55 am
MacKinnon and Duchene are gonna be money together in Colorado. They have quite the young forward group over there.
Luckily for us, much like RD's Oilers, that's all they have.
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by SKYO » Thu Oct 03, 2013 12:16 pm
Hockey Widow wrote:Wild extend Pominville for 5 years at 28 million.
Cap hit 5.6
A good leader who'll be turning 31 next month, a solid signing for the Wild.
They are still lacking at center though until Granlund can become an elite player behind Koivu.
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by SKYO » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:35 pm
Manny has a PTO
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UFA C Manny Malhotra is signing a PTO today with CAR's AHL team in Charlotte.
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by Blob Mckenzie » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:36 pm
BigTuna wrote:
Not the last two years.
Perry had his one great season, but hasn't looked that great since.
Perry is a better player than Kessel. Period .
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