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Those numbers are from capgeek. Thats how it works.

The buyout is only 2/3 of the money left on the deal, but the difference between the money owed and the cap hit gets factored in to the cap hit of the buyout.
 
Savard >






....it's a shame we won't be adding him, our team today, and in the future would be much better off for it.
 
leafman101 said:
Those numbers are from capgeek. Thats how it works.

The buyout is only 2/3 of the money left on the deal, but the difference between the money owed and the cap hit gets factored in to the cap hit of the buyout.
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Well, I know exactly how it works when cash and cap hit are equal, but I'll take your word for it that it's different when they're not equal.
 
Montana said:
Savard >






....it's a shame we won't be adding him, our team today, and in the future would be much better off for it.
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I wouldnt mind having him on our team, but not for 7 years though. The thing with adding Savard is it takes a spot away from a guy like Bozak/Kadri to show they got what it takes to be a good centre in the league. If Savard had like 1-2 years left on his contract, I'd be all over it.
 
Here's what Eklund pulled out of his arse today btw:

Mark Everson Today suggests there is a mystery team in on Kovalchuk...a team that no one has suggested. So let me suggest all the teams I have heard... As far as I can tell the longshot teams are still NY Rangers, Toronto, Philadelphia, Ottawa, St. Louis, NY Islanders and Anaheim...I have heard the minor rumblings of one year deals in Pittsburgh, Washington, Detroit, and Dallas. And I heard rumors of Atlanta still getting into this, but I have been assured Atlanta is not in this. No way, No how.

On Kaberle...

Brian Burke is officially taking a few weeks, and what I have been told is the teams who are interested know what it will take and now can consider their options. The Kovalchuk saga will likely have to end first. That much we know. I also am under the impression, from sources, Burke may indeed have a deal he likes, doesn't love, but likes...essentially, a "deal to beat."
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http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Eklu...zza-Perron-Kaberle-Demitra-Gagne-Elmo/1/29297
 
"I have heard that a mystery team has entered the picture. Allow me to list around 20 guesses so that I have a decent shot of predicting this."
 
to be fair, Burke is on record as saying he's not in on Kovy "unless the bottom falls out of the market".....and, now it seems the bottom HAS fallen out of the market.

wouldn't be surprised in the least if Burke had put a call in....even a ballpark offer of some sort.
 
The problem with the Kovy situation is pretty much every team wants the guy if the price is right, but Kovy wants to be the highest paid guy in the league, which isnt gonna happen. Its a game of who blinks first, one of the 30 teams in the NHL or Kovy, and its getting to the point where hes holding the league hostage, no teams are willing to sign anyone big right now, because they want to save their cap space to land the big russian. I think this guy seriously though needs to lower his ego and demands, because NO team, well maybe the Islanders are willing to make him the highest paid player in the league. If he can somehow drop his price range to $7-8M, a lot of teams will bite on it, and offer the guy a contract.
 
zeke said:
to be fair, Burke is on record as saying he's not in on Kovy "unless the bottom falls out of the market".....and, now it seems the bottom HAS fallen out of the market.

wouldn't be surprised in the least if Burke had put a call in....even a ballpark offer of some sort.
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I wouldnt mind if Burke put an offer in, but arent we like right up against the cap though?
 
As for Kabs, I think Anahiem is really desperate for D, I'd be interested to see what kind of package they would put together to offer the leafs.
 
The guy has one playoff win to his credit and has never won any major award (beyond a three-way tie for the Rocket Richard Trophy six years ago) or been a First Team All-Star. He has no business attempting to be the highest-paid player in the league.
 
Something unexpected has happened with Kovalchuk, that's for sure. He was quoted at one point as saying that once July 1st hit things would be decided quickly. Obviously whatever he was expecting has not taken place.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
The guy has one playoff win to his credit and has never won any major award (beyond a three-way tie for the Rocket Richard Trophy six years ago) or been a First Team All-Star. He has no business attempting to be the highest-paid player in the league.
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Agreed. The guy is a sick player, but hes not a top player, I think the only people argulably who are worth top league dough are: Crosby, Malkin and Ovechkin. Kovalchuck is a solid step below all of those players. All of those players have all at least once or more put up 100 plus points, all of those players have won awards more then once, 2 out 3 of those players have also won the cup. Kovalchuck is at most worth $8-8.5M
 
Volcanologist said:
Something unexpected has happened with Kovalchuk, that's for sure. He was quoted at one point as saying that once July 1st hit things would be decided quickly. Obviously whatever he was expecting has not taken place.
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The guy thought he could make a kings ransom and be the highest player, problem is his ego is too big for his boots and hes realizing he's not the best out there, and that others teams arent going to pony up the dough for him. The islanders so far gave him the best offer, so either a) he doesnt want to play for them b) he wants more then $100M over 10-12 years.
 
The player that I find is most comparable to Kovalchuk just off the top of my head would be Zetterberg: he's earning $7,750,000 in 2010-11. And that's with winning a Stanley Cup championship and being named the Conn Smythe winner as well. Zetterberg signed a 12 year, $73 million contract (average of $6.08 million with a cap hit of $7.75 for the first eight years and $7 million in year nine). So ideally, Kovalchuk's value should be in the $7.5-$8 million range for the first few years of his contract. Although I'm sure that he doesn't see it that way.
 
How is Zetterberg the most comparable player to Kovy.

Kovy has scored at least 40 goals and 85 points each of the last 6 years except for 1.

Zetterberg has only done either once.
 
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