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Gomez's contract isn't good at all, but a 65 point, strong 2 way centre would pretty easily get 5.5-6.0 on the open market....so 7.357 is an overpayment, and a pretty blatant one...but at least he's a good hockey player.

Wade Redden is ****ing trash, pure trash and is making 6.5 million for the next 4 seasons. Redden is paid like one of the top 5-10 defenders in the game, and the guy is barely even NHL calibre anymore.

Seriously...he scored 14 points in 75 games last season, and has scored a grand total of 40 points in 2 full ****ing seasons since Sather signed him to that contract. By far, the worst contract in NHL history. For reference sake, Finger has scored .31PPG since joining the leafs, while Redden has scored .27PPG since joining the Rangers.

Finger wasn't just a better value signing than Redden (as hilarious as that is on it's face), he's been a better defender than Redden since they signed their contracts...and he can't even crack our top 7 right now (and barely could last year).

That's how bad a signing Redden was.

4 more years...6.5 million
 
There is only one thing that can kill a man's will to live or desire to do anything.

Marriage.

Wade needs to snort a few rails before games and get back to boning bar sluts. What better place than NYC?
 
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Would you rather have Chris Drury at a 7mil cap hit ?
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Exactly... as bad as Gomez's deal is... and it's bad, at least he is a useful player. He's a borderline 1st liner or a damn good 2nd line centre. Guys like Redden and Drury are pretty much useless.
 
MindzEye said:
Gomez's contract isn't good at all, but a 65 point, strong 2 way centre would pretty easily get 5.5-6.0 on the open market....so 7.357 is an overpayment, and a pretty blatant one...but at least he's a good hockey player.

Wade Redden is ****ing trash, pure trash and is making 6.5 million for the next 4 seasons. Redden is paid like one of the top 5-10 defenders in the game, and the guy is barely even NHL calibre anymore.

Seriously...he scored 14 points in 75 games last season, and has scored a grand total of 40 points in 2 full ****ing seasons since Sather signed him to that contract. By far, the worst contract in NHL history. For reference sake, Finger has scored .31PPG since joining the leafs, while Redden has scored .27PPG since joining the Rangers.

Finger wasn't just a better value signing than Redden (as hilarious as that is on it's face), he's been a better defender than Redden since they signed their contracts...and he can't even crack our top 7 right now (and barely could last year).

That's how bad a signing Redden was.

4 more years...6.5 million
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Or I could have just quoted this instead... well said.
 
ESPN:

We can speculate on what kind of deal RFA James Neal will get from the Dallas Stars, using comparable contracts like that of Patric Hornqvist (three years, $9.25 million.) But Stars GM Joe Niewendyk tells the Sporting News that this isn't how they're negotiating: "We do things that reflect where we are . ... [Predators GM] David Poile did what he thought was best for his hockey club. We'll do the same with ours, too."

This might not be good news for these negotiations, because the Stars might be trying to lowball Neal. They don't have much financial flexibility, but they can offer Neal a smaller deal because Neal has no leverage -- other than to hold out. And even if he were to hold out, the Stars are trying out Jonathan Cheechoo for some wing depth, so they may be saying to Neal that they're OK going into camp without him.

While Hornqvist put up similar numbers as Neal, it's unlikely Neal will get $3 million a year. Chances are, it will be close to $2.5 million per season, if not even less.
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Offer sheet is just posturing.

If Burke wants Neal, and he should, then he can call Nieuwendyk directly, even without an offer sheet in his backpocket. The question is whether Dallas actually wants to trade him, and if they do if we have the picks they want.
 
Until Dallas gets their ownership issue settled, I doubt they will make a move for a big money UFA like Kaberle. They can't even sign their own RFA's and UFA's to be.

But you're right, Kaberle is exactly the type of dman they need.
 
From Eklund

On Bobby Ryan...

The deal may close in Anaheim, but it is certainly not done...Last week many were reporting it was indeed done...I would be shocked if it wasn't done in the next 48 hours...yet it is my job to report rumors from credible sources, and today many are hearing whispers that the Leafs and Ducks may be once again in discussion regarding Ryan.

One source tied it to Kaberle saying, " What I heard was the main reason the Kaberle trade didn't happen prior to the deadline, was the Leafs had an inkling the Ryan situation was getting dicey and Kaberle could be a key piece, not the key mind you, but Anaheim would want a puck moving D as part of any deal for Bobby Ryan...it does appear to be possibly connected."
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