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Well, an offer sheet probably wouldn't work. If Tavares wanted to be sure the Isles wouldn't just match and get him back to Long Island, he'd have to get them to trade him before he signed a contract with anybody. The only reason the threat of an offer sheet worked with Boston is that if the Leafs had signed Kessel, Boston literally would not have had any way of matching since they were already right up against the salary cap.
 
Hmmm but... how does that work exactly?

Doesn't the Isles have the chance to match? If so, does that mean he automatically signs with the Isles if they do? Can't see that he "has" to sign with the Isles even though they match an opposing offer sheet, but i've seen worse rules in the NHL
 
Usually with an offer sheet the player gets a shit ton more than he would normally, so it works out pretty well for the player (see Vanek).
 
Cojo said:
Hmmm but... how does that work exactly?

Doesn't the Isles have the chance to match? If so, does that mean he automatically signs with the Isles if they do? Can't see that he "has" to sign with the Isles even though they match an opposing offer sheet, but i've seen worse rules in the NHL
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Well, when you sign an offer sheet, you're signing an actual binding contract with the team that you're signing with. So once that contract's signed, you're going to be playing out that contract. Either with the team that signed you, or with your current team that holds the right to match.

And it's not so bad for the players. As leafman101 noted, players usually get overpaid on offer sheets. And with some players eligible to hit unrestricted free agency at the age of 25 now, there's not too much to complain about.
 
Hmm... yea... then an offer sheet doesn't really guarantee anything then.

The interesting part is, assuming this rebuild works out, and our younger players look to be reaching their potential, we could have a pretty solid team in 2012, making the leafs even that more attractive to Tavares.

Gonna be a tough wait until then though :sleepey:
 
They used to. Its tough now that you can't have bonuses and stuff.

But Carolina signed Fedorov to an offer sheet that paid him something like $20 million if the team made the Conference finals.
 
Volcanologist said:
I think the last guy we made an offer sheet to was Ohlund. Quinn matched.
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Funny factoid---it was Bill Watters who signed Ohlund to that contract with the Leafs, when he was playing at being our GM after Cliff Fletcher was fired. And Quinn went on record questioning why he bothered signing Ohlund to an offer sheet that the Canucks would have been crazy not to match.

leafman101 said:
They used to. Its tough now that you can't have bonuses and stuff.

But Carolina signed Fedorov to an offer sheet that paid him something like $20 million if the team made the Conference finals.
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Yeah, that contract was a major bush-league move by the Hurricanes. The whole deal was $38 million over 6 years, but it paid him $16 million in the first year alone, and $28 million in the first year if the team Fedorov was with made it to the conference finals (the Wings having made it to the conference finals the previous three years in a row, and the Hurricanes at that point having never made it that far).
 
The Edmonton Oilers seem committed to their rebuilding plans, as GM Steve Tambellini tells TSN that he's not in the market for a blockbuster trade. However, TSN reports that Tambellini is in the market for "additional grit, a centerman and some help on the blueline."

One problem with this, however, is the assets the Oilers have to offer. They don't want to give up their young players, nor do they want to part with draft picks, so it might be tough for them to add via the trade market. And Tambellini has to know his team is a few years away from competing, so he doesn't want to mortgage the future for the present.

However, team will probably continue to call about Ales Hemsky and, perhaps if the right deal comes along, the Oilers will pull the trigger on a deal involving the veteran forward.
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Hemsky's an interesting name. Very talented player. When he's been healthy -- he's been a 70-80 point guy. And he has a very reasonable contract (4.1 mill cap hit, this year and next).
 
Edmonton have no d. Gilbert and Whitney should no where near the top line paring. Komi shouldn't either but he is better then those 2

That effort against the Johnny's hawks the other night was brutal
 
zeke said:
komi for penner.

it makes so much sense.
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Except when you get to the part where Burke asks Komisarek to waive his NTC to go voluntarily live in northern Alberta for the next two and a half years, playing for one of the NHL's perennially worst teams, and Komisarek busts a gut laughing in his face.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Except that Penner has more value....

Better player and similar contracts.
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yeah, a lazy, slow, one dimensional, no defense 2nd line winger like Penner is so much better, and definitely much more needed on Edmonton than a character, physical 2nd pair defensive defenseman and leader and intimidator.
 
zeke said:
yeah, a lazy, slow, one dimensional, no defense 2nd line winger like Penner is so much better, and definitely much more needed on Edmonton than a character, physical 2nd pair defensive defenseman and leader and intimidator.
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Komi is a overpaid hurtbag...who are you kidding?

And Penner is a top 6 forward that brings a physical element
 
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