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At the end of the day it's all about the money. In a game like hockey you never know when your career could be over so you might as well get it while you can Posted via RS Mobile |
I would've thought $4.5 would be Kesler's contract but $5m is still a paycut. He would've gotten $6 on the open market but to a shorter deal. I think the number was $4m at the beginning of the season but with Kes looking at possibly 75 points, a Selke nomination maybe and his superman play at the Olympics, that went to $5m. Still worth it...but not a smokin' deal like $8m for 4 years of THE MONSTER. Either way, we got Kesler under contract...that's reason to celebrate. However, it also means that Willie Mitchell is might be gone at the end of the season. Personally, I think $3.5 is well worth it for Mitchell but I doubt he'll sign for that at the end of the season. Demitra will have to take a huge paycut if he wants to stay which I doubt we'll offer him. Remember we need money to possibly sign Mason Raymond and our ENTIRE defense corp is out in 2011-2012 so we need some fucking money to sign Erhoff hopefully long term and Bieksa. Salo is probably gone at the end of next year and the unfortunate thing is we have no realistic defense prospects. I'd love a Mitchell, Erhoff, Edler, Bieksa core long term. |
The good news is...we have... Sedin-Sedin-Burrows Grabner-Kesler-Samuelson LEFT-CENTER-Bernier LEFT-Rypien-Hordichuk Edler-Salo Erhoff-Bieksa Alberts Luongo That's four empty spots on the roster (plus we have Baumgartner, Shirkov, and a couple others like Oberg on two-ways) that we have around $10m to fill. Considering third liners are about $1-1.5m a piece (think Wellwood money) and a sixth (and possibly fifth since Alberts is not as good as Mitchell) D probably is around the same range of $1.5m, we have quite a bit of cash to spend next year. I'd think Mitchell is the best idea...I can't think of a better shutdown D-man in the league that doesn't cost an enormous amount of money. Don't look for Gillis to make a huge signing. He's smarter than to blow that extra cap space on one big player when he has four big contracts and a number of medium ones on the roster already...and especially with 2011-2012 looking like everyone needs a raise... |
All this makes me respect Burrows even more. So nice to see him do so well. He so deserves everything. I love it when he chirps at the other players. We really lucked out landing him. I think he also inspires the other team mates. On a side note, I think you can trace back the success of many of the present day Canucks to guys like Linden. You can say all you want about people who put up great numbers, like Bure, but you cannot deny the kind of stuff players like Linden bring to the table. That's why his name and number, along with Stan Smyl's is up in the rafters. I think Burrows is one of those character guys who has a big impact on the team. I don't why I'm bringing this up.............. probably because we're sort of talking about the team clicking. I really think this team has what it takes. Let's just hope nobody sleeps with another player's wife and upset the apple cart, LOL. |
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As the radio team said yesterday.. Mike Gillis hasn't gotten the respect he deserves Sedins - 6.1m each Burrow- 2m Kes - 5m Lu- 5.3m hit Samuelsson- 2.5m Solid draft picks Now once Demo/Mitchell's cap comes off after this year, that's like what? 7.5m free... I wonder if he'll resign Johnson and Wellwood...if he had to go with 1, I hope he takes Johnson back |
i have a feeling mitchell might resign for equal or even less because imo he'd rather stay in Van than take equal money somewhere else also Gillis might explain to him that he's not convinced on his concussion status and only sign him to like a 1-2 year deal |
It's so good that so many players want to stay here. Whether it be for the climate, the management, or what this city has to offer. Makes being a local Canuck fan that much better. It's a great hockey city. On top of this, I'm sure the recent Olympic experience will put Vancouver and GM Place right up there for all other NHL'ers to think about when looking to move. We've already got a pretty good winning record - a real cup contender. So, still complaining about high prices and shit? Vancouver is awesome - wouldn't want to live anywhere else. |
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he plays with so much passion .. i remember one game last year, we were blown out like 6-1 there was no way we'd come back..but we were on the penalty kill and he would still risk his body and block a shot even though the game was pretty much over for us. very few guys do that nowadays. wat a warrior |
Defenseman - 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents Player Age Team 09-10 Salary Notes Nicklas Lidstrom 39 DET $7,450,000 Scott Niedermayer 35 ANA $6,000,000 Sergei Gonchar 35 PIT $5,500,000 Kim Johnsson 33 MIN $5,300,000 Pavel Kubina 32 ATL $5,000,000 Paul Martin 28 NJ $4,500,000 Brett Clark 32 COL $3,500,000 Marek Zidlicky 32 MIN $3,500,000 Andy Sutton 34 NYI $3,500,000 Mike Rathje 35 PHI $3,500,000 Rob Blake 39 SJ $3,500,000 Willie Mitchell 32 VAN $3,500,000 Mike Van Ryn 30 TOR $3,350,000 Derek Morris 30 BOS $3,300,000 Ruslan Salei 34 COL $3,275,000 Henrik Tallinder 30 BUF $3,250,000 Adam Foote 37 COL $3,250,000 Anton Volchenkov 27 OTT $3,200,000 Toni Lydman 31 BUF $3,150,000 Randy Jones 27 LA $3,000,000 Joe Corvo 32 CAR $2,750,000 Jason Smith 35 OTT $2,600,000 Aaron Ward 36 CAR $2,500,000 Dan Hamhuis 26 NASH $2,500,000 Brian Pothier 32 WASH $2,500,000 Rostislav Klesla 27 CBJ $2,250,000 Dennis Seidenberg 27 FLA $2,250,000 Adrian Aucoin 35 PHO $2,250,000 Mark Eaton 32 PIT $2,000,000 Shaone Morrisonn 26 WASH $1,975,000 Brad Lukowich 32 VAN $1,800,000 Jordan Leopold 28 FLA $1,750,000 Niclas Wallin 34 CAR $1,725,000 Garnet Exelby 27 TOR $1,725,000 Paul Mara 29 MON $1,675,000 Andrew Ference 30 BOS $1,625,000 Mathieu Schneider 40 VAN $1,550,000 Nick Boynton 30 ANA $1,500,000 Stephane Robidas 32 DAL $1,500,000 Zbynek Michalek 26 PHO $1,500,000 Lukas Krajicek 26 TB $1,475,000 Carlo Colaiacovo 26 STL $1,400,000 Milan Jurcina 26 WASH $1,375,000 Andreas Lilja 33 DET $1,250,000 Sean O'Donnell 37 LA $1,250,000 Nathan Paetsch 26 BUF $1,050,000 Jonas Frogren 28 TOR $900,000 Brett Lebda 27 DET $850,000 Jay McKee 31 PIT $800,000 Mike Weaver 31 STL $800,000 Mike Mottau 31 NJ $775,000 Shane Hnidy 33 MIN $750,000 Francis Bouillon 33 NASH $750,000 David Hale 28 TB $725,000 Jason Strudwick 33 EDM $700,000 Tyler Sloan 28 WASH $640,000 Andrew Hutchinson 29 DAL $600,000 Freddy Meyer 28 NYI $600,000 Kurtis Foster 27 TB $600,000 Sheldon Brookbank 28 ANA $550,000 Dan Jancevski 28 DAL $550,000 Garrett Stafford 29 DAL $550,000 John Scott 26 MIN $550,000 Aaron Johnson 26 CHI $540,000 Tim Conboy 27 CAR $500,000 Jay Harrison 26 CAR $500,000 Jay Leach 29 NJ $500,000 Cory Murphy 31 NJ $500,000 Matt Carkner 28 OTT $500,000 Lawrence Nycholat 30 VAN $500,000 Doug Janik 29 DET TBA Alex Henry 29 MON TBA Joe Callahan 26 SJ TBA Brendan Bell 26 STL TBA Mike Lundin 24 TB TBA |
Is that Igor Larionov's daughter on CBC? If it is, wow. I remember seeing her at a Canucks practice at the Pacific Coliseum when she was a baby. |
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it looks like we're getting Lee and Weekes on HNIC:mad: |
Yay...... womens hockey team. Jennifer Boteril <sp?> kinda cute. Edit:........ close up. Not so good. |
WOOT!!!!!! dL |
eeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrhoff! |
FUCK YA, after a wicked penalty kill |
WOO |
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i don't think any of the women's hockey team are particularly good looking close up. |
hahahah... wellwood gets the goal. |
1-0 Hoffman!!!!!!!!! |
who's got a working feed? :) wait, nvm haha... cbc.ca |
SOB!!!!!!!! :thumbsup: |
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