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Yet you still clicked :troll:

As a Sabres fan, all I can do is :heckno: and :facepalm: and :fulloffuck:

I'm not totally surprised tho, Pegula seriously has too much money. This is a guy who just donated $102 million of his own money to Penn State to build an arena for their hockey team, spent boat loads of his own cash renovating First Niagara Center and building new training/practice facilities and is now proposing to build 2 more ice rinks and a hotel just a block away from First Niagara Center.

Having an owner with such wealth and interest in hockey can be a great thing, but at the same time, also a disaster.

How much money are the others offering him?

As a fan of a team with a rich owner, you only need to worry about the cap hit, not the actual money. If it's front-loaded, the extra two years may not even be relevant.

The 7.5 cap hit is worrying, since Doan is 36, contract will go until he is 40 and won't come off the books even if he retires due to the 36yr old + rule.

$7.5m x 4years for Shane Doan is INSANE. Yes, he's a great leader, presence in the locker room, etc but he's still 36-years old and good for about 20G 30A at best.

...and will he still be good for that FOUR YEARS FROM NOW!?

Absolutely stupid offer.

The more I think about it, the less I think the Canucks need Doan. We already have an older team, with excellent locker room morale. Do we need more leadership?

I wouldn't underestimate Doan too much because of his age. Plenty of leadership type players are valuable throughout their late 30's. Look at Whitney for example, and hell Recchi won the cup at what, 42? Those are just recent examples, Ron Francis comes to mind, and Brandan Shanahan

Only way I would be ok with that contract is if the NHL accepts the NHLPA's idea of a luxury tax/cap system, Pegula wouldn't mind paying a luxury tax, but in a hard cap system, the 7.5 mil is an anchor IMO.

And none of those guys are/were $7.5m over 4 years players at 36...except Ron Francis, maybe.

Doan at 7.5 doesnt make the sabres a contender.

oh michal neuvirth....

Since hockey talk is at a snails pace, wondering if some of you with some hockey sense can help me rank these players. I would like to keep three for my pool since I need roster players to fill spots (yes I know some of these players are shitty). Considers their point totals, salary and where they fit on the depth chart. Thanks! Total points only keeper pool with salary.

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Correction, Dubinsky is on Columbus now.

is hits, shots, +/- etc important or just pts and salary?

Total points.

surprised no one posted

quite a big contract for a kid who hasn't done much (yet).

morrows going to be mostly playing 3rd line i believe so im not too sure about him. dubinsky should be getting more ice time due to being probably clb best forward now.
vermette is on phx and tippet seems to be able to get the best out of everyone.forwards look worse for phx though.
umberger i have no expectations for he seems to constantly play under the level people believe he is. peverley is usually good for 50ish.
id probably go with peverley, dubinsky and take a chance on jones

Guy just came off his Entry level and is now making $6M per year, that tells you how messed up the CBA is right now. The Oiler's have the next 3 years to make some noise. After that no way they can keep Eberle, RNH, or Yaku all together.

or it means one of them is getting shipped off soon!

22 Goals his Rookie season, and 27 Goals his sophomore season and somehow thats worth a 7 Year 42 Million dollar contract. Whatever happened to players earning theses types of contracts? Seems like GMs are giving players theses types of contracts in hopes they live up to them. This is why Teams like Vancouver and Detroit will always remain competitive cause they dont give out contracts like this like its candy.

Here's the kicker - GMs & owners agree to such contracts, then turn around and side with Bettman in having a lockout! WTF!!

:fulloffuck:

apparently they're trying to do a similar deal with Eberle... They want to get the contracts done before the new (apparently worse) CBA. They don't even know how the CBA will change and they're offering these dumb contracts... For all the GMs know it could come out with clauses that benefit them in such contracts

:fulloffuck:

he set the precident, now no one in deadmonton is gonna take a cut to create a dynasty, ill bet anyone they dont make it to the finals in the next 5

I would go with the lowest salaries. Their points total is fairly close to each other. But saving salary gives you more flexibility in trades later on?

Plus I'm sure Morrow is going to have a bounce back year in Dallas.

Last year, he was injured too often.

They're paying for potential with Hall, just like the Flyers overpaying JVR and Simmons for one good year. They're clearly banking on Hall being the leader of the team in the coming years.