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  On 8/2/2014 at 11:41 PM, LGR4GM said:

I wouldn't give PK Subban 8yrs 9mil per. Over. Payment. Sorry ppl, sure I will hear about 50 arguments why it isn't or won't be in the future.

You'll get no arguments from me. The Habs went way overboard on this signing IMO.

Posted (edited)
  On 8/2/2014 at 11:41 PM, LGR4GM said:

I wouldn't give PK Subban 8yrs 9mil per. Over. Payment. Sorry ppl, sure I will hear about 50 arguments why it isn't or won't be in the future.

 

I. Would... Am. Not. Sorry.

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  On 8/2/2014 at 8:25 PM, That Aud Smell said:

MTL finally came to its senses.

 

And then lost its mind. (Ha.)

 

But really: The price is player friendly, and the term is team friendly. That seems fair for a young d-man who has shown that he is a total stud.

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Here goes the NHL again.. player salaries are jumping up tremendously. They got themselves in trouble before with this. Insane.

 

They better hope their growth continues because if that cap number doesn't keep going up there are going to be some teams with delicate budgets.

 

No way Subban is worth $9MM. Just can't get there at all. He's good, potentially will be great but not $9MM great.

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Elite players will get higher yearly salaries because of the limits on contract length. Just have to get used to seeing it.

 

And yes, Subban is an elite defenseman. I can't list 5 defenders who are clearly better.

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That there is, I say that there is a fleecing pulled off in Montreal.

 

I bet there are a lot of NHLers that want a new contract this morning.

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  On 8/3/2014 at 2:10 PM, LTS said:

Here goes the NHL again.. player salaries are jumping up tremendously. They got themselves in trouble before with this. Insane.

 

They better hope their growth continues because if that cap number doesn't keep going up there are going to be some teams with delicate budgets.

 

No way Subban is worth $9MM. Just can't get there at all. He's good, potentially will be great but not $9MM great.

The system is designed to try to maintain a 5% revenue growth rate and since the full season lockout it's averaged above that. With the new Rogers TV deal, it might initially go up even quicker than that. If the cap is $80MM in '17-'18, the deal will not be as outrageous as it looks on 1st glance. (A 5% growth rate would put the cap at $97MM in the deal's last year.)

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  On 8/3/2014 at 3:40 PM, Taro T said:

 

The system is designed to try to maintain a 5% revenue growth rate and since the full season lockout it's averaged above that. With the new Rogers TV deal, it might initially go up even quicker than that. If the cap is $80MM in '17-'18, the deal will not be as outrageous as it looks on 1st glance. (A 5% growth rate would put the cap at $97MM in the deal's last year.)

So the $15 million hockey player isn't too far down the road?

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  On 8/3/2014 at 5:57 PM, inkman said:

 

So the $15 million hockey player isn't too far down the road?

$15MM is probably still close to a decade away, but barring major economic shock, it's coming.

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  On 8/3/2014 at 6:18 PM, Taro T said:

$15MM is probably still close to a decade away, but barring major economic shock, it's coming.

 

I think there will be a market correction, by way of a lockout, before we get to that $15MM point.

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  On 8/3/2014 at 6:56 PM, Sabres Fan In NS said:

 

 

I think there will be a market correction, by way of a lockout, before we get to that $15MM point.

It's possible. That's at least 6-8 years away though. And official max salary of $16MM will likely be here in ~3 yrs.

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  On 8/3/2014 at 3:40 PM, Taro T said:

The system is designed to try to maintain a 5% revenue growth rate and since the full season lockout it's averaged above that. With the new Rogers TV deal, it might initially go up even quicker than that. If the cap is $80MM in '17-'18, the deal will not be as outrageous as it looks on 1st glance. (A 5% growth rate would put the cap at $97MM in the deal's last year.)

 

Well, I think it will always be outrageous :) It's still insane to me.

 

  On 8/3/2014 at 6:56 PM, Sabres Fan In NS said:

I think there will be a market correction, by way of a lockout, before we get to that $15MM point.

 

And I think that's it.. I just don't see the economy staying strong enough to support that growth rate. And by economy I mean the US economy...

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  On 8/4/2014 at 3:10 PM, LTS said:

 

 

And I think that's it.. I just don't see the economy staying strong enough to support that growth rate. And by economy I mean the US economy...

 

Relax. $15 million won't buy much in 8'years.

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  On 8/4/2014 at 3:36 PM, X. Benedict said:

Relax. $15 million won't buy much in 8'years.

 

If it buys as much as $1 million does today I'll take it!

Posted
  On 8/5/2014 at 6:01 PM, LGR4GM said:

Kimmo Timonen has blood clots in his leg and lungs. Being treated in Finland.

 

These are his second round of blood clots. He might need life long anti-coagulation. At the very least he will need nine months for the clots in his lungs.

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