New York Rangers sign Brad Richards to 9 year deal.
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Oh, I enjoyed waking up to this news:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=5682 ... L|NHL|home
Contract is obviously front loaded, what an addition!
Oh, I enjoyed waking up to this news:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=5682 ... L|NHL|home
Contract is obviously front loaded, what an addition!
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2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2
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Yet light on cups????
As a flyers fan I love this signing :thumbup:
It's 6.5 per.
Front loaded, and a small cap hit. It's a very smart signing.
2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2
9 years for a dude with concussion issues is overpaying IMO.
We'll see how it works out. The flyers were in the running for richards as well...I didn't want any part of him
we just got MUCH better.
It's all front loaded money. What do you not understand?
2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2
but I can't believe we got this type of deal, good job Sather!
2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
2011 - PJ20 9/3-9/4
2012 - MIA Festival 9/2
2013 - Wrigley Field 7/19 Brooklyn 10/18-10/19 Philly 10/22
2015 - Colbert show - 9/23 Global Citizens Festival 9/26
2016 - Philly 4/28-4/29 MSG 5/1-5/2
you can't argue with the fixer..he is the authority on all sports related stuff
meanwhile his squad just signed a goalie(that has never won anything) for 15 years
yes richards is a risk..but the fact is he can put up points and quarterback our horrible power play
so we had no choice but to roll the dice
not to mention he will be playing with an elite player who didn't produce last year becasue he was on a line with me and you
It is the only hockey talk I engage in outside of the Oilers
I'm not a fan of the Bryzgalov contract either. Goalies typically age better than position players though (especially position players with concussion histories). Also, last time I checked lunqvist hasn't won anything either.
Love that someone said he's a stanley cup winner. Like that means every guy that wins a cup is good.
Do whatever you guys gotta do to sleep at night. I'll be waiting to say I told you so
Yep, I know. Flyers were the team TB beat in the ECF that year. I'm not saying the guy isn't a decent player. I just don't think he's a guy I would have overpaid for.
We will see what happens. 9 years is long time for a 30 year old with concussion problems that's never scored 30 goals in a season in IMO. If my squad signed him to the same deal I would not be happy.
Yes but you know it's really. A 5 or 6 year contract in reality..just as your goalie deal is
We don't need him to score 40...we need him to set up gabby for 40 or 50 and quarterback the pp
He is a playmaking center ,not a sniper
Of course the injuries are a concern..but we needed someone for gabby so we had no choice but to roll the dice
Fact is the rangers are a way better offensive team today then they were Friday..
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Ummm he passed on 3 teams with higher offers...
He wanted to play in new York with an up and coming team
He passed up on Toronto...Toronto doesn't give out 9 year contracts...it was never released what the other teams were offering in terms of length...was it? he's a guy with concussion history who found a team willing to give him a 9 year deal...imo.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Calgary offered 9 years 63 million..and the leafs and the kings offered more also
I can't see the leafs offering a 9 year deal...Burke is supposedly against long deals...if those were the only teams that were serious he probably went to the right team...but in my opinion if cup was primary motive, then 1 year deal with Boston or Vancouver would have made sense, but I'm not the one with concussion history...so 9 year deal makes sense. I still say all those free agents are overpaid.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
I think 9 years was too long, and he was overpaid, but whatever, that's the nutty nature of free agency.
How many concussions has he had? I didn't think very many...
The cap hit sounds great now, and if he retires after 6 years, it's not a bad thing. But if he's playing at 39-40 with a cap hit of $6.67 million, that's gonna suck...
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
doesn't the cap hit stay the same even if he retires!? ... i thought they would need to buy him out and at that point a percentage would be applied ...
No... with guys who sign prior to turning 35, if they retire, they are off the books.
That was a lot of the criticism with the Flyers/Chris Pronger extension (and another example of Paul Holmgren being clueless). Pronger signed a deal that would start when he was 35, so even if he retires before the end of the deal (he'll be 41 I think at the end), the cap hit is still there through all 7 years (unless he's bought out).
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
OR could make him look like a fucking genius.
i just ask that they give the C to cally, not richards.
speculation is that the cap is actually supposed to decrease next year.
while it could happen, that would suprise me. NHL seems to be on an upswing lately. And assuming no NBA this season, seems like the demand for hockey tickets (consessions, jersesy's etc) could go up as people search for something to do during the winter months.
just telling you what I read. this was one of the reasons the flyers decided against offering stamkos a major deal
the richards contract is no bueno
I think that's why it went up so much this year... the potential of no NBA, the new US TV deal, and adding Winnipeg (while subtracting Atlanta), mean much more revenue for the league.
But for the next season, unless something happens like Phoenix moving, I don't see another big jump. I do think that some teams (and all players) will do whatever they can to prevent a decrease, I don't think it will increase again much next season.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln