Easy now....let's wait until the terms are released. If Kesler is getting around $6M with NTC, then I'm not so sure you'd be uttering the same sentiment.
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I told ya so. I was right all along!
My honest feeling is as long as it's not in excess of the Twins' contract, I can live with it. We have to keep Kesler, the guy is such an important part of the team. That said, I obviously hope its a bit less to make the cap situation more manageable and I'm confident in Gillis' and Kesler's ability to do that.
Am I crazy or was word not out that they'd broken off talks until the season was over? Gillis is a sneaky little devil. Glad to see the core of this team is locked up long-term now.
Uh'm I guess you missed the part where he said he hopes the Canucks overpaid for Kesler.
If you took that as a compliment then all the power to you.
He's not a Canucks fan. He doesn't wish the team well because it makes it less likely that his favourite team (our divisional rivals) can do well. I don't take that as trolling.
The fact that he sees the Canucks as the strongest team in the division and the newly locked up Ryan Kesler as a big part of that is a compliment.
ANYWAYS, to keep things on topic - as the games have gone by this season I've found myself hoping that Gillis could get a few years from Kesler for under $4m, then under $5m, and finally realizing that it might take up to $6m a year to keep him around - certainly he'd go that high on the open market.
I'm hoping that the contract comes in somewhere between the reported initial offers on each side, $4-5m. That would be a steal at this point.
Another example of how Gillis manages to keep his dealings quiet in a hockey mad market. I'm quite amazed that so little leaks out and usually the stuff that does is wildly inaccurate.
Another example of how Gillis manages to keep his dealings quiet in a hockey mad market. I'm quite amazed that so little leaks out and usually the stuff that does is wildly inaccurate.
Yeah totally. It makes me laugh knowing ecklund had a blurb yesterday about Kesler going to the Leafs for Kaberle.
