OK people, Stamkos is not being traded, so please stop with the "I heard" or "somebody posted'' because there are no trade talks. And before somebody says it, yes, I'm sure teams have called to say, "If you can't sign him, we'd like to talk to you'', those are not talks. It's a process, anybody remember Vinny holding out before his 2nd contract?
Stevie Y doesn't fail often, I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for it. If he doesn't get signed I can't imagine it being Yzerman's fault. I'm pretty sure he's got orders from above and a budget, he'll do what's best for his franchise. It'll be whether or not SS agent wants to play ball. I think whatever the result it won't be Yzerman who's held accountable.
So if Yzerman can't sign a 50 goal scorer it can't possibly be his fault, but if Homer can't manage to sign a goalie at Nabokov's level it's obviously his fault?
lolz. erlendsson has been a bitter / angry little beeyotch throughout the entire process. He's clearly butthurt about the fact that it's even slightly possible he loses his knight in shining armor (Stamkos).
lolz. erlendsson has been a bitter / angry little beeyotch throughout the entire process. He's clearly butthurt about the fact that it's even slightly possible he loses his knight in shining armor (Stamkos).
Erlendsson has been patient and calm throughout the whole process! He has answered almost EVERY question asked about the whole debacle (despite the same question being thrown at him every minute or so). The one thing he maintained throughout the whole process is that there was no scenario in which Stamkos wouldn't be at Tampa next year.
if were going to be in the game of persuing high value rfa's id rather be chasing doughty or bogosian or waiting it out for hedman.
Imo, the Flyers would have way to much money locked up in the defensive core.
Assuming they offer sheet Doughty for 7.8 (the minimum they'd be able to), the Flyers would have just over 37 million in cap invested in 7 defensmen next season. Compare that to the roughly 29 million in the forwards under contract so far (Talbot included). That proportion is way out of whack and also well over the cap.
Imo, the Flyers would have way to much money locked up in the defensive core.
Assuming they offer sheet Doughty for 7.8 (the minimum they'd be able to), the Flyers would have just over 37 million in cap invested in 7 defensmen next season. Compare that to the roughly 29 million in the forwards under contract so far (Talbot included). That proportion is way out of whack and also well over the cap.
Doesn't Carle and coburn come off next season and Kimo the season after that?
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But yeah...I can't imagine that they'd be happy about outsiders coming in and posting such rumors I can see where they're coming from.
Oh sorry did someone delete those posts for me lol thanks to whoever did but there were other teams' fans in there talking about it too and they didn't kick me out. I didn't remember the rules because I was offline on hfboards for a long time until maybe last week but yeah its all good now I guess
Yeah, if I was a TB fan I'd be pretty touchy about the whole Stamkos thing too. I'd have to think it'd be worse for them than the Richards/Carter trade for us.
Yeah, if I was a TB fan I'd be pretty touchy about the whole Stamkos thing too. I'd have to think it'd be worse for them than the Richards/Carter trade for us.
No doubt. I was just kinda confused because if I'm not mistaken, other teams' fans were in there too and they were talking about it
So if Yzerman can't sign a 50 goal scorer it can't possibly be his fault, but if Homer can't manage to sign a goalie at Nabokov's level it's obviously his fault?
It's not so much that he couldn't get one, it's that he thought Michael Leighton would be enough. BTW, where in my post do I even mention Homer?
Stamkos wants to get paid like a legit star forward
I'd love to see Stamkos in orange and black, but his salary hit would likely be an opposition which could cripple the organization's chances of building a contending team. Not to take much away from Stammer, but a lot of his points come from playing with St Louis. Any cap hit over 7 - 7.5 starts to inhibit an organization's ability to sign other high-end talent under the cap. Look at Pittsburgh and the Capitals; the signings of Crosby and Malkin has made it nearly impossible for the Penguins to sign other highend forwards and defenseman. A similiar situation exists with the Capitals and Ovechkin's fat salary. If Stammer won't sign in Tampa for 7 - 7.5 cap hit after Tampa took the 2010-11 Stanley Cup Champs to 7 games in the EC Finals, then he wants too much money to play on a contending team..... Sometimes you have to sacrafice a little to earn your chances to win the big prize, lest your big prize is a big fat pay check.
