Gorges is a 1st pairing dman... Most "1st" pairing Dmen bring and elite qulaity to the duo. If you're lucky like Nashville and have Weber and Suter that both bring elite two way skills, then thats good, but most top pairings have one elite defensive defenseman, and one elite offensive defenseman.
Gorges leads the league in blocked shots, while not big (nor is he small), he doesn't shy away from contact, and is very durable. He is a warrior, sacrifices his body, and is a leader... he wants to be relied on (just look at his playoff performances).
You throw in an elite offensive defenseman with Gorges and you have a legitimate top pairing. The fact that you think otherwise just tells me I can't take your posts seriously lol.
Seidenberg was signed before he established himself as what he is now. If Seidenberg was a UFA last summer he would have gotten around 5 mil a year, home town discout he probably gets 4-5 years at 4.5/year. His addition was one of Chiarelli's best moves.
Fair enough, but I remember Canes beating Bruins out and he was stellar then too.
Fair enough, but I remember Canes beating Bruins out and he was stellar then too.
He signed his contract the summer of 2010, at that point he only had 2 good years under his belt after bouncing around 5 different teams. He got 13 mil for 4 years.
Gorges bring nothing to the team... We didn't eve have to replace him last year when he was injured. Now he comes back and we lose like we never did.
I'm not saying it's his fault that the team is not good but I'm saying he's not contributing to the team succes.
I would have wanted to trade him for something else rather than sign him 4 million.
That being said I rather keep him at 4 million than lose him for nothing but I don't think has no value so he would have been easily tradable.
I think Gorges is a good player to have when you are a cup contender he could help because he is sound defensively other than that he's not the guy you will win a game with he's the guy that could prevent a loss.
3.9 is a little steep over 6 years, but all in all I can't complain about this signing. I like Gorges and think PG made a good move here. I would of liked 3.5-3.75, especially for 6 years, but meh, good deal for me.
The part I don't like is it looks like PG still has the blessing of the owner. Shoot.
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Gorges signing is good, long term deal at a fair price. Good for the team and shows that hard work, good leadership and doing what is needed every shift gets rewarded by the team. Glad the team recognizes Gorges for what he brings to the team.
Overpricing players on bad teams will hurt for many years to come. On a good team he is not worth 3.9.
If Montreal ever starts a true rebuild this contract will suck.
Disagree. Most teams would be more than willing to take on Gorges for that kind of money. Look at what Komisarek got when he went on the market. Barring a drop off in play ala Komisarek, Gorges Should still hold plenty of value to a contending team.
Overpricing players on bad teams will hurt for many years to come. On a good team he is not worth 3.9.
If Montreal ever starts a true rebuild this contract will suck.
You guys want everyone at dirt cheap. That doesn't work. If PG all of a sudden decided to put Gorges on the block for no reason you would have half the league interested. Great contract.
Tell me where we missed Gorges last year. In my mind when you don't replace a player and the team plays exactly how it plays when that player is in the line up it only means the the injured player is not that useful to the team and that's exactly what happened last year.
Why do I get flamed just for voicing my opinion when nobody can prove me that I'm wrong ?
Gorges will earn every dollar of that contract or kill himself trying and that's more than I would expect from him.Any player that puts 100% into the team is a great player in my books.
I like a guy that gives everything he has to the team. I just think it's not because you play like that that we must keep you at all Price. If it was the case we should have paid Steve Begin 3 million a year
Tell me where we missed Gorges last year. In my mind when you don't replace a player and the team plays exactly how it plays when that player is in the line up it only means the the injured player is not that useful to the team and that's exactly what happened last year.
Why do I get flamed just for voicing my opinion when nobody can prove me that I'm wrong ?
cause you logic is flawed.
if I were using this kind of logic I'd too would come to odd conclusions like, lets say...
- we had a better record before trading Spacek, therefore Spacegoat is a better D than what we have now
- we made the PO last season with Hamrlik as our #1 D, therefore Hammer is a #1 D...
- we made the PO last season with Pyatt playing most games, therefore Pyatt should still be a Habs
- we made the PO last two seasons while Gomez was in our top 9, therefore Gomez is still top 9 material...
- we had a better record last season with Moen and Darche filling on top two lines pretty often, therefore we should have them both on our top 6...
Tell me where we missed Gorges last year. In my mind when you don't replace a player and the team plays exactly how it plays when that player is in the line up it only means the the injured player is not that useful to the team and that's exactly what happened last year.
Why do I get flamed just for voicing my opinion when nobody can prove me that I'm wrong ?
Damn it. We were a playoff team with Aaron Downey, guess that means we need him.
Ahh, ****. I know the secret. Why oh why did we let Pouliot walk?!?!
