We're talking about NHL professionals here, it's not a school yard pickup game...
And he'd instantly be their #1 defenseman. As for Boston I remember him being the best player in the last playoffs series against them.
Pronger has regressed so much that he'd no longer be the #1 in Philadelphia if Subban became a Flyer?
But make no mistake, this is a MAJOR setback to the franchise. A team with Claude Giroux and Shea Weber as its anchors - along with a terrific young nucleus - would have been a perennial Stanley Cup contender.
What I'd like to see in the new CBA is automatic penalties imposed on a team extending an offer sheet to an RFA. Philly would have thought twice about the offer sheet if it automatically cost them a 2nd round pick to do so. Offer sheets are predatory (pun intended) and should cost something.
What I'd like to see in the new CBA is automatic penalties imposed on a team extending an offer sheet to an RFA. Philly would have thought twice about the offer sheet if it automatically cost them a 2nd round pick to do so. Offer sheets are predatory (pun intended) and should cost something.
It would make for a crazy, crazy season if PK wasn't playing in Montreal because we couldn't afford him but we could afford Gomez, Kaberle and Bourque.
It would make for a crazy, crazy season if PK wasn't playing in Montreal because we couldn't afford him but we could afford Gomez, Kaberle and Bourque.
I predict that at least two of those players will be gone by the trade deadline unless they miraculously play at their peak career levels.
It's only fair game because those are the rules they've set. Offer sheets unfairly shift the balance of power towards rich teams, and away from parity. Nashville likely paid more for Weber than they would have had to without Phillys interference. This will take money away from their budget for the rest of their team, because unlike philly they can't spend to the cap and still make a profit. Compensation would make it fair. As it is any big budget team can bully another into having to make brutal choices.
Just what I was thinking. Carolina made an outrageous offer for Federov back in the 1990's. Had Detroit not matched (and the league not rejected it for some reason or other) the Red Wings would've gotten Tanabe, Nedorost, Knyazev, Ward and Staal.
Now I'm not sure Staal/Ward and lesser pieces for Federov is a square deal, nor can we be certain that the red Wings would've picked the same players or sat in the same spot (with Carolina's standing presumably improving with the addition of Federov). But for a rebuilding team like Montreal the possibility of adding a couple of future all-stars for Subban is not unattractive.
The good thing about an offer sheet is that we'd have PK locked up for 7-13 years if he was offer sheeted. No team is going to give up 4 first rounders on a short contract.
The problem is i would almost be tempted to take the deal. It would likely put us in the Mackinnon sweepstakes and as a new GM, you can afford to be bad for 2-3 years. Bergy would really be able to put his stamp on this team and we'd maximize value for our crap assets like Bourque & Kaberle.
Exactly why habs took him to arb just incase other offer sheet him.
Also replying to Edgy who asked the same question, I'm not sure the reason why but I believe a team can take a player to arbitration once, and MTL seems to love to give out a 2nd short term team after players ELC, ex Eller,Diaz, Patches, DD, Weber, Price, etc all got only 2 year deals after their ELC, and after that is up, I think MTL would just rather use it when the 2nd contract is up, because the 3rd contract is usually the big contract, ex if Habs took Price to arbitration after his ELC, the Habs could have been in a whole if Price got a crazy offersheet say like from the Leafs.
Also I believe Subban had the choice to file for arbitration as well but didn't.
Overall it would be a big waste of time for the Flyers, I mean the only reason they did the Weber offersheet was because they had a good chance of Nashville not matching because of all the upfront money. Same structure would have no impact on the Habs.
I only remember hearing of offer sheets when the player actually signs it... I don't think I've heard of them when players refuse to sign them.
ya its only official once its signed by the players, in regards to hearing about offers, its all rumours, just like July 1st rumours of teams offering a certain player a contract or not.
just remember if the player don't want to sign the offer sheet ,then it is worth sheet.
Why would Subban want out of Montreal?
Weber wanted out,Subban doesn't.
Subban is a HABS
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P.K. Subban remains the lone unsigned restricted free agent on the Montreal Canadiens roster but, unlike fellow defenceman Shea Weber, he isn't looking elsewhere.
There have been no discussions with other NHL teams, agent Don Meehan, told TVA Sports Friday.
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Meehan is focused on getting a deal done with the Canadiens. He said he has meetings scheduled next week with general manager Marc Bergevin.
It's only fair game because those are the rules they've set. Offer sheets unfairly shift the balance of power towards rich teams, and away from parity. Nashville likely paid more for Weber than they would have had to without Phillys interference. This will take money away from their budget for the rest of their team, because unlike philly they can't spend to the cap and still make a profit. Compensation would make it fair. As it is any big budget team can bully another into having to make brutal choices.
If it really screwed up their budget, then they could have let him go and take the four 1st round picks. Even if they don't think it's a good return, having 8 first round picks in the next four years is quite valuable. Enough so that they can rebuild properly.
I think what you're talking about is more on the contract front than actual offer sheet.
Any time can match an offer sheet. The contracts are where the bullying make occur.
Philly gave huge signing bonuses to Weber. He will get 26M in his first year. It's up to the NHL to level the playing field when it comes to that. Limit signing bonuses.
But this can also happen for UFAs, where there is no offer sheets, as we saw with Suter.
With regards to "bullying" this would not happen if the NHL had a sensible revenue sharing plan, like the NFL and NBA do. The Flyers are owned by a corporation, and thus their ultimate goal is NOT to win the Stanley Cup, but to make a profit. Winning the Stanley Cup of course goes a long ways towards ensuring that you do make a profit, not just from extended gate receipts from a long playoff drive, but of course through the marketing bonanza that comes with it. So for them throwing $26 million in cash at Shea Weber in the next year is an "investment" and not a loss of money.
However, if they had to throw that $26 million into a revenue sharing pool I can guarantee you that they then wouldn't throw another $26 million at Weber. $52 million would be too much to recuperate.
A lot of the NHL's problems would go away with a good revenue sharing plan, I believe. You wouldn't see this type of bullying. Unfortunately it's not in an NHL owner's makeup to do that, and probably for good reason. Charles Wang is worth more than Geoff Molson - significantly more if you consider how much Molson had to leverage to buy the Canadiens. And yet under an expanded revenue sharing plan Molson would have to give some of his money to the richer Wang, even though Wang is an idiot when it comes to running a hockey team. Worse still, he'd have to give some of his profits to organizations like Phoenix and yes, Nashville, who arguably shouldn't even be in the league. But in a salary cap/non-revenue sharing world having these teams in the league actually HELPS the other owners, as their lower revenues act as a drag on the cap. Which of course helps the other owners keep more of their money.
But it's much easier to blame Shea Weber and the other players, and tell the fans that they have no choice but to raise ticket prices, because of those greedy players.
