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Big Ev wrote:lol the best player in the world makes only $1.2 more.

Which was his choice, he could have gotten more...

Man, Minny has cashed in... will be interesting to see how it plays out in the long run... and let's not forget about DiPietro... the original one...

I think Minny is a lock for the playoffs now, they are pretty strong everywhere. Contender for sure. Favorite? No way. That LA team still has what Minny does but is younger, tougher, faster, and just better.

Semin will land in Detroit.

NEELY wrote:Semin will land in Detroit.

Very likely.

SpezDispenser wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Thank goodness that's not us. The only guy I want to pay that much to is Karlsson. Those are 2 terrible contracts.

Those are 2 contracts at the going rate for star players in the NHL in 2012.

Indeed. But what about the NHL in 2025 when they're both 40 and getting paid 7.5?

At the going rate, the cap might be $200M by then?

tim1_2 wrote:Minny will be a force.

When Nashville was a force already and then signed Forsberg, everyone thought they had just bought themselves the Cup. I was skeptical. As I still am now. Two very good players, but as has been said already, Suter was never the "top dog"; he is not going to have Weber with him in Minny; and as for Parise, I'm still scratching my head as to what happened to him in the playoffs.

Not saying anyone will be a bust, I'm just thinking that the hype is going to be way higher than they actually reach.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Thank goodness that's not us. The only guy I want to pay that much to is Karlsson. Those are 2 terrible contracts.

Those are 2 contracts at the going rate for star players in the NHL in 2012.

For a second, I read that as "...in NHL 2012".

SpezDispenser wrote:Semin's gonna cash in now I think, teams will get desperate soon.

Carle too.

Yeah the market for them just exploded.

NEELY wrote:I think Minny is a lock for the playoffs now, they are pretty strong everywhere. Contender for sure. Favorite? No way. That LA team still has what Minny does but is younger, tougher, faster, and just better.

Agreed.. LA is still the team to beat.. but Minny probably wins the NW over Vancouver.. IF Mika Koivu can stay healthy.. as well as their goaltending.

Minny is in no way better than Vancouver (on paper obviously, we have no idea about on-ice).

sandysensfan wrote:

NEELY wrote:I think Minny is a lock for the playoffs now, they are pretty strong everywhere. Contender for sure. Favorite? No way. That LA team still has what Minny does but is younger, tougher, faster, and just better.

Agreed.. LA is still the team to beat.. but Minny probably wins the NW over Vancouver.. IF Mika Koivu can stay healthy.. as well as their goaltending.

No way IMO. Their D still sucks.

Maybe you should add a poll

Check the breakdown and bonuses for Parise... mother Diddler...

http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=773

$20M in signing bonuses in the first two years... and the last three years are pathetic... early retirement says what?

SEASON AHL SALARY NHL SALARY P. BONUSES S. BONUS CAP HIT
2012-13 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $0 $10,000,000 $7,538,462
2013-14 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $0 $10,000,000 $7,538,462
2014-15 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $0 $5,000,000 $7,538,462
2015-16 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2016-17 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2017-18 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2018-19 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2019-20 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2020-21 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2021-22 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2022-23 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2023-24 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2024-25 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462

Suter is the exact same: http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=1044

shabbs wrote:Check the breakdown and bonuses for Parise... mother Diddler...

http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=773

$20M in signing bonuses in the first two years... and the last three years are pathetic... early retirement says what?

SEASON AHL SALARY NHL SALARY P. BONUSES S. BONUS CAP HIT
2012-13 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $0 $10,000,000 $7,538,462
2013-14 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 $0 $10,000,000 $7,538,462
2014-15 $11,000,000 $11,000,000 $0 $5,000,000 $7,538,462
2015-16 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2016-17 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2017-18 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2018-19 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2019-20 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2020-21 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2021-22 $6,000,000 $6,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2022-23 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2023-24 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462
2024-25 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $0 $0 $7,538,462

Suter is the exact same: http://capgeek.com/players/display.php?id=1044

Am I reading that right? $35 mil in the first 3 years of his contract?

Yeah, time for another lockout. Parise is a great player, but that is beyond ridiculous.

I thought there was some sort of rule where the salary from one year to the next couldn't be less than half the salary from the previous year?

Riprock wrote:I thought there was some sort of rule where the salary from one year to the next couldn't be less than half the salary from the previous year?

Me too.

Here's a blog post by the Team 1200 lawyer guy on the issue at hand:

http://offsidesportsblog.blogspot.ca/2012/07/parise-suter-contracts-circumvention-of.html