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SeawaySensFan wrote:Ev wrote:SeawaySensFan wrote:Ev wrote:SeawaySensFan wrote:Ev wrote:SpezDispenser wrote:Obviously. Why the heck do you think I had/have my knickers twisted over this? This is as much about the off ice stability of the franchise as it is about Ryan staying. I bet they've sold 46 season tickets this summer - and some would say who can blame people for not buying them? The team that we're trotting out there is pretty good IMO - good enough to squeak into the playoffs if a lot of things go right - and absolutely good enough to evolved into one of the better teams in the East in years to come, but if every time a UFA that matters comes up, we sit here holding our weiners it looks friggin' terrible.
Even if you have to overpay him and MacArthur, you do what you have to do to show people that yes, we've had some issues in the past with players leaving, but these players are players that we have earmarked as 'core' players and we're not letting them go.
The fact that this has taken so long is really sad. Really gives the people with the budget Dung some ammunition and doesn't project a sense of stability or long term commitment to the franchise.
That's hilarious. You sound like Sandy. Nobody thought they would be signed soon. Did you listen to Dorion a week or two ago?
Why is MacArthur a core player or a must sign? I feel like this is deja vu and we've already talked about this but I don't get the fascination over him. He isn't a must-keep, neither is Methot. Ryan I would say is for this current team, but again if he feels like playing somewhere else there's nothing they can do.
Maybe he feels like playing in Ottawa but the team are trying to nickel and dime him. Possibly due to the non-existent "budget." What then?
Don't contribute fluff please
How can fluff be considered a contribution?
So I ask again, what if he wants to stay but the team does something to change his mind like lowball him, for instance? I'm pretty sure that reflects poorly on the franchise and does little to encourage other players to want to stay and indeed might encourage some to leave including "Karls" Karlsson.
They wouldn't lowball him, that's the point. But tell me what you think a lowball is.
The rumour was they started with 6.5 x 5
Doesn't matter what I think a lowball is. That's for the player and the agent to decide.
And it they think a lowball is a lowball when it isn't a lowball then good riddance
