latest article on Meszaros

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2008/08/24/6557771-sun.html

This article suggests the Sens had offered a $3.5M long-term deal, but Meszaros is looking for Weber's numbers ($4.5M, three years).

A one-year deal favors the player, so splitting the difference and adjusting downward (due to said "advantage") still makes $2.8M possible. But I'm beginning to think that getting him for under $3M is a pipe-dream.

wprager wrote:http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2008/08/24/6557771-sun.html

This article suggests the Sens had offered a $3.5M long-term deal, but Meszaros is looking for Weber's numbers ($4.5M, three years).

A one-year deal favors the player, so splitting the difference and adjusting downward (due to said "advantage") still makes $2.8M possible. But I'm beginning to think that getting him for under $3M is a pipe-dream.

Normally, I would agree, except I was and continue to be told that Murray's final offer to Mezie was for 1 yr at under $3M. Now, that could be faulty intel, who knows, but the longer this goes on, the more it gives fuel to the speculations and other rumors.

I tend to agree with Jammer, that Mezie will sign either by the beginning or just after the start of Training camp!

I'd have to think if they only sign him for 1 year, it will be under the $3.5 million and closer to $2 million. I do see a 2+ year deal struck though and I'm almost certain it will be done before camp. There's still tons of time.

jamvan wrote:I'd have to think if they only sign him for 1 year, it will be under the $3.5 million and closer to $2 million. I do see a 2+ year deal struck though and I'm almost certain it will be done before camp. There's still tons of time.

Oh you're right. It's coming...I hope. LOL

wprager wrote:http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Ottawa/2008/08/24/6557771-sun.html

This article suggests the Sens had offered a $3.5M long-term deal, but Meszaros is looking for Weber's numbers ($4.5M, three years).

A one-year deal favors the player, so splitting the difference and adjusting downward (due to said "advantage") still makes $2.8M possible. But I'm beginning to think that getting him for under $3M is a pipe-dream.

You're starting to sound like me on this issue. Congrats, or condolences.

I've long maintained that $2-2.5 mil is too low, and somewhere around $3-3.5 mil is what it's going to take. I think a 2 yr, $3-3.5 mil contract the most likely scenario. $2.8-3 mil isn't out of the question, but then it'd be a 1 yr deal.

My prediction: $3 mil / 1 yr, $3.25 mil / 2 yrs, or $3.5 mil / 3 yrs.

If the numbers are a little lower than that, super, and hats off to Murray -- but I'm not holding my breath for it.

It looks as though Meszaros has since changed agents? Wasn't his agent Winters? In the article it says his agent " Gerry Johansson " .

If this is true, perhaps Murray couldn't work out a deal with Winters, so Meszaros got different representation. I'm looking for confirmation of this...

jamvan wrote:It looks as though Meszaros has since changed agents? Wasn't his agent Winters? In the article it says his agent " Gerry Johansson " .

If this is true, perhaps Murray couldn't work out a deal with Winters, so Meszaros got different representation. I'm looking for confirmation of this...

Could be wrong, but I seem to remember reading the phrase "one of his agents" on some article. It could very well have been in reference to another player, but it's probably quite common that a player is represented by a company of sports agents (think Jerry Maguire) so there could be more than one agent representing a particular player.

A small, small update (or maybe just a re-hashing?) from Sensjunkie.com (who is pretty good) on the Mesz situation:

http://www.sensjunkie.com/my_weblog/2008/08/meszaros-update.html

A personal plug: note that he's predicting contract numbers ($11 / 3 yrs) very similar to mine above!

rooneypoo wrote:A small, small update (or maybe just a re-hashing?) from Sensjunkie.com (who is pretty good) on the Mesz situation:

http://www.sensjunkie.com/my_weblog/2008/08/meszaros-update.html

A personal plug: note that he's predicting contract numbers ($11 / 3 yrs) very similar to mine above!

I don't think you're going to be far off at all. Since were predicting, here's mine:

3 years = $2.4 1st year; $3 2nd year; $3.6 3rd year = $9 million over 3 years.