POLL: Zbynek Michalek or Anton Volchenkov

N4L wrote:Wiercoich will be full time by the end of next year if I had to guess.

111519 wrote:I don't know, I just dont see Winchester on this team next year and by the looks of it Shannon is gone too. A guy like Afinegenov would be a cheap pick-up, and is a legitimate threat every time he is out there kinda like kovalev, and you can only cover so many players at once.

SpezDispenser wrote:

111519 wrote:I don't know, I just dont see Winchester on this team next year and by the looks of it Shannon is gone too. A guy like Afinegenov would be a cheap pick-up, and is a legitimate threat every time he is out there kinda like kovalev, and you can only cover so many players at once.

Afiniganov has an amazing year. 4 million bare minimum a year.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:neither at this point. for that i think sutton can be had 3y x 2mill.
he liked it here andwould probably take a discount for longuer term. as for cullen he's looking for a 3-4 year contract but i heard he might take a pay cut with a longuer term(was it TSN?) so 4 x 2.7? (2.5? )
in any case i doubt volchie or michalek are here next year,volchie is looking for 5mill, way to high.

what is regin going to get next year?

I like your enthusiasm, I really do.

The problem is sometimes that dudes who are pending UFAs really have this opportunity to cash in. And we might all like to say Player X should take a discount to stay here - or Player X played so well here, why wouldn't he stay! But the reality is, Sutton is coming off a most impressive playoffs - and teams all know about him. He'll get a raise, probably in the 3.25-3.4 million range X 4 years.

Sutton needs to cash in as well. He'll need a 3 X 3 to even contemplate staying.

That's my opinion.

N4L wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:

111519 wrote:I don't know, I just dont see Winchester on this team next year and by the looks of it Shannon is gone too. A guy like Afinegenov would be a cheap pick-up, and is a legitimate threat every time he is out there kinda like kovalev, and you can only cover so many players at once.

Afiniganov has an amazing year. 4 million bare minimum a year.

Maybe in Russia.

N4L wrote:Maybe in Russia.

Flo The Action wrote:
i read it(and now i went over to a bunch of different sites to find it and coudn't) that cullen would take a discount on a longuer deal.

SpezDispenser wrote:

N4L wrote:Maybe in Russia.

He's going to Russia? Why would he do that when he just did what he set out to do: take a small contract to get his name out of the gutter? 61 points, 20 some-odd goals and a threat every time he was on the ice. He'll get paid by the Thrashers.

111519 wrote:
No one is giving him 4 million a year, with his track record I say 1.5-2 mill tops.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Flo The Action wrote:
i read it(and now i went over to a bunch of different sites to find it and coudn't) that cullen would take a discount on a longuer deal.

I read that too somewhere, but I think he means that instead of 3.5-4 for a short deal, he'll take 3.3 for a longer deal. That's what I think he's going for. Maybe we can get him on a 3 million cap hit X 5 years? Long term, but such a useful player that even when he gets to 39, he'll still do good things.

Flo The Action wrote:
that's a little long. i think 3 TOPS 4 years.

111519 wrote:has this ever been done (since kovalev is gone next year)

4 year

2mil, 5 mil, 3mil, 2mil, =3mil average

is it allowed

SeawaySensFan wrote:

111519 wrote:has this ever been done (since kovalev is gone next year)

4 year

2mil, 5 mil, 3mil, 2mil, =3mil average

is it allowed

Source?

111519 wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

111519 wrote:has this ever been done (since kovalev is gone next year)

4 year

2mil, 5 mil, 3mil, 2mil, =3mil average

is it allowed

Source?

Sorry, I meant the following year hence the 2mil this year and jump to 5mil the year kovalev leaves