Canucks sign Raymond to 1yr/$2.275

SpezDispenser wrote:First of all - what is he basing that on? Surely not *just* basing that on Iginla when we had Alfredsson and Heatley. The Flames are one of the most woeful teams for scoring period, let alone bringing someone in and expecting it to increase, that's laughable.

Also, Phaneuf was a massive part of their team, without him smashing pucks from the back end on the PP - coupled with the Sens acquiring Gonchar makes the gap look like a chasm.

I find it very odd that someone would be claiming that Spezza would get an increase like that on a team like the Flames which has zero direction.

As far as I remember the Heatley, Spezza, Alfredsson was together for 90% of the season, but NOT on the PP.

asq2 wrote:
I think he means that Spezza on the Sens right now is a 75 point guy but on the Flames with Iginla and Bourque is a 90 point guy. I think he's assuming that Heatley, rather than Alfredsson, was the most important piece for Spezza's production. When I said that the "aging" Alfie had a better offensive season than Iginla last year he dismissed it as "a bunch of secondary assists to Spezza and Michalek."

Anyway, thanks for letting me assure myself I'm not losing my memory/going insane.

SpezDispenser wrote:I didn't realize he had 25 goals, holy cow.

Riprock wrote:Raymond and the Canucks avoird arbitration, re-signing a 1-yr/2.275M deal.

spader wrote:

Riprock wrote:Raymond and the Canucks avoird arbitration, re-signing a 1-yr/2.275M deal.

I still can't believe they had his salary reduced. That sucks. I wonder how long it'll be before they trade him. I can't imagine him signing with them again after this year.

Riprock wrote:It's not an addition if he was already there.