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it is too much, but i dont think that salary will be a problem for us. we should have plenty of cap space for the next few years. also from what ive read the offer includes a limited ntc for the last 2 years. so we could ship him out at some point if there is interest.

that said, i would have preferred 2.5/3 or 2.5/2

DirtyDave wrote:3 m per year is WAY to much for phillips

garblar wrote:it is too much, but i dont think that salary will be a problem for us. we should have plenty of cap space for the next few years. also from what ive read the offer includes a limited ntc for the last 2 years. so we could ship him out at some point if there is interest.

that said, i would have preferred 2.5/3 or 2.5/2

As bad years go, his has been pretty epic. I think $3M per would be fair. We'll see in the next couple days I guess. The only thing that I can be sure of is that, regardless of what happens, there will be plenty of disagreement over whether or not it was the best decision.

Did Phillips sign a new contract? I can't find any news on it or twitter action. 3x3 sounds fine with me but is it confirmed by any reputable sources?

its a rumoured offer

Nope. All speculation at this point. 3x3 was just my guess. Rooneypoo found a link that suggested the same and the conversation went from there.

Cool, thanks garblar and Spader.

Keller with a hat trick, Brust with his franchise record 11th straight win. BSens win 7-4. Courtesy of PSBJoy.

spader wrote:Keller with a hat trick, Brust with his franchise record 11th straight win. BSens win 7-4. Courtesy of PSBJoy.

I think you have a crush on PSBJoy. I think you want to kiss PSBJoy. I think you want to marry PSBJoy.

ya and the two guys on PTOs each scored.

Bass Destruction wrote:

spader wrote:Keller with a hat trick, Brust with his franchise record 11th straight win. BSens win 7-4. Courtesy of PSBJoy.

I think you have a crush on PSBJoy. I think you want to kiss PSBJoy. I think you want to marry PSBJoy.

strachattack wrote:Did Phillips sign a new contract? I can't find any news on it or twitter action. 3x3 sounds fine with me but is it confirmed by any reputable sources?

Is it a coincidence that he had a great game tonight though? Deal finally done? Feels more relaxed? Prepare yourself!

SpezDispenser wrote:

strachattack wrote:Did Phillips sign a new contract? I can't find any news on it or twitter action. 3x3 sounds fine with me but is it confirmed by any reputable sources?

Is it a coincidence that he had a great game tonight though? Deal finally done? Feels more relaxed? Prepare yourself!

You make a good a point.

rooneypoo wrote:

spader wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I hear the Phillips extension is done by a ton of tweets. One of them said that fans 'wouldn't like the number'. Does that scare anyone else?

I wouldn't put too much stock in that. My guess remains 3x3.

I'm not sure if you meant to be ironic, but that's precisely the figure that sources are reporting. Sounds about right, too.

http://prosportsblogging.com/nhl-hockey/ottawa-senators/chris-phillips-to-sign-contract-extension-in-next-48-hours/

prosportsblogging, isn't that Kevin Lee's site? Wouldn't put too much stock into it. Looks at this other recent post by the same author. So full of fail.

Seriously, who cares what Philips will make? We have $20+Million in cap, and we ain't signing big buck players anytime soon.

marakh wrote:Seriously, who cares what Philips will make? We have $20+Million in cap, and we ain't signing big buck players anytime soon.

Because it will look bad if he is overpaid. We have already overpaid our fair share of older players on this team.

Phillips at 3x3... that sounds about right and lower than market value. He takes a pay cut and is given more security. He still fills a huge hole that would have otherwise been left if he was traded or didn't resign.

Phillips games hasn't been great this year but it hasn't been as awful as some people suggest. The team has been bad as a whole and absolutely nothing has gone The Sens way this season, Phillips is no different.

Good cap hit and term for a good D man. Doesn't bog down The Sens in any way and probably makes them better long term then a 4th rounder and and some 3rd line plug ever could.

ddt wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:

spader wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:I hear the Phillips extension is done by a ton of tweets. One of them said that fans 'wouldn't like the number'. Does that scare anyone else?

I wouldn't put too much stock in that. My guess remains 3x3.

I'm not sure if you meant to be ironic, but that's precisely the figure that sources are reporting. Sounds about right, too.

http://prosportsblogging.com/nhl-hockey/ottawa-senators/chris-phillips-to-sign-contract-extension-in-next-48-hours/

prosportsblogging, isn't that Kevin Lee's site? Wouldn't put too much stock into it. Looks at this other recent post by the same author. So full of fail.

I don't put much stock into anything that doesn't show up on TSN, to be honest. I was just pointing out that there were reports floating around there with the same number and term that spader was guessing at.

How is $3million lower than market value? I find it kind of odd that a guy who is apparently worth over $3M on the free agent market isn't worth more than a 2nd round pick in a trade? (This is speculation on the possibility he might not be traded).