Crunch time!

Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

110% he will not go to Russia.

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

I want him to suck it up and I truly believe he will. I agree with your earlier post in that it will be well below 3M and likely only for 1 season.

jamvan wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

110% he will not go to Russia.

That's my thinking as well, which means Mezaros has little to no leverage over Murray, except for possibly threatening to sit out I suppose.

Cronenbergfan wrote:

jamvan wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

110% he will not go to Russia.

That's my thinking as well, which means Mezaros has little to no leverage over Murray, except for possibly threatening to sit out I suppose.

If Mesz sits out I guarantee a trade for a puck mover. I personally would say Schneider because he's off the books next season.

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Hey Crony, this is off topic but whereabout in NB are you? I'm asking 'cause I drove through NB last week on my way to Halifax then to Cape Breton. It was raining in NB as usual :-) Everytime I drove through NB it has rained. It's weird.

TheAvatar wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Hey Crony, this is off topic but whereabout in NB are you? I'm asking 'cause I drove through NB last week on my way to Halifax then to Cape Breton. It was raining in NB as usual :-) Everytime I drove through NB it has rained. It's weird.

I'm in Fredericton as a matter of fact. And believe it or not, it has rained her for approximately 3 weeks straight!! You should see how high the St. John River is!

Going to Halifax and Cape Breton, eh? Nice... My wife and her family all hail from Cape Breton. I hear it's beautiful up there, but I don't remember much as the last time I was there was with a family reunion back in 1990...

I thought you were coming up for that massive Eagles concert.

Cronenbergfan wrote:

TheAvatar wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Hey Crony, this is off topic but whereabout in NB are you? I'm asking 'cause I drove through NB last week on my way to Halifax then to Cape Breton. It was raining in NB as usual :-) Everytime I drove through NB it has rained. It's weird.

I'm in Fredericton as a matter of fact. And believe it or not, it has rained her for approximately 3 weeks straight!! You should see how high the St. John River is!

Going to Halifax and Cape Breton, eh? Nice... My wife and her family all hail from Cape Breton. I hear it's beautiful up there, but I don't remember much as the last time I was there was with a family reunion back in 1990...

I thought you were coming up for that massive Eagles concert.

We need to get you back to Sens Country dude.

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:

TheAvatar wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Hey Crony, this is off topic but whereabout in NB are you? I'm asking 'cause I drove through NB last week on my way to Halifax then to Cape Breton. It was raining in NB as usual :-) Everytime I drove through NB it has rained. It's weird.

I'm in Fredericton as a matter of fact. And believe it or not, it has rained her for approximately 3 weeks straight!! You should see how high the St. John River is!

Going to Halifax and Cape Breton, eh? Nice... My wife and her family all hail from Cape Breton. I hear it's beautiful up there, but I don't remember much as the last time I was there was with a family reunion back in 1990...

I thought you were coming up for that massive Eagles concert.

We need to get you back to Sens Country dude.

I'm working on it!! Believe me, if you know ANYONE who has a decent paying job opening, let me know... I'm ITCHIN' to come home... not to mention my wife LOVED Ottawa when I brought her about 2 years ago...

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:

If Mesz sits out I guarantee a trade for a puck mover. I personally would say Schneider because he's off the books next season.

Perhaps, I'm not sure I'm sold on Schneider to be honest. I can't see Meszaros going to Russia though. I think that league is going to bust in a few years when players find out they aren't getting paid... at least not in cash.

What happens with Meszaros? Is there a deadline for RFAs? At which time they simply become free agents? How does this process work? Excuse my ignorance.

Cronenbergfan wrote:

I'm working on it!! Believe me, if you know ANYONE who has a decent paying job opening, let me know... I'm ITCHIN' to come home... not to mention my wife LOVED Ottawa when I brought her about 2 years ago...

What do you do Cronie? What line of work are you in?

Jordo wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:

I'm working on it!! Believe me, if you know ANYONE who has a decent paying job opening, let me know... I'm ITCHIN' to come home... not to mention my wife LOVED Ottawa when I brought her about 2 years ago...

What do you do Cronie? What line of work are you in?

Honestly, I'm a jack of all trades. I've been with the provincial government for about 6 years now, and i'm currently in the Communications field, but my strengths are writing, research, stuff like that.

MY DREAM is to get on with The Sens Org in some capacity and work my way into the marketing or communications office. I'm very good at spinning!! LOL Although, Cap 'n' is BY FAR the best at turning a negative into a positive!!

Cronenbergfan wrote:

Jordo wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:

I'm working on it!! Believe me, if you know ANYONE who has a decent paying job opening, let me know... I'm ITCHIN' to come home... not to mention my wife LOVED Ottawa when I brought her about 2 years ago...

What do you do Cronie? What line of work are you in?

Honestly, I'm a jack of all trades. I've been with the provincial government for about 6 years now, and i'm currently in the Communications field, but my strengths are writing, research, stuff like that.

MY DREAM is to get on with The Sens Org in some capacity and work my way into the marketing or communications office. I'm very good at spinning!! LOL Although, Cap 'n' is BY FAR the best at turning a negative into a positive!!

Thanks Cronman. There are Communications jobs open all the time on Jobs.gc.ca (Federal government jobs website) Check it out and apply, apply, apply. Remember you need to prove you meet each and every EXPERIENCE BULLET. The Knowledge, Abilities and personal suitability are assessed through exams, interview and reference checks.

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Meszaros leaving for Russia would be terrible. This guy is a huge part of our future, even with Lee and Karlsson around.

I'd just try to reason with him that by signing the one year, $2.5 million year deal, he lets the team add a guy like Schneider or Boucher for a year and also gets a chance to prove himself with first-unit powerplay time to try to get more money on his next contract.

Asquaredx2 wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:Well, with various sources all stating that Mezaros is still trying to decide between Murray's final offer or the offer from the KHL, I thought I should put the question to you... Do you want Mezie to suck it up and sign or would you rather he bolts to the land of Borscht and Vodka?

Meszaros leaving for Russia would be terrible. This guy is a huge part of our future, even with Lee and Karlsson around.

I'd just try to reason with him that by signing the one year, $2.5 million year deal, he lets the team add a guy like Schneider or Boucher for a year and also gets a chance to prove himself with first-unit powerplay time to try to get more money on his next contract.

Exactly my thinking as well. You basically sell it as, take this contract now and next year when you've been given the bigger role you will be able to cash in because there will be room with Gerber off the books and a possibly larger Cap as well.