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simonus

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  1. just a question but why did they waive him? looks like the isles are interested may never get to us.

    seems like they thought he had offensive upside (he almost certainly doesn't) and tried to play him as a 4th line forward after they made other d-corps pickups. The man is a low-pairing defensive defenseman who is easily worth a $600k cap hit (but perhaps not the $1.2M that he signed with the Panthers for).

  2. He essentially did get $6.5M per.

    exactly... the whole point of these contracts is that they only work if the cheap years occur well after the player's peak - otherwise the incentives don't line up right.

    There is one funny way this could all blow up in players' faces -> as mentioned in the last HW Recap, there is a fundamental value in having a low pay/high cap hit player for teams trying to make the salary floor. All these guys think they are going to get bought out in the final years of their deals and secure new deals that pay their market price (think Savard going out and getting a $2M/yr deal). This might not really happen, though. If Nashville or the Panthers are looking to make the salary floor, you might see them buying up the Savards and the Luongos of the league and these guys are going to muddle through 2 years of playing on the cheap.

    For the players, it is also a bet against salary inflation (and their own longevity). Maybe in 5 years, Savard will still be getting over 60pts a season... Why in the world would the Bruins buy him out then?

  3. Not so sure Plex will get that much?! Like I mentionned a few days ago, if we compare Plex to Marc savard, (who just signed a 7 years deal at 4.2 million$ per year), I don't think Plex is worth as much as Savard.

    Savard has 4 seasons with 78 or more points(including 2 with 96+ points). Plex has one 69 point season.

    I really like Plex! I'd like it if Bob would get off his ass and sign him to a long term deal(4 to 5 years) at 4 million$ per year. I think that its a fair deal.

    The whole point of the Savard deal was the super long term to lower the cap hit. We'd have to be willing to give Plex at least a 7 or 8 year deal in order to be able to play that same kind of cap game. Savard would not have accepted a 5 year deal a $4.2 mil per. Over 4 or 5 years, Savard would have cost prolly $6.5m

  4. I'd have to think there are a few teams interested. Though I don't know what the waiver priority rules are, the Habs did claim Jay Leach off waivers not too long ago, so if someone else is claiming, I don't think the Habs will get him.

    Gonna need fo Brian's input here, maybe he knows the waiver priority rules. Or anyone else too, I guess.

    afaik, the only waiver priority rule is that position in the standings controls -> i.e., the lower team gets first pick. Right now Montreal is 20th overall, so they'd have the 11th pick. It's worth a shot, IMO.

  5. Ville Koistinen is available on re-entry waivers today. His cap his is only $500k to the claiming team. I know the habs have a full roster right now - and guys are coming back - but this is too good a deal to pass up. I could envision him as the last D on a healthy habs team with Bergeron playing 4th line forward and Mara in the pressbox.

  6. how about a good PP? CMON BOYS

    to listen to the flyers broadcasters, you'd think the Habs were the gooniest team in the league and the Flyers were a bunch of angels.

    He's making Higgins look like better option. 

    yeah, but think about the terrible cap hit we'd get with Higgins... :angry:

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