1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Confirmed?  Because the rumors were Buffalo and Detroit offering $10m per year.  Im somewhat surprised Tampa wants to pay to be honest if for no other reason than the playoffs showed they could win without him.

Ten million plus waiting through a rebuild in Buffalo. Taxes alone bring these numbers much closer together. Plus, he gets the extra year.

Goes to show that to some players, winning is more important than money.

8 minutes ago, Ducky said:

I say we all chip in and buy Rich a Drew Stafford jersey...

Game worn...like new.

If Stamkos signs with Tampa he made the right choice, Leafs really wont be contenders for years to come

hahahahahahahahahahahhash

it is confirmed. 8 years 8.5 million AAV

 

Money doesn't matter to some people.Winning does. 

Edited June 29, 20169 yr by Goalie

Makes you wonder why Edmonton and Montreal didnt just cut out New Jersey and Nashville and make the deal themselves.

 

1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Makes you wonder why Edmonton and Montreal didnt just cut out New Jersey and Nashville and make the deal themselves.

2 words... for both Hall and PK... Character Issues.

 

Also, Edmonton actually saves some money here by trading Hall for Larsson. Subban paid more than both, actually almost the same amount that hall and larsson combined make. 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

 

2 words... for both Hall and PK... Character Issues.

 

Also, Edmonton actually saves some money here by trading Hall for Larsson. Subban paid more than both, actually almost the same amount that hall and larsson combined make. 

With the amount of work it seems Subban does for his community, if true, he must be a different person in the locker room. 

25 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Toronto media went out of there way to put this narrative out there today 

It's OK, they didn't really want Stamkos anyway.  

 

6 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

With the amount of work it seems Subban does for his community, if true, he must be a different person in the locker room. 

Lots of people do community work, doesn't make them good people. Evander Kane was big in to the charity work also. 

It just seems odd to me, there has to be behind the scenes stuff to both of these deals (PK and Hall) that, as fans we don't get to see. 

 

PK in particular, he's a larger than life type of personality and i could see how that could rub some of his team mates and management the wrong way.... I mean, has to be more to it than just trading him for Weber right. They traded him for a reason, What that reason is? Your guess is as good as mine but there has to be some sort of underlying factor involved. 

 

Who knows what tho but theres something for sure. You don't just trade these guys for no reason. You don't trade PK for an older Weber for no reason, unless it's as simple as Montreal feeling PK just isn't worth the money he's being paid, but Weber is being paid more so..that kind of kills that theory doesn't it. 

 

Behind the scenes stuff at play here for sure. 

 

Edited June 29, 20169 yr by Goalie

When has Kane given 10 million to a children's hospital. 

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Lots of people do community work, doesn't make them good people. Evander Kane was big in to the charity work also. 

It just seems odd to me, there has to be behind the scenes stuff to both of these deals (PK and Hall) that, as fans we don't get to see. 

True enough but more times than not people who go out of their way to give back to their communities are usually character people Evander Kane not with standing. Moreover, outside of his community work you talk of, Evander Kane seems to attract attention for all the wrong reasons moreso that Subban does. But, like you mentioned, most of us have no idea what sort of issues are going here non-hockey talent related. 

13 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Lots of people do community work, doesn't make them good people. Evander Kane was big in to the charity work also. 

It just seems odd to me, there has to be behind the scenes stuff to both of these deals (PK and Hall) that, as fans we don't get to see. 

 

PK in particular, he's a larger than life type of personality and i could see how that could rub some of his team mates and management the wrong way.... I mean, has to be more to it than just trading him for Weber right. They traded him for a reason, What that reason is? Your guess is as good as mine but there has to be some sort of underlying factor involved. 

 

Who knows what tho but theres something for sure. You don't just trade these guys for no reason. You don't trade PK for an older Weber for no reason, unless it's as simple as Montreal feeling PK just isn't worth the money he's being paid, but Weber is being paid more so..that kind of kills that theory doesn't it. 

 

Behind the scenes stuff at play here for sure. 

 

Weber isn't making more than Subban...

Edited June 29, 20169 yr by Ducky
I can't spell

Bob chimes in!

 

Habs reporter on H&L saying there have been lots of issues with PK that went unreported. Things like missing curfew and being Late for team functions. Not getting along with team mates etc. 

1 minute ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Habs reporter on H&L saying there have been lots of issues with PK that went unreported. Things like missing curfew and being Late for team functions. Not getting along with team mates etc. 

If this is true, why didn't that reporter report it?

 

 

11 minutes ago, Ducky said:

If this is true, why didn't that reporter report it?

Well they did report that Subban not get the nod for Community Service from his own teammates.

I heard it was more that demanding better of some guys that did not take it will. Most of them deserved it but PK looks like the bad guy. 

So here is the guy that started the Trouba rumour, now backtracking.

Wonder how much traffic this rumour generated for his website?

Interesting if true. Because as I mentioned earlier it would make the Bruins, whose owner is chairman of the board, look awful. Rich team attacks small team and drives salaries through the roof. 

So while it doesn't surprise me the other GM's would be hot. It would surprise me if the Bruins care 

Or maybe this guy just made up ... or "exaggerated" these rumours.  Read this article from last October.

http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2015/10/24/9604514/how-boston-media-is-letting-itself-fans-the-bruins-and-the-nhl-down

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Boston is certainly home to one of these markets, to the point of self-parody. Recently we’ve seen an example of just how bad and desperate rumor mongering can be, with CSNNE’s Joe Haggerty floating "inside" rumors the Bruins were looking to trade Zdeno Chara and Brad Marchand - a rumor so wildly off base that DJ Bean saw fit to publicly blow it out of the water only hours later:

....

The Bruins themselves then saw fit to come out and rubbish the Haggerty rumors, which had by then been picked up by national outlets despite not having a grain of truth to them. The spread and reach around the hockey world of this caused some debate. The scariest thing about the reaction, though, was how many people within hockey media defended what is basically blatant fabrication for clickbait because of the source.

The article is an interesting read.

Taylor Hall traded to NJ Devils for D Adam Larrson. You gotta ask why???

Edited June 30, 20169 yr by iso_55

Nashville just got worse today ...

https://www.nhl.com/video/embed/scheifeles-2nd-period-goal/t-278955068/c-42208003?autostart=false#

Edited June 30, 20169 yr by IC Khari