Deckie007
Well-known member
i assume you are the leafs version of wehave
because that makes little sense
He might be worse
i assume you are the leafs version of wehave
because that makes little sense
like the taveres UFA contract?
i assume you are the leafs version of wehave
because that makes little sense
that's not true, it probably scored points for Purple Pants with the media and fanbase. And at no real cost.
i assume you are the leafs version of wehave
Don’t let it get to the point where they can get an offer sheet in the first place. Problem solved
It takes two to tango.
Would kind of piss me off if they decide they need to "fix" signing bonuses specifically because it's an advantage for some of the richer teams.Yeah, for everyone who replies and says "man I hope someone offer sheets Marner for 8.5 lol", they may offer that but he has to accept it for it to be official.
But otherwise, I have a feeling in the next CBA they'll adjust the rules around signing bonuses. To me right now they're the biggest loophole in how to structure deals. Feels to me that there should either be a hard max on signing bonuses (ie. no more than 20% in bonus money) or they need to structure it so that the signing bonus is paid throughout the season, essentially the same as regular salary.
But how to "fix" offer sheets is really tough. The problem is if you raise the compensation, then teams don't want to pay that. You probably need to lower compensation so that there's less penalty to giving the offer, at which point it's more about figuring out how high to offer a player. But you can't really go too far to getting rid of compensation or else there's not much difference between RFA and UFA.
It’s a bit different for UFA as there is no matching ability. (I have no problem with what Montreal did - it’s actually good for the league imo). Also, the Isles are not a small market team.
Didn't Bergevin actually do waddell a favour? The only thing that sucked for Waddell is the term. He even said in the presser," I'm surprised it wasn't more" I asked a question in the season thread of collusion.
Could a GM do another one a solid by offering something that they want to pay their own player so that they can match... ie, ask Waddell or Bergevin to offer Mitch a contract of 7x 9.25 then have mitch accept it (or if he doesn't then it shows his greed a bit more) and then match and have a favour to pay back next season at the draft.
Didn't Bergevin actually do waddell a favour? .
Believe me when I say this: I guarantee Dundon has already told Waddell that if there’s an RFA in Montreal the ‘Canes can go after over the next few years, he’s got the green light to do something crazy.
Yeah, for everyone who replies and says "man I hope someone offer sheets Marner for 8.5 lol", they may offer that but he has to accept it for it to be official.
But otherwise, I have a feeling in the next CBA they'll adjust the rules around signing bonuses. To me right now they're the biggest loophole in how to structure deals. Feels to me that there should either be a hard max on signing bonuses (ie. no more than 20% in bonus money) or they need to structure it so that the signing bonus is paid throughout the season, essentially the same as regular salary.
But how to "fix" offer sheets is really tough. The problem is if you raise the compensation, then teams don't want to pay that. You probably need to lower compensation so that there's less penalty to giving the offer, at which point it's more about figuring out how high to offer a player. But you can't really go too far to getting rid of compensation or else there's not much difference between RFA and UFA.
I don't think Waddell wanted a 5 yr deal that chews up no UFA years.
Wha? how does that work?
The last year of a 5 yr deal would be a UFA year. It's Aho's 8th year in the league.