NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[The BBKL Insider]

6 x 6.6

you devil you

[Nick]

Dion is developing a legit top end defensive game... I honestly believe if we could even get a serviceable partner for him ( a healthy gunner works), we'll see his numbers get in line with his advanced stats.

I'd love to keep him as our Captain long term, he sets the tone well on the ice, and I believe off the ice as well. Having a leader that can play in all situations and stand up for teammates is a big plus, any deal under $50 would make me happy. So with that said, I see no reason why this would be a drawn out contract negotiaitons. 8x5, 7x5.5, 6x6, something along those lines would be epic for the team (from loaded as needed); but I understand if he's looking for a 7M x 4 years sorta thing...

[kimmer]

lol what? Dion's a horrible captain on-ice.

[Nick]

lol what? Dion's a horrible captain on-ice.

I guess we disagree there... I think he's very good at setting the tone to a game early, especially in the leafs favour, and like any #1 dman I believe he has a good read on the temperature of the game - and can be seen trying to change it if needed. He doesn't take selfish fights based on his own ego when the game is in our favour, but when we need a wake-up he is clearly looking for a chance ot do so, HUGE hit, a scrap, entering a scrum for someone else, a pinch or a big clear.

Do I wish he never mis-read a pinch and connected with every attempt hit? Absoultely, however the ability to know when those are needed, even if they don't work out, is something the leafs need more of. I still remember at OT period that ended our season, and 3/4 of the team were frozen with "don't mess up" attitude, Lupul & Dion were the only two looking to win it, IMO. Maybe Grabo & Gardiner in their own ways, but no where near as evident in my memory. I remember watching in dismas as Franson swatted blindly at pucks, kessel couldn't committ to board battle and even my beloved Kulemin trying to put a puck through Bergeron instead of the safe play. I don't like to shit on them for a bad collapse, as they know it more than anyone else - and I believe credit is due for how the series as a whole went, but we had too many passangers in the flop to shit on the few guys who were making a difference.

Next year we shouldn't have to deal with that, Clarky is always out to make a difference, Bolland get's team's unfocused, and ideally Kadri will be in a more prominent role.

[The BBKL Insider]

Kadri willing to sit-out until 'fair deal is presented'


per tsn radio

[CAM]

Brian Burke hired as President of Hockey ops for Flames......yeehaa

[The BBKL Insider]

at least burke isn't an idiot like feaster

well, different type anyways,,,burke has a hockey mind.

[hong57]

Kadri willing to sit-out until 'fair deal is presented'


per tsn radio

what's a fair deal to him? 9.5mil x 5?

[bills09]

he desrves 3.5M over 2 years

[Lee]

Looks like Peter Mueller and Jim Vandermeer are heading to Switzerland

[The BBKL Insider]

No surprise there

[The BBKL Insider]

NEW YORK – The roadmap to a big payday has already been established for Nazem Kadri.

As negotiations on a new contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs threaten to keep the 22-year-old restricted free agent away from the start of training camp, fellow NHLer Logan Couture believes Kadri would be wise to follow his lead by signing a short-term deal now and looking to hit a home run later.

“I don’t know why he doesn’t just do a two-year deal,” Couture told sportsnet.ca on Thursday during the NHL’s player media tour. “Play and have a good two years like you know you can and then you’ll sign a nice deal after. You’ve just got to be confident that you’re going to have two good years.”

One of the main sticking points between Kadri and the Leafs is believed to be the player’s desire to sign a long-term, big-money extension. The team would prefer a shorter bridge contract similar to the $5.75-million, two-year deal that Couture signed in San Jose in 2012.

That ended up working out well for the Sharks centre, who was rewarded with a $30-million, five-year extension earlier this summer. He said the negotiations between GM Doug Wilson and agent John Thornton on the most recent contract lasted just 20 minutes.

Back when Couture was coming off his entry-level deal like Kadri is now, he had no qualms about accepting a shorter deal that allowed him to establish himself as a high-level NHL player.

“We both decided what was fair for me and what I thought was fair,” Couture said.

Second contracts have produced difficult negotiations for a number of players in recent years. Montreal Canadiens defenceman PK Subban had a brief holdout last season before signing a two-year bridge deal while five or six notable RFAs other than Kadri, including Alex Pietrangelo and Derek Stepan, who currently remain unsigned.

There is a pretty well-established path for players to get a big extension after signing a shorter second contract. In addition to Couture, Colorado Avalanche centre Matt Duchene, Dallas Stars winger Jamie Benn and Pittsburgh Penguins winger James Neal are among those who have followed that pattern.

In fact, Duchene believes the $7-million, two-year contract that he signed in 2012 was directly responsible for the $30-million, five-year deal that followed it.

“It motivated me to really push to get that next thing,” Duchene said.

A little extra fuel for the fire could be an added benefit for Kadri if he ends up signing a short-term contract with the Leafs.

Duchene and Couture certainly have no regrets about doing it early in their NHL careers.

“At the end of the day, maybe I lost a few bucks at the end of my career in those two years that I could have potentially made if my third year had gone differently,” Duchene said. “But that’s not what I’m about, that’s not what it’s about for me. We’re all making great livings here and it’s not going to make a difference in the way I live my life and my well-being.

“I’m not too worried about it – the motivation was more beneficial than those extra dollars would have been.”

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/san- ... term-deal/

[kyuss]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=6816 ... l:topheads

nice..

and about time

[The BBKL Insider]

if that's about marcus johanson it's a good deal, read that this morning

2 years at 2mil per

[Tony]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=6816 ... l:topheads

nice..

and about time

were you starting to sweat a little?

[The BBKL Insider]

News: (09/08/13) Mikkel Boedker re-signed with the Coyotes on a two-year, $5.1 million deal Saturday.


thank goodness, now it's just kadri for me

[hong57]

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hoc ... witzerland

[The BBKL Insider]

Mason raymond invited to leafs camp

(try-out contract)

i'm assuming he makes it, Dreger said he'd sign between 600-900k.

That would be the cap savings of sending Liles down.

[CAM]

what happened to Raymond that his only offer is a PTO????

[Lee]

For those itching for Hockey, the KHL season has opened.