Again, if Subban was arbitrated after this seasson he's getting huge money, 6 plus mil. Franson will likely get 4 plus I'de say. And it doesn't bode well to be going to arbitration with a whole bunch of guys that just played really well and made headway.
- aminnes

This I do not dispute, however I don't think that half a season worth of sheltered minutes after a season spent in large part as a healthy scratch is enough basis to be demanding over $4m. Give him 3m per, or just below, for a couple of years and tell him to prove his worth, just as MTL did with PK...

Not to downplay Franson, as I definitely like his game, but I think he needs to prove himself playing 3-4 Dman minutes before he can demand to be paid like one...

Knowing teams never really trade core players, I would always offer sheet the best players available if I needed a player.
- SPIDEROCKSTAR

I do wonder why more offer sheets don't get thrown around.

10 years, 90 million for Stamkos and you'd have a franchise player with 60 goal, Hart Trophy candidate upside.

Doughty, Subban... You find guys like that so rarely that the draft picks aren't comparable. How many Doughty or Stamkos types have we drafted in the last 20 years?

Why would we trade our best D-man, who plays more minutes than any other to get a 3-4 shutdown guy.

I love the idea of getting someone like Murray, but no way in hell you trade Dion to make it happen...
- lumlums

How are they going to pay Dion 7 plus mil after next year when they are up against the cap?

This I do not dispute, however I don't think that half a season worth of sheltered minutes after a season spent in large part as a healthy scratch is enough basis to be demanding over $4m. Give him 3m per, or just below, for a couple of years and tell him to prove his worth, just as MTL did with PK...
- lumlums

He was a healthy scratch under Ron the tard Wilson, as will be his argument.

How are they going to pay Dion 7 plus mil after next year when they are up against the cap?
- aminnes

For a start, the cap will (almost certainly) go up. So all you have to do is fit in the extra 0.5-1m and you're set. Let's say that the cap goes back to 70m, that still leaves enough to sign Phil as well and have some additional wiggle room, especially with most of the rest of the core forwards locked in.

How are they going to pay Dion 7 plus mil after next year when they are up against the cap?
- aminnes

We will be getting 2.5 million cleared off the books, plus however much the cap increases. Let's say $3.5 to 4 million.

So, that's about 6 million bucks. More than enough for raises. I think Phaneuf would take an extension of his current deal, anyway.

He was a healthy scratch under Ron the tard Wilson, as will be his argument.
- aminnes

Yup. And it won't hold. There's still chance to fit to the coach's expectations, and he didn't do that.

We all know that Ron was a tard with respect to defense, but Franson still could, and should, have played better...

We will be getting 2.5 million cleared off the books, plus however much the cap increases. Let's say $3.5 to 4 million.

So, that's about 6 million bucks. More than enough for raises. I think Phaneuf would take an extension of his current deal, anyway.
- Leeman4Gilmour

I forgot about that

For a start, the cap will (almost certainly) go up. So all you have to do is fit in the extra 0.5-1m and you're set. Let's say that the cap goes back to 70m, that still leaves enough to sign Phil as well and have some additional wiggle room, especially with most of the rest of the core forwards locked in.
- lumlums

Don't forget, Bolland, Kessel, and several others...

Liles was great before the concussion.

Say a little prayer every night that he can find his game again.
- Atomic Wedgie

This... and he started to turn it around after a few games once he returned... His contract really isnt all that bad as well imo

Don't forget, Bolland, Kessel, and several others...
- aminnes

Kessel, Bolland, Reimer, and Phaneuf are the big ones.

Kessel will get a 2.5 million dollar raise. Phaneuf's new deal would be a marginal increase at best. Reimer might go up to Bernier's salary if he plays as well.

Bolland is a wild card, but he'll likely end up in the mid 4's.

I'm not seeing a problem next year with 6+ extra to spend.

Don't forget, Bolland, Kessel, and several others...
- aminnes

True. We should also be able to bring up a couple of the kids as low cost options too..

Kessel, Bolland, Reimer, and Phaneuf are the big ones.

Kessel will get a 2.5 million dollar raise. Phaneuf's new deal would be a marginal increase at best. Reimer might go up to Bernier's salary if he plays as well.

Bolland is a wild card, but he'll likely end up in the mid 4's.

I'm not seeing a problem next year with 6+ extra to spend.
- Leeman4Gilmour

15 for Phil and Doin?

In other news....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427197

15 for Phil and Doin?
- robin_steele264

I'd think Nonis probably has that pencilled in just to be safe, though I'm sure he'd prefer to be closer to 14.

In other news....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427197
- lumlums

classy guy

classy guy
- Sammich

In other news....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427197
- lumlums

He's got good taste in movies, but no ability to think ahead.

Everybody talks about how introverted Kessel is, but isn't it nice to have a guy who just shuts his mouth and gets to work?

In other news....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427197
- lumlums

Odds are one of his friends picked up his phone and made the tweets as a prank.

Odds are one of his friends picked up his phone and made the tweets as a prank.
- daeth

Odds are that he's a complete (frank)wit...

He's got good taste in movies, but no ability to think

Everybody talks about how introverted Kessel is, but isn't it nice to have a guy who just shuts his mouth and gets to work?
- Leeman4Gilmour

Fixed

And agreed about Kessel. Manchester United had a guy called Paul Scholes play for about 17 years for them, same deal. Quality player, but a quiet guy who never gave interviews, but was always a total professional

Odds are that he's a complete (frank)wit...
- lumlums

Probably but that tweet still sounds like the kind of prank a stupid friend would pull more than anything.

Odds are one of his friends picked up his phone and made the tweets as a prank.
- daeth

nope
just a drunk tweet from a kid

In other news....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=427197
- lumlums

See this one yet?

http://blog.mapleleafs.co...fantastic-amazing-summer/

nope
just a drunk tweet from a kid
- Sammich

I just don't see him going from this

http://www.torontosun.com...o-tweet-ignites-firestorm

to calling himself queer