8 years at 8M per for Kessel is a joke.... so much for having a lock out and to try to get rid of the horrible contracts that are "handcuffing" owners down.

What a joke... guy has never even topped 40 goals in a season.

Grabovski
Clarkson
and now Kessel contracts have all been awful
- JVince11

yeah how dare they pay a guy who is in the top 10 in scoring annually like a top 10 scorer.. HOW DARE THEY?!?!

think before you speak or go back to your buffalo wings

go break your neck trying to s your own d
- big_dion

Thanks jerk i spit coffee on my monitor

And by god, you've gotta defend Bozak from something said 8 hours ago.
- Feeling Glucky?

*sneezes*




*fistbumps*

What has he done to deserve that kind of money??

Vanek is overpaid at 7.2M.

They are essentially the same type of player... all offense and can't play defense.. don't use the body at all... except Vanek has topped the 40 goal mark a few times.
- JVince11

2009–10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 30 25 55
2010–11 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 32 32 64
2011–12 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 82 37 45 82
2012–13 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 48 20 32 52(on pace for 85+)

He's 26 tomorrow.

Thanks jerk i spit coffee on my monitor
- IrishRage

haha sorry dude! this buffalo guy probley lives in a sewer under a building that has no password on their wireless

arfalo abers

then so be it... he isn't worth it to bog down your cap that much.. who needs that selfish of a player.

There aren't many teams out there right now that do have that kind of cap sapce to sign a player like Kessel. He would probably just sit in the market for a few weeks.. realize there isn't anyone offering that kind of money.. and come back for the contract that you want.
- JVince11

Are you really from Arkansas?

Lots of Money, but Kessel is an offensive star in this league.

Good for the Leafs. I'd rather see a team spend big bucks on Phil Kessel than on players like Clarkson.

yeah how dare they pay a guy who is in the top 10 in scoring annually like a top 10 scorer.. HOW DARE THEY?!?!

think before you speak or go back to your buffalo wings
- Dozzer

Thats fine if we look at it like that...

Do you honestly think that Kessell is only 700k less of a player than Malkin and Crosby?

Do you think that he is the same type of player that Perry, Staal, Giroux, and Getzlaf are making that kind of money?

is he really worth more than Shea Weber, Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Steven Stamkos, or even Jason Spezza?

yeah how dare they pay a guy who is in the top 10 in scoring annually like a top 10 scorer.. HOW DARE THEY?!?!

think before you speak or go back to your buffalo wings
- Dozzer

But but but he tried to hurt their star player

Are you really from Arkansas?
- Canada Cup

AK is Alaska there big guy....

even funnier!!! add it to the laughing stock of contracts collected in Toronto already.
- JVince11

are you kidding us?

i'd pay for clarkson and kessel at those rates before i paid leivo and myers what you guys are paying them

AK is Alaska there big guy....
- JVince11

I see you've been sniffing the exhaust fumes.

Thats fine if we look at it like that...

Do you honestly think that Kessell is only 700k less of a player than Malkin and Crosby?

Do you think that he is the same type of player that Perry, Staal, Giroux, and Getzlaf are making that kind of money?

is he really worth more than Shea Weber, Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Steven Stamkos, or even Jason Spezza?
- JVince11

first off.. leave the RFAs off your list

and secondly yes.. i do. he isnt a leader like the guys you mentioned.. but the truth is.. he puts up the points.. more than many of the guys you mentioned.

are you kidding us?

i'd pay for clarkson and kessel at those rates before i paid leivo and myers what you guys are paying them
- Dozzer

Doz, you know Leino is a true #1 center.

are you kidding us?

i'd pay for clarkson and kessel at those rates before i paid leivo and myers what you guys are paying them
- Dozzer

this isn't even about Buffalo... I know that you want to bring them into the conversation to make you feel better but just look at it for your team.

Deal just reported is 8 years at 64 million.

8 years at 8M per for Kessel is a joke.... so much for having a lock out and to try to get rid of the horrible contracts that are "handcuffing" owners down.

What a joke... guy has never even topped 40 goals in a season.

Grabovski
Clarkson
and now Kessel contracts have all been awful
- JVince11

Giroux is making 8.25 and never got 30.

I see you've been sniffing the exhaust fumes.
- Feeling Glucky?

AK is alaska Gluck

I see you've been sniffing the exhaust fumes.
- Feeling Glucky?

I don't actually live in Alaska ol sport... haha


Hey look... someone wrote gullible on that tree outside your basement window!! LOOK! LOOK!

are you kidding us?

i'd pay for clarkson and kessel at those rates before i paid leivo and myers what you guys are paying them
- Dozzer

To be fair, Leino's and Myers horrible contract do not make Clarkson's one any better.

I don't mind the Kessel deal, gotta pay big money to keep star players around.

Thats fine if we look at it like that...

Do you honestly think that Kessell is only 700k less of a player than Malkin and Crosby?

Do you think that he is the same type of player that Perry, Staal, Giroux, and Getzlaf are making that kind of money?

is he really worth more than Shea Weber, Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Steven Stamkos, or even Jason Spezza?
- JVince11

Spezza has the back of a 79-year old woman.

Thats fine if we look at it like that...

Do you honestly think that Kessell is only 700k less of a player than Malkin and Crosby?

Do you think that he is the same type of player that Perry, Staal, Giroux, and Getzlaf are making that kind of money?

is he really worth more than Shea Weber, Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, Steven Stamkos, or even Jason Spezza?
- JVince11

Malkin and Crosby don't make the same as each other.
Perry yes
Stall big yes
Giroux not quite
Getzalf yes

All yes except Stamkos.

first off.. leave the RFAs off your list

and secondly yes.. i do. he isnt a leader like the guys you mentioned.. but the truth is.. he puts up the points.. more than many of the guys you mentioned.
- Dozzer

you serious, Clark??

I would take EVERY SINGLE one of those guys over Kessel every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

Giroux is making 8.25 and never got 30.
- burn

Giroux is a center and plays defense... more money there alone.