red light price has a sunburn on the back of his neck

Yes, yes you would...By a mile...
- Flyfreaky

id sign a goalie to a 10 year deal
good place to start

Ovie with 25....I wouldn't be surprised to see him hit 40. Not bad considering Backstrom's been out all season

red light price has a sunburn on the back of his neck
- modernhipster

and away goes the Leafs playoff hopes. on side note....................................................................
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fire Wilson

so Hemsky was almost a Pred last week and now he's a Oiler for 10 million?

Interesting.

One of the worst signings I've ever seen. Parenteau is going to ask for 8 mill/season.

All those trumpeting Hemsky's stats, here's a stat you need to remember: 5 goals!!!! On a 9 goal pace, and he gets a raise?!

With the fanactical manicas in Edmonton (I know, I lived Calgary for a year) you should has enough income not worry about burying a few contracts in the minors.
- Artyukhin76

Calgary and Edmonton are very different cities...the Oil money is in Calgary and the Blue Collar workers are in Edmonton...besides nobody will bury a few contracts in the minors. You think players don't want to come to Edmonton now just bury a few guys in the minors

id sign a goalie to a 10 year deal
good place to start
- wingz4life

I might go 13 years...

I might go 13 years...
- Flyfreaky

on jimmy howard,sure

be a albert pujols deal
gets a piece of the team profits when he retires

on jimmy howard,sure

be a albert pujols deal
gets a piece of the team profits when he retires
- wingz4life

I'd rather spread it out over Ryan Braun...Give him 50% of the team when he retires...

and away goes the Leafs playoff hopes. on side note.......

fire Wilson
- bobbyisno1

The Leafs will be fine come the draft...

The Leafs will be fine come the draft...
- Flyfreaky

bastard, and by bastard i mean fat

^^This
- TerryPegs

Hey, your teams the one paying Leino 6m this year

bastard, and by bastard i mean fat
- bobbyisno1

The Leafs will be fine come the draft...
- Flyfreaky

Unless we get a mid range pick again.

- Flyfreaky

All those trumpeting Hemsky's stats, here's a stat you need to remember: 5 goals!!!! On a 9 goal pace, and he gets a raise?!
- wingz4life

Food for thought ...

Player A(28 years old) 47 GP, 5 goals, 21 assists, 26 points, -14 (2 year, 10 million)

Player B (24 years old) 60 GP, 30 goals, 27 assists, 57 points (6 years, 30 million)

- Flyfreaky

Zidlickly to the Devils for Foster and a 4th round pick.

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I guess Nikolai Kulemin should expect 4.5 million next year based on the Hemsky contract.

Man the oilers keep on trying to inflate the markets.. Penner a few years back, Horcoff making 6.5 million this season and now hemsky... wow

Learn how to negotiate.. if you're going to overpay do it on a young up and commer.. i'm sure between Eberle, Hall and Nuget-hopkins + whatever top 3 pick they get this year they're going to need to set a presendence for the future.

if Eberle, Hall and nugent hopkins all hit 80+ points and RFA's what do you think is going to be fair for them when Horcoff is making 6 million penner got 4.5 million and hemsky 5 million?

are you going to pay everyone 7-8 million +? with no money left for goaltender and D?

They still plan to re-sign Ryan Smith right? LOL another 6 million?

I know it's only a 2 year deal but what a bad precedence to send to the rest of your players/organization.

The leafs have signed bad deals too in Komi and Connolly but at least they served a need at the time and they were competing with other teams for UFA's 4.5 and 4.75 doesn't sound too bad compared to those deal however.

All those trumpeting Hemsky's stats, here's a stat you need to remember: 5 goals!!!! On a 9 goal pace, and he gets a raise?!
- wingz4life

Could not agree more!!! Can you imagine if at our jobs we got a raise for not doing our job to the companies standards/expectations...damn i work with a couple people that would get some big bucks

Zidlickly to the Devils for Foster and a 4th round pick.
- Shadyron

Actually add Palmieri to the trade and a different draft pick.

Calgary and Edmonton are very different cities...the Oil money is in Calgary and the Blue Collar workers are in Edmonton...besides nobody will bury a few contracts in the minors. You think players don't want to come to Edmonton now just bury a few guys in the minors
- flashfire

Just to get the good players signed. Habby and the likes.