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Forums :: Blog World :: Eklund: Rumor: An Eastern Team Offers Shane Doan 4years/$30M. NOT the Flyers.
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13LEAFS01
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: toronto, ON
Joined: 06.01.2007

Jul 13 @ 4:01 PM ET
@ least Doan will play all season!!!
- jimmc7722


Did you just make fun of Sidney Crosby?
BigDre
Edmonton Oilers
Location: The only thing we win is a trophy for our captain who attends gay pride parades- Lahey, AB
Joined: 01.09.2012

Jul 13 @ 4:01 PM ET
doan is 35

i'm not arguing that it isn't too much, and that he isn't old. just saying that there are gm's out there who offer INSANE contracts to players who are older, and past their prime

- sensarmy_11


You're 100% right, which is why Feaster's clammy hands are all over this one. What other team prefers to compensate older gentlemen on the downturn of their careers with such overpayment?
mighty13duck
New York Islanders
Location: New Building. New Owner. New coach Nassau County, NY
Joined: 01.26.2009

Jul 13 @ 4:02 PM ET
With all the youth on Buffalo, he would be perfect. Not sure why its so funny...to get a guy like that to Buffalo, you overpay. It's called investment....
- SyrSabreFan

You cant afford to overpay for another player. There is a thing called the cap. These stupid overpayments will kill your team in the long run.
dmarsden2988
New Jersey Devils
Location: stafford is about equal to rya, NJ
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:02 PM ET
With all the youth on Buffalo, he would be perfect. Not sure why its so funny...to get a guy like that to Buffalo, you overpay. It's called investment....
- SyrSabreFan


but why would hockeyheaven have to overpay for anyone?

eichiefs9
New York Islanders
Location: NY
Joined: 11.03.2008

Jul 13 @ 4:03 PM ET
probably, im gonna guess that it will be decided during training camp where if he is lighting it up he will play some reg season games, if not then its going to be another year of looking to the future for the isles
- dmarsden2988

I'd like to at least give him his 9 or so games, so long as he doesn't look like a pile of crap in camp. But he might benefit more from dominating the O than getting crap minutes with the Isles.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:03 PM ET
Kaberle, Gomez and a 1st for horcoff, peckam
- Oilfan19


Do you hate your team or something
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:04 PM ET
Don't have to tell that twice to any Islander fan
- eichiefs9


Are you guys still paying Yashin?
Oilfan19
Edmonton Oilers
Location: "Hodgson is a future #1C" - hanleyaj, AB
Joined: 02.16.2012

Jul 13 @ 4:04 PM ET
Do you hate your team or something

- glove_was_stuck

How long is kaberles contract? haha
Oilfan19
Edmonton Oilers
Location: "Hodgson is a future #1C" - hanleyaj, AB
Joined: 02.16.2012

Jul 13 @ 4:05 PM ET
Are you guys still paying Yashin?
- glove_was_stuck

till 2015 i believe
jsam7
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 08.27.2010

Jul 13 @ 4:06 PM ET
Too much money in a cap world, but worth it if you have space and a lot of young players to mentor. A team like Edmonton, Colorado, Florida etc. might throw him a huge contract to get him out of Phoenix.
dmarsden2988
New Jersey Devils
Location: stafford is about equal to rya, NJ
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:06 PM ET
I'd like to at least give him his 9 or so games, so long as he doesn't look like a pile of crap in camp. But he might benefit more from dominating the O than getting crap minutes with the Isles.
- eichiefs9


if he makes the team then i see him getting 3rd line mins to start with PP time

its a slippery slope, you cant listen to the player because they will always say they are ready, and you cant just look at his potential and put him on the 2nd line and expect him to produce, but at the same time you want him to get used to the NHL game and see what he does

so i think it will be between the NHL and the isles AHL affiliate (bridgeport?)
Prolific_Scorer
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Sometimes, I wanna be your fri
Joined: 04.01.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:06 PM ET
your originality is stunning ... go troll the toddlers' playpen douche...
- deanofnucks

Aww you're adorable.... GREAT SAVE LUONGO!!!!!
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:06 PM ET
How long is kaberles contract? haha
- Oilfan19


Look Horcoff sucks, no questions there but you would take on Goldmez and HaberLOL?! You're an angry fan or a Flames fan.
BigDre
Edmonton Oilers
Location: The only thing we win is a trophy for our captain who attends gay pride parades- Lahey, AB
Joined: 01.09.2012

Jul 13 @ 4:06 PM ET
I'd rather stick with Horcoff anyway
- Morris

You know the offer is bad when...
Ron C.
Buffalo Sabres
Joined: 11.25.2006

Jul 13 @ 4:06 PM ET
I get the feeling it might be Buffalo. The team has $$ to spend, they just signed Girgsensons who will likely play in the AHL, but could be a 3rd line center this year, if needed. Also, if something happens to Doan where he is "injured" 1 or 2 years from now, he can go on LTIR a la Pronger and not affect the cap.
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:07 PM ET
till 2015 i believe
- Oilfan19


Mother of god...
the ceez
New York Islanders
Location: new york, NY
Joined: 06.23.2007

Jul 13 @ 4:07 PM ET
till 2015 i believe
- Oilfan19


What's worse is Islanders use that idiots contract to get to the cap floor. Islander fans are praying for an amnesty clause for DP. Even though I have a feeling he is closer to retiring due to injury then ever being an all star again. He can't walk down the stairs without breaking something.
BigDre
Edmonton Oilers
Location: The only thing we win is a trophy for our captain who attends gay pride parades- Lahey, AB
Joined: 01.09.2012

Jul 13 @ 4:07 PM ET
Kaberle, Gomez and a 1st for horcoff, peckam
- Oilfan19

Oh hell no
Prolific_Scorer
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Sometimes, I wanna be your fri
Joined: 04.01.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:08 PM ET
talking of originality.......
- dmarsden2988

eichiefs9
New York Islanders
Location: NY
Joined: 11.03.2008

Jul 13 @ 4:09 PM ET
Are you guys still paying Yashin?
- glove_was_stuck


till 2015 i believe
- Oilfan19

Yep, but the move would definitely be to buy out Rickety DiPietro.
Habs25
Montreal Canadiens
Location: Montreal, QC
Joined: 06.20.2007

Jul 13 @ 4:12 PM ET
If that's true (which is not), it would be complete INSANITY.
Morris
Edmonton Oilers
Location: Hall looks disengaged, NS
Joined: 07.18.2007

Jul 13 @ 4:12 PM ET
Enjoy him.
- willey101

I'll try. I'm just praying contract restructuring is on the table in CBA negotiations.
Dylan1986
New Jersey Devils
Location: Ogdensburg, NJ
Joined: 01.15.2008

Jul 13 @ 4:12 PM ET
will he go to the devils
dmarsden2988
New Jersey Devils
Location: stafford is about equal to rya, NJ
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:13 PM ET
will he go to the devils
- Dylan1986


nope
glove_was_stuck
Boston Bruins
Location: Yeah well that's like your opinion man, MA
Joined: 04.27.2011

Jul 13 @ 4:14 PM ET
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