FolignosJock

Exactly! Not like the coaches we have had. Our coaches would have made him soft and focused too much on making him a two way player. It would have stunted his growth and he would be Drew Stafford 2.0. Soft! These guys dont do well playing in a "system". They need a coach that let them spread their wings.

True, but most of the good team were comprised of what could easily be considered professional players.

That is why it truly doesnt matter. 6-7 million in 5 years is going to be a very small % of the cap. That is going of the most conservative metrics for estimating the growth in the cap. It is very plausible the cap will be between 90-100 million dollars by then. That is the best part of this deal it only gets cheaper and less of a percentage over the years. Thus if we need space it should be very easy to move a cap friendly contract for great veteran for a team looking to make a run. Again, that is only if we are in cap trouble due to our young kids playing so well. It is the blackhawks situation. It is the situation that we want to be in!

If we are so worried about cap hit we can give him 8.5 million his first three years then we will give him 4.25 the last four

Who cares about his cap hit? He makes 6.5 million. We have no reason to worry about cap hit. Absolutely none! I missed his 55pt season. Staal took lees money to play with his brother for a contract length that is no longer allowed. If he had to sign for 7 years he would be getting paid 1-2 million more. Staals contract pays him until he is 35-36....... Pretty much the exact same as callahans will. 6-7 million dollars is the going rate for guys like this. We need guys like this. We have cap room for at least the next 5 years.We have no reason not to make this signing Both of em!

You are wrong. O'Reilly makes 6.5m. Neither is a better two way forward. They are young and they are getting that money because they are supposed to become like callahan is. Staal is there and that is why he got the long contract which is the only reason he isnt making more than 7 million.

Well more than one GM thought that they were. Which means that they are worth it. A player is worth what a GM is willing to pay, and there will be numerous GMs willing to pay 6-7 for Callahan. There is absolutely zero reason that we shouldn't give callahan that contract we have NOTHING to lose. We have the most desireable cap situation in the entire league and the ONE AND ONLY way we can get into cap trouble in 4-7 years is if we have 4-5 prospects become top players in the league where they will need 7 million+ themselves. That is a situation that we want to be in! It is the situation the blackhawks have been in. Who doesnt want that? The worst thing that could happen is that terry needs to buy out callahan towards the end or he could bury the contract if he cant retain some salary and trade him away. WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE!

Jordan Stall has had 50 pts onces, O'reilly has never had a 40 pt season. between 6-7 million dollars is the market value for guys like callahan.

Jordan Staal, Ryan O'reilly. Those guys are callahan type players and that is the money they got.

look at the ones who got their contract recently the 6-7 million guys are all in callahans class

But you get to cheer on Vanek and the Austrian team this year.....

Maybe not three years ago. But this year you certainly do

Mighty Taco is delicious

Not in Russia there werent. The best Russian players were on that 1980 team. The KHL formed in 2008, the superleague in 1999. The Russian team comprised of all "professionals" their oldest player in 1980 was 35 years old. Ours was 25.

oh really? How many Russian NHL players were there?

I have made this argument over 9 pages in the rumours thread. The only way we can get in cap trouble by signing Callahan is if each and every one of our prospects realized their potential and realizes it earlier than projected. Then we would have just too dang many top six forwards, and for some reason people on this board think that is a problem.

seriously considering ordering a dozen of them......

sour cream is delicious and truly completes the super mighty! NOw I did have them with guac as well after the worlds largest disco, those were banging as well!

What are you a terrorist?

There literally is NO ONE in the system who is going to command a salary in RFA that would put us in cap trouble.

The snowboard stuff isnt being modified, they built it larger because there will be melting. People get hurt snowboarding all the time its just if you are unlucky. Shawn White is riding with numerous injuries sustained over the last few months

look at what they got from Dallas. He was worth A LOT. I would still say the Dallas deal was better than the one I made with Vanek included. Yes vanek was the best player in that trade currently but in two to three years 3 of those guys will probably be outplaying him or at least worth more to their team

Yeah having Gibson would be nice

I love the bad blood!

Lock him up for 2 million a year. 4 Million is way too high for where he is going to be Parenteau, P-A » 30 COL 4 2012 2016 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 5.70% $0 Roy, Derek » 30 STL 1 2013 2014 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 6.22% $0 Pavelski, Joe » 29 SJS 4 2010 2014 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 6.73% $0 Hudler, Jiri » 30 CGY 4 2012 2016 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 5.70% $0 Jagr, Jaromir » 41 NJD 1 2013 2014 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 6.22% $0 Stafford, Drew » 28 BUF 4 2011 2015 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 6.22% $0 Bickell, Bryan » 27 CHI 4 2013 2017 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 6.22% $0 Henrique, Adam » 23 NJD 6 2013 2019 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 6.22% $0 Jones, David » 29 CGY 4 2012 2016 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 5.70% $0 Briere, Daniel » 36 MTL 2 2013 2015 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 6.22% $0 He is most definitely not in this class