Taro T Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, LTS said: You shouldn't assume they couldn't or didn't. Aho has to choose whose offer to sign. But my guess is that the massive immediate payout was not something the Sabres wanted to contend with. Sabres would have to have upped the AAV over $10.5MM/yr due to lacking the 3rd. That bump wouldn't have been "marginal." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LTS Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just now, Taro T said: Sabres would have to have upped the AAV over $10.5MM/yr due to lacking the 3rd. That bump wouldn't have been "marginal." You might be operating a bit too linearly. Just because the Habs offer sheet was accepted after the Sabres acquired Vesey does not mean the Sabres didn't know what the offer would be that they would have to beat. In fact, they may have decided that they did not want to go that route when Montreal stepped up and then decided to go get Vesey. 1 minute ago, Hoss said: Gah, I was trying to get that into the post but was failing. It's classic though. I need to retrain myself on the embedding tweets... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, Let's Go B-Lo said: OK, so take Aho off the board. Assume, for a minute, that Carolina matches and swallows that huge cash layout. Let's be opportunistic. Who on their club is due the most in actual cash this year? According to Cap friendly it looks like the following Teravainen - 6.25M Hamilton - 6M Staal - 6M NMC Faulk - 6M M-NTC (15 team list) Neiderreiter - 5.85M 8 minutes ago, Taro T said: Neiderreiter please. 3 years left. Perfect. Gets his most remaining cash this season's and it's ~600k over his cap hit. Movable for a cash strapped team. Oh hell yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, LTS said: You might be operating a bit too linearly. Just because the Habs offer sheet was accepted after the Sabres acquired Vesey does not mean the Sabres didn't know what the offer would be that they would have to beat. In fact, they may have decided that they did not want to go that route when Montreal stepped up and then decided to go get Vesey. Gah, I was trying to get that into the post but was failing. It's classic though. I need to retrain myself on the embedding tweets... No. The Sabres gave away the '21 3rd for Vesey. They made Aho unmatchable by trading for a different Cane last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WildCard Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Hoss said: They made it a freaking twitter pole? What a tone deaf move Edit: Well nvm, I can't see the tweet on my computer for some reason, but the options on the poll are 1. Yes 2. Oui Edited July 1, 2019 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Just now, WildCard said: They made it a freaking twitter pole? What a tone deaf move Look at the choices. Translate Oui into English Lee 7 years for 7 Million AAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 minute ago, Brawndo said: Video NSFW He stole this idea from Klay Thompson who posted it earlier today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamboni Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Well I will gladly stand corrected. I didn’t expect any offer sheets. Wow MTL is like ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 21 minutes ago, Zamboni said: Well I will gladly stand corrected. I didn’t expect any offer sheets. Wow MTL is like ... If an offer sheet is so bad that even Carolina is willing to match, does it really count? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brawndo Posted July 1, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Lehner one year 5 Million from Chicago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 30 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Lehner one year 5 Million from Chicago Guess a tandem starter situation? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 35 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Lehner one year 5 Million from Chicago TSN said he turned down a 2 year offer from the Isles. Probably saw that as a slap in the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, French Collection said: TSN said he turned down a 2 year offer from the Isles. Probably saw that as a slap in the face. Probably less money, he said before that he just wanted to deal with them and stay there, but they seemed to have no interest in keeping him unless it was cheap. The Islanders seemed to have had more interest in swapping out their guys for other guys. Sounds like resigning Lee was a plan B if they didn't get Panarin, and they weren't sold on Lehner yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 47 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Lehner one year 5 Million from Chicago 11 minutes ago, French Collection said: TSN said he turned down a 2 year offer from the Isles. Probably saw that as a slap in the face. Well, though it did cost him $5MM of guaranteed money, it also guarantees he only has to play in Barclay's Center once this year. That has to be worth something, right? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tondas Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, French Collection said: TSN said he turned down a 2 year offer from the Isles. Probably saw that as a slap in the face. I've been slapped in the face for less than $10 million over 2 years. I think Robin overplayed his hand. Which is not a good thing since his wife will be pissed that he left $5 mil on the table. He's gonna need that hand. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickompositör72 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, apuszczalowski said: Probably less money, he said before that he just wanted to deal with them and stay there, but they seemed to have no interest in keeping him unless it was cheap. The Islanders seemed to have had more interest in swapping out their guys for other guys. Sounds like resigning Lee was a plan B if they didn't get Panarin, and they weren't sold on Lehner yet That makes sense- Lehner didn't really do that much better than their other goalie, did he? I predict he cools off substantially in CHI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 53 minutes ago, Brawndo said: Lehner one year 5 Million from Chicago Good for him. I would assume he didn't want to sign with the Islanders then get exposed in the expansion draft with no control over where he ended up. Doing a one year with Chicago gives him more flexibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Wait... wait. Your Vezina-finalist goalie from last season is worth... half this to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tondas Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hoss said: Wait... wait. Your Vezina-finalist goalie from last season is worth... half this to you? Agree. There has to be more to this story. They know Lehner. Is that the hangup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, Tondas said: Agree. There has to be more to this story. They know Lehner. Is that the hangup? I think it has more to do with Varlamov having a better track record then Lehner having a career year. Varlamov has shown he is a good goalie, Lehner has to show last year wasn't a fluke and that he can stay clean. It's probably why he took the one year from Chicago cause it allows him to try again next offseason if he puts up good numbers again. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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