Penguins/NHL
Cullen Negotiations
As negotiations are underway between the Penguins and Matt Cullen, how high should the Penguins go to retain the soon to be 40 year old Cullen who was a bargain at $800,000?
$1.25 million is a number the Penguins would be comfortable with and might be the highest they go due to their cap situation, though, my sense of the situation is that Cullen isn’t coming back at age 40 to play for around a million bucks.
Pittsburgh also has in-house replacements to fill Cullen’s role in Eric Fehr and Oskar Sundqvist.
For the Penguins they have to not get caught in a situation of paying for what Cullen did last season and instead pay for what they project his production to be.
7-10 goals and a mainstay on the penalty kill is what should be expected.
The situation is pretty simple right now.
The job of Cullen’s agent Pat Morris is to maximize his clients earnings. Morris is out searching for one year deal in the low to mid $3 million range to give Cullen all options to consider.
If that happens then it will be decision time for Cullen. Cash in one last time or chase a Stanley Cup again with Pittsburgh.
Big Numbers Flying Around during interview period
In a strong free agent market, the top guys were always going to get paid big.
Steven Stamkos is going to get $12 million per season, if he desires, Milan Lucic is said to have an offer from the Edmonton Oilers on the table of 6 years and north of $36 million. Vancouver is believed to be offering even more, though, Edmonton is considered the favorite to sign Lucic.
Some of the numbers flying around right now for the second, third tier players are sky high.
Frans Nielsen is a hot name in league circles. Lot’s of chatter he has a 7 year offer worth $40 million on the table from at least one Eastern Conference team and is certain to sign a long-term deal of at least six years on Friday.
This is for a guy who is 32 years old.
Kyle Okposo market price is said to be close to $7 million per season.
Last year there was some of the same smoke (bunch of agent talk) and it didn’t pan out. There were rumblings Matt Beleskey was going to get 5 years, $30 million and he didn’t come anywhere close to that, same for Cody Franson who was seeking Matt Niskanen money and got $6.6 million over two years.
This year might be different after all.
4th liner Matt Martin is being coveted by as many as eight teams and there’s expectations he’s going to sign a deal in the 4 year, $14-$16 million range.
Source: Bruins, Caps, Canadiens among 5 teams in mix for Lovejoy
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Hey guys – in case you didn’t hear, Matt Carle being bought out.
Beau bennett manages to remain injury free while thanking penguins what I classic title for an article by Ian McLaren
Is Zatkoff starting in Florida this year? How about Stamkos in Detroit? Clownsss
Matt Carle got bought out and bruins doing same for seidenberg
How many times are you going to post this?
joey chessnut is poised for a comeback i hear
Apparently at the practice this week he ate 73 he might break the record when competition is on and. Force npl leave his current bf. Micheal Sam for him
FREE KOBE
Jay, I need my skates sharpened. You working at the rink today?
So bad at this.
It was nice of his wife to buy him skates though.
Roller skates
Sam – any more news on Stamkos to Detroit? Was this a sign and trade and we’re all just unaware thus far?
Yeah , true Canadian boy taking a discount to stay with Tampax when he can get easily 10m elsewhere i guess he is not a fraud like some Russians and Americans
Well, he’s not really taking a discount. But you’re too dumb to understand why.
Matt Carle to be traded or bought out another American fraud alone with Malone that screwed that franchise to win a cup and thats when you need Canadians to fix the problem
They screwed the franchise? Or did the retarded Canadians that signed them screw the franchise…. I know what I think. And if anything, this year’s playoffs proved that it takes Americans to win a championship – how many games did we go through where nearly every goal was scored by an American or a Swede? Game winner assists!
You need the Canadian Players like letang and sid carrying the team into the playoffs while your Russian and chubby shiting in their pants and taking vacation during the whole season or pretend being injured
That’s right – the Russian, who along with MAF, was the only reason they even made the playoffs while Sid was on “holiday,” shited in his pants taking vacation during the regular season. Sam!!! Produced as much as your precious sid with half the number of elbows!
So this year excuse is the elbow like every other year since his 09 mvp year there is always a injury story
How is it an excuse? Why would I need to excuse him basically producing as much as the Conn Smythe winner, only doing so with one less elbow? I’m not sure I see your point…
Yeah all thanks to that 4 point game other then that every time he was making points sid was making points once again without sid ,he would’ve had not a lot of points in the playoffs
Sid made him look good
Right – Sid did make him look good – because he was able to do what Sid did with half the number of elbows – so for once, I agree.
Ah – i see – so he gets more points in one game than Sid gets against the Capitals and it’s a bad thing – I got you.
What a stupid fucken thing to say. How many minutes of the playoffs did you watch in total? 5? 6?
st.backup traded yet?
Fraud.
#motherfuckface2016!
new inside the room on the pens site is pretty damn good.
Leafs have an awesome team according to Sam. Stamkos, Franson, Rust… And dont forget, they already have the best player in the world in Tyler Bozak. What a team.
Hey D, free agency starts friday. Any chance you can talk about how Pens may try to open up cap space by moving Fehr/Kunitz/Fleury/Cole….Bonino? And if so, for who. Or are they just set on playing Cole and DP together and one of them adjusting to playing on their off hand. Or fuckface it, write an article about how Stamkos is gonna get $12 million on the open market and then he signs for $8.5.
Do you want him to make it up? Beacuse…they’re not doing any of that. Bonino? Why on earth would you move a guy out on a $1.9 million deal that anchors your best line?
there is time to sign for Bonino and by next year kunitz and dupuis will be off the books so pens will have an extra 7.5m and thats when they can sign bonino a 3m a year deal for a 3rd line center and if pens need more then there is always the option to trade the russian as he is already aging and on the decline of his career
Dupuis is off the books this year… he retired!
He’s not reitred – i mean, he is defacto retired, but not retired. He’ll be on LTIR – only way he’ll still get paid.
Oh, I had read papers had been submitted. Whoops…
I guess it makes sense to collect as opposed to forgo… classy move by the team to let it happen too. Makes the franchise attractive to UFAs
They probably had insurance on him.
Honestly no reason for him to do that – like voluntarily givin gup $4 million.
Ya I wouldnt leave the money either, I had forgot about the details of the retirement as it happened.
It’s been publicly quoted that they’re not trading the Russian, fuckface. Move on to something else.
Sam – still waiting on your sources to come through on what happened with Stamkos – him going to Detroit was jsut heating up – please reconcile.
Maybe the was the Pens secret to success, play 7 players on the 3rd line. Having a 7 on 5 advantage everytime the 3rd line was on the ice would make them very difficult to defend.
So Bonino is the 3rd line center now? Lol
No one could possibly write an article about those things, without completely making shyt up. And why would they even consider trading bonino right now? its not like he make very much money or they have a replacement ready to go
All hail st backup! The patron saint of clowns and all things good!
Please just Shut up!
Feeding the fraud.
So the Canadian government wishes Obama “four more years”. Just another reason to hate Canada.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5FEW5mh7iAI
yeah simply dusty your just chalked full of great insight and knowledge
Not sure if you are aware but he couldnt run for another four even if he wanted too so… damn Canada for showing respect for a guy that gave quite a speech in our house yesterday lol
Here is why King never saw the Hall trade coming:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmJito0WEAEipgL.jpg:large
How the F can Stamkos sign contracts with a different team every week. First Toronto, then Detroit, now Tampa? Sam, can you explain this to me please?
Same try to goo to MCdonalds but no. Hot doggg instead ate all bur.gers and went Out of busnes.
Sam, do you think Stamkos bought that house in Toronto yet? How close to Cody Franson’s place is it? #SamToldYouClowns
I bet Larsson reaches his full potential in Edmonton. That team is known for getting the most out of its players, especially on defense.
Ryan Whitney agrees.
Simon Despres.
There are still a couple of teams vying for Fleury. Colorado is one of them.
Can’t wait, there 5th will be super high this year lol
Only if the Pens retain the whole salary.
With this hall trade you Clowns still say it was not possible pe.s could’ve got hall and nugent for malkin and bennett
I’m glad you think enough of us to only capitalize clowns in that sentence.
With a trade like that the Pens can probably get Draisaitl for Pouliot.
Oh ya… I’m certain replacing Hall with another centre as opposed to the right handed D they got in return had them salivating you fuckface moron! It was a poor return but at least it made sense from an organization need… Not that I’d expect you to understand that
shero with grand larceny
There is no way to explain the Subban trade other than Montreal is racist. The entire city. It’s sickening.
Racist habs had most blacks in the team then any other teams in the NHL
Much to your dismay, I’m sure.
Did your mom get a chance to fuck Em all while you played online with your friends?
Fleury traded yet. Every team needs a $5m back up goalie.
#unbrance
don’t tell that to zerofool. he says st.backup is bonafied.
LOL, if it wasnt for him this team dont sniff a playoff game this year retard so ya… he is
Sam – i’m confused – you said Stamkos to the Wings was heating up – and then he re-signed in Tampa – please reconcile. Thanks.
Same knowss
Sam – still waiting – are you checking with your sources?
Sam?? You there?
What do these Canadian teams get for becoming worse after their trades today? We have Seguin 2.0 and I don’t know what to call the Webber Subban trade, maybe the word awful is enough?
I walk into the rink for 45 minutes and when I come out my phone goes nuts. Seriously what just happened in the NHL? How could you have 2 lopsided trades minutes apart from each other?
Oh and Stamkos wants to play in Toronto.
#samknew
Stammer didn’t want the pressure of being the savior of Toronto and I’m sure the taxes in Toronto compared to Florida didn’t help.
You work at an ice rink? Thought you were a barback?
You really are as bad as Sam at this.
If Lovejoy gets 14 mil over 4 years that GM should be shot.
You see what an above average d-man just netted NJ. Pay attention to the market.
What the hell are these GMs thinking, Nash and NJ just got alot better
Subban to. The preds for weber
Yeah, I said that 10 minutes ago, rube
it was a bad trade (for montreal) then, and it’s a bad trade now
Looks like we already know of 2 Canadian teams that won’t make the playoffs next year
Hey, the Canadians are good whenever there’s only 6 teams in the league.
Same. Know
lot of action today, stamkos stays put
Kypreos reporting that Subban was just traded for Shea Weber
For the LULZ
http://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/cult-of-hockey-a-taylor-hall-trade-could-end-up-costing-the-edmonton-oilers-a-stanley-cup
The Edmonton Journal is a awful paper, you dont have to read the article, just that headline HAHAHA. Hall traded, may cost the Oilers a cup despite not making the playoffs for 10 years
Wow Shero with an absolute steal, what an excellent general manager
Larsson could be called a bust. Hall never lived up to his #1 draft expectations (still in the top 3 picks if the draft was held today). So a steal for Shero.
It also takes D-men a lot more time to develop – look at Hedman. But yes – quite a leap of faith that that will happen with Larsson by the Oil.
Lovejoy to Caps. Where did I hear that?
Link?
Taylor Hall just got traded for Adam Larsson…
Hall to Devils
Lovejoy at 3 million? I mean he was strong but that is a contract we will all be cussing about by December… let him go to Washington
he was horrble he only played decent this year playoffs but since he was back to pittsburgh he was garbage
He just had what basically amounts to a career year. for a bottom pairing D who seen a lot of top 4 minutes, out of his comfort zone, he was more than serviceable. I have no complaints about how he played overall this year but he isn’t really worth 2 million going forward let alone 3
Defensemen get overpaid on July 1. Especially right handed defensemen. Nothing new here.
Ya but I don’t wanna be the team to do it.
Id rather keep Schultz
That said he’s probably gonna have a bag of money tossed his way that will price him out too
Me too – I like Schultz quite a bit actually. I wish they could find a way for him.
Indeed – but after i saw what Engelland made, $3 million isn’t a huge overpayment. He’s a much better defenseman than Engelland is.
And American
He was solid all year. You just don’t know what you’re watching. But we know that.
too bad the pens have a backup goalie who makes 5.75 million. talk about a pathetic signing….
Why, you would overpay for lovejoy?
Hey guys – the record is skipping again.
Look at this daft mother fuckface thinking that we should move 5.75 million of a bonafide number one goalie in order to retain guys that will all look overpaid by December. #slowclap
look at this daft mother fuckface. that’s classic.
Stamkos to red wings heating up
You check your sources? AKA thefourthperiod.com?
Can’t wait for another lockout in the next 5-10 years!
it will be sooner then 10 years so far jew Bettman had 4 lockouts during his 22 years
we had in 2013 the last one so its due next season or the following
Wrong again you stupid cunt. The contract is good until 2021-22
if they dont keep the cap I hope they do lockout again……bettman saved hockey
WRONG… one was a player strike… that prompted the league to start protecting its revenues and that is why they hired Bettman. Lockouts occurred to try and make sense of the revenues vs salary situation and protect the lower revenue teams so we didnt see relocation on a bi-annual basis. The players actions led to the scenarios we have seen. When all is said and done its greedy owners vs greedy players… one is running a business while the other get paid an obscene amount to play a game. While I respect the work they put in I rarely see… Read more »
What does the fact that he’s Jewish have to do with it?
Do we scare you? Is your boogeyman a successful mild mannered Jew?
Grow up, idiot.
Also, where is the moderation on this board?
Why do I have to tell some hitler youth baby that he’s an asshole?
Shouldn’t the proprietor of this company not want to have antisemitism and racism strewn about his page? Or are we to assume D is cool w the whole white supremacist tone..
So DePaoli thinks he’s coming back…for another payday. He’s not coming back for a million. Ok….