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Weber/Philly has forced everyone's hand.

1.) Nashville matches this reasonable offer.

2.) After matching, Poile will talk to Weber and ask him if he wants to stay a Predator. If the answer is "no", then Poile calls Philly and they are asked if they would like to trade for Weber.

3.) Philly, assuming they still want Weber, will trade *more* for Weber than four 1st rounders. If Philly doesn't bite, some other team will. If no other team wants to pay Nashville's asking price, Weber stays a Pred.

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G.

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one of the reasons kovalchuk contract was rejected was based on the fact that the likely hood of him playing to the age of 40 was not going to happen and the devils also knew that.

Rejected offer was 17 years $102million, of which he would earn 95milliion in the first 10 years and 1 million after that for the remaining 7 years.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=328025 (source)

I think more then anything the NHL wants to see the likely hood that a player will finish the contract bearing no career ending injuries or get close to it +/- 2-3 years of the contact.

The question the NHL would look at is the likely hood of Webber playing at the age of 37 for example is very likely

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Weber/Philly has forced everyone's hand.

1.) Nashville matches this reasonable offer.

2.) After matching, Poile will talk to Weber and ask him if he wants to stay a Predator. If the answer is "no", then Poile calls Philly and they are asked if they would like to trade for Weber.

3.) Philly, assuming they still want Weber, will trade *more* for Weber than four 1st rounders. If Philly doesn't bite, some other team will. If no other team wants to pay Nashville's asking price, Weber stays a Pred.

                                                                    regards,

                                                                           G.

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It would be ridiculous of nashville to match the offer sheet their team Captain signed. The CAPTAIN just tried to jump ship and swim for it, how do you sell that to the fans after you match the offer sheet? How much effort do you think the guy puts in for you for the next 14 years after you snatch him back off the life boat he was almost safely aboard?

Matching would be more devastating long term to Nashville than watching him go at this point.

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It's too much cold, hard cash for Nashville to match.

Four late first round picks isn't much for Weber, but it's a helluva lot more than what they got for Hamhuis and Suter.

Can Philly and Nashville still work out a trade within the week?

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Nash has to accept it. They can't lose another star. They can actually keep him this time. The owner will put his foot down and accept the deal and there will be no more Phillly and Nash trades. I also heard on TSN that four teams were in the mix for a trade, of course the Canucks weren't one. What are you doing MG?

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It would be ridiculous of nashville to match the offer sheet their team Captain signed. The CAPTAIN just tried to jump ship and swim for it, how do you sell that to the fans after you match the offer sheet? How much effort do you think the guy puts in for you for the next 14 years after you snatch him back off the life boat he was almost safely aboard?

Matching would be more devastating long term to Nashville than watching him go at this point.

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It would be ridiculous of nashville to match the offer sheet their team Captain signed. The CAPTAIN just tried to jump ship and swim for it, how do you sell that to the fans after you match the offer sheet? How much effort do you think the guy puts in for you for the next 14 years after you snatch him back off the life boat he was almost safely aboard?

Matching would be more devastating long term to Nashville than watching him go at this point.

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Didn't Kesler sign an offer sheet a few years ago? We matched and it didn't seemto hurt this production or harm the fan base here.I do agree that Nashville should let him walk and as much as it sucks for a team just coming out of a rebuild but use those picks to restart a rebuild. With the amount of young talent they already have and the # of 1st round picks they would get they could rival the Oilers in a few years in terms of top young talent.

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It would be ridiculous of nashville to match the offer sheet their team Captain signed. The CAPTAIN just tried to jump ship and swim for it, how do you sell that to the fans after you match the offer sheet? How much effort do you think the guy puts in for you for the next 14 years after you snatch him back off the life boat he was almost safely aboard?

Matching would be more devastating long term to Nashville than watching him go at this point.

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Didn't Kesler sign an offer sheet a few years ago? We matched and it didn't seemto hurt this production or harm the fan base here.I do agree that Nashville should let him walk and as much as it sucks for a team just coming out of a rebuild but use those picks to restart a rebuild. With the amount of young talent they already have and the # of 1st round picks they would get they could rival the Oilers in a few years in terms of top young talent.

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