UFCanuck Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Weber guaranteed he makes a boatload of money before likely changes to the CBA would make deals like this against the rules. He made the choice that he wanted to ensure he got the big payday - it was a good financial decision. If he's unhappy there, he can always push Nashville to trade him once a year has passed. Just like Nash just did to get out of Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swansons Moustache Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 See what happens when you're greedy Shea? All parties lost on this one Philly loses out on Weber Canucks lose out on Weber Nashville gets Weber but pays 26million in one year alone and will be cash strapped. Weber is stuck now for 14years in Nashville when he wanted out.....well i guess he has 110 million reasons why he should be happy. This has to be fixed in the new CBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Bang Boogie Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I like how you threw the Canucks in there as if we had a chance of landing Weber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I still think Weber comes out the winner in this one. He basically gets the biggest contract he could have ever hoped for. And there`s still a good chance that Nashville will wanna trade him next summer. And if there`s a NTC included that means he even gets to choose where to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L'Orange Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Congratulations Poile. Good job sticking it to Holmgren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losing With Pride Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 There is still hope. Absolutely slim... but hope he maybe a Canuck one day. Trent Klatt, Jeff Cowan and Anson Carter for Weber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 DOES WEBER HAVE A NTC? I heard that NTC's don't get transferred when Nashville matches? Is this true? If so, look for a 29 team bidding war next summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Congratulations Poile. Good job sticking it to Holmgren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmo2337 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 We didn't make a serious longer term offer, because the end result was obvious: Nashville matches. The one year, massive offer sheet approach was never going to work, because of the expiring CBA. The only option was to hope for the best next year as a UFA. It never came to that because Weber wanted a deal under current CBA terms. Who could blame him really? Philly just sealed the deal for Weber and Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 DOES WEBER HAVE A NTC? I heard that NTC's don't get transferred when Nashville matches? Is this true? If so, look for a 29 team bidding war next summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 So here's a question: if Nashville decides to trade Weber in August 2013, could the team acquiring him somehow retroactively pay the signing bonus he's due next July 1st? I know teams can't trade cap space or pay extra salary, but does that also apply to signing bonuses? If Nashville is indeed stuck paying $27M over the next 12 months, there's absolutely no reason to trade him until June 2014 at the earliest, just before his next $13M cheque is to be written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L'Orange Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 That's the best part about this for me. Holmgrem basicaly tried to bully Nashville into giving up Weber with his owners bottomless pockets, and he lost. I really hope this is the end of these ridiculous offer sheets too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester@wraiths.ca Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Weber won. He gets PAID. He can handle playing in Nashville, and if he really wants to push for a trade in a year, he can. Philly didn't get the player, but they lose nothing. Bettman wins. This deal will be centerstage in arguing that these sort of deals hurt the league and need to be gone in the new CBA. Nashville won because they kept their star. And apparently NHL teams like to lose money, so what's the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Swansons Moustache Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 That's the best part about this for me. Holmgrem basicaly tried to bully Nashville into giving up Weber with his owners bottomless pockets, and he lost. I really hope this is the end of these ridiculous offer sheets too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 We didn't make a serious longer term offer, because the end result was obvious: Nashville matches. The one year, massive offer sheet approach was never going to work, because of the expiring CBA. The only option was to hope for the best next year as a UFA. It never came to that because Weber wanted a deal under current CBA terms. Who could blame him really? Philly just sealed the deal for Weber and Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost of Tom Joad Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I disagree. 4 low first rounders are not even close to Webers worth. The flyers would have stolen him if the Preds didn't match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangelos Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Expected, but you've gotta feel for Weber, being stuck in Nashville until the end of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Was expecting Preds to sign, and then trade.....wonder if that latter part will happen now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Nice that they matched. I would have been disappointed if they hadn't. Though I didn't think they would have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Well he didn`t exactly win, because he didn`t get Weber. He was definitely right though in the assumption that there was no offer that could get him out of Nashville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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