-Vintage Canuck- Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandmaster Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: He is still good. Unfortunately for the Canucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 First ballot hall of famer. Hope to see him retire a King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I know it’s only 2 years, but it seems like too much money. He’s getting older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Citizen Erased said: I know it’s only 2 years, but it seems like too much money. He’s getting older. 74 points in 82 games. Still not to shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, Citizen Erased said: I know it’s only 2 years, but it seems like too much money. He’s getting older. he's still producing over 70 points a season and one of the best 2 way defensive center in the league. and not showing signs of slowing down.. he just had his best ppg in 4/5 season this past year.. 7mil is a steal and low risk at 2 years 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beni Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Fair bit of coin for him to close out his career He was still nearly a point per game last season, hopefully he retires a king rather than jumping around to random teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Just now, Ghostsof1915 said: 74 points in 82 games. Still not to shabby. Yeah, but can he keep playing at that high level for 2 more years? I’m not so sure about that. It feels like him being rewarded for the past though and there’s nothing wrong with that, but I would have asked him to take less, so there’s more cap space to take another run at a Stanley cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Erased Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, wai_lai416 said: he's still producing over 70 points a season and one of the best 2 way defensive center in the league. and not showing signs of slowing down.. he just had his best ppg in 4/5 season this past year.. 7mil is a steal and low risk at 2 years Maybe you’re right. I think all the inflation has distorted my sense of monetary value. Either that, or I’m just a cheap old man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawbone Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 I've said it before, and I know it will never happen... but why wouldn't one of these veteran players who have made an outrageous amount of money already not re-sign for $1 million and leave the team with extra cap space to sign another very good player or two to help win a cup? Surely another cup means way more than money after nearly 20 years of playing pro hockey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 He'd get 9 million next year in as a UFA with the projected cap increase barring a drop in production. He took a discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Strawbone said: I've said it before, and I know it will never happen... but why wouldn't one of these veteran players who have made an outrageous amount of money already not re-sign for $1 million and leave the team with extra cap space to sign another very good player or two to help win a cup? Surely another cup means way more than money after nearly 20 years of playing pro hockey. Kariya and Selanne tried that in Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Strawbone said: I've said it before, and I know it will never happen... but why wouldn't one of these veteran players who have made an outrageous amount of money already not re-sign for $1 million and leave the team with extra cap space to sign another very good player or two to help win a cup? Surely another cup means way more than money after nearly 20 years of playing pro hockey. Kopitar has already won 2 cups. As much as he’d surely love to win another, it’s not quite the same as a guy like Wheeler signing for cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, D-Money said: Kopitar has already won 2 cups. As much as he’d surely love to win another, it’s not quite the same as a guy like Wheeler signing for cheap. Yeah, not only that but he has had a better career than like 99% of players to ever play in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 He is still a really good player who deserves every cent of that and more. He is not a guy trying to prove he can still play or trying to catch that elusive championship run. He shouldn’t be asked to play for essentially free just because he has had a good career. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Always liked Kopitar, big center with a sublime skillset. He's LA's Getzlaf in a way, but better defensively. Could be a first ballot kind of player. Two cups, two Selke's, two Lady Byng's, leadership award, repeat all-star. If only he'd been a Canuck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucBourdon28 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Strawbone said: I've said it before, and I know it will never happen... but why wouldn't one of these veteran players who have made an outrageous amount of money already not re-sign for $1 million and leave the team with extra cap space to sign another very good player or two to help win a cup? Surely another cup means way more than money after nearly 20 years of playing pro hockey. I'd imagine it sets a bad precedence for other contracts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawbone Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 23 minutes ago, LucBourdon28 said: I'd imagine it sets a bad precedence for other contracts Yeah, I could see that but I'd love it if more aging vets (35+ like Kopitar) would take super team-friendly deals at the end of their careers. It benefits younger players as there's more money to be distributed, and it improves the team which would make it more fun to play. Having said that, I've never been in the position of being a multi-millionaire offered a 7-million dollar contract! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 Still worth that type of money I'd say, still a very effective player even as he ages. Glad he didn't take a team friendly to help LA out, they could have a scary team going forward if everything aligns for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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