Friedman thoughts about Subban's situation

[CHunter]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hoc...-personal.html


Still beleive they made a mistake to get to arbitration....he'll test UFA market in 2 years.....

[Dakkster]

No shit. This is a HUGE blunder by Bergevin, following in the footsteps of his predecessors. Why does Montreal shit on their own players who actually want to stay there so often?

Listened to this earlier LINK. Very eye-opening.

[The Bottlenecker]

Who said they weren't going to arbitration (other threads)? The writing was on the wall with the 3 million dollar difference in opinion on his value.

[newfcollins]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/hoc...-personal.html


Still beleive they made a mistake to get to arbitration....he'll test UFA market in 2 years.....

They made their big mistake two years ago when they wouldn't sign him to a long-term at that time.

[CascadeFilly]

They made their big mistake two years ago when they wouldn't sign him to a long-term at that time.

Agreed.

[MarmotKing]

They made their big mistake two years ago when they wouldn't sign him to a long-term at that time.

Yeah. They would have him real cheap now and everybody would be happy. Now I feel like we will lose him in less than too years.

[CHunter]

They made their big mistake two years ago when they wouldn't sign him to a long-term at that time.

True....

[Moses]

This is a powerplay between Newport Sports Management Agency and NHL GMs. Ryan O'Reily and PK Subban are both represented by the same group and are both players are going through the same motions with the same expected results. The agency getting the a cut of the largest contracts. Simple as that. The big over top contracts are coming from this Agency. Have a look. Perry, Kessel, Phaneuf, Clarkson, Doughty, M.Richards, Parise... You get the idea. Each one of these players was signed to a boundary pushing contract. Subban is just the latest example.

[plug]

This is a powerplay between Newport Sports Management Agency and NHL GMs. Ryan O'Reily and PK Subban are both represented by the same group and are both players are going through the same motions with the same expected results. The agency getting the a cut of the largest contracts. Simple as that. The big over top contracts are coming from this Agency. Have a look. Perry, Kessel, Phaneuf, Clarkson, Doughty, M.Richards, Parise... You get the idea. Each one of these players was signed to a boundary pushing contract. Subban is just the latest example.

That is interesting

[Zorro]

As a Bruins fan I should love this but for some reason this just seems wrong.. I'm so confused here..

[#1Sakic]

lol Zoro,

Bergevin have to work it out but im impress by the way he don't panic. It's always a business and as a huge Habs fan, I rather see my GM taking some time to establish a long term contract. We gave too many contracts in the last seasons for players not as good as we tough. PK is the real deal on defense, he will deserve his +8.5M $/year but maybe not this year. Bergevin play with the Molson money, he had to care about the financial aspect of the team first no matter as crazy we can all get Habs fans regarding PK future. I don't see this situation as bad for the Montreal Canadian and the future of PK in Montreal as many predict here. We will see this Sunday, until that time ... it's all about speculation's !

[petegreg21]

Eek, I don't now how much faith I have in a long term contract right now...

#PKtotheLeafs2016

[Vanek! at the Disco]

Like I was saying in the other thread, they really made a mess of things. The worst part is that the guy has to sit in a room with a bunch of lawyer douchebags who try to tear him apart. That can't feel very good for anyone, especially not a guy like PK who has a bit of an ego to begin with. All the Habs accomplished here by not getting a deal done is hurt their relationship with their star player and cost themselves more down the road (assuming he even wants to sign with them again). The last thing I was expecting was for it to go this far

[STLblues]

I love PK. He has a ton of confidence and knows cap will continue to rise and his salary will grow much quicker each contract he signs. Cant blame Habs or Subban and I think they both win. Habs never loose as long as each year Subban laces up for them. Subban just like any other human being is entitled to try and make as much money as possible.

[doulos]

This is a powerplay between Newport Sports Management Agency and NHL GMs. Ryan O'Reily and PK Subban are both represented by the same group and are both players are going through the same motions with the same expected results. The agency getting the a cut of the largest contracts. Simple as that. The big over top contracts are coming from this Agency. Have a look. Perry, Kessel, Phaneuf, Clarkson, Doughty, M.Richards, Parise... You get the idea. Each one of these players was signed to a boundary pushing contract. Subban is just the latest example.

That's an interesting piece of information. While one side of me doesn't like seeing this sort of thing happen with players, the other side of me knows that NHL GMs and their team owners are pretty much geared towards screwing players out of as much money as possible as well, so there is no innocent side in the equation.