Guest kylewilliam Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 still cant believe the canucks offered sundin 10mil a season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Tampa signed Kolzig 1 year, 1.5 mil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillho Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Huet went to ChicagoI find that a bit odd. QFT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 THIS JUST IN THERE ARE NO MORE FREE AGENTS TAMPA BAY HAS SIGNED ALL OF THEM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destroyingthescene Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Haha, Jeff Finger to Toronto for $3.5 million/year. Hilarity! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Christ. Hey Darcy Regier, get off your ass and sign someone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 5:04PM Buffalo signs UFA goaltender Patrick Lalime to a 2 year deal worth $2-million He listened to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 5:40PM Chicago signs UFA defenceman Brian Campbell to an 8 year deal worth $56.8-million That sucks if you're a Chi-fan. He SUCKS at defense, so hopefully they get 7.whatever mil-worth of points each season out of his puck-moving assists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I'll never ever understand why people get paid this much money to play a sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 where'd you see the Campbell move confirmed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 It's on the TSn.ca tracker. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11353&lid=sublink03&lpos=topRelated_nhl and main story http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242194&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I'll never ever understand why people get paid this much money to play a sport.Pro sports are huge money-makers. Like the old investment adage goes, you get out what you put in, so owners pay players to attract them so fans in turn are attracted to the team via tickets and merchandising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I'll never ever understand why people get paid this much money to play a sport.Pro sports are huge money-makers. Like the old investment adage goes, you get out what you put in, so owners pay players to attract them so fans in turn are attracted to the team via tickets and merchandising. no I understand why they get paid what they do. I just wish they didn't. Teachers and cops get paid like shit but some dude can make millions just for catching a ball. There's nothing anyone can do about it and it won't stop me from watching hockey it just seems pointless to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zak138 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Right wing Georges Laraque told us a few minutes ago that he will not re-sign with the Penguins: “I talked with (general manager) Ray Shero when the season was over and we were up front with each other,” Laraque said. “He said the problem bringing me back might be cap issues. I told him I would wait and told my agent to wait to see what happened in Pittsburgh. “But they’ve signed (forward Eric) Godard. He’s a better fit for the cap.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 6:01PM Columbus signs UFA defenceman Mike Commodore to a 5 yea deal worth $18.75 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 6:06PM Philadelphia signs UFA defenceman Ossi Vaananen to a one year deal worth $1-million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 6:24PM New Jersey signs UFA forward Brian Rolston to a four year deal worth $20-million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 the best teacher in the world isn't going to get paid $1 Million plus for teaching a year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatlinemole Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Curtis Joseph is back with the Leafs, http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtg0Gva_ONgOHBA6cfx85Dnr3QPg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew13 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 pens are jags are "close" according to some reports i've seen. with how much they are under the cap atm, they could actually afford jags for a year and hossa for 5 and still have the money to resign the other few players they need. brooks i really don't want to see back though. $3m a year for a stay at home dman is to much, esp when you have scuds and eaton for half that price for both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniethebear Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 pens are jags are "close" according to some reports i've seen. with how much they are under the cap atm, they could actually afford jags for a year and hossa for 5 and still have the money to resign the other few players they need. brooks i really don't want to see back though. $3m a year for a stay at home dman is to much, esp when you have scuds and eaton for half that price for both of them. Jags retiring in Pittsburgh would be amazing, and keeping Hossa would be even more amazing. I hope this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 the best teacher in the world isn't going to get paid $1 Million plus for teaching a year How do you determine who is the best? By the students' grades? By peer review? By student review? It's a flawed comparison, but for just for argument's sake... Being a great teacher and being a great professional athlete have completely different criteria. They also have completely different economical effects. Is the general public really going to start following and investing time / emotion into our nation's best teachers? Are these teachers going to bring in millions of dollars in ticket and merchandise sales? You're basically saying that a job's importance to society should yield corresponding salaries. I get that. But who is going to pay teachers millions of dollars when they don't have millions of dollars to pay them with. On the flip side, why would athletes play for teacher's salaries while other people reap all the profits that they bring in? The system wouldn't work and would produce an inferior product (which would bring in less money and so on). i agree and understand everything you're saying from an economic and realistic stand point it's just a personal preferance that I think the most useless(non important) jobs in our country(acting/musician/athlete) get paid the most Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew13 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 how many teachers gross $2 billion a year in total revenue? because that's what the NHL made last year they were saying on the NHL Network today. figure 23 players a team (this includes backup goalie and healthy scratches), 30 teams in the league, that's 690 people. 2 billion / 690 is $2.898 million per player in revenue. each team takes in an average of $67 million, yet the cap is only $56 million. teams like Nashville make $15 million a year in revenue sharing alone to keep them afloat, so the league instituted a minimum cap of around $38 million. the estimated average per team next season is going to be around $47 million, so that's a $20 million profit per team on average. if anything, hockey players are underpaid. look at the pussies in the NBA who get a bruise and miss a week, or the MLB where pitchers are babied beyond belief and make obscene amounts of money. hockey is non stop action and nearly everyone plays hurt. sid played the playoffs in 07 with a broken foot. i'm certain arod or lebron would be out 2+ months with that. malone had his nose broken more times than i can count in the playoffs and late in the season, yet he rarely missed a shift. he'd get it reset and go back out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniethebear Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I definitely agree that hockey players are underpaid compared to other sports. They take the most shit and get the least for it. But hey, at the end of the day they can feel good knowing they're not pussies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm going to raise my kid to be a MLB pitching specialist. He will only pitch to lefties and roughly log 2-outs a game and make millions of dollarz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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