Chico Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/...d-contract.aspx Edited February 24, 2009 by Chico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmigliore Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 No Gomez, Roszival, Drury? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fan Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 My first guess is Zubrus. But I was deadly wrong. And I assumed the Rags have 4 prime candidates, but only one makes the list??? This is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 That guy's list was silly as were some of the reasonings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chico Posted February 24, 2009 Author Share Posted February 24, 2009 It is one guy's opinion...take it with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilNurn Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Eh...some of these I agree with others don't. I would've guessed Salvador without reading. Rolston's contract doesn't bother me, it's really nice to have him locked up for essentially his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prucenterrules Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 This guy is stupid. I could think of atleast 5 rags players who should be on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the cyknus Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 this list can be nominated for its own 10 worst list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) kimmo timonen is a bad choice. legitimately bad. ryan parent? who the hell cares about ryan parent, is it the guy's brother-in-law or something? he's a 21 year old who's probably going to be an average-ish stay at home guy. rolston's a fair choice if only because with that high ankle sprain i think his skating speed is notably down. and with that comes the low ebb - there's the possibility that rolston is only a checking-line-ish forward with a great slapshot who has seasons like 20-20-40 instead of 30-30-60. but with the salary cap in place, you just have got to sign one or two of these deals if you're not detroit, which apparently has some mind-control property that forces players to sign for 75% of their market value (that, or the quickly unraveling michigan economy). what's interesting about rolston is that if new jersey could convince him to retire in 2 years his contract would all of the sudden be insanely valuable. Edited February 24, 2009 by Triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Rolston is definitely overpaid, IMO, but way too early to put him in the ten worst category. The power play has improved dramatically since he returned from injury, even if he's not on the points list (I know correlation does not equal causation). I think the knock on his age is overblown. Players are in much better shape these days. You got guys like Chelios who're still able to meaningfully contribute at 46! The real test will be the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice dog Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 (edited) everybody that talks about rolston's lack of production this year, from this guy in his blog, to announcers for other teams on center ice etc., none of them ever acknowledge the fact that he missed a big chunk of the season with a high ankle sprain. he mentions Elias being "down right old" at 32...lol! Edited February 24, 2009 by ice dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devs4LIFE Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 I wouldn't worry about Rolston's point production, I guarantee it will be up next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Fan Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 10 worst: Redden, Gomez, Drury and Roszival Briere and Timonen Dipietro Spezza Richards (take one out of the two) Penner (combined with the draft picks that gave away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voros19 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 what's interesting about rolston is that if new jersey could convince him to retire in 2 years his contract would all of the sudden be insanely valuable. Maybe I'm not understanding something here, but Rolston was over 35 when he signed his contract, thus even if he retires his cap number is still on the books. Maybe that could be of value when looking at a team trying to hit the cap floor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils731 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Maybe I'm not understanding something here, but Rolston was over 35 when he signed his contract, thus even if he retires his cap number is still on the books. Maybe that could be of value when looking at a team trying to hit the cap floor? I think Tri is saying you can then trade the contract value to a team that wants to take on 5 million in cap hit to get the to floor but would love to not actually have to pay a player that same 5 million dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friends of Friesen Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 the whole basis for rolston was that he is getting older and the production will go down, i mean sure thats true but look at athletes like mats sundin and brett favre, they got old and still produced.....actually nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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