SS-SS Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Lou doesn't tell the players how much they've signed to.. You just kiss the ring and refresh capgeek until you find out how much you got Post of the day !!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 If Greene's cap hit is a penny over 2.5 mil, I'm gonna have a fvcking coronary. I guess you already had 7 coronaries given the salaries we've seen handed out today. other than the reasoner contract and maybe the theodore deal, all of the deals have been way above what most estimates i saw people making. when the cap goes up, salaries go up - it's a given. the deals handed out today have been bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS-SS Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Double Post Edited July 1, 2011 by SS-SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 “We wanted to sign both Andy and Hedberg,” Lamoriello said. “In our opinion, Andy is a top four defenseman..." http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/fireice/comments/lamoriello_happy_to_re-sign_greene_hedberg_wont_add_anyone_without_subtracting/#comments Uh oh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaira_Devil_#9 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Oh Christ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/fireice/comments/lamoriello_happy_to_re-sign_greene_hedberg_wont_add_anyone_without_subtracting/#comments Uh oh.... I hope he meant to say a #4 defensman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I hope he meant to say a #4 defensman Oh wait I forgot to include the last part of that quote: “In our opinion, Andy is a top four defenseman...IN ANY SPORT, FOR ALL TIME" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheprodigy Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I hope he meant to say a #4 defensman #4 is in the top 4... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 #4 is in the top 4... Technically yes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 What's Lou supposed to say, we gave a four-year multi-million contract to a guy that's going to be on our back pairing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatansDevils Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 4/8 is probably lowballing it. I can't see anything less than 4/10. Yeah true. 4/10 is not all that bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxchaznjxx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 this signing does not make me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 What's Lou supposed to say, we gave a four-year multi-million contract to a guy that's going to be on our back pairing? If he were being honest that's what he'd have said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDevs4978 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 If he were being honest that's what he'd have said. The other part of that is who's ahead of him on the Devils...White-Volchenkov-Tallinder? Fayne had a nice rookie season but I don't know that you could put him above Andy yet, same with Taormina...so right now Andy IS a top four on our team. But it does sound like Lou's looking to make even another addition on the back end via trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 What's Lou supposed to say, we gave a four-year multi-million contract to a guy that's going to be on our back pairing? If he signed the guy to a reasonable amount, he could have just said "we like his offensive potential" or something like that. To call him a top 4 defenseman probably means they paid him like they would a top 4 dman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 It also means there's a glut of defensemen in the organization ( who thought we'd be saying that last year). Larsson, Merrill, Urbom, Taormina, Gelinas, Burlon. Even with White out the door next year, there will be room for maybe three or four of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 If he signed the guy to a reasonable amount, he could have just said "we like his offensive potential" or something like that. To call him a top 4 defenseman probably means they paid him like they would a top 4 dman. Yes, and that scares the sh!t outta me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) If he signed the guy to a reasonable amount, he could have just said "we like his offensive potential" or something like that. To call him a top 4 defenseman probably means they paid him like they would a top 4 dman. even though greene was on the 'back pairing', he was not getting back pairing ice time. in fact, he was 4th among defensemen in ice time per game who actually made it to UFA, and 53rd overall. Edited July 1, 2011 by Triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxchaznjxx Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 If he signed the guy to a reasonable amount, he could have just said "we like his offensive potential" or something like that. To call him a top 4 defenseman probably means they paid him like they would a top 4 dman. this right here. i thought lou would have learned after the oduya signing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 It also means there's a glut of defensemen in the organization ( who thought we'd be saying that last year). Larsson, Merrill, Urbom, Taormina, Gelinas, Burlon. Even with White out the door next year, there will be room for maybe three or four of them. this is one of them good problems. burlon and gelinas won't be ready for the NHL in the next 2 years unless they take massive unexpected leaps forward. merrill can stay in college for as long as he wants - the longer he stays, the more value he provides to NJ when he gets out. if you guys see how the market is working, how many defensemen got one year deals? i'm not in love with a greene signing, but the devils would basically be gambling on the trade deadline, and hoping and praying that the team got few injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msweet Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Andy Greene is a #3 or #4.... as I said before...and he wants to play for us! here's Lou's more complete quote" http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2011/07/devils_gm_lou_lamoriello_turns.html "I think Andy (Greene), like everybody last year, at different times was in and out. I know what he can do. We felt very strongly that he wanted to be here and we feel he can bring more offense than he did last year. Defensively there is no concern whatsoever. He's a top four defenseman in our opinion." Lou was speaking "defensively"... and that is surely true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneykoIsGod Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Seeing what kind of money has been getting handed out today, I've gone from hoping this cap hit isn't too far north of $2.5M to hoping it isn't closer to $4M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-Man Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Yet another rumor...if true, I could live with it. http://twitter.com/#!/SnowdenNHL/status/86922347881304064 Have seen a rumor that the Andy Greene cap hit is $2.7M per over the 4 years. Nothing confirmed. #Devils #NHL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinn01 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Im happy Greene will be around for a while. I have faith in him. Good signing IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilinLA Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Im happy Greene will be around for a while. I have faith in him. Good signing IMO. How can one say this until terms are disclosed? What if its a $4.2 hit per year ... still good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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