moustic Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Lou Keeps Devils Strong With Kovy Great article ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADevilsFan Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Zach and Jamie are coming back for the press conference tomorrow per TG, sounds like Zach is super excited about next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Oh god, now you got that stuck in my head. That's worse than your avatar! (There really should be a bowing smiley.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (There really should be a bowing smiley.) I was just thinking that when I typed *bows* in one of my earlier posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (There really should be a bowing smiley.) Oh it's there: : hail : Oh you meant the other kind...nevermind then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVILS>Rangers Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 i havent followed free agency for a long time and i dont really understand what u guys are talking about regarding his salary per year. Does that relate to the cap hit, im confused. Can someone please explain this to me? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I can't imagine how Kings fans feel. Lou was doing everything right. I felt he was 100% correct in his dealings -- but I still didn't think it would happen. Just who PICKS the Devils -- honestly I had my money on Zach being the guy that chose the Devils -- but I even had my doubts about that this off season. It's so much what the organization needed after all the bad mouthing going on this off season. I think Langenbrunner is a valuable player but he can't be the captain. I mean I feel like he has to be defacto now just because there are so many candidates. Just he was a real a$$hole - about Lemaire, about Pando, his whole vibe was really anti-Devils organization. But I don't want him traded because he'll change on a dime. dipsh!t. Just with Zach where he is the organization needs someone supporting the Ineffable System. Anyhow -- I do feel like Rolston is the guy that sort of has to go. But I do NOT think Rolston is done as a player. He just needs to not be here. It's really not him, or the team -- it's just a bad combo and I'm not thinking who will take him I'm thinking where should he go? Awwwe -- he's from Flint? I didn't know that! Duuuuude!! The thumb... you know... almost anyhow was he seriously from Flint though? or is it like I was born in Detroit? So I was taken home to Dearborn (Heights actually even and stuff) ...details details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Oh it's there: : hail : Oh you meant the other kind...nevermind then! Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of this: But was too lazy to look for it. It's why I'll never be the smiley award winner or a professional googler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) I got one hold on. Edited July 19, 2010 by ben00rs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Yeah -- bows are hard -- you have to use the girlie curtsy: wait wait wait -- duh? just a sec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 i havent followed free agency for a long time and i dont really understand what u guys are talking about regarding his salary per year. Does that relate to the cap hit, im confused. Can someone please explain this to me? Thanks Cap hit is strictly just the average of the total salary over the number of years. (In this case, it's reported at 17 years, $102 million. 102 divided by 17 is 6, so that's the cap hit - $6 million per year for 17 years). The salary being paid each year does not change the salary cap hit. If we're paying him $11.5 million in year three and $550,000 in the last year, as had been reported, it's still a $6 million cap hit each of those years - the cap hit can never change, the salary year-to-year can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundstrom Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 you know what the payout structure tells me - certainly year 3 and quite possibly 4 and 5 are going to be made of HUGE signing bonuses and less actual salary to get kovy paid even if there's a lockout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I have to stop this -- I have horny dogs whining and I have to make smoked salmon sushi rolls.... and I wish I had a good beer.... a mint julep just won't cut it... but I don't want to go get beer -- that's ... well... a dude thing to do. and My dude is out tonight... and all our wine is too good to pop on my own ... see???? I KNEW we shoudl have gotten the half bottles -- but noooooo they were almost twice the price... but seriously --- I want to find Rolston a nice home where he can feel reall.... hey.... Canes? I'm so happy for Brindy -- they retiring t=his number yeah? how adorable is that??? I hope I didn't just misread something --- Oh my gosh my daughter is cracking up over Arthur... god I love her. OK -- so anyhow == dinner... at 7pm -- I suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I win the internet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjerseydamo Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 im in Australia so waking up is perfect timing for this news! Also, a few days ago i started trying to plan a trip to LA to see the SJ/Ana/LA vs Devils games cos its a cheaper option, and i have a mate who is an LA fan that will already be going to the LA/NJ game. so this is all perfect i was pissed off at the length of time it took to re-sign, and for a while, the media made it look all about the money, hence why i was pissed. but damn, welcome back Kovy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepperkorn Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 not you ben00 --- but that smilie dude and those gloves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) not you ben00 --- but that smilie dude and those gloves... I see these emoticons more as slaves (cursed to perpetually repeat the same movements for all of eternity) to us forum junkies than anything else. If it wins, I still take credit for the win. P.S. To anyone who wants some bowing smileys Edited July 19, 2010 by ben00rs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADevilsFan Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Craig Custance's twitter After seeing the structure of Kovalchuk's contract, Lombardi said they weren't even close: "We weren't even in the ballpark." What was their rumored high contract? 80 mil or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neb00rs Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) Craig Custance's twitter What was their rumored high contract? 80 mil or something? Wow, very interesting post CA. Rumor (now confirmed in the twitter you posted) was 15 years at 80 million. Edited July 19, 2010 by ben00rs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADevilsFan Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 (edited) Wow, very interesting post CA. Rumor (now confirmed in the twitter you posted) was 15 years at 80 million. Guess I should have just kept looking down. I saw the break down done by a couple people earlier but I thought I'd copy the unconfirmed list from CapGeek to lay it out a little easier: 2010-2011 $6,000,000 2011-2012 $6,000,000 2012-2013 $11,500,000 2013-2014 $11,500,000 2014-2015 $11,500,000 2015-2016 $11,500,000 2016-2017 $11,500,000 2017-2018 $10,500,000 2018-2019 $8,500,000 2019-2020 $6,500,000 2020-2021 $3,500,000 2021-2022 $750,000 2022-2023 $550,000 2023-2024 $550,000 2024-2025 $550,000 2025-2026 $550,000 2026-2027 $550,000 Edit: Yeesh, that didn't translate well. Here's just the years and actual salary paid. Cap hit being 6 mil. Edited July 19, 2010 by CADevilsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefiestygoat Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 My phone was going nuts today. When I got the first text I really thought it was my brother joking with me. So happy about this! Love the way Lou structured the contract too, my faith has been restored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADevilsFan Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Deal is Official per TG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deke Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 I wish I could smoke a bowl in celebration but alas I cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfsharkalligatorhalfman Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 (edited) Wow. For a team that's supposedly not making all that much money this is quite a commitment. 11.5 million dollars a year for 5 years? He will be paid 6.5 million in 2019 when he will be 36 turning 37. The cap hit is nice, but holy crap that's a lot of money for the Devils. Edited July 20, 2010 by halfsharkalligatorhalfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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