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Post by Doc Holliday on Aug 16, 2005 12:25:12 GMT -5
According to RDS, he just signed long term with Tampa for franchise player money.
I'll move this thread to non-habs in a couple of hours.
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Post by Habfaith on Aug 16, 2005 12:28:31 GMT -5
Not surprising. I'm pretty sure the whole "I'd love to play in Montreal" thing was posturing. It looks like Vinny is quite happy in TBay.
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Post by Ryan on Aug 16, 2005 12:33:51 GMT -5
I'm not surprised. Let's face it, no one likes to move, and I would hardly call Vinny unhappy in Tampa. As long as they were willing to pay him the money, he was going to stay.
But can they afford Vinny, Richards, and St-Louis?
Gainey will build this team from the inside out. You never want to bank on being able to pluck a franchise player from another team. Build a solid team and sign players, possibly even stars to compliment what you already have.
Although we fans were hoping against hope that Vinny would be here next year, I highly doubt Gainey just had his plans for next summer ruined.
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Aug 16, 2005 12:49:19 GMT -5
According to RDS, he just signed long term with Tampa for franchise player money. I'll move this thread to non-habs in a couple of hours. Who needs him? We have Dagenais..............LOL ;D |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Aug 16, 2005 12:53:01 GMT -5
According to RDS, he just signed long term with Tampa for franchise player money. I'll move this thread to non-habs in a couple of hours. Who needs him? We have Dagenais..............LOL ;D Forget Dagenais, I've been reading stories lately that Ribeiro can now bench press more than Pierre. |
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Post by TheHabsfan on Aug 16, 2005 13:02:57 GMT -5
Who needs him? We have Dagenais..............LOL ;D Forget Dagenais, I've been reading stories lately that Ribeiro can now bench press more than Pierre. His upper body strength should enable him to get up from a pinched nerve much quicker....  THF |
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Post by insomnius on Aug 16, 2005 13:08:29 GMT -5
Forget Dagenais, I've been reading stories lately that Ribeiro can now bench press more than Pierre. His upper body strength should enable him to get up from a pinched nerve much quicker.... THF MIAOW!!! (not that I don't agree with you or anything  ) |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Aug 16, 2005 13:22:53 GMT -5
Forget Dagenais, I've been reading stories lately that Ribeiro can now bench press more than Pierre. His upper body strength should enable him to get up from a pinched nerve much quicker.... THF I don't know. Those always sting. But with Kovalev's coaching he should be able to maximize the benefit. ;D |
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Post by Forum Ghost on Aug 16, 2005 15:00:48 GMT -5
LECAVALIER CLOSE TO DEAL WITH LIGHTNINGThe Tampa Bay Lightning appear close to locking up one of the key players from their Stanley Cup team. Vincent Lecavalier told TSN he's close to getting a deal done with the Lightning, and that an official announcement could come as soon as today. NHL sources have told TSN it's a four-year deal at $6.8 million a year.The big centre scored recorded 32 goals and 34 assists and was a +24 in 81 games with the Lightning in 2003-04 and had nine goals and seven assists in 23 playoff games. The first overall pick in the 1998 draft has spent his entire NHL career with Lightning and has career totals of 146 goals, 181 assists in 467 games. Lecavalier spent last season in Russia with Ak Bars Kazan where he scored 7 goals and nine assists in 30 games.
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Post by Forum Ghost on Aug 16, 2005 15:03:22 GMT -5
I can't see either St. Louis or Richards accepting less than Lecavalier.
Vinny's still living off of his potential and off of his #1 overall draft status, whereas both Richards and St. Louis have the NHL hardware to prove their worth.
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Post by jkr on Aug 16, 2005 15:42:44 GMT -5
You never want to bank on being able to pluck a franchise player from another team. Someone should tell the leafs. Maybe we should start a thread for all the potential UFA's that have now signed.  Iginla, Thornton, Lecavalier. Who's next? |
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Post by jkr on Aug 16, 2005 15:51:16 GMT -5
LECAVALIER CLOSE TO DEAL WITH LIGHTNINGThe Tampa Bay Lightning appear close to locking up one of the key players from their Stanley Cup team. Vincent Lecavalier told TSN he's close to getting a deal done with the Lightning, and that an official announcement could come as soon as today. NHL sources have told TSN it's a four-year deal at $6.8 million a year. What happened to that "home town discount" his agent was talking about. He said Lecavalier was willing to take less so that Tampa could sign Richards and St. Louis. If the Lighting are trying to repeat, Feaster's first order of business should be finding a top notch goalie. He won't win much with a 38 year old Sean Burke. Despite his long career, Burke has played in only 37 playoff games and 17 of those were in his first full seson with the Devils. www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid%5B%5D=674 |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Aug 16, 2005 16:25:30 GMT -5
I can't see either St. Louis or Richards accepting less than Lecavalier. Vinny's still living off of his potential and off of his #1 overall draft status, whereas both Richards and St. Louis have the NHL hardware to prove their worth. You trying to draw attention to yourself, son? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink... |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Aug 16, 2005 16:28:01 GMT -5
LECAVALIER CLOSE TO DEAL WITH LIGHTNINGThe Tampa Bay Lightning appear close to locking up one of the key players from their Stanley Cup team. Vincent Lecavalier told TSN he's close to getting a deal done with the Lightning, and that an official announcement could come as soon as today. NHL sources have told TSN it's a four-year deal at $6.8 million a year. What happened to that "home town discount" his agent was talking about. He said Lecavalier was willing to take less so that Tampa could sign Richards and St. Louis. Well, at least Théodore wasn't so grandiose re Koivu and Markov. |
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Post by Cranky on Aug 16, 2005 19:20:38 GMT -5
You know, every time a player yodels that he wants to play for a "certain" team, it makes me want to scratch my head with my right foot. Soon, they are going to fit me with one of those cones that dogs wear......
Why is anyone suprised? Did you guys think that players actually care about where they play? It's about the money and NOTHING else. Maybe one in 20 players has enough integrity that they actually want ot play for a certain team and take less money to do so. The rest of the time it's just posturing to extract as much money as possible.
As for the amount?
Is Feaster CRAZY? That is TOO much money for Prince Vinny. WAY TOO MUCH. He is now getting paid the same amount as Thornton and Iggy. I don't care if he is a "home boy" or the Prince of Point Claire, I would take Iggy or Thorny WAY before Prince Vinny.
Screw him...and I hope Souray AND Komi crush him.
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Post by Cranky on Aug 16, 2005 19:22:38 GMT -5
And one more thing...... Does anyone still believe that Crosby will sign with the HAb's in four years? If you do, I want to sell you some Bre-X stock at a "special" price. |
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Aug 16, 2005 19:26:48 GMT -5
I can't see either St. Louis or Richards accepting less than Lecavalier. Vinny's still living off of his potential and off of his #1 overall draft status, whereas both Richards and St. Louis have the NHL hardware to prove their worth. Forget who? I already forgot. Montreal has a path strewn with unrealized potential. It's the guys who produce that count more than the ones who never realize their potential. Isn't Dagenais the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the Hab's? (From the waist up and the neck down) |
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Post by jkr on Aug 16, 2005 20:37:19 GMT -5
What happened to that "home town discount" his agent was talking about. He said Lecavalier was willing to take less so that Tampa could sign Richards and St. Louis. Well, at least Théodore wasn't so grandiose re Koivu and Markov. Yeah, but in the end Lecavalier took most of the money for himself. |
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Post by franko on Aug 16, 2005 20:58:57 GMT -5
Why is anyone suprised? Did you guys think that players actually care about where they play? It's about the money and NOTHING else. For those who can't read between the lines in any of his posts, HA thinks that even after the lockout all players are mercenaries ;D |
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Post by franko on Aug 17, 2005 9:51:34 GMT -5
You know, every time a player yodels that he wants to play for a "certain" team, it makes me want to scratch my head with my right foot. Soon, they are going to fit me with one of those cones that dogs wear...... Why is anyone suprised? Did you guys think that players actually care about where they play? It's about the money and NOTHING else. Maybe one in 20 players has enough integrity that they actually want ot play for a certain team and take less money to do so. The rest of the time it's just posturing to extract as much money as possible. Wayne Scanlan, Ottawa Citizen, August 17 |
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Post by Forum Ghost on Aug 17, 2005 9:52:45 GMT -5
Does anyone still believe that Crosby will sign with the HAb's in four years? If you do, I want to sell you some Bre-X stock at a "special" price. But Crosby's love for the Habs is genuine. He said all along that he wanted to play for Montreal and this was before he was being drafted, so we know that he's not saying it just for the money. The only way he comes to the Habs as an UFA is if the Habs offer him the maximum. I doubt that he would come to the Habs for less money when he knows that he could be earning the max on any other team. |
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Aug 18, 2005 13:43:28 GMT -5
Forget Lecavalier indeed. I know who I want on the Habs.
Brad Richards
2003-04 82GP 26-53-79 +14 12PIM
2002-03 80GP 17-57-74 +3 24PIM
2001-02 82GP 20-42-62 –18 13PIM
2000-01 82GP 21-41-62 –10 14PIM
Playoffs – 34GP 12-19-31 +2 16PIM
Vincent Lecavalier
2003-04 81GP 32-34-66 +23 52PIM
2002-03 80GP 33-45-78 even 39PIM
2001-02 76GP 20-17-37 –18 61PIM
2000-01 68GP 23-28-51 –26 66PIM
Playoffs – 34GP 12-10-22 –4 47PIM
Brad Richards has won both the Lady Byng and Conn Smythe trophies. Vinnie has never won a single NHL award.
Snippet courtesy Jes Golbez.
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