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Post by Gerard on Jul 4, 2003 8:58:26 GMT -5
Heard on another site that some radio stations have mentioned it as well as ESPN. It's not a done-deal but it's closer. He's supposedly asking for a contract worth about $7.5 million a season w/ an $18 million signing bonus for about $2 million a year starting in 2009, or whatever. Complicated stuff. But it turns out to about $11 million a season. Obviously, so if the NHL and CBA don't come to a new deal, he'd still get $7 million and his $22 million.
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Post by stugats1 on Jul 4, 2003 9:02:23 GMT -5
Well if he goes to anyone I am glad it would not be a team like Philly, NJ, or Washington.
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Post by Gerard on Jul 4, 2003 9:13:05 GMT -5
Good thinkin' stugats. You know what they say..."Go west, young man." ;D
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Post by Leafs_Pam on Jul 4, 2003 10:29:08 GMT -5
That doesn't make any sense to me. If the Ducks weren't willing to give Paul Kariya $10 mil a year, why would they give Federov what would amount to $11 mil a year? If they do, it will be because they wanted Paul to leave and they knew by offering less he would do exactly that. If Federov turned down $10 mil in Detroit, either he didn't want to stay there and knew higher demands would guarantee him leaving and he would settle for less, or he really is GREEDY. I just can't see Federov signing with the Ducks for even $11 mil a year unless he just wanted to get away from Detroit. If they can sign Federov for $11mil, they could have re-signed both Paul and Teemu for that $11 mil. Since they settled for less in Colorado, they would have settled for less in Anaheim if they could play together again. None of this makes any sense.
Maybe the reality is the Ducks didn't want Selanne back and they didn't want Paul any longer. Teemu and Paul might have been good together but they didn't do much to get the team in the Playoffs. It's possible Paul and Teemu approached the Ducks as a team. After Selanne's less than average play in San Jose, maybe the Ducks realized the team of Selanne and Kariya wouldn't help them make another run and the Ducks turned them down, so they moved on to Colorado. That makes more sense to me.
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Post by tml2002 on Jul 4, 2003 14:52:39 GMT -5
To me, this makes perfect sense from both sides. The reason they did not give Paul the 10 mil is because they also wanted to bring in Teemu, and they could not afford Teemu if Paul was making 10 mil. The plan was to have Paul become unrestricted, sign for about 6 mil, hten sign Selanne for 6-7 mil, and have them back together. Things didnt go as planned, and Karyia jumped ship.
Now they have no really offensivly potent leader, and an extra 12-14 million laying around. In Detroit, Fedorov has always lived in the shadow of guys like Yzerman, Shanahan and Lidstrom. Going to Anaheim would give him a chance to have his 'own' team, and be a leader, and the main go to guy.
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Post by tml2002 on Jul 4, 2003 14:56:11 GMT -5
they could have re-signed both Paul and Teemu for that $11 mil. Since they settled for less in Colorado, they would have settled for less in Anaheim if they could play together again. None of this makes any sense. They offered the two more, Paul about 6 mil, and Selanne around the same, but the two didnt want it. They would rather be in Colorado. Anaheim would be happy to have Teemu and Paul there, and they gave them a better offer. It was just a case of they didnt want to be in Anaheim. |
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