[OILFAN #81]

I'm assuming some of this has to do with the contract offers I sent in. Bates is signed for 3.12 M this year and is going to be a UFA. His production has gone way down in the NHL so I proposed a 2.8 M per year extension. I don't think that's unfair. Bates was a 50 pt player, then dropped to 40 pts, then 30 pts, and now he will be lucky if he hits that. If someone is dumb enough to pay 4+ M for him then that's their perogative but I don't think that contract was unfair in the slightest.

The Forsberg one I didn't see a problem with that one either considering what other offers around the league get processed for getting a pay cut for no reason. He is signed for 9.9 M and I offered 7.9 M with a NT clause (same years). I've seen alot of GM's do the same things on contracts and in one case a pay cut happened where there wasn't any benefit (not a no trade clause, no difference in years, etc and a whole bunch of people wanted to b*tch about it but didn't want people's feelings to be hurt. I wish those people would say something now and back me up on this because to go from 9.9 to 8 M and add a NT clause isn't unfair.)

EDIT: "One person even lied about that if a Player gets a NT clause the price should go down a lot".

Noone lied to you. I said adding a NT clause could make up for going from 9.9 to 8 M, same years. I don't have a problem with you, or with you calling me out but if you are going to call me out, atleast get the facts right.