[Rumour] CBJ make 7 x $12 million offer to Gaudreau

[Flamesfan05]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

You seem to have plenty of time for your instant doom and gloom, don’t see why you’re desperate to get ahead of yourself. Or you didn’t read.

What is so doom and gloom about what I said genius

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

If you want a superstar via UFA, that’s what it costs.

When Chara signed with the Bruins, he got $7.5M of a $50.3M cap, or 14.9% of the cap.

Panarin’s $11.6M of the 2019 cap of $81.5M is 14.2% of the cap.

It’s the price of poker.

8x$11.7M, deliberately giving him a higher AAV than Panarin, with the extra year, to finish his career with the team who gave him his shot.

Just like Eichel, they had to make an offer the other side couldn’t refuse.

They didn’t. They made an offer that was apparently quite easy to refuse.

So Eichel is a Golden Knight, and Gaudreau is potentially a… Blue Jacket.

But neither are Flames.

How's that going anyway?

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Why are people so concerned about flights? Johnny will have the money to fly private and his family won’t be sitting in the lounge for hours. I’d always assumed this was purely about living practically next door, not about shaving an hour or two off a monthly flight.

[TBone290]

Johnny:

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Panarin got his contract before there was such a thing as COVID, when the players didn't owe the owners a billion dollars, and the prospects looked good for the cap to keep going steadily up.

Now we're dealing with a flat cap for two to three more years.

Somebody clearly doesn't know how pro sports contracts work, beginning with the part where you have to have money to spend money.

So is that why the Blue Jackets are offering him $500k less than McDavid?

Stars don’t take discounts. Cry poor to Michael Stone when you bring him back for another year at $725k. You either have Johnny Gaudreau or you don’t. It costs to keep him. If you’re not willing to pay, fine.

Make the appropriate moves that are best for the franchise.

Don’t do this.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

How's that going anyway?

They’ve got 4 more years to get it right.

What do we have?

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.

Why are people so concerned about flights? Johnny will have the money to fly private and his family won’t be sitting in the lounge for hours. I’d always assumed this was purely about living practically next door, not about shaving an hour or two off a monthly flight.

Right. I assumed it was "Mom, can you come over and look after the baby for an hour". Not "Let's get together for this weekend when I'm not on the road".

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

That’s completely counter to everything we’ve heard.

What have we heard?

$84M/8 furthest from home
vs.
$84M/7 much closer to home
vs.
$??M/7 closest to home


Leaving hockey aside (and there is actually a strong argument that CBJ has a brighter future), why would it be wrong for him to take the middle option?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Flamesfan05

So it’s not the family?

Has he accepted the offer already?

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[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

That's the rumour.

The fact is, we don't know if this rumour is accurate, we don't know what the Flames' last offer was, we don't know how high they would have gone if Gaudreau hadn't simply broken off the negotiations, we don't know what Gaudreau is eventually going to sign for, and we certainly don't know that he is going to take the highest dollar offer no matter where it comes from.

We do know that Panarin is a poor comparable for any contract being signed now, because the circumstances have changed for the whole league.

Well we know that there have been other contracts that have been signed for big dollars since COVID (Nurse, Barkov, Werenski, Kaprizov, Point, Hamilton) The change in circumstances do not seem to have affected those contracts.

[Oil Stain]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

No one is hiring a private jet every other day for their MIL. No matter how rich they are. And you still add travel time to and from the terminal. You are still taking 6 hours to get to Columbus and back.

No one said every other day, but even once a week would probably be about $10-20K per month which isn't exactly a budget breaker when you have $120 million in career earnings.

[Flames Fan, Ph.D.]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

What have we heard?

$84M/8 furthest from home
vs.
$84M/7 much closer to home
vs.
$??M/7 closest to home


Leaving hockey aside (and there is actually a strong argument that CBJ has a brighter future), why would it be wrong for him to take the middle option?

He should take whatever offer he wants.

My only point of curiosity is what the nhlpa/agents guild will think of it IF he takes a big apparent discount to make this move.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

They’ve got 4 more years to get it right.

What do we have?

No $10M pouty player with a reconstructed neck who is only a PPG guy.

And Calgary didn't have the assets to match Vegas anyway. No Tuch, no Krebs, both of whom were very much desired by Buffalo.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

So is that why the Blue Jackets are offering him $500k less than McDavid?

According to rumour. You're acting like this is not only a fact, but that it is guaranteed Gaudreau will sign there.

You also assume he is motivated solely by money and will automatically sign with whichever team offers the highest AAV.

[CalgaryFan1988]

I would buy a private jet and hire a pilot. Have it making money for me when I'm not working and available when I need it. Hondajet specifically.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

No one said every other day, but even once a week would probably be about $10-20K per month which isn't exactly a budget breaker when you have $120 million in career earnings.

Once a week isn't what people were thinking as "close to home". It sounds like rationalization to me.

[PeteMoss]

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[nik-]

Originally Posted by Oil Stain

No one said every other day, but even once a week would probably be about $10-20K per month which isn't exactly a budget breaker when you have $120 million in career earnings.

A private jet rental is not the same price as a business class seat.

[OptimalTates]

Originally Posted by Flames Fan, Ph.D.

He should take whatever offer he wants.

My only point of curiosity is what the nhlpa/agents guild will think of it IF he takes a big apparent discount to make this move.

Not a huge deal anymore. Back when you had stars players having to have second jobs while the owners were making bank it was obviously important to have a unified front with the likes of Lindsay and friends.

Now though with 50% revenue split, the less Gaudreau signs for the more for everyone else. Only the top tier players who want to use his contract as a negotiation tactic (and therefore take money off lower level players) will care.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Well we know that there have been other contracts that have been signed for big dollars since COVID (Nurse, Barkov, Werenski, Kaprizov, Point, Hamilton) The change in circumstances do not seem to have affected those contracts.

The rumoured offer was higher than any of those though.