NHL still investigating Marc Savard's contract extension

First off, good analogy.

I don’t get how the NHL is going to get this one voided without either the B’s or Savard’s side pushing them to void it. 7 years is not egregious, nor is it ridiculous to think that a player of Savard’s caliber would intend on playing until he’s 40, especially now that he’s in the back half of his career. He wants to be here long term, he knows his value is not going to be what it is now as he gets older, so why not give the team a break and help yourself get a Cup?

And if the NHL does somehow void this thing, then Bruins fans really need to storm Prudential Center (in Newark, not the Back Bay) with torches and pitchforks. It would put the Devils up in Habs-Flyers hate territory for me. I don’t think its going to happen, but this is the NHL, where stupidity is made.

“…but let’s be honest, Lou Lamoriello ruined it for everyone. 17 years? Really, Lou? He is like the idiot, drunken freshman that tried to drink a handle of Rubinoff, got his stomach pumped, and instantly turned your dorm into a dry building. Way to go, Lou!”

Great analogy!!!

And I beat you to it :D
and that final line is awesome

Nothing will come of the Savard contract it is too late, but Lamoriello definatly changed the way future contracts will be processed. Now it way be more difficult to negotiate these cap friendly contracts because that bozo Lamoriello tapped into a bottle of Kovi’s finest Stoli and signed away with monopoly money.

The Black and Blue and Gold

Yeah, I’m not too worried about Savard’s deal, considering Hossa’s is worse and I doubt the league would do anything to Chicago right now, considering they’re just getting that market back.

Great analogy re: Lamoriello.

But, I’m unconvinced that this was completely unintentional on his part. The Devils have always been a team that preaches fiscal responsibility. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they were like “you know what? Let’s push the limits on this and see if we can force it to be rejected.”

There’s no way that the Savard deal is getting overturned. It’s entirely possible that a finesse center with impeccable passing skills could still play at 39. But, the uncertainty will prevent the Bruins from trading him in the interim. I refuse to think this is a bad thing.

Amazing and awful memories of that stuff first week of freshman year. After mixing up half-rubinoff, half-Gatorade mixers we proceeded to sprint down Huntington Ave, mixers in hand whilst chugging, to watch the Wentworth Leopards try and play hockey…….

the reason i wrote this random story is because there is no response i could write that hasn’t already been said. this won’t happen.

the end.

But there’s a huge difference between a 7 year extension and a 17 year contract.

How can the league void a contract under which a player has already been paid? If they are being truthful in their statement that they haven’t actually registered the contracts of the accused (Savard, Luongo, Pronger, etc.) then I guess they can void them, but it makes no sense as they could have voided them at the time of submission. If the league felt so strongly that the contracts were a circumvention of the CBA they should be dealt with on an individual basis. Also I don’t believe that the main reason of the conflict is the length of most of these deals as it is with the low paying finishing years of the contracts with players earning league minimum or close to that as a way to lower the overall cap hit for the team.

cool interview.

Fall can’t come quickly enough.

Been on an extended vacation, so I’m just coming back to see what is up on the blog. I take it there has been no further updates?