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09-02-2009, 10:55 AM
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#2076 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer  Lol @ you guys who said the benchmark was 7 mill and laughed at me when I said it would be well under | Don't be fooled by the average figure because of the length of the contract.
He's still making $10M next year and close to $7M until he's 40. It's his earnings when he's already 40 and + in age is what's bringing his average considerably down.
Still happy with the signing though. Now the team can finally have long term direction instead of searching for one.
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09-02-2009, 11:05 AM
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Not a fan of long term contracts. Glad he's still with us for the next little while. His performance could be a question in 5 years.....so who knows.
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09-02-2009, 11:16 AM
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#2078 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by BlackV62K2 Not a fan of long term contracts. Glad he's still with us for the next little while. His performance could be a question in 5 years.....so who knows. | Martin Brodeur can still kill it at 37. It's retaining players @ 40 + of age is where the question mark lies. But at least at those years beyond, Loungo is only retained for $1M.
Even if at that point in his career, it's time to pass on the torch, $1M is not entirely heavy for a Back Up Goaltender. But that's still an entire decade away.
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09-02-2009, 11:21 AM
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Guess we can't make fun of Garth Snow anymore for handing out that 15 year deal
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09-02-2009, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Noir Martin Brodeur can still kill it at 37. It's retaining players @ 40 + of age is where the question mark lies. But at least at those years beyond, Loungo is only retained for $1M.
Even if at that point in his career, it's time to pass on the torch, $1M is not entirely heavy for a Back Up Goaltender. But that's still an entire decade away. | But at that point, his cap hit is still 5.33 at age 40+
I guess we will worry about it then. 
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09-02-2009, 11:26 AM
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I like the deal for the fact we won't have to worry about goaltending, will he resign where to we go from here kind of BS.
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09-02-2009, 11:26 AM
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| Owners examined making pitch to purchase the Coyotes http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle1272820/ Quote:
The mother of the family that owns the Vancouver Canucks made a pitch to buy the Phoenix Coyotes for her husband this year, U.S. court filings reveal.
Elisa Aquilini offered to buy the Coyotes a couple of months before the club filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors so that her husband, Luigi, could own an NHL team, according to documents filed in an Arizona bankruptcy court.
The couple met with Earl Scudder, a Phoenix lawyer who represents Coyotes majority owner Jerry Moyes. In the filing, Scudder said the Aquilinis were interested in buying the Coyotes because the Canucks had “done so well that Luigi wanted to have a team that he could own.”
The Aquilini family took control of the Canucks in 2006 and the ownership is divided between Elisa and the couple’s three sons, Roberto, Francesco, and Paolo. Luigi is not an owner of the Canucks.
In the filing, Scudder said the NHL would not have approved Elisa owning a stake in two clubs, so the couple discussed putting the Coyotes ownership into the hands of another family member. In the end, no offer was made.
Francesco confirmed his parents’ interest but “it didn’t work out.” He added that “there was some concern [about] a husband and wife owning two different teams.”
The Aquilinis were among more than a dozen potential buyers of the Coyotes, Scudder added. Others included movie mogul Jerry Bruckheimer, who backed out at the $200-million (all currency U.S.) asking price for the Coyotes; oil tycoon Max Chambers, who Scudder said was more interested in buying an NFL team; the Maloof family, which owns the Sacramento Kings of the NBA; and former Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett, who offered to help find a Canadian buyer for the Coyotes.
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09-02-2009, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackV62K2 Not a fan of long term contracts. Glad he's still with us for the next little while. His performance could be a question in 5 years.....so who knows. | agree. who knows how he will perform in the coming years and if any injury problems will affect his performance.
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09-02-2009, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Lude S agree. who knows how he will perform in the coming years and if any injury problems will affect his performance. | That's like that with any player tho with a short or long term contract. We are
Just lucky that the cap hit is so low there's less to worry about in the future and
For once the nucks have no worries inbetween the pipes for the first time
In 10+ yrs
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09-02-2009, 11:40 AM
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Snows deal didn't lower the cap hit, it was the same amount for every year of the deal
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09-02-2009, 11:53 AM
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The one thing about Luongo is he seems to take winning very seriously. Does he seem like the guy out there just happy collecting a cheque? He wants to win, he wants to be known as one of the best out there at what he does. It's because of that I feel more comfortable with him getting a deal like this then someone like Drury or Gomez.
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09-02-2009, 11:54 AM
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#2087 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by stuff99 But at that point, his cap hit is still 5.33 at age 40+ I guess we will worry about it then. |  | |
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09-02-2009, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by rb Guess we can't make fun of Garth Snow anymore for handing out that 15 year deal | This deal wasnt even front loaded.
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09-02-2009, 12:08 PM
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The numbers are simply numbing. Thirty-seven significant injuries in a 10-year career which have, to some, turned Vancouver Canucks defenceman Sami Salo's career into a running joke, a punch-line.
But he's not laughing. Not after what he went through in the Canucks spring playoff run. He was then playing what he called the best hockey of his career only to have it slip through his fingers because of his most humiliating, most painful and most bizarre setback yet.
It doesn't get any easier looking back now, four months later. The disappointment hasn't gone away. Instead, it sits there, a dark cloud of what could have been, what should have been.
"It was the best hockey I've ever played," Salo said of his playoffs. "Things were going my way. I was able to actually do some things in the playoffs I've never been able to do before."
But it all came to an agonizing end just 5:35 into the Canucks' second game of their second round playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks. That's when Salo unleashed his calling card, a laser of a slapshot which rocketed over the glove hand of Hawks goalie Nikolai Khabibulin. It was Salo's third goal, and sixth point, in his fifth playoff game.
But the big blast did some serious damage. Wincing, Salo went straight to the dressing room. Team doctor Mike Wilkenson chased closely behind. If you watch the replay and can lip read you will see trainer Mike Bernstein return from the medical room, lean into head coach Alain Vigneault and say, "He hurt his ass."
That's right, a bum strain at the lower back. A buttocks breach. He tore his gluteus medius muscle. The three gluteal muscles -- gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus -- are the buttocks muscles. They pull the thigh sideways, a motion that is integral to many basic skating moves.
"It felt like someone thrust a knife into my back," Salo said Tuesday after skating with the Canucks at UBC. "When I took the shot, it was shooting pain and it only got worse and worse. I felt something click right away. And then I sat on the bench the spasms started. It took a long time to settle down.
"It was very difficult to deal with. To score a goal, and then the next thing I know, I'm lying on the dressing-room floor. It wasn't fun. It was frustrating. I was lying there, seeing that the team was losing and there was nothing I could do. It didn't feel good."
Salo went down and the Canucks were never the same. It's a story we have seen before. Back in December and January, with Salo out because of an injury, the Canucks lost 11 of 15 games.
This year is expected to be different. The Canucks, by now, realize they can't expect Salo to be an 82-game player.
Last year, he missed 23 regular-season games with groin and rib injuries, plus Game 4 of the St. Louis series with an unknown lower-body hurt. It's been the same story for most of his career.
Somewhere around 60 games this year seems to be a more reasonable expectation. To that end, GM Mike Gillis made a trade last week for Christian Ehrhoff, a defenceman whose skill-set is similar to Salo's. Ehrhoff should cushion the blow any time the inevitable injury bug bites Salo.
To his credit, Salo came back to play the Canucks' final two playoff contests, Games 5 and 6 of the Chicago series thanks to "needles and painkillers." But he wasn't physically able to find that gear again which elevated his game.
If there's one thing Salo has been able to do in his career, it's cope with injuries. He'd rather look forward than into his past. He said he started training sooner than usual, citing, with a laugh, boredom.
"You know, there is some good feeling from those playoffs," said Salo, whose summer included an Olympic orientation camp with Team Finland.
"I found another gear in my game, that was the hockey of my career. And now I know what I can do. It will be one of my goals this season, to try and find that gear early in the season, to find that same mentality, to rediscover that game I had in the playoffs."
• The Canucks have re-signed defenceman Nathan McIver, who has played 36 career NHL games with Vancouver and Anaheim.
E-mail Canucks reporter Jason Botchford at jbotchford@theprovince.com
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09-02-2009, 12:11 PM
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Glad it's finally done and a very nice cap hit at that too. Also extremely happy we don't need to think about goaltending for a long time.
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09-02-2009, 12:14 PM
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Pre-season tickets on sale Friday September 4Canucks kick off 2009-10 pre-season at home versus OilersWednesday, 09.02.2009 / 1:02 PM / News Vancouver CanucksVancouver, B.C. – The Vancouver Canucks announced today that pre-season tickets for the 2009-10 season will go on sale Friday, September 4th at 10:00 a.m. for home games versus the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks. Tickets will be available on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca/canucks, or by phone at 604-280-4400.
The Canucks pre-season home opener will begin at 7 p.m. on Sept. 19 versus Northwest Division rival, the Edmonton Oilers, and will provide fans a first look at the 2009-10 edition of the Canucks.
A family friendly ticket special is available for the pre-season. With the purchase of one pre-season ticket, fans can buy a second ticket at a special kid’s rate for a child under the age of 12. A Labour Day weekend special will also be available wherein fans purchasing pre-season tickets from Sept. 4-7 will receive a password for the opportunity to purchase tickets to a regular season game before they go on sale to the general public.
Additionally, throughout the pre-season, fans in attendance will have the opportunity to meet a select number of Canucks prospects at an autograph signing session inside General Motors Place between 6:00 and 6:45 PM each pre-season game night.
The Canucks nine game pre-season schedule is listed below. All four Canucks home pre-season games will begin at 7:00 p.m.
2009-2010 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE (Homes games in bold)
DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME PT
Mon. Sept. 14 NY Islanders Terrace 7:00 PM
Thurs. Sept. 17 Anaheim Honda Center 7:05 PM
Fri. Sept. 18 San Jose HP Pavilion 7:30 PM
Sat. Sept. 19 Edmonton General Motors Place 7:00 PM
Mon. Sept. 21 Calgary General Motors Place 7:00 PM
Wed. Sept. 23 San Jose General Motors Place 7:00 PM
Thurs. Sept. 24 Anaheim General Motors Place 7:00 PM
Sat. Sept. 26 Calgary Saddledome 6:00 PM
Sun. Sept. 27 Edmonton Rexall Place 5:00 PM
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09-02-2009, 12:16 PM
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I like Mike Green as a player and all but wtf..... rofl, he looks like such a douche, all he's missing is the popped collar   http://www.greenlife52.com/ | |
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09-02-2009, 12:23 PM
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HOCKEY TIME BABY!!!!! Sweet...
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09-02-2009, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 7seven I like Mike Green as a player and all but wtf..... rofl, he looks like such a douche, all he's missing is the popped collar
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09-02-2009, 12:55 PM
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09-02-2009, 01:22 PM
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Well at least he's not doing any tricep push...
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09-02-2009, 01:29 PM
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12 yeasrs woot
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09-02-2009, 02:48 PM
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#2098 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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I love Lu but I think 12 years is way too long. Look at what happen to great goalies as they got older, eddy, curtis, etc... I think 8 years would have been ideal but we'll see how all this plays out and what's scary is I'll be 40 years old when Lu's contract is up, LOL.
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09-02-2009, 02:50 PM
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#2099 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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09-02-2009, 03:22 PM
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Who cares how long the contract is, the cap hit is only 5.33 million per season. The annual salary cap is projected at a 5% increase which is suppose to be at about 80 million by his 8th year. I'm sure he will retire way before he hits 40, and when he does, his salary won't go against the cap (cause he signed before 35 years of age).
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