Fan Of The Game - (Brian Ford)

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• Comment on Habs GM search: What we know
  Another dodge. You don't fool me. As requested, list his accomplishments or are you just a fan of his French name and clueless about his competence. I know what he has done which is little unless you and your ilk still praise doctors, lawyers, and accountants
• Comment on Habs GM search: What we know
  Nice dodge. His resume? What resume? I Asked for details and you present nothing more than RDS or LaPresse propaganda of promoting a local born. You might impress a few here with your long winded posts that say little but your BS answer here means nothing
• Comment on Habs GM search: What we know
  So you "like" MaGuire. That makes him right?
• Comment on Habs GM search: What we know
  Do you think that if Julien Brisebois name was Mike Smith he would even get a sniff? What's he ever done? Tell me exactly his accomplishments that would make him a leader of a hockey department and how a kid just out of diapers would command respect? Because he does cute French lawyer talk?What does he know? If he was so smart why did he screw up a call up some years ago and the Habs had to haul Ryan White off the ice. It never happened since the lockout and was kept hush hush about the big fine. Then you have Mcguire. Same questions. What does a fast talking cliche person know about leading people and running a hockey department. The 2 of them would get eaten alive. Next.
• Comment on Goodbye Canadiens players, hello draft choice
  Pat Hickey wrote The Canadiens will also get some additional relief when they figure out what to do with Scott Gomez and his $7.3-million hit. They’ll have a $1.63-million cap hit for the next four seasons if they buy him out and no hit at all if they park him in Hamilton. --------- You are right and Hickey is wrong. There are 2 aspects to a player buyout-his salary and the team's cap hit. You correctly quote what the Habs would face concerning cap hit over the next 4 years. As for salary, a buyout would pay Gomez 2/3 of the total remaining salary over double the time remaining on the contract. Since Gomez has 2 years of contract term left and $10 Million of actual salary, he would be paid 2/3 of that $10 Million over 4 years which is double the time remaining on the contract term. In other words $1,666,667 per year for 4 years. He would also become an unrestricted free agent. If they park him in Hamilton, they will escape the cap hit but the Habs would still be responsible for paying him his full remaining salary of $5.5 million next year and $4.5 million the year after. Whatever way you look at it, Gomez wins the lottery.
• Comment on Goodbye Canadiens players, hello draft choice
  Renaud Lavoie of RDS posted an interesting anonymous Habs player quote about PK "C’est Andrei Markov qui a été le plus clair en disant devant toutes les caméras qu’il ne voulait pas parler de lui. Quelques coéquipiers ont fait la même chose, dont un qui m’a dit la chose suivante sur le couvert de l’anonymat. « PK fait trop ce qu’il veut sur la glace et hors glace. » On commence donc à en avoir assez. Loose translation. Markov didn't want to discuss Subban-his team mates either, but one said the following under the cover of anonymity "PK does too much of what he wants on the ice and off the ice. We are starting to have enough of that" How long will this distraction go on? If there are no changes in perception of the perceived reality from a majority of players, is one man-PK Subban, bigger than the team? This may well be THE biggest challenge for the next GM and that is to solidify the dressing room and do whatever it takes to get there. If Nashville has a sour run and GM Poile cannot resign Shea Weber, maybe the next Habs GM should be on the phone and dangle the name of PK and whatever else to nail Shea Weber. Why not at least explore the possibility? PK would be a hit in Nashville for several reasons both on and off the ice. If you can trade Gretzky, you can trade Subban.
• Comment on Canadiens say au revoir
  An Offer Sheet is a Declaration of War and depending on the contract offer, the compensation is high. The Habs would always match, then the team that made the Offer Sheet could expect their RFAs to also experience reciprocal treatment for several years after. Another unknown is whether or not GM gang warfare would arise against the GM that would put in the Offer Sheet Last year the compensation was as follows The criteria for RFA draft pick compensation in 2011-12. •$1,034,249 annual cap hit or less: No compensation •$1,034,249 — $1,567,043: Third-round pick •$1,567,043 — $3,134,088: Second-round pick •$3,134,088 — $4,701,131: First and third-round pick •$4,701,131 — $6,268,175: First, second and third-round pick •$6,268,175 — $7,835,219: Two first-round picks, a second and third •$7,835,219 and higher: Four first-round picks