Originally Posted by Bai Qi44
Don't have too much time to respond to the other stuff you said. I'll respond to that stuff later in the night when I'm free.
Anyway, I hate the Morrison signing and this is the part where we miss Burke. Burke was a tough arse negoiatior and would've taken Morrison to arbitration. Nonis, at first I thought he was a genious and didn't just go out there and sign any big names to huge contracts, but after this signing, I sersiously think he's not so smart. I don't mind him trading Sopel away for a conditional pick cause Sopel, shoud he go to arbitration, would've made a whopping amount. Morrison is quite another case. He did not perform up to par even though he plays on the top line in hockey. Everyone knew he admitted publicly to wanting to stay in Vancouver. Because of this, Nonis could've taken him to arbitration and most likely, the arbitrator would've given Morrison $2.75 mill, if not less. Morrison would've accepted this deal and stay in Vancouver cause he wanted to all along. If this would've gone to arbitration, Morrison would've gotten at least around $400,000 -$500,000 less. $500,000 is a lot in a "capped" NHL. I read what you wrote about chemistry and all with our first line, but you know what? Chemistry for one line is important, the overall skill level of the team is more important. I would much rather sign Andrew Cassels for half Morrison's price and still get a quality NHL d-man, whether than just giving Morrison all that money. This has a really bad dominos effect on the rest of the team too you know? Now, other RFAs are going to be demanding raises and significant ones at that. And because of this, we'll run out of cap room and must rely on Moose players to fill the roster (if we have any money left). We're still short 2 quality NHL d-men and a winger for the Sedins, which we'll never get anyway. If we don't sign Cloutier (he's the most important piece of the puzzle right now and I think he'll demand a $500,000 increase), we're screwed if we even want to contend for the playoffs. Ohlund will probably demand around $4mil cause of all the other idiot d-men signings.
Btw, I can't believe your comment about Chubarov. Have you ever watched him play? He's great at faceoffs, checks like mad, and has a bit of a scoring touch. The best part about him is that he's cheap. How are you going to replace him at that price? You're underrating him.
Nonis said they're will be trades, but trading a guy like Chubarov won't help your cap problems any. One of (Cloutier, Morrison, Bertuzzi, Jovo, Linden, or Ohlund) has to go cause they make way too much. Our d is already very thin so we can't afford to trade them. Why the hell would Nonis sign Morrison to that much. He's easily the most easy replaceable part (cause Cassels is still around and he's been good with Naslund before). However, I don't see Nonis trading away Morrison. Linden has a no trade clause and I doubt he'll waive it. The only option left is Bertuzzi??? His name has been mention in a lot of trades. Do you want to put all your eggs in one basket or do you want us to spread the wealth? I'm all for Morrison going, but Nonis isn't smart and he won't do this after his stupid signing.