Up or contracts?

flowerpower · Veteran Member

Up or contracts?

heet_150 · Guru

I think Bonk stays. 2.4 million this contract. Can he really expect a raise as a no better than third line center? (By the way, I am one of the few Bonk fans)

I really hope BG tries to extend Ryder's contract through the year, and not have to worry about free agency. Imagine how he would elevate his game with a nice fat contratc extention.

I don't think Souray will be in Montreal by the trade deadline. More of a gut feeling than anything else. I think Markov and Komisarek bring more to the team, and I can't imagine a huge market for Rivet or Niinimaa.

Habtastic · Guru

Bonk, Abby, Souray, gone. Chipchura and Danis in... maybe Emelin, as well. Rivet takes a pay-cut because he is not worth more than 2 mil. we need to save some money because we will be paying a lot out to keep the rest of the team intact. I also think Kovalev or Samsonov will be moved to make room for Kostitsyn. Lapierre will take the 4th-line RW position giving us a more intense team over-all. I am so excited about our prospects! Every year we have more that look ready to steal a spot.

And that is #999... one more to go!

Habtastic

Traveling Hab · Veteran Member

Bonk is a good but overpaid 3rd or 4th line guy. We could expect to see him take a small paycut to stay, or we could bring up Chip or Grabo in his place. I would love to see Grabo come up, and If he finds the expected chemistry with Kostsitsyn in Hamilton you might see both make a push for the team together. Chip is good too, but has more of a two-way forward skill set than a scoring line skill set. Grabo is a rare complete prospect.

As for our resignings, we need Markov and Ryder. Rivet and Komi too, but only Markov and Ryder are completely irreplaceable for us.

macneil · Guru

in my opinion

bonk is gone hes playing allright but 3rd 4th liners cant make more than 1.5 mil .chips takes his spot .

ryder will get alittle over 3mil for 3 years if he excedes last years numbers .

rivet will get about 2 mil , the cant pay him less than boulion .

markov will get 3.5-4 mill if he has as good a season as last year.

komi 1.2mil .

sourey will probably look for more money and sign elsewhere.

niinamaa , if he likes it here and plays well i can see him getting 2 mill to stay here .

aeby will be gone , johnson probably gone as well .

we will have a big turnover next year.atleast 4-5 new bodies.

chelii chilli · Member

Bonk-Gone

Souray-Gone

Rivet-Signs

Markov-Signs

Abby-signs

Ryder-Stays

Kovalev-TRADED THIS YEAR

AB Habman · Guru

I'll bet you guys that Rivet signs for between 2.5 to 3.0 mil/per.

Gainey will give him what he wants with possibly a "No Trade".

plouf · Guru

I don't know about that. Rivet is just a #3-4 defenseman.

barry33 · Guru

plouf wrote:

I don't know about that. Rivet is just a #3-4 defenseman.

Ya..but I think Bob set the bar high when he signed the Cube.