Guru Tugginmypuddah
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I wonder how guys like Kadri and Rielly feel about their deals now.
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Guru Tugginmypuddah said:I wonder how guys like Kadri and Rielly feel about their deals now.
Nik the Trik said:Guru Tugginmypuddah said:I wonder how guys like Kadri and Rielly feel about their deals now.
My hunch is they don't really care. They're focused on hockey and they have enough money to effectively do whatever they want, live wherever they choose and have the various things they want.
When guys are pending free agents I think they want a deal that establishes themselves within a pecking order as a reflection of how they see their own talents with the side benefit of setting them up for life but the idea that they're particularly driven by the sort of retirement planning(and the difference between 20 and 30 or 40 million) strikes me as unlikely.
Guru Tugginmypuddah said:So, we can pretend that the Nylander situation exists in a vacuum, but the other thing I wonder is how do the rest of the Leafs, and even other players on other teams view Nylanders tactics.
Guru Tugginmypuddah said:So, we can pretend that the Nylander situation exists in a vacuum, but the other thing I wonder is how do the rest of the Leafs, and even other players on other teams view Nylanders tactics.
Nik the Trik said:Guru Tugginmypuddah said:I wonder how guys like Kadri and Rielly feel about their deals now.
My hunch is they don't really care. They're focused on hockey and they have enough money to effectively do whatever they want, live wherever they choose and have the various things they want.
When guys are pending free agents I think they want a deal that establishes themselves within a pecking order as a reflection of how they see their own talents with the side benefit of setting them up for life but the idea that they're particularly driven by the sort of retirement planning(and the difference between 20 and 30 or 40 million) strikes me as unlikely.
Frank E said:This is not how I see things at all. If they feel they took discounts to put a winning team together at the behest of management, then they wouldn't be too happy about Nylander getting the money that they left on the table.
Frank E said:This is not how I see things at all. If they feel they took discounts to put a winning team together at the behest of management, then they wouldn't be too happy about Nylander getting the money that they left on the table.
You can keep saying "well, they have millions, so why would they care?", but that statement has been proven wrong historically a thousand times. If they feel as though they're worth just as much as the guy sitting beside them, they're not happy if they're not getting paid the same, just like anyone in any workplace.
Frank E said:If they feel they took discounts to put a winning team together at the behest of management, then they wouldn't be too happy about Nylander getting the money that they left on the table.
Frank E said:You can keep saying "well, they have millions, so why would they care?", but that statement has been proven wrong historically a thousand times.
Frank E said:If they feel as though they're worth just as much as the guy sitting beside them, they're not happy if they're not getting paid the same, just like anyone in any workplace.
Frank E said:And I'm not sure what to tell you, but there plenty of very wealthy and successful people that still work full-time every day trying to make more money to get richer. What can drive them is their legacy, to ensure their kids and grandchildren never have to want for anything.
Frank E said:Suggesting that hockey players whose competitiveness is what made them into professional wealthy athletes all of a sudden aren't competitive when it comes to salary rankings among their peers and future earnings is bananas.
Frank E said:Just to be clear, I said "IF" they feel they took a discount, they'd likely not want the money they left on the table to be given to Nylander because he didn't want to take a discount. I don't know if they were asked to take a little less, like Yzerman asks.