Comments on: To acquire negotiating rights, or not to acquire negotiating rights?

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 21:01:52 +0000

You are correct

-Wild fan

By: polegojim

polegojim — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:27:49 +0000

Some teams are fearful of Detroit’s cap/cash room and history – these guys may actually get higher than typical offers so they DON’T become Red Wings….

But… as always…. they’d look great in the Winged Wheel… right lordfletch? ; )

By: greatminnesotasportsmind

greatminnesotasportsmind — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:16:46 +0000

Here’s the thing, your naive to think GM’s aren’t talking to their agents right now. If team A trades for exclusive negotiating rights and is offering him X amount of years at X amount, but that player (read agent) knows he can get that and a little more from B on July 1, he’s gonna wait until July 1 to sign.

By: flyersgoalscoredby88

flyersgoalscoredby88 — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:23:55 +0000

I would say Hamhuis paid off for the Flyers…we got Pittsburgh’s 3rd round pick in exchange for sending Ryan Parent anywhere outside of Philadelphia. I’d make that trade every day.

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:10:28 +0000

a second round pick is pretty high, but the Wild could care less if they gave NJ their Washington pick back to them. Not exactly sure where they fall in line in the second round, mid-late #50 ????. If that ensured us getting Parise, no one would think twice about that pick, even if it turned into an elite player down the road, 49 other GM’s past on that prospect and multiple times.

As for Suter, Nashville might not take any offers. They have seemd very confident throughout this process that Suter will re-sign. I personally do not think he will and that Nashville has handled his contract poorly as in forward / future of the club…. I mentioned below a prospect and later round pick could get Suter’s rights but I just don’t know if Nashville will play ball with a trade, especially not with a team like Detroit. I would have to think that would be their least likely trading partner. Detroit needs Suter to hit the FA market

By: bcisleman

bcisleman — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:09:27 +0000

A lot of folks misunderstood the Ehrhoff deal. It wasn’t that Ehrhoff didn’t want to come to the Island. It was that Garth wouldn’t offer the massively front-loaded 10 year term Ehrhoff wanted. Garth was able to quickly flip the 4th rounder he gave up to Vancouver for Buffalo’s 4th–7 behind the Isles’ original 4th round spot.

By: lordfletcher

lordfletcher — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:48:48 +0000

Minnesota (or anyteam) would be dumb to not offer whatever they can as later round picks (anything after the first round), to obtain exclusive signing rights.

I would send the Devils the pick they got in the Zidlicky trade right back to them for a chance at Parise, and I would offer Nashville a lower end prospect like T.Cuma and a 4th round pick.

By: sknut

sknut — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:26:49 +0000

In the case of Suter Russo of the startribune brought up the same question. I think it can be a good idea to get the rights, its harder for the guy to say no when you can apply the full court press. Would a 2nd be fair for Nashville and New Jersey it seems fair to me. There are too many teams with cap space and a team isn’t going to want to miss out on their player.