Comments on: O’Reilly offersheet: ‘Now we can move forward as a hockey club’ says Avs GM

By: LampyB

LampyB — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:07:08 +0000

I’m interested to see how o’reilly performs under a soured relationship. Getting the money he desired after such a sh*tshow certainly isn’t going to help him take his game to the next level. That’s done under positive conditions and a lot of team support.

By: kaptaanamerica

kaptaanamerica — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:27:39 +0000

the offer sheet by Calgary just shows how stupid and how bad of an organization Calgary is. by signing this guy for 2 years at this much money Calgary just raise the bar on how much the second contractors get paid. we just had a lock out because of stupid decisions like this by the flames.

By: phillyphanatic77

phillyphanatic77 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:25:06 +0000

This press conference looked extremely awkward. The Avs GM didn’t seem pleased at all with the signing. It’s very probable that the relationship is toxic right now. I mean what was it all for? The Avs front office basically destroyed a relationship because they refused to pay O’Reilly $5 mil/yr, caused a lengthy holdout (that furthered the dislike AND hurt the club on ice), then gave him what he wanted anyway. He’s not worth that money (yet) but what kind of message are you sending when you adamantly refuse to pay the guy for so long then basically cave. It’s certainly not gonna help future negotiations. And what if he doesn’t live up to the deal, doesn’t progress as everyone expects, and the Flames pick a stud in this years draft? History might look back poorly on the decision to match.

By: 19to77

19to77 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:23:33 +0000

No kidding. Tonight’s events really tell you everything about the Avs’ organization. After vacillating for months over this contract and letting their relationship grow absolutely toxic, a chance is given for them to take a bad team’s 1st and 3rd picks in a stacked draft. Instead, they reflexively overpay for O’Reilly I suspect entirely because they didn’t want to feel like the losers of their contract dispute. Which, ironically, matching that overpriced offer sheet makes them.

By: juliath83

juliath83 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:21:26 +0000

Just as an aside, anytime someone uses the phrase “moving forward”, everything they said before that phrase is devoid of any real meaning. Similar to “at the end of the day” and “it is what it is” and basically all other business-like jargon. Your BS meter should be going off for both of these teams.

By: rainyday56

rainyday56 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 05:05:07 +0000

If the Flames were truly interested in acquiring O’Reilly, why did they not offer term? This whole thing reeks of a brokered deal conducted by the Flames HO on the Avs’ behalf. Probably mandated by Bettman, who surely couldn’t stand watching another young talent sitting for the stupid reasons O’Reilly isn’t playing. Bettman would have to act after taking stick for the lockout, concussed stars, unbalanced schedule, and all the other things that have deprived hockey fans while under his watch.

By: williplett

williplett — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:58:45 +0000

http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/26/parise-sticks-up-for-wilds-system/

Nope. THIS is what it looks like when cups trolls. 12 of the 35 comments on this article were from him bashing Parise, the Wild or anything that got in his way. Since that bitter little spree: the Wild have won both games they have played, Parise had a point in each game (including an overtime goal), the Devils lost again and Marty when on IR.

Like I said, I’m curious to see how this all plays out.

By: govtminion

govtminion — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:35:05 +0000

I like bread!

…We’re posting incredibly irrelevant things here to troll, right?

By: atwatercrushesokoye

atwatercrushesokoye — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:25:34 +0000

How exactly did the Avalanche “come to terms” with O’Reilly? They just matched an offer sheet, they had no input into the terms. Same goes with them “getting him signed” another team did that you just matched the offer.

By: 950003cups

950003cups — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 04:24:14 +0000

My Devils suck! Just wanted to let that out.