Comments on: O’Reilly says it was “worth it to wait this long” to sign http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 23:56:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: emperorzero http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144816 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 18:44:56 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144816 I like O’Reilly’s game, but for 5 million a year, he’s really going to have to improve on what he did last year. He gets zero honeymoon time.

]]> By: Plumber 65 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144755 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:28:12 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144755 Is he worth 5 mil a year mmmmmmmmmm. You can’t blame any guy for wanting to to get as much as possible. Especially when it Guaranteed money. I’ll be curious to see how this works out with duchane. He has taken his game to the next level this year and is doing for 1.5 mil less than ROR. Remember boys ROR is a hell of a talent.

]]> By: sampulls http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144697 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:00:32 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144697 Sakic never held out, nor did he never put himself ahead of the team……..ROR has a few dinners to buy for hid teammates this year to wash the bad taste out of everyone’s mouth

]]> By: 19wasthebest http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144693 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:10:55 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144693 Hockeydon, Sakic signed an offer sheet with the Rangers (which was quickly matched)because the Av’s did not want to pay him. Do you see a pattern here?

]]> By: sampulls http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144683 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 02:12:03 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144683 Hockeydon10

You aren’t really that bright are you….

What everyone is hating on this kid for is that he is a 22 year old who held out! Think of all the respected players in the league history such as Sakic. How many times do you think he held out?

]]> By: hockeydon10 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144651 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:00:39 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144651 I don’t get it.

Avs low-balled an offer to him. It’s his right to not sign it.

Flames tender that offer sheet. At worst, his agent tried to get as much as possible for his client. Which is the agent’s job!

He signs the offer sheet for, apparently, WAY more than he was hoping to get from the Avs.

And suddenly he’s to blame for all this mess?

]]> By: ducksk http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144610 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:43:33 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144610 Give his dad some credit. Dad, son and Avs mgmt. all deserve one another. Anyone in hockey knows Avs mgmt a joke in league. The owner is to busy counting Wal-mart fortune to care.

]]> By: govtminion http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144603 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:24:07 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144603 “Heh heh heh… and then momma’s boy got PAAAAAID.”

]]> By: thehighcountrybear http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144596 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 20:36:48 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144596 Making things tougher for O’Reilly will be all the established superior players, making half of what he signed for, dedicating coming encounters to proving O’Reilly is vastly overpaid! This guy is going to have to earn every inch of ice and every dollar in payment for the effort…

]]> By: tfaltin http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144576 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 19:51:46 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144576 He’s entitled to hold out and get the contract he feels fair. But I really hope this quote was taken out of context somehow. I thought the kid was smarter than to say something like that.

]]> By: hockeyflow33 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144539 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:41:25 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144539 If you didn’t learn this offseason that the NHL is a business and not your local beer league, I feel sorry for you

]]> By: hockeyflow33 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144537 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:39:47 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144537 So he should just ignore questions from reporters?

]]> By: sjtorpitt http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144518 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:03:27 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144518 Really? It was worth it? Betray your team and your fans and holding out for money you certainly don’t deserve, what a joke this guy is. I hope Colorado fans don’t take too nicely to him in his return.

]]> By: 950003cups http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144517 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:01:40 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144517 He better invest that money. If in 2 years, he doesn’t put up numbers, it’s gonna be a tough situation getting a new contract.

]]> By: 19to77 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144513 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:22:12 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144513 Aaaaand now he finds the nearest camera and rubs the Avalanche front office’s (and his teammates’) noses in it. Gonna love Duchene’s reaction to this. What an immature, selfish clown.

]]> By: kingsforever http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144506 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:06:50 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144506 ROR is a clown. Enough about him

]]> By: freneticgarfieldfan http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144494 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:48:48 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144494 “It was a big number. I didn’t really expect that” – so, how much did he actually ask for when negotiating with the Avalance?
Exactly.
For 10 million some might also expect some honesty.

]]> By: sampulls http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/02/oreilly-says-it-was-worth-it-to-wait-this-long-to-sign/comment-page-1/#comment-144490 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:36:45 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1221432#comment-144490 This guy should shut his trap and play hockey. Starting to sound like another less talented version of Lindros.

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