7.5 per

7.5 per year

TSN has the corrected figures up now.

Sounds like it could potentially turn into another typical Broadway signing, but the Gomez trade makes it seem as if they can get away with it these days.

Glad we didn’t sign him for that long at 7.5. That’s too long for such an often injured player.

Dreger corrected it…

It’s frustrating, I know… but the fact is, NY is the only place who was going to give him that kinda money. A speed player with a surgically repaired hip….I wouldn’t have gambled that kinda money either.

The Kings need to extend Frolov. I think if Dean does nothing else this summer, that’s the most important thing he can do, or trade him for a nice return (i.e. – a scoring LW with a decent contract)

Havlat & Moen…..Just hope for at least one of them.

I’m glad Dean never ended up with this one but I would have loved to have seen Hossa in a Kings uni.
I’ll take a pass on the remaining big names also like Havlat (injury case similar to Gaborik) or Tanguay.
Let’s hope our young guys keep progressing, I guess…

They can have him for those terms. Anything more then three years is a bad deal.

People will flip out… but I’m sure calls were made.
But Gaborik is not going to turn down a payday like that to come in L.A. for 2-3 years. DL standing his ground was a good thing on this.

But it looks like a trade is going to be more likely. And for that, you have to give up assets. I was only hoping to get a top line player where the only asset given up was cash. But if players still don’t want to come here yet, then it means it’s up to Kopitar and the boys’ play this year to convince them.

I know these deals seem insane and everyone keeps saying how stupid they are and how screwed teams like the Rangers, Flyers, Detroit, Habs, etc are going to be. Yet, year after year these are the teams that always seem to get things done as far as trades and UFA’s. It never seems to bite them in the ass. The Kings management, meanwhile, always seem to be on the golf course. The Kings were the ONLY team last season not to sign even one UFA player. If they spent as much time on some creative signing or trading as they do on thinking up spin and excuses this team might be further along. Now, not necessarily Gaborik for 7 years and 7.5mil. But really, I think for the sake of the team’s credibility with their own players and the fans, DL and crew NEEDS to take some kind of pro-active step this off-season. And no, Travis Moen or Ryan Clowe isn’t going to cut it. It’s great that DL has a raging boner for grinding 3rd liners with a lot of heart but at some point somebody needs to put the puck in the net and that help isn’t coming from within.

I’m good with this-can put Gabby to rest. Better then the stress of always worrying the guy was going to get sidelined with an injury during the year.

I just about drove off the road when I saw that Gaborik was asking for $7.5 for TEN YEARS. Glad to see he came down to earth to a merely-dangerous-overpayment of $7.5 for FIVE years.

Yes, congratulations NY. You’re at a cap hit of $40MM with $16MM in cap space with only THIRTEEN more players to sign. That’s almost $1.3MM per player! Don’t spend it all in one place!

It’s nice to see all my favorite people maxing out their credit cards (I mean cap space) based on the assumption that the credit limit will just keep going up… CGY, NYR, CHI, PHI…

I have been wondering if DL’s actual plan is to pick off Gagne for peanuts from PHI. They have to shed at least $6MM as it stands. And they can’t take salary back. AND they dealt their 1st rounder away. So I’m thinking DL will offer our 1st for Gagne and their 2nd.

“I’m sure calls were made.”

Spoken like a true Kings fan. Well, the Kings won’t be getting any of my hard-earned money this year unless DL does what he’s never been able to do: pull off a major trade for an NHL quality goal scorer. The two, err three, err five, err ten year rebuilding plan will continue ad nauseum until people stop buying tickets.

Helene Elliott was right.

I just heard that Havlat is deciding between the Kings ($6M for 4 years), Detroit ($4.5M for 9 years) and Buffalo ($6M for 6 years) so we’ll see what happens….

Maybe Heatley doesn’t want to go to Edmonton after all….

I agree Cristobal,
This is starting to turn into a laughing stock.

I don’t like Chicago’s signings… they’re going to lose their young stars because they won’t be able to pay them when it comes time to sign them… They are too topheavy with fat contracts at extremely long terms… 12 years for Hossa? Seriously, you LIKE that?

tantrum,

Yes. I do some work in sports broadcasting and understand the process. Which is why DL offering guys in the prime of their career 2-3 year deals at mid-level rates when there are 10-15 teams out there offering more just isn’t going to get it done. LA just isn’t that attractive anymore. The guys that will take that 2-3 year incentive laden deal is going to be a 35-37 year old guy, you know the kind DL doesn’t want. I just think he either needs to get a bit more agressive and/or creative and stop crying about how crazy everything is. Yes, Dean, it is crazy. . .but that’s the market. And, unfortunately for all those (me included) that love that he’s building a lot of general talent through the draft, DL just has NOT drafted anyone with any potential to fill that role of top line scoring threat. I just want Dean to get at least ONE useful offensive player this off season and then keep building on what we already have. Today isn’t the end of the world, there’s still alot of guys out there and the potential for trades. But something tells me Deano is gonna sh*t the bed again this year and he can’t ride the goodwill of the Jack Johnson deal much longer. Especially if Dean can’t get JJ resigned or Fro locked up. Then where will this team be??

If I were Dean, I wouldn’t sign a damn player at this point. Teams will be crying for LA to take contracts. The GM’s that are taking on these contracts are tools.

Dean can sit back and pick and choose who he wants to save down the road.

I wouldn’t even inquire about any other players and just ice the guys we have currently.

Screw it, play the kids. I don’t want to see us handcuffed by the cap.

I like were it has left them TODAY Pumpernicoll, you’re right they may face some serious headaches down the road. Perhaps they’re banking on becoming like Detroit and its “Lidstrom model”, win a cup next year and get everyone to re-sign on at a lower rate in an attempt to keep on winning..

When do we stop questioning if every other team is overpaying and start asking if we are the only ones underpaying? Apparently even with a lowered salary cap, other teams are doing fine signing players. Or even trading away what most Kings’ fans call “untradeable” players like Pronger and Gomez.

I’m glad BluLine knows the terms of the offers Lombardi has been handing out.

I also really don’t appreciate slagging off Quisp. I know he doesn’t need anyone to defend him, but he does such extensive research and really does his homework for this blog. If you’re frustrated then go throw a pillow or even vent it in words…. just not at the participants of this blog please.

I get the feeling Rich is going to want to see a signing here so that we all don’t keep turning on each other and force him to delete more comments.

Thanks for the hard work you’ve done today, Rich. Hopefully it calms down soon.

Everybody needs to calm down! Who in their right mind would sign above average players at best for so many years and for so much money? It simply is stupid and I am glad DL is smarter than that. Sooner or later, DL will have to sign Doughty and all the other young players that will come up, and I wouldn’t want to have to part with our young stars because we signed a chump for $60-80 million or so. Its just not worth it.

DL will wait it out, and pick up the crumbs from teams that need to shed salary. Maybe a Hartnell or Gagne would be available for practically nothing… Anyways, since when is a Gaborik or Hossa worth that kind of obscene money?? I understand Vinny, Nash, Pronger, Phaneuf, Iginla, Malkin, Ovechkin, Crosby, and Charra, among others, demanding that kind of contract, but not Gaborik, Hossa, and Havlat. It is ridiculous!

thing is, free agents did not want to sign with the Kings BEFORE DL was the manager–not since the early 90′s with gretsky did folks want to play here. So seems to me patience is all we’ve reasonably got. I notice Hossa, for example, always seemed to pick the best contender. For Hossa, it was not just about the $. He took the $ too of course.

What a great day. I do not see any teams left out there with cap space. We recieved a second last year for taking Gauthier, O’d and Q for free. This summer could be even better. Hold on to your gunpowder DL.

Quisp – we already have Philly’s second, but I would take their third for taking on Gagne’s contract or four 1st for Briere?

cristobal – you went way out of bounds. I would hope you wake up tomorrow and realize you owe an apology.

butthole – you are also better than this.

With Hossa, I can see getting that kind of money, but Gaborik with his injury history, no way. The Rags basically said we don’t care if you have a history of injuries,we’ll give you a max contract at 5 years. That is not being smart at all and I hope it bites them in the ass the same way Reddens contact is.And who is going to get him the puck,…Boyle?They just traded one of their top centers to make room for him. You talk about a laughing stock.

Unfortunately my insider info hasn’t afforded me the opportunity to know how many years Lombardi offered Havlat.