A tear for today

Beermaster · #1 02-27-2007, 09:18 PM

nobody is worth 6 million a year! IMO

okay no i am not going to get into that can of worms here, but i am sad to see him in a different jersy now

ponokareefer · #2 02-27-2007, 09:34 PM

So are there other Oilers fans that are going to jump on the Flames bandwagon again? I, for one, will never.

Delphinus · #3 02-27-2007, 10:21 PM

Come on now. You can't expect him to raise a family on a mere $6 million per year.

ponokareefer · #4 02-28-2007, 12:54 AM

Apparently, the other issue that came up was the length of the contract. He wanted a 5 year deal and the oilers weren't willing to sign a guy for over 5 million for 5 years when he will turn 36 in his last year.

muck · #5 02-28-2007, 02:19 PM

They shoulda dealt with this and signed him back in September..

demon666 · #6 02-28-2007, 09:12 PM

i am a huge oilers fan that is sad to see smitty go...... a rental player i hope but cant see it....... if he is a rental player why wouldnt they deal him to a team that is in the running for the cup???? not a team that is still 1 point out of the playoffs (as of lastnight dont know if that is still the same) sure we got 2 first round players which 1 of isnt even in the nhl and i dont even know if the other 1 is....... and the 1s round pick in the 07 draft is still at least 3 yrs awayto see if that pans out so as sad as it is it is still done smitty is no longer an oiler and for kevin lowe's sake i hope he brings smitty back to oil country in the off season..........but business is business and no matter how you look at it we would all do the same thing given the opprotunity.....

ponokareefer · #7 02-28-2007, 09:28 PM

First off, I hate to ever see Smitty wear another uniform. But if he wants 6million a year, someone else can have him. That type of money is for cornerstone players only, and since he has been here, we have only ever been a marginal team, barely making the playoffs every single year. Last year was an exception, with everything coming together perfectly(well, almost). Do we want to be like the Blackhawks and pay out cornerstone money for guys like aucoin, knabibulin, or havlat? He is in the middle of a career year, and still isn't near the top of the leader board for points. I know he has missed some game with injuries, but still isn't very close. He plays his heart out every single game, but that doesn't mean he should get paid 6 million. A lot of players play their heart out, but they don't get 6 million.