Good news! Kovalchuk's contract voided so Luongo's may be too.....

[BJhunter]

I know it's a stretch, but based on the arbritrator's comments, it's clear that our stupid Lui, Hossa's, Pronger etc was meant to circumvent the cap. When u r frontloading these longterm contracts to lower the average salary, well eventually it's gonna catch up, thus the Devils are finding out.

But it would just be splendid if we can get rid of Lui's contract! not just based on his lack of playoff performance, it's obvious u don't need an expensive goalie in a salary-cap system--look at past Stanley cup winners: Detroit, Pittsburgh & Chicago. Their goalies were just better than the runner ups.

And certainly better than our crap Lui who can't hold his fort for the $5.33 mill he's making!

 

[Cock Throppled]

Won't happen. Devils pushed the limit for these stupid longterm contracts, but they'll keep happening - just not so obviously.

 

[HubbaHubba]

Arbitrator Richard Bloch's ruling to side with the NHL on voiding Ilya Kovalchuk's contract on Monday could affect other such front-ended hockey contracts.

Canucks general manager Mike Gillis confirmed to the Vancouver Sun via email late Monday night that the league is looking into Roberto Luongo's 12-year contract that was signed last fall.

"We have complied with the NHL request for information and are awaiting further instructions," Gillis told The Sun. "Cannot say anything further at this point."

Bloch's ruling specifically mentioned the contracts of Luongo, Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Chris Pronger, Boston Bruins forward Marc Savard and Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa as deals that the league is still investigating.

"Each of these players will be 40 or over at the end of the contract term and each contract includes dramatic divebacks," Bloch wrote in his ruling. "Pronger's annual salary, for example, drops from $4,000,000 to $525,000 at the point he is earning almost 97% of the total $34,450,000 salary.

"Roberto Luongo, with Vancouver, has a 12- year agreement that will end when he is 43. After averaging some $7,000,000 per year for the first nine years of the Agreement, Luongo will receive an average of about 1.2 million during his last 3 years, amounting to some 5.7% of the total compensation during that time period."

The NHL Players' Association argued that those four deals were approved and that Kovalchuk's deal should be approved as well.

Bloch disagreed with that point, writing:

"The apparent purpose of this evidence is to suggest that the League's concern is late blooming and/or inconsistent. Several responses are in order: First, while the contracts have, in fact, been registered, their structure has not escaped League notice: those SPCs [standard player's contracts] are being investigated currently with at least the possibility of a subsequent withdrawal of the registration."

Pronger, Luongo, Hossa and Savard are among a long list of players who have signed long-term deals that included extra years with diminished salary.

I'd love to get Lou off the books....here's hoping the arbitrator overturns those contracts! Yesssssssssssssss!

 

[HubbaHubba]

Canucks won't say it but I guarantee they would love to get rid of Lou. The length is way to long and he has not produced as a top flight goalie.

 

[BJhunter]

Finally we agree.....

Canucks won't say it but I guarantee they would love to get rid of Lou. The length is way to long and he has not produced as a top flight goalie.

....in addition to having good cocks sucked, we can agree that Luongo has ripped off the nucks fans & the Aquilini Group.

Shame on Lui the Crap for farting out such stinky playoff performances!

 

[LittleAsianGuy]

Lui just took the best offer and not his fault some team offer him such a contract. I do hope we get rid of lui and get the stanley cup goalie from chicago for much less.

we can agree that Luongo has ripped off the nucks fans & the Aquilini Group.

 

[LittleAsianGuy]

If luongos contract gets void ...would he get more than 6 mill a yr for his next contract? Since the stanley cup goalie is not getting that much money.

 

[mercyshooter]

In sports, long term contracts are downfalls to the economy in terms of competition!

 

[Devils_Advocate]

I'd love to see Lou's contract voided... But when has the NHL head office ever done the Canucks or BJHunter any favors?

 

[Cock Throppled]

Why can't they just say whatever the salary is in any given year applies to the cap?

Make the fucking contract 50 years long if they want, but no amortization. Who cares if you're earning $200 in 2060? You get paid six mil this year - that's the team's cap hit.
Problem solved.

 

[Inamorato]

It would be a blessing to have Lou's contract voided, but I doubt it will happen. The goalie market has sure changed in the past year though, so he couldn't ask for 7-8 mil like he was last year...

With The Canuck's luck, it would happen after Niemi signs with another team, and there are no other decent options available, so they will re-sign Lou at a higher cap hit for a shorter term.

It would have been great if they had voided the deal when guys like Halak and Turco were available at bargain prices.

 

[snif]

We had a bad playoff , and now u are shitting all over the goalie?
How about the fact he had no healthy defence in front of him?
You are all the same homo's who will be wanting to suck his wap dick next year when he takes us deep.....
and BJ hunter has lots of experience.

 

[gocanucks]

I am a big Luongo fan but if we can get him for cheaper because negotiating a new contract would work in Gillis' favour.