LMFAO, so you will pay a bottom 6 guy nearly $3 mil per but won't lock down your best D man and want to pay him $4 mil.
Teams lowballing arbitration numbers is standard practice. So is players/agents overvaluing what they're looking for. It's a standard tactic. The Jets know $4million isn't enough for 1-2 bridge for a RHD like Trouba and Trouba's camp know that for a low term contract they won't get $7 million. Arbitration will get somewhere in between.
For Lowry, slightly more than I thought but 3 years eats one of his UFA years I believe. Good contract, he's a good and versatile bottom 6 player.
Teams lowballing arbitration numbers is standard practice. So is players/agents overvaluing what they're looking for. It's a standard tactic. The Jets know $4million isn't enough for 1-2 bridge for a RHD like Trouba and Trouba's camp know that for a low term contract they won't get $7 million. Arbitration will get somewhere in between.
For Lowry, slightly more than I thought but 3 years eats one of his UFA years I believe. Good contract, he's a good and versatile bottom 6 player.
Obviously they are lowballing Trouba because thats standard practice but do you really want to insult him and piss him off more? He already gave you 2 years of a bargain, it is time to pay the man. $6.25 is where it should be.
As for Lowry, if he had another year of RFA status after this year then I would have let the arbiter give him a 1 year deal as a prove you can do it again year. He likely would be closer to the $2 mil range.
LMFAO, so you will pay a bottom 6 guy nearly $3 mil per but won't lock down your best D man and want to pay him $4 mil.
Lowry is more to the Jets than a bottom 6 guy. He is also a guy that can play higher up if needed. As for Trouba, its only because of salary arbitration that they offered him 4M. They will prob settle for 5.5 if they don't sign a long term contract today.
Obviously they are lowballing Trouba because thats standard practice but do you really want to insult him and piss him off more? He already gave you 2 years of a bargain, it is time to pay the man. $6.25 is where it should be.
As for Lowry, if he had another year of RFA status after this year then I would have let the arbiter give him a 1 year deal as a prove you can do it again year. He likely would be closer to the $2 mil range.
6.25 is for a long term contract. Not a one year. Thats why its low...That is also the nature of this business....Welcome to Salary arbitration
Lowry is more to the Jets than a bottom 6 guy. He is also a guy that can play higher up if needed. As for Trouba, its only because of salary arbitration that they offered him 4M. They will prob settle for 5.5 if they don't sign a long term contract today.
Lowry isn't that good! He is probably slightly better than Raffl.
Love it. Just under 3mill for a player who generates a better relative differential of high danger chances than anyone else in the league, and contributes offense at the pace of a 2C relative to ice time. As long as he plays more than 60 games a year this is a perfect signing.
Funny how people here think bottom 6 players should get this and that and the Lowry contract is too much an so on. Fact is that it's in line with other contracts given in similar conditions. GM's don't look at player's supposed line, they look at their overall contribution and base the player's value on that.
Lowry is one of the best bottom six players in the league and is Winnipeg's primary shutdown center. I like this contract. Just look at his underlying numbers from last season with primarily defensive zone starts, albeit in only 45 games played. Still impressive, nonetheless.
one look at komarov new contract 3m X 4 yrs, and maybe this is new going rate for 3/4 line left wingers.
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The difference is that Adam Lowry is a better player than Leo Komarov. Lowry's underlying stats are good and are undervalued.
The REAL difference is that Lowry is an RFA and Komarov was a UFA.
And everyone knows that Komy's contract is brutal....even Lamourello....Lou also knows the NYI won't have cap trouble during Komy's tenure....so his cap hit is irrelevant.
Obviously they are lowballing Trouba because thats standard practice but do you really want to insult him and piss him off more? He already gave you 2 years of a bargain, it is time to pay the man. $6.25 is where it should be.
As for Lowry, if he had another year of RFA status after this year then I would have let the arbiter give him a 1 year deal as a prove you can do it again year. He likely would be closer to the $2 mil range.
It's a two way street. Insulting in over valuing and asking for more then what you are actually worth is just as insulting!