And then Chiarelli decided it was time to explain his position on the situation with the restricted free agent. Chiarelli joked that he could “just give him a pailful of money and it will be done.” He went on to explain:
“It’s a different system now. It really is a different system now and to be a hard-liner so to speak, you have to keep in mind what these players make after their entry-level contracts. The percentage of increase is huge. And what it does is it throws everything else out of whack. So there’s a balance that you have to keep. And Phil’s a terrific young player.
“And I’m responsible to our team and the fact that there’s a fixed-cost system that may go down, all parties considered have to look at the team, have to look at their own interest and you see more sacrifices made on both sides now. These are things that a lot of people don’t understand or they fail to look at. It’s a lot more of a balancing act now than ever.
Here is the zinger and I almost have to think that maybe the cheap label might be a little deserved, it's not like Chiarelli is the second coming of Harry Sinden but Kessel deserves to be paid after scoring 36 goals and would have probably scored 40+ had he not gotten mono. Lastly, in my opinion I believe the Bruins have over paid Bergeron and Krecji might have actually deserved a little more.
“It becomes a distraction because the other party starts making it a distraction,” he said. “I understand all the tools of their trade too. I used to be an agent. So you deal with it. We have a strong room, we’ve got strong leadership. It’s just part of the game.
“I just get a little disturbed when they talk about us being cheap. Because it’s not about that. Look at some of the second contracts we’ve given — (Patrice) Bergeron, (David) Krejci. It’s not about that. It’s about a balance.”
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Maybe Phil deserves to be paid but the point is that the Bruins don't have the cap space to pay him what he wants without moving significant pieces. Phil's a big boy and should understand that if he holds out for big money he's writing his ticket out of Boston.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore I don't understand how you can call the Bruins cheap in one breath and then say they probably paid Bergeron too much. If they were cheap wouldn't everybody be underpaid?
Kessel is worth at least as much and probably more than the money that Krejci signed for. Further more, I think the Bruins management is bungling the contract negotiation. 35-40 goal scorers do not come around every day and since they do not have a player that can score 35-40 goals and they should be moving someone to make room for said player.
ReplyDeleteThe past three season Patrice B ahs scored 106 points while Kessel has scored 136 points so one could say that PB is over paid and Kessel would deserve the type of money that he asking for. What do you think he should sign for 1.1 million left under the cap? Please!
should say has scored 106.
ReplyDeleteSo yeah they are being cheap. I am not the only one that sees it this way.