rubberdinghy Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 (edited) I was choked up watching Smyth's goodbye...nearly shed a tear...anyone else manly enough to open up? Edited March 1, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 So, if he cried so much about not wanting to leave why wasnt the extension signed? Reports indicate both sides were off by anywhere between one hundred and three hundred grand. That's pennies in relation to this contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 who knows what really happened behind closed doors...Maybe Lowe was sleeping with his wife...or it's all an elaborate plan...and the Oilers re-sign him this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I heard the radio guys talk about this extensively...something about what Tanguay makes, blah, blah, blah. I think the guy just wants to win and knows he never will in Edmonton. Simple as that. If he re-signs with them, Ill be very surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 So, if he cried so much about not wanting to leave why wasnt the extension signed? Reports indicate both sides were off by anywhere between one hundred and three hundred grand. That's pennies in relation to this contract.I agree. Smyth doesn't want to believe he had a choice in the matter. Bullshit.I have no problem with a player leaving for money or other reasons but spare me the platitude about your "heart" being in Edmonton.Like Steve Warne said on The Team this morning, "Your heart is in your wallet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Smyth doesn't want to believe he had a choice in the matter. I would say he doesnt want the Edmonton fans to believe he had a choice in the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted March 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 oh well...it was still sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 oh well...it was still sad.Sad that a man who gets a 1in a million chance to play in the NHL, actually gets to follow his dream and make alot of money from his passion; has to mislead the people(the fans)who pay the exhorbatent ticket prices and buy the overpriced merchandise to pay him the huge salary and he cries about a couple hundred grand? He should retire and become a politician because thats how it looks to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 You can bet that the loon owner of the Isles will table a big offer to Smyth in the near future. If he doesn't, I wouldn't be shocked if Ryan re-signed with the Oil in the off-season, especially after they miss the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 I highly doubt he re-signs with the Oilers if they couldnt put a package together before the trade deadline. The Meehan/Smyth combo can suck my rod. If I were an Oiler fan, I would be PISSED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 You can bet that the loon owner of the Isles will table a big offer to Smyth in the near future. If he doesn't, I wouldn't be shocked if Ryan re-signed with the Oil in the off-season, especially after they miss the playoffs.Jim Jerome, close friend of old school Oilers, was on The Team this morning and intimated that Smyth might just not have been in Kevin Lowe's longterm plans.Some other pundit pointed out that after the first year or two of his next contract, Smyth will be a depreciating commodity at about 5 million per. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakis Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 In my opinon, it was a great move by the oilers not giving him 5 million a year. He will be a depreciating value. Unfortunatly, ferguson has given lots of players too much money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 This thread is telling us that Jakis is on top of the market and that *someone* is a little crying bitch.Way to go Dinghy Daigle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted March 2, 2007 Report Share Posted March 2, 2007 The problem I see here is that the Oilers grossly overpaid when re-signing guys like Horcoff, Hemsky and Pisani last summer. They made the mistake of not negotiating and extending Smyth before blowing the budget on the rest of them.$5 - 5.5 M doesn't look so bad for Smyth when you consider:Shawn Horcoff - Signed three-year, $10.8 million deal ($3.6 million/yr)Ales Hemsky - Signed six-year, $24.6 million deal($3.5 million/yr) Fernando Pisani - Signed four-year, $10 million deal ($2.5 million/yr)Jarret Stoll - Signed two-year, $4.4 million deal ($2.2 million/yr)Petr Sykora - Signed one-year deal, $2.9 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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