Foote signs with...............

[handsome sugardaddy]

COLUMBUS


I'm glad...........me thinks that Adam Foote is a wee bit slow on the skates. That is not going to bode well in the new NHL of no center ice Red Line.

 

[handsome sugardaddy]

Actually is the very bad news........in that he signed for 13.5 million over 3 years. Basically 4.5 million per year. That means that Niedamayer surely will get at least 6 million. Too rich for the Leafs blood at this time. In general it sets the free agent signing bar a little higher than what most expected for him to fetch........many believed he was a 2.5 to 3.5 million a year player.

Also interesting to note is that he signed with a "small market" team, as opposed to a big market team.

Yes Dorothy, the greed for money still exists with the hockey players.

 

[ottawasub]

Actually is the very bad news........in that he signed for 13.5 million over 3 years. Basically 4.5 million per year. That means that Niedamayer surely will get at least 6 million. Too rich for the Leafs blood at this time. In general it sets the free agent signing bar a little higher than what most expected for him to fetch........many believed he was a 2.5 to 3.5 million a year player.

Also interesting to note is that he signed with a "small market" team, as opposed to a big market team.

Yes Dorothy, the greed for money still exists with the hockey players.

What was he supposed to say " No I think I`ll turn down that money for the good of the other owners ."? It`s not like he`s some holdout who wasn`t honouring his contract, or some guy waiting the team out to the last minute. He took an offer that given to him on the first day of free agency. He`s been around for a long time and paid his dues, I have no problem with him cashing in for likely his last contract.

Personally I think it`s way more than I figured he`s worth. Very interesting that everyone blamed the big markets for overpriced contracts, and the first ridiculous contract of the new era comes from a small-market team. So much for the idiot-proof system.

 

[BrianK]

$4.5 per season for Foote is too much in my opinion. He's good, but not that good. I'd much rather have Danny Markov ($2.3) for half Foote's salary. By giving $4.5 per season to Foote means he's worth more than Redden ($3.7), Chara ($3.7), and Jovanoski ( $3.9). I don't think so, not for $4.5 million per season. I think Columbus could have got him lower.

 

[Dimitri]

crap

that is a huge price a long term deal worth 4.5 liked foote at that price not so much ne more.

 

[Sarge]

I'm glad for Columbus in this matter. So it might be a little high, but they're allowed to splurge now. They have a lot of cap room, and if they feel that Foote can help get them in the playoffs then it's worth every penny to them.

I don't think this is going to set the market, it's going to take at least a season for everything to settle in to the new market. I think we'll hear about more out-of-the-blue signings like this in the next few weeks. Players who think they'll wait a month or two, hoping they'll get better offers, will find themselves in a spot of trouble. If I was a betting man I'd say that by the end of August, if a FA isn't signed yet, he'll be signing a short term contract for less than his actual value. Then he goes thru the whole thing all over again next summer, where hopefully he can get a deal better suited to the actual market.

(bah, that likely doesn't make sense...it's hard to explain in words...)

Anyways, I read an article recently about the Blue Jackets and the city of Columbus. In a nutshell it's annoying as hell to see Columbus lumped in with the other non-hockey market cities whenever contraction is discussed. Columbus is a hockey mad city, with tremendous fan support (just as much, or better, than a lot of other cities that are considered traditional hockey hot-beds). With Foote there, and Nash scoring goals, I'm really looking forward to NHL Center Ice and watching the odd Columbus game.

 

[21pro]

COLUMBUS


I'm glad...........me thinks that Adam Foote is a wee bit slow on the skates. That is not going to bode well in the new NHL of no center ice Red Line.

he may have slowed a bit over the years, but as a junior he won the fastest skater in the OHL the year after he was drafted by Quebec. He's also known as one of the hardest defenceman to beat one on one by skating around. Pronger is the another of the most difficult to beat... but he uses his stick and long reach in the equation... Foote does it by being an excellent lateral skater; just whatch some of his footage, it's amazing how well he covers guys in his own end. A big reason why Roy didn't face many shots on him in his later career!

i think he would have been a good pick for the leafs because they have a serious problem with 'too many shots against' every year for like, as long as i can remember... there just isn't many really good defensive defencemen out there like Blake, Pronger and Regehr that the leafs really need.

 

[dj1470]

Also interesting to note is that he signed with a "small market" team, as opposed to a big market team.

Heard McLean on the tube lamenting all the media who call Columbus a "small market". He was quite right when he said Columbus has close to a million and with Dayton, Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, and Springfield the fan base is huge. With OSU in Columbus that adds another 100000 to the population. He also added that Columbus consistently sells out and has over 10000 season ticket holders - one of the best in the league. Don't know if they are a "small" market anymore. With all the talent they now have Foote may have been looking at the team and saying this might be his best chance to win as well as get the $$$. With Tampa winning the last cup the days of Toronto, New York, and Detroit being the destination of choice in order to "win" a cup might be over. Watch out next season for Columbus if they pick up a decent goalie they might be one of the toughest teams out there.

 

[handsome sugardaddy]

Heard McLean on the tube lamenting all the media who call Columbus a "small market". He was quite right when he said Columbus has close to a million and with Dayton, Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown, and Springfield the fan base is huge. With OSU in Columbus that adds another 100000 to the population. He also added that Columbus consistently sells out and has over 10000 season ticket holders - one of the best in the league. Don't know if they are a "small" market anymore. With all the talent they now have Foote may have been looking at the team and saying this might be his best chance to win as well as get the $$$. With Tampa winning the last cup the days of Toronto, New York, and Detroit being the destination of choice in order to "win" a cup might be over. Watch out next season for Columbus if they pick up a decent goalie they might be one of the toughest teams out there.

All true what you said, fact remains, that Columbus has close a million. That puts in the same category as Calgary, Edmonton. Can you think of any other city in the NHL that has less than a million?? I can't. They are a small market........that is why there is no NFL........no NBA.........or no MLB. The Columbus Philharmonic is not world reknowned nor is the is Columbus Museum.
ESPN, ABC, CBS, and NBC would consider that market small fry..........McClean can lament all he wants...........them the facts.

 

[dj1470]

All true what you said, fact remains, that Columbus has close a million. That puts in the same category as Calgary, Edmonton. Can you think of any other city in the NHL that has less than a million?? I can't. They are a small market........that is why there is no NFL........no NBA.........or no MLB. The Columbus Philharmonic is not world reknowned nor is the is Columbus Museum.
ESPN, ABC, CBS, and NBC would consider that market small fry..........McClean can lament all he wants...........them the facts.

I beg to differ. What makes one city "small" and another "large". The population? amount of sporting championships? number of other sports francises? TV contracts? You would probably call Phoenix or Minneapolis a small market but they have NBA, NFL, MLB? If you asked anyone living in the US about Toronto they would most likely say "small market" or "Toronto who?". Is Montreal small market now that they lost the Expos? Ask people in Alberta if they feel Calgary or Edmonton are small market and you'll have an argument. As for ESPN or any other network go to Columbus when OSU plays Michigan in November and count the TV dishes and then say "small market".

 

[handsome sugardaddy]

I beg to differ. What makes one city "small" and another "large". The population? amount of sporting championships? number of other sports francises? TV contracts? You would probably call Phoenix or Minneapolis a small market but they have NBA, NFL, MLB? If you asked anyone living in the US about Toronto they would most likely say "small market" or "Toronto who?". Is Montreal small market now that they lost the Expos? Ask people in Alberta if they feel Calgary or Edmonton are small market and you'll have an argument. As for ESPN or any other network go to Columbus when OSU plays Michigan in November and count the TV dishes and then say "small market".

What makes a city small in the financial sports world, is the population....YES.

According the U.S. Census for 2004.......Columbus was ranked 15th in the nation.

Phoenix is ranked sixth, so no I would not call them small.......that must be why they have a major sports team in every league. Minneaplis is not ranked in the top 20 by themselves, because you need to include the city of St. Paul, combing the two together then brings them in at number 9. That is also why they have a team in every major league. Calgary and Edmonton are small market, as is Buffalo..........and Montreal, can arguably be classfied as a small market city now as well. Dwindling population for the past 30 years has made them a not so attractive city for sports teams as well as buisness in general.

The legascy of Rene Levesque lives on.