Mitchy moo
07-02-2007, 12:59 AM
For the record, Briere couldn't lead a virgin to her 1st cherry pop much less a hockey team. He has had 2 good seasons and is a guy in the right place at the right time. His supporting cast was a huge factor and now he and Marty can talk frenchie f@g stuff together all day.
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"Nuts," one agent said of the term. "That's why the CBA is so good for top-end players."
"I don't know where people are coming up with those numbers," added one GM, talking in terms of both the average cap hit of the Briere deal ($6.5 million) and the length of the deal.
Although this GM said he thought Briere was worth closer to $5 million a year, he acknowledged that with the number of teams believed to be interested in the slick center reaching double digits, it was the security the Flyers offered that was the deciding factor.
"Under the cap system you have to be a little bit creative," Briere's agent, Pat Brisson, told ESPN.com on Sunday night.
For instance, Briere nearly signed a seven-year deal with the Flyers, but they wanted to spread the cap hit over an extra year.
"It worked out. They're getting a great player," Brisson said.
Not surprisingly, there was a domino effect after the Briere deal.
Within a matter of hours, the Rangers shocked the hockey world by inking the two remaining members of "the big three" centers available on the market -- Scott Gomez (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=312) and Chris Drury (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=231).
Gomez signed a seven-year deal worth $51.5 million, and Drury, perhaps the most complete player of the three, signed on with the Blueshirts for five years at a little more than $7 million per season.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=2922910
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"Nuts," one agent said of the term. "That's why the CBA is so good for top-end players."
"I don't know where people are coming up with those numbers," added one GM, talking in terms of both the average cap hit of the Briere deal ($6.5 million) and the length of the deal.
Although this GM said he thought Briere was worth closer to $5 million a year, he acknowledged that with the number of teams believed to be interested in the slick center reaching double digits, it was the security the Flyers offered that was the deciding factor.
"Under the cap system you have to be a little bit creative," Briere's agent, Pat Brisson, told ESPN.com on Sunday night.
For instance, Briere nearly signed a seven-year deal with the Flyers, but they wanted to spread the cap hit over an extra year.
"It worked out. They're getting a great player," Brisson said.
Not surprisingly, there was a domino effect after the Briere deal.
Within a matter of hours, the Rangers shocked the hockey world by inking the two remaining members of "the big three" centers available on the market -- Scott Gomez (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=312) and Chris Drury (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/players/profile?playerId=231).
Gomez signed a seven-year deal worth $51.5 million, and Drury, perhaps the most complete player of the three, signed on with the Blueshirts for five years at a little more than $7 million per season.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=2922910