Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

C Pierre Parenteau (farmie)
650K
4 years
default bonus
two-way

C Brandon Dubinsky (prospect)
default, plus two-way

D Ryan McDonagh (prospect)
default, plus two-way

Parentau's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Dubinsky and McDonagh will both consider your offers.

Ryan McDonagh has signed a $450,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Brandon Dubinsky has signed a $800,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced. (contract will be reset to $823,332 to reflect the mandatory 30% raise).

RFA D Ivan Baranka:
585K salary (30% upgrade from original)
default bonus
4 yrs
2-way
TO

Ivan Baranka is not interested in returning to your team.

Pierre Parenteau has signed a $625,000 per year, 4 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

David Kveton
default salary, bonus, years
2-way
TO


Brodie Dupont
1.105M (his freakin 30% raise)
default bonus, years
2-way
TO

David Kveton's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Brodie Dupont's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

David Kveton rejected the $340,000 per year, 4 year offer from New York Rangers.

Brodie Dupont has signed a $1,100,000 per year, 2 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced. (will be reset to 1.105M)

Let's try this again, somewhat altered:

David Kveton
$320K salary
$150K bonus
3 yrs
2-way
TO

Kveton will consider your offer.

Michael Del Zotto
$340K salary
$140K bonus
3 yrs
2-way
TO


Ethan Werek
$300K salary
$110K bonus
3 yrs
2-way
TO


BOTH will be assigned to Hartford as (under-agers) once they sign.

Michael del Zotto's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Ethan Werek's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Ethan Werek has signed a $300,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Michael Del Zotto has signed a $340,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Fredrik Modin
1.8M salary
3.0M bonus
2 yrs
TO

Dan Girardi
1.86M salary
500K bonus
4 yrs
TO

Rostislav Klesla
1.92M salary
500K bonus
3 yrs
TO

Marc Staal
1.08M salary
500K bonus
5 yrs
TO

Fredrik Modin will consider your offer.

Dan Girardi's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Rostislav Klesla's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Marc Staal's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been made. He will consider your offer.

Wayne Primeau
950K salary
700K bonus
2 yrs
TO

Wayne Primeau will consider your offer.

Fredrik Modin has signed a $1,800,000 per year, 2 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Dan Girardi has signed a $1,900,000 per year, 4 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced

Marc Staal has signed a $1,100,000 per year, 5 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Rostislav Klesla has signed a $2,000,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Wayne Primeau has signed a $950,000 per year, 2 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Chris Higgins
$2.7M salary
default bonus
4 yrs
TO

Patrick Marleau
$7M salary
$61.6K bonus (yes, that low)
2 yrs
TO

Corey Locke
$650K salary
default bonus
4 yrs
2-way

Dane Byers
$650K salary
default bonus
3 yrs
2-way
TO

Michael Sauer
$1.2M salary
default bonus
3 yrs
2-way
TO

Corey Potter
$750K salary
default bonus
4 yrs
2-way
TO

Chris Higgins will consider your offer.

Patrick Marleau will consider your offer.

Corey Locke will consider your offer.

Dane Byers will consider your offer.

Michael Sauer will consider your offer.

Corey Potter will consider your offer.

Chris Higgins has signed a $2,750,000 per year, 4 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Patrick Marleau rejected the $7,000,000 per year, 2 year offer from New York Rangers.

Dane Byers has signed a $650,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Corey Potter has signed a $750,000 per year, 4 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Michael Sauer has signed a $1,200,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Corey Locke has signed a $650,000 per year, 4 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Steve Valiquette -- 500K salary, 250K bonus, 1 yr

Mihail Pashnin (prospect) -- default salary and bonus, 3 yrs, TO, 2-way

Valiquette's contract offer was adjusted to $525k since $500k isn't an option in-game, which will be later adjusted.

Both players will consider your offers.

D Jason Lynch
650K salary
default bonus
4 yrs
2-way
TO

G Matt Zaba
$746,850 salary
default bonus
2 yrs
2-way
TO

D Bogdan Kiselevich [prospect]
Default salary, bonus, years
2-way
TO, PO

Jason Lynch's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been extended. He will consider your offer. (offer adjusted to two years, only thing he would consider)

Matt Zaba's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been extended. He will consider your offer.

Bogdan Kiselevich will consider your offer.

Bogdan Kiselevich has signed a $400,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Steve Valiquette rejected the $525,000 per year, 1 year offer from New York Rangers

Pavel Valentenko, $1.1M, default bonus, 4 yrs, 2way, TO

Pavel Valentenko's rights will remain with you as a qualifying offer has been extended. He will consider your offer. (two-year offer consideration only, so offer adjusted to two years)

Mihail Pashnin has signed a $305,000 per year, 3 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Jason Lynch has signed a $650,000 per year, 2 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Matt Zaba has signed a $750,000 per year, 2 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Pavel Valentenko has signed a $1,100,000 per year, 2 year deal with the New York Rangers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Cory Stillman
$3M salary
$1.5M bonus
1 yr
PO


Pat Rissmiller
800K salary
400K bonus
3 yrs
PO


Mikael Salmivirta
default money, year
2-way
TO

All players will consider their offers.

Sebastien Wannstrom
400K
default bonus
3 yrs
TO
2-way

Sebastien Wannstrom will consider your offer.

Want to double-check my figures for Ryan Callahan before making an official offer:

he's a 68/72, for a 70 avg, and has a current salary of 2.3M. (He was signed to this contract pre-EHEC.) So he's subject to a 30% salary decrease, yes? Plus another -100K for his sub-65 ratings in PL and FA?

So.... 2.3M - 690K (30% decrease) - 200K (attributes) = 1.41M

Is this right?

Looks right, yes.

Ok, excellent. So unless I've missed something and there's a substantial difference in the asking price, offer Callahan:

1.41M salary
700K bonus
3 yrs
TO

ELC offer to prospect RW Iiro Pakarinen (850K ... 3rd round pick, 76th overall. Woo! Saved me 50K! )

Iiro Pakarinen will consider your offer.

Man, I hope I did these right...

Contract Offers:

Artem Anisimov: currently making $821,667. OF/DF avg = 74.5
Base salary = 2,362,293 (since 74.5 is between two categories, and 125% increase x 821667 = 1,848,751, and 250% increase x 821667 = 2,875,835)
Attribute bonuses = 100,000 (SH = 82)
NEW SALARY = 2,462,293
4-year contract, default bonus

Ryan Callahan: currently making $2,300,000. OF/DF avg = 70.5
Base salary = 1,610,000 (2.3M x 30% decrease)
Attribute devaluations = -200,000 (sub-65 in PL and FA)
NEW SALARY = 1,410,000
3-year contract, TO, default bonus

***NOTE: both these players were signed prior to the start of EHEC, so they are not affected by E5 bonuses. Yet.

Jamie McGinn: currently making 850,000. OF/DF avg < 70
Base salary = 1,062,500 (850K x 25% increase)
Attribute devaluations = -200,000 (sub-65 in PL and HI)
NEW SALARY = 862,500
3-year contract, TO, default bonus

Nigel Williams: currently making 825,000. OF/DF avg < 70
Base salary = 1,031,250 (825K x 25% increase)
Attribute devaluations = -300,000 (sub-65 in SH, PL, ST)
Specialist tag = +350,000
NEW SALARY = 1,081,250
3-year contract, TO, 2-way, default bonus

John Carlson: currently making 875,000. OF/DF avg < 70
Base salary = 1,093,750 (875K x 25% increase)
Attribute devaluations = -500,000 (sub-65 in SH, PL, ST, PO, and HI)
NEW SALARY = 593,750
3-year contract, TO, 2-way, default bonus

Chad Johnson: currently making 660,000. OF/DF avg < 70
Base salary = 825,000 (660K x 25% increase)
Attribute devaluations = none
NEW SALARY = 825,000
3-year contract, TO, default bonus


To Arbitration!
Simon Gagné
Brian Sutherby
John Erskine

An award has been determined in the arbitration case of Simon Gagne.

NYR comps: Roy, Kostitsyn, Sullivan; proposed 4.2M per year

Arbitrator comps: Sedin, Savard, Marleau, Kariya

Obviously, all of these comps run the gamut between 6.5M and 2.75M. This is a wide range. Of NYR's proposed players, Derek Roy is the closest in terms of attributes and stats. However, where Roy lacks on DF and LE, Gagne does not. Roy makes 4M per. The difference in LE, with it at such a premium in the file, and defensive upgrade are certainly worth more than $200,000.

Marleau was signed through NYR allowing him to go to free agency and then matching an offer to retain him. He will not really fit in with these comps because of that. If anything, his market value is likely north of 5M.

The one thing Gagne lacks that a majority of these comps have is the ability to win a faceoff. But, that said, Gagne is still a good two-way player, who as my arbitrator noted, had a positive TA-GA differential. Also, he has been part of two 110+ point seasons with his team.

My arbitrator proposed 5M per season, citing that Gagne may have played his way to a slight decrease in salary based on a mediocre CON and a disappointing regular season.

In the end, I also feel that Gagne deserves more than the 4.2M proposed. I will award Gagne exactly in the middle at 4.6M per season. His LE and good two-way play are valuable assets, along with age not really being a factor, but he does not warrant 5+M given the other players in the file making that much.

Gagne will be awarded 3 years (plus TO) at 4.6M. Pat, you can accept/reject this ruling.

The Rangers accept the Gagne ruling. 4.6M per annum it is.

Bump to the Erskine and Sutherby arbitration hearing. Not exactly the big-time, but...