Various reports from across the internet came out today saying that the Bruins and Marc Savard are close to a contract extension. The Boston Globe's Kevin Paul Dupont reported earlier today that the talks between the two parties "remain on course", and suggested that the final deal would be something like seven-years, $32 million, a cap hit of $4.6 million per season.
Another source, RDS' Bob Hartley, reported that the deal was imminent, and his figure was seven-years, $39 million. Savard would be 39 years old entering the final year of any seven-year deal, but if the B's can retain their top scorer for somewhere between $4.6 and $5.6 million, sign me up. Savard has been all that the B's could have hoped for when they signed him away from Atlanta, and if he puts up points at his current pace for the next few years, this deal may prove to be a steal.
Again, nothing is definite as of right now, but Dupont mentioned in his blog that he expects the deal to be done sometime around Thanksgiving. If so, B's fans will certainly be plenty thankful to have someone of Savard's talent level around for another seven years.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Updates: Krecji "side-swined", Rask extended
Both the Bruins' top scorer and (arguably) most important player are out, and the team simply can't score. How could things get any worse?
What's that you say? David Krejci has swine flu? Oh, cool.
So now the Bruins' second-most dangerous forward is quarantined, and will likely miss at least a week, if not more.
Adding to the Bruins' woes in this situation is the fact that Krejci could have spread the virus to his teammates before being isolated. It appears that he told the team as soon as he felt sick, as GM Peter Chiarelli instructed the players to do, but let's face it: this is a hockey team. There's sharing of towels, food, water bottles, and who knows what else.
Best wishes to Krejci for a speedy recovery, and let's hope the other players don't get sick. In the TSN link above, Chiarelli is quoted as saying that the players are on the list to receive vaccines, but are below the high-risk population. The team will probably get them eventually, but in waiting has avoided an embarrassing situation like the one that is currently plaguing the Maple Leafs and Flames (see the link on the BHN home page).
In better news, the B's and RFA-to-be goalie Tuukka Rask agreed to a two-year contract extension yesterday.
There was some speculation on HFBoards (from credible sources, mind you) that it was something around $1.2-1.6 million a year, meaning the Thomas-Tuukka tandem would be costing the B's around $6 million for the next two seasons. Considering that both are fairly solid in net, that's not a bad sum.
In re-signing Rask now, Chiarelli crossed another item off of his summer "to-do" list, after also re-signing Milan Lucic earlier this season. Blake Wheeler is a remaining RFA, but having to re-sign one is better than having to re-sign three.
What's that you say? David Krejci has swine flu? Oh, cool.
So now the Bruins' second-most dangerous forward is quarantined, and will likely miss at least a week, if not more.
Adding to the Bruins' woes in this situation is the fact that Krejci could have spread the virus to his teammates before being isolated. It appears that he told the team as soon as he felt sick, as GM Peter Chiarelli instructed the players to do, but let's face it: this is a hockey team. There's sharing of towels, food, water bottles, and who knows what else.
Best wishes to Krejci for a speedy recovery, and let's hope the other players don't get sick. In the TSN link above, Chiarelli is quoted as saying that the players are on the list to receive vaccines, but are below the high-risk population. The team will probably get them eventually, but in waiting has avoided an embarrassing situation like the one that is currently plaguing the Maple Leafs and Flames (see the link on the BHN home page).
In better news, the B's and RFA-to-be goalie Tuukka Rask agreed to a two-year contract extension yesterday.
There was some speculation on HFBoards (from credible sources, mind you) that it was something around $1.2-1.6 million a year, meaning the Thomas-Tuukka tandem would be costing the B's around $6 million for the next two seasons. Considering that both are fairly solid in net, that's not a bad sum.
In re-signing Rask now, Chiarelli crossed another item off of his summer "to-do" list, after also re-signing Milan Lucic earlier this season. Blake Wheeler is a remaining RFA, but having to re-sign one is better than having to re-sign three.
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