dicksmack 33 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 Homer is truly the best at what he does and has more skill than he gets credit for. Two years at 1.75m and call it a career. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrazyGangsta 79 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 Homer is truly the best at what he does and has more skill than he gets credit for. Two years at 1.75m and call it a career. Agreed a 3 year deal will be too long, a perfect scenario would be ^^^^^^^^^^^. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmamolo 287 Report post Posted March 19, 2010 Agreed a 3 year deal will be too long, a perfect scenario would be ^^^^^^^^^^^. The only advantage to signing Holmstrom to a 2 year deal would be if, for example, year 1 was at say your 1.75 and then year 2 was at say 1.25 for an average cap hit of 1.5. The two year signing gives us some marginal cap reduction. The only other logical reason the wings would sign Holmstrom to a two eyar deal would straight up be out of loyalty. The way Holmstrom plays he could sustain a career ending injury literally at any time. Because he is over 35 years old if he retires at any time during a contract his cap hit remains on our books for the duration of his contract so signing him to a two year deal is really risky from the Wings Management perspective. If you're going to give him a two year deal at 1.75 per year (flat cash, 1.75 year 1 and then 1.75 year 2) you may as well just flat out say let's just sign 1 year deals at the same amount of money each off season. With the long standing relationship and the loyalty between both parties everyone should be comfortable with this handshake agreement. Both sides get what they want and at this point I don't think Holmstromg concern is signing for that extra year just to handcuff the Wings to ensure he gets that extra 1.75M if he is forced to retire because of injury. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
