MacK_Attack 108 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 3 years, $9 million deal. Tomorrow gets more boring by the minute. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake_Marcus 890 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 3 years, $9 million deal. Tomorrow gets more boring by the minute. lol TSN. I don't envy the producers in charge of tomorrow's trade-a-thon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bring Back The Bruise Bros 1,029 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 To be honest, Phillips would look out of place in any jersey other than a Sens one. He's a Sen for life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GSBrooks13 204 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 3 Million per? That seems like a bit of an overpayment.. Maybe for one year but it seems like he is already losing a step now.. I wouldn't wanna be paying him 3 million 3 years from now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Datsyerberger 279 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 3 Million per? That seems like a bit of an overpayment.. Maybe for one year but it seems like he is already losing a step now.. I wouldn't wanna be paying him 3 million 3 years from now. Eh, just think of him as a slightly less talented version of Brad Stuart on a much crappier team, then imagine how a slightly less talented version of Brad Stuart with the sort of numbers you'd expect him to get on a much crappier team might be paid, and then it makes more sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Konnan511 1,736 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 Massive over payment for a 33 year old having his worst year of his career with little chance for him to have a better season next season. 3mil for a terrible +/- and less than 10 points this season...ouch. With their line-up next few years he'll be lucky to be best 15 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 Eh, just think of him as a slightly less talented version of Brad Stuart on a much crappier team, then imagine how a slightly less talented version of Brad Stuart with the sort of numbers you'd expect him to get on a much crappier team might be paid, and then it makes more sense. I would swap Stuart for Phillips in a millisecond. Phillips is having a down year offensively, but he has still played well defensively as the defensive man on his pairing, playing mostly with liabilities in Gonchar and Karlsson this season. Last season he played opposite Volchenkov, who was far more capable defensively and allowed Phillips to play a more offensive style. Phillips is a definite upgrade on Stuart, and Ottawa keeping him for $3m is a bargain, not an overpayment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Datsyerberger 279 Report post Posted February 28, 2011 I would swap Stuart for Phillips in a millisecond. Phillips is having a down year offensively, but he has still played well defensively as the defensive man on his pairing, playing mostly with liabilities in Gonchar and Karlsson this season. Last season he played opposite Volchenkov, who was far more capable defensively and allowed Phillips to play a more offensive style. Phillips is a definite upgrade on Stuart, and Ottawa keeping him for $3m is a bargain, not an overpayment. I disagree; they're both good skaters, both good positionally, both have good defensive hockey sense, but Stuart has slightly more offense and a better first pass as compared to Phillips' bigger shot and better reach. Slight edge to Stuart as an all-around hockey player. Either way, though, the value isn't far apart and Stuart makes a good reference point to Phillips both in role on team and in price. 1 Konnan511 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
revnic 0 Report post Posted March 6, 2011 Check out this article about Karlsson's Quest to -50. Be sure to vote http://www.gounce.com/articles/rants/item/197-erik-karlssons-quest-to-50 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
