nowhere2005 13 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Same salary as last season (6.2M) per LeBrun. http://twitter.com/#!/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/82820416082690048 Edited June 20, 2011 by nowhere2005 1 Zeowingsfan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 by bickering, i mean lets not have a 20 page thread involving people saying: hes overpaid, or should have taken a bigger discount for the team. stuff like that. Lets all just be happy that the greatest defenseman ?ever? playing for our red wings for another year I totally misunderstood your post. I thought you were saying Nick bickered to Kenny about his pay. I didn't realize you were talking about LGW. I'm in total agreement with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Shoreline Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Proud of sir Nick for going through the work ethic for yet another season. Let's hope it's a healthy one. Yay for good news day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NeverForgetMac25 483 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 So you're saying that 4.75 is an insult to a player of his calliber with incentives that would more than likely put it up to 6.2-6.5? Seriously? See my response to you above. It covers all that. And where did this sense of bickering come in? I clearly stated that I had no problem either way, but I wanted to throw it out there for conversations sake. Tell me how that is considered "bickering?" Haha. I never said *you* were bickering. Besides, that response to Wings4Life19 was due to a misunderstanding of his post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
X13WINGS13X 25 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Crosby just heard the news: 4 Klunzo, Namingway, Hockeymom1960 and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings4Life19 150 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Same salary as last season (6.2M) per LeBrun. http://twitter.com/#!/Real_ESPNLeBrun/status/82820416082690048 its up on capgeek.com as well, not sure if that matters though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pucktividi 472 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 $6.2M = another 62 points season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake_Marcus 890 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Woohoo! Well that just made my day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake_Marcus 890 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 This will make recruiting Rafalski's replacement easier... "hey-- wanna play with Lidstrom?". 8 Vladifan, roboturner, WingZNut13 and 5 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings4Life19 150 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Are you sure you're not looking at the '10/'11 season? I just pulled it up and it still shows he's an UFA for next year. its on the 2011-12 cap calculator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jusek 437 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Great news! The Perfect Human keeps playing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Learn2LuvIt 245 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Holland's text to Lids right after he heard the news was probably something like "I owe you one.....big time". Lids always talks about being motivated to play another year. I wonder what Hollands told Lids about the Wings plans this off-season? It had to be something really positive...right?? Soemthing like, "Nick, we have money to spend this off season that we haven't had in a long while. We're going to be doing x,x,x,x,x, and x to make this team better and make deep run at the cup." Very curious as to what Hollands plan is now. I don't think mentoring B. Smith and Kindl would be a huge motivator for Nick....I'm thinking the off season plan is ambitious. Or...as my wife simply put it; Maybe it's not about the hockey. Lids and his wife have stated that they love living in the States, and leaving will be very hard. Maybe they aren't ready to make a move yet, and Lids doesn't want to sit around the house all day or start something just to keep him busy that isn't in his long term plans (moving back to Sweden). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut40 176 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Does this mean I can buy a Nick jersey now? 2 55fan and LidsFan reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingsgirl001 983 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Great news to wake up to! Welcome back, Nick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Again too steep. $6.2 mil, he must like losing in the Semi's. 3 wings1110, Hockeymom1960 and Bannedforlife reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clairbear303 2 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Awesome news! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holliday 1,888 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Again too steep. $6.2 mil, he must like losing in the Semi's. Yeah, because a difference of 1 or 2 million is going to keep Detroit from making it in the playoffs. Do you think he is worth LESS than Seabrook? Seabrook is being paid 5.8 next year. 1 SwedeLundin77 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingsRox 614 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 You are the bearer of great news ... awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deltawing 12 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Yeah, because a difference of 1 or 2 million is going to keep Detroit from making it in the playoffs. Do you think he is worth LESS than Seabrook? Seabrook is being paid 5.8 next year. He's worth 100 million, IMO, but take a home team discount for his presumably final year like Stevie did! For the greater good! 3 WingZNut13, Majsheppard and Aussie_Wing reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Yeah, because a difference of 1 or 2 million is going to keep Detroit from making it in the playoffs. Do you think he is worth LESS than Seabrook? Seabrook is being paid 5.8 next year. Oh right-o, I forgot that Seabrook was in his 20th odd NHL season and had earnt an absolute stack over his cateer. 4 F.Michael, Bannedforlife, Mitchmac33 and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hatethedrake! Report post Posted June 20, 2011 AWESOME. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Holliday 1,888 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Oh right-o, I forgot that Seabrook was in his 20th odd NHL season and had earnt an absolute stack over his cateer. Oh, so because Lidstrom has already made a lot of money, he should take peanuts to spend even MORE time away from his family and bring in ticket sales, merchandise sales, and an even better product to the Detroit Red Wings because he owes it to them? What a joke. 2 55fan and Buppy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedWingsRox 614 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) $6.2 is fine ... salary cap is going up, Ralfalski's $6 mill is off our cap ... you can't pay him 2nd tier D-man money like $4-5 mill, he deserves the kind of respect of a top tier Dman and Captain. Those of you who thinks he should pay for free .. stop being so cheap. We want to be a classy organization. Edited June 20, 2011 by RedWingsRox 3 LidsFan, zata40 and wings1110 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aussie_Wing 354 Report post Posted June 20, 2011 Oh, so because Lidstrom has already made a lot of money, he should take peanuts to spend even MORE time away from his family and bring in ticket sales, merchandise sales, and an even better product to the Detroit Red Wings because he owes it to them? What a joke. Nah, I'm thinking more along the lines of he's 41, he's in his last year, lets take a slight discount (heck, $5.5 mil, what a slap in the face......) to give me the absolute BEST chance of having the perfect send off. It appears gaining that every last bit of money takes priority over building the best possible team. 5 Z and D for the C, Mitchmac33, Bannedforlife and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
