Comments on: Gomez will be overpaid

By: dmckay01

dmckay01 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:49:40 +0000

your talking about transfer fees, which can be several million £, salaries in soccer are still less then major league baseball, and for the most part, the NFL, also if your talking about economics, consider the revenues of those leagues in comparison to the NHL, the broadcasting rights for the EPL alone just sold for 2.2 billion £'s, so if you look at it from a financial standpoint, hockey players still make disproportionate salaries when weighed against league revenue

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:46:31 +0000

I guess you have no concept of NFL or MLB or even moreso European Soccer salaries then do you?

There's something called economics and supply and demand. Look it up. You may learn something.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:58:06 +0000

If he gets less then six, I would be shocked.

By: Glucker

Glucker — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:13:28 +0000

lol, yea, if i where in the NHL i wouldnt be asking for more then minimum.

By: tucksfan

tucksfan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:59:05 +0000

every player in the league is over paid 5 million a year to play a sport is alot.

By: habs_punk

habs_punk — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:06:31 +0000

Wellwood only played 48 games. Yes he had a better ppg than Gomez, but he only played just over half the season. The chances are very slim that if Wellwood had have stayed healthy the whole season, he would have kept that pace up, especially considering his size and the injuries to other Leafs. Gomez has proven he can keep up that 70+ point pace over a full season on a number of occasions. With him, you know what you're getting. With Wellwood, you've got a projected pace of 4 more points than Gomez (if they both played a full season), and that's it. Wellwood would not have hit 80 points this year. He was playing above his head and had a very good ppg when he got injured, but there is no way it would have kept up. I like Wellwood, and I do believe he will become an 80-85 point player in the NHL, but it wouldn't have been this year and it very likely won't be next year. Right now, Gomez is the better player, there is no doubt about it whatsoever.

By: Glucker

Glucker — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:36:01 +0000

lol, i know, i've been saying the kid could have gotten 80 points this year… other ppl say he'll never pass 70 =.= ppl are dumb

By: LeafyMcLeaf

LeafyMcLeaf — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:08:35 +0000

I posted the stats on hockeyleaks. I'm not going to bother reposting it, but Kyle Wellwood had a better season.

By: beefjerky

beefjerky — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:47:19 +0000

Totally agree, owners/gms seem to be forgetting the lockout that they caused by offering ridiculous contracts that they couldn't afford. I guess they don't really care, somehow the fans were convinced it was the players' fault for asking for too much money...as if they owners care more about hockey. Where are those reduced ticket prices that everybody thought was inevitable?

Anyway, Im not an Oilers fan, but that was a damn ballsy move to let Smyth walk and it made sense when you think of the big picture. Unfortunately, there will always be somebody to offer more money.

By: thegoalie1976

thegoalie1976 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:07:20 +0000

GM's should follow Kevin Lowe's example (Ryan Smyth contract). Offer what is fair, and if the player gets greedy - let them walk.

If all the teams did this, money would not be as large of a factor for UFA's. They would have to be convinced by the teams chance of winning, icetime, existing players, franchise operations, and overall city appeal.
The team offering the above criteria most desirable by the player would win.

IMO all it takes is a couple of stupid GM's to overpay a few players, and the whole marketplace is ruined.