2012
07.19
07.19
ever there was an offer sheet to finally kill the gentleman's agreement of not poaching another general manager's restricted free agents, it will be hard to do better than the mammoth deal extended to Nashville defenseman Shea Weber by the Philadelphia Flyers late Wednesday night.
After engaging in trade talks with Nashville that would have sent Weber to the Flyers in exchange for NHL assets, Flyers GM Paul Holmgren grew impatient with the Predators' GM David Poile and gave Weber an offer sheet that seems poised to price Nashville right out of retaining their captain—$110 million over 14 years, or the second-richest and third-longest contract in NHL history—without losing current players as trade chips (as reported by TSN's Darren Dreger, via NBC ...
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After engaging in trade talks with Nashville that would have sent Weber to the Flyers in exchange for NHL assets, Flyers GM Paul Holmgren grew impatient with the Predators' GM David Poile and gave Weber an offer sheet that seems poised to price Nashville right out of retaining their captain—$110 million over 14 years, or the second-richest and third-longest contract in NHL history—without losing current players as trade chips (as reported by TSN's Darren Dreger, via NBC ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins