Stating the obvious:

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=415570

 

I guess Khudobin will have to star somewhere else.....:)

If they do sign him long term the B's future looks great. I mean, from our goaltending, defense and forwards being young with some vets for leadership. Great job PC.

Rask for Raycroft....Toronto GM's, the builders of the Bruins future.

In response to PAULICAS1975's comment:

All of ^This!

PS. Please don't ever lose that avatar.

 

I dont mind locking him up but im not going over 3 per.  Id offer 12 over 4.  

In response to shuperman's comment:

If he signs for $3 after a 1 year $3.5 deal, he'd have to fire his agent. I'm hoping for 4 @ $4 but prepared for a 3 yr $4.25-4.5 deal.

nrguy-  im not sure i wanna throw 4 annually on a goalie.   We see what happened a few yrs when goalies went to market.  They were underpaid.  A 4 yr -12 million offer isnt chump change.  I dont believe he is worth 4 yr 16 million.  

Now that the CBA is known, PC can negotiate with Cap perimeters.  Rask is also in a better position financially to sign a Bs contract with the leverage of becoming a UFA next year.  The Cap pressure will build with his contract then Horton though.  Buyouts and such also mesh with those thoughts.  

I agree with Sandog, your avatar is visually pleasing.  

 

In response to PAULICAS1975's comment:

I feel he's going to be asking for 5 mil or so, especially if his stats remain real good. Actually, PC lost some leverage when they officially got rid of Thomas.

I'm thinking PC offers the same type of contract he gave Thomas after the 2009 season. Good point on the UFA compared to RFA, Rasks agent has some leverage for sure.

Rask is still RFA when his current deal expires but he will sign for around 5 per regardless.

In response to shuperman's comment:

Yeah, maybe not, I just don't think you can get away with giving him less than $4 per year. Every other top tier goalie is getting $5 plus. 

The timing is bad if you are PC....Tuuka is at his best right now ..if I am PC I would have waited a little longer to bring that up...but $4mm for a 3 years contract would be good for both sides...

Here's a capGeek comparable list with Rask. This young, this talented and already making $3.5M . PC has his work cut out for him.



http://www.capgeek.com/comparables/?season=2012&player=237

In response to dezaruchi's comment:

Thank you I looked at Khudobins and got them mixed up.

PC has proven to be a smart negotiator, and Rask is showing a solid effort every night. I'd go with 4-4.5 for 4 yrs. Khudobin will be gone, but Svedberg seems to be a solid # 2. This is also in line with Schneider.

Reading the comments on this story at TSN, there are some seriously bitter Leafs fans out there.

shupe, why would he take a paycut?

looking at the guys he's most likely compare with, I'd think somewhere around 4-4.5 would be the range he'd be wanting: 

1. Rinne, Pekka » G NAS 30 7 $7,000,000

2.Lundqvist, Henrik » G NYR 30 6 $6,875,000

3. Luongo, Roberto » G VAN 33 12 $6,714,000

4. Bryzgalov, Ilya » G PHI 32 9 $6,500,000

5. Ward, Cam » G CAR 28 6 $6,400,000

6. Miller, Ryan » G BUF 32 5 $6,250,000

7. Backstrom, Niklas » G MIN 34 4 $6,000,000

8. Price, Carey » G MTL 25 6 $5,500,000

9. Fleury, Marc-Andre » G PIT 28 7 $5,500,000

10. Kiprusoff, Miikka » G CGY 36 6 $5,000,000

11. DiPietro, Rick » G NYI 31 15 $4,500,000

12. Hiller, Jonas » G ANA 30 4 $4,500,000

13. Halak, Jaroslav » G STL 27 4 $4,250,000

14. Lehtonen, Kari » G DAL 29 3 $4,250,000

15. Brodeur, Martin » G NJD 40 2 $4,000,000

16. Niemi, Antti » G SJS 29 4 $4,000,000

17. Khabibulin, Nikolai » G EDM 40 4 $3,750,000

18. Schneider, Cory » G VAN 26 3 $3,500,000

19. Rask, Tuukka » G BOS 25 1 $3,500,000

20. Dubnyk, Devan » G EDM 26 2 $3,250,000

21. Pavelec, Ondrej » G WIN 25 5 $3,250,000

22. Mason, Steve » G CLB 24 2 $3,200,000

23. Thomas, Tim » G NYI 38 4 $3,000,000

24. Anderson, Craig » G OTT 31 4 $3,000,000

25. Varlamov, Semyon » G COL 24 3 $3,000,000

26. Nabokov, Evgeni » G NYI 37 1 $2,750,000

27. Crawford, Corey » G CHI 28 3 $2,250,000

In response to red75's comment:

Red.  After chowda posted the capgeek site i agree he will likely get above 4.  I just hate the thought of paying a goalie huge dollars.  but i believe rask is a guy to keep.  

In response to red75's comment:

 

shupe, why would he take a paycut?

 

wouldnt u be bitter red if u were a leafs fan? leafs fans have  been on the wrong side of deal from jump street. toronto has pretty much traded boston tuukka rask ,seguin,kaberle,hamilton and knight and got back raycroft,kessel and colborne,biggs and john michael liles. ouch

 

 

and if tuukka settles for less than 5M a year ill be surprised wouldn't u?

I think I mislead you on the Rask status next year.  Nonetheless looking at seobrian's list, it seems Rask will get Price money.  5.5 to 6 million.  

 

In response to SanDogBrewin's comment:

And he should isla. I think he is a franchise goalie and absolutely worth it.