is devon Macausland decide yet ?

[Captain Obvious]

lalalaprise said:

sharrow said:

After the Brown deal of $ 265,000, I wonder what the Macausland deal was worth and is there anymore money left for the Americans even the Irvings have limits.

Irvings have limits? They own NB and are worth 20+ billion...a couple hundred thousand wont kill them.

If they had 20 Billion in a regular high-interest savings account making 3% interest per annum they would make 600,000,000 million per year, and 50,000,000 per month just off of interest.

When dealing with THOUSANDS of dollars, the Irvings dont have limits lol

I'd like some of what you guys are smoking.

The Irvings didn't get rich paying hockey players 200+K to sign with them.

[falcon]

billy said:

lalalaprise said:

Irvings have limits? They own NB and are worth 20+ billion...a couple hundred thousand wont kill them.

If they had 20 Billion in a regular high-interest savings account making 3% interest per annum they would make 600,000,000 million per year, and 50,000,000 per month just off of interest.

When dealing with THOUSANDS of dollars, the Irvings dont have limits lol

I'd like some of what you guys are smoking.

The Irvings didn't get rich paying hockey players 200+K to sign with them.

What does where the wealth came from have to do with how desperate your owner is to be competitive and pay these players huge amounts of money to report? I know it is difficult but try and look at this objectively...

[Optimus Reim]

falcon said:

billy said:

I'd like some of what you guys are smoking.

The Irvings didn't get rich paying hockey players 200+K to sign with them.

What does where the wealth came from have to do with how desperate your owner is to be competitive and pay these players huge amounts of money to report? I know it is difficult but try and look at this objectively...

You say that like it's a bad thing "desperate to want to have a competitive team". I know that this won't be liked but I said it on a different board and I will say it here. I am extremely happy to have an owner who spends money to get good players here. If it's "packages" or what it makes no difference. Like most fans I enjoy wtching kids get better and progress but I still pay my money for my seson tickets and want to see a winner as often as possible. You don't settle for mediocracy in real life why should you in teams you support? Unless you are in CB ;D.

[falcon]

ace said:

falcon said:

What does where the wealth came from have to do with how desperate your owner is to be competitive and pay these players huge amounts of money to report? I know it is difficult but try and look at this objectively...

You say that like it's a bad thing "desperate to want to have a competitive team". I know that this won't be liked but I said it on a different board and I will say it here. I am extremely happy to have an owner who spends money to get good players here. If it's "packages" or what it makes no difference. Like most fans I enjoy wtching kids get better and progress but I still pay my money for my seson tickets and want to see a winner as often as possible. You don't settle for mediocracy in real life why should you in teams you support? Unless you are in CB ;D.

I don't settle for mediocrity and I suspect neither does CB or its fans. Have you ever been to CB or outside of the greater moncton area? sounds like you could use perspective. I enjoy my hockey and Junior hockey in particular but don't depend on my team for my self esteem..... you should seek help

[Wheelies]

Irving will spend money on players becaue he loves his hockey club and wants to get fans in the seats....Paying alittle money to the players education fund, to have them play for your team for the next three to four years, is a small price to pay...If we have a contending team in a few years with 5000 to 7000 fans every game..Small payoff... I also like the fact that our owner wants to win...

[Blackcat]

the fans of our rivals that come on here and whine and complain because our owner wants to win and has the deep pockets to do these deals are green with envy, the funny thing is if their owners would or could do this they would be defending it as great for the league. I say ignore the morons. Go Cats!

[lalalaprise]

jrsuperstar said:

Haha. Nice one lalalaprise. They are worth that much but a lot of it is tied up in assets, not cash. But take into account I am sure the Irvings are smart enough that their investments are earning more than 3%...it all likely evens out. The point is made. Paying junior hockey players is like pulling a cup of water from the ocean. Plus they likely just write it off somehow or consider it a tax break. I love the Irvings...spend more right here in the Maritimes please! ;D

I know it was a stupid little exercise to show that 500K is pocket change for these guys

And yes, i took the most basic High-Interest savings account of 3%...Irvings would obviously be getting a larger rate of return on their investments than that

[lalalaprise]

billy said:

lalalaprise said:

Irvings have limits? They own NB and are worth 20+ billion...a couple hundred thousand wont kill them.

If they had 20 Billion in a regular high-interest savings account making 3% interest per annum they would make 600,000,000 million per year, and 50,000,000 per month just off of interest.

When dealing with THOUSANDS of dollars, the Irvings dont have limits lol

I'd like some of what you guys are smoking.

The Irvings didn't get rich paying hockey players 200+K to sign with them.

Im not smoking anything...if you dont think 500K is pocket change to the irvings than you are the one smoking something Yves.

Its not like the Irvings are going to start dumping money from the sky, but to say 500K is going to make or break the irvings is foolish.

[lalalaprise]

blackcat said:

the fans of our rivals that come on here and whine and complain because our owner wants to win and has the deep pockets to do these deals are green with envy, the funny thing is if their owners would or could do this they would be defending it as great for the league. I say ignore the morons. Go Cats!

I dont see any complaining...

[Judas In My Mind]

Damn! Quite the defensive little group some of you are. All that was said is that the Irvings have money to use for such things when/if they wish to do so. That I like the Irvings and hope they keep spending.

I have no problem with teams spending money to give these kids education packages and such for when their Q career is over in case they don't end up with the opportunity to play pro. The only problem arises when a team goes to a player and tells him they are willing to offer him this this and this to come there, now go out and convince the teams picking before us that you will not report so we can get you.

I do not feel that was the case with MacAusland and do not see where anyone made that accusation either. Calm down.

Plus it's not like the Irvings (or any team) will end up paying as much as most people think. A lot of that dollar value is tied up in a promise of X amounts of years of schooling at a cost of $XX,XXX.xx. Some kids end up going pro. Some kids don't go to college/university for the full length of time, flunk out, etc etc.

[MikeC]

So, what are we ballparking MacAusland's package at anyway? $100k, $200k, $1M, his own refinery?

Someone in this thread referred to Brown's package as being $265k, which is a substantial increase to the upper number of $160k people were quoting shortly after the draft.

Surely MacAusland's # would similar to Brown's.

[Arnold Slick]

lalalaprise said:

blackcat said:

the fans of our rivals that come on here and whine and complain because our owner wants to win and has the deep pockets to do these deals are green with envy, the funny thing is if their owners would or could do this they would be defending it as great for the league. I say ignore the morons. Go Cats!

I dont see any complaining...

Nope I don't see anybody complaining either which comes as quite a surprise to me. I think a few people (chsb for example) got the complaining out of their systems after the rumors about what Matt Brown received from the Cats. Also considering how long it took for MacAuslund to commit to playing for the Cats I don't think anyone can realistically think there was a deal in place before the draft. But anyways I'm not complaining about nobody complaining even though it would it would have been rather interesting/entertaining to hear some of the complaints.

[lalalaprise]

mikec said:

So, what are we ballparking MacAusland's package at anyway? $100k, $200k, $1M, his own refinery?

Someone in this thread referred to Brown's package as being $265k, which is a substantial increase to the upper number of $160k people were quoting shortly after the draft.

Surely MacAusland's # would similar to Brown's.

400K

Just my guess.

[rudolph]

I'd say that 400K would be the amout that RKI will be making by signing Macausland. the kid is a marketing dream come true! home town star player and he's hear for 4 years.

[Wheelies]

I agree..It was nice having Christan here...and it will be nice to have any other home town kids playing....
The price paid to theses players the only one who knows how much RKI is paying is his accountant..And who really cares how deep Irvings pockets are.. I just want to watch a good hockey team...and if he wants to spend money to get one....Better for us Monction fans....