Angelus- i don't understand the angst towards lowe. Most of the xperts and guys on like XM hockey all are baffled by the whole thing and really think smyth is greedy and phony. i mean if i were an NHL player and i was playing for PHI and they offered me a fair contract to stay a Flyer, i would do so in a heartbeat. Because there is more to life than money. I think it's a pretty sad statement that if EDM was offering 5+(it was at least 5...nobody knows how much above 5 it was) and he wanted more like 5.7 or so.....wouldn't you say it is worth it to take 5 and stay with the team you supposedly have had your basement painted in their colors for years? It's not like they tried to lowball him with a 4.2M offer or something. I can't blame him for wanting to get paid, what i blame him for is being a wuss and hiding behing that presss conference. I agree on guys who took less to stay with their teams. Heck, peyton manning redid his whole deal and defferred tons of money (and gave up a little) to give them cap room to sign other guys.
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