Thread: Shea Weber and the Arbitration

Originally Posted by Jaygokings!

And nuts they did go...
7.5? 1 year. holy ****.

Nashville is in DEEP **** next off season...

UFA:
Rinne
Suter
Tootoo

RFA:
Weber
Kostitsyn
Wilson
Blum
Geoffrion
O'Reilly
Lindback
Teemu Laakso



pshhhhht have fun.

I think the Predators are in for a real treat next season due to their UFAs because after seeing the team to elect to go to arbitration over Weber and knowing they low-balled an offer to Weber at $4.5M a season could set the tone of how the Predators players might decide to go elsewhere.

Some of you on here can sit there and say that the Nashville Predators were not trying to low-ball or try to insult Mr. Weber with an offer of $4.5M a season. But if I was Mr. Weber, I would take it as an insult because if the Nashville Predators did value Shea Weber they would of straight up given him the contract he deserves in the first place and not play games by prolonging this any longer than it didn't have to. Because back in the earlier part of summer was the first indication of Predators not wanting to give what Predators management knows Shea Weber deserves. So instead the management of Nashville Predators wanted to take their chances with the arbitration by then hoping they get Weber at a cheaper price per season at around the $4M range.

Also, I think the management of Predators wanted Shea Weber at a cheaper price so then they can go ahead and keep some (if not all) their main core of their team together after next off-season when they gonna have to resign (what is mentioned above here with the UFAs/RFAs of theirs).

I think it's ridiculous that Nashville offered $4.75 Million. I don't buy the argument that the Preds just wanted the arbitrator to have a wide range to choose from. If that's true, and one or both parties are going to submit numbers that have no basis in reality, then what's the point of submitting any numbers on either side? I can't say for sure, but I wonder if the Preds had offered something like $6 or $6.5 Million, the arbitrator might have sided with them. But he probably looked at the $4.75 Million offer & thought that wasn't at all realistic and came out more on Weber's side. And I wonder how Weber sees their offer? I can't see him thinking "oh well, that's just part of the process."

Originally Posted by Dr. Tran

I think it's ridiculous that Nashville offered $4.75 Million. I don't buy the argument that the Preds just wanted the arbitrator to have a wide range to choose from. If that's true, and one or both parties are going to submit numbers that have no basis in reality, then what's the point of submitting any numbers on either side? I can't say for sure, but I wonder if the Preds had offered something like $6 or $6.5 Million, the arbitrator might have sided with them. But he probably looked at the $4.75 Million offer & thought that wasn't at all realistic and came out more on Weber's side. And I wonder how Weber sees their offer? I can't see him thinking "oh well, that's just part of the process."

It is nice to get this arbitration process out of the way for now and hopefully this can lead to further negotiations between my agents and the Predators," Weber said on the conference call. "Hopefully we can get something done long-term, but for now a one-year deal is done, and I am excited to get ready for the season. I am happy to be a Nashville Predator. I'm thankful to all the fans for hanging in there through this whole process.

Sounds really broken up. You guys really need to get over this "he's going to be insulted" thing. He knew going in that this would be how it is. It's ALWAYS what happens. Nashville wasn't lowballing him at all. They offered him like 6.5 during the season. Get over it.