Blake signs with Sharks for 1 year

Defenseman Rob Blake has re-signed with the Sharks, agreeing to a one-year contract worth approximately $3.5 million.

about 1 year ago SwisherThresher 17 comments 0 recs |

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Nice!

And its actually around how much I’d thought (hoped) it would be – $1.5M is a pretty steep decline in pay for a defenseman who got 45 points, but his second-highest PIMs total (mostly from hooks/interference, some from a well-placed Perry spear that I’m sure we all enjoyed) and the salary cap crunch necessitated that he’d be paid less.

But anyways, yay! The old guy with the wicked shot is back :)

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:17 PM PDT reply actions

Paycut?

If you listen closely enough, you can hear the shouts of “Buck Flake!” all the way from LA. Now we just need to re-up JR for one more year, so we’ll once again be peachy keen on the rivalry front with our purple pals in So*Cal

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by SwisherThresher on Jun 29, 2009 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions

God that movie was atrocious. I didn’t see it, but I knew a few good men who did.

Wound up dead two days later. Corneas singed to a goddamn crisp.

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by Mr. Plank on Jun 29, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

I love how all the old guys that were underperforming for the Kings are doing so well up here, contributing to the team and taking massive paycuts. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
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by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Guess all the LA fans who said he was all about the $$ were wrong.

This move gives credence to the story the the real reason Blake left LA was the organization jerked him around.

Sometimes life will strike you out on a curve ball and the only choice you have is to flip off the umpire and walk to first base anyway.

by Threepwood XX on Jun 29, 2009 11:40 PM PDT reply actions

Damn

Beat me to it Swisher… lol… This is the best news we have gotten in a while… If blake can stay healthy next year he will be worth the money.

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by SetoThorMarChooSki on Jun 29, 2009 11:44 PM PDT reply actions

Hey

I’m getting text updates from my friend while I’m at work… They are saying a possible Marleau/Nabby trade for Heatly (sp?)… Can anybody else corroborate this??!!

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by SetoThorMarChooSki on Jun 29, 2009 11:47 PM PDT reply actions

Whaaaaaaaa.

No idea, but I’ll try and dig something up. That’s overpaying to the nth degree. Horrible horrible potential move.

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by Mr. Plank on Jun 29, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Doubt it

Marleau and Nabby both have NTCs, and we’d have to be taking on salary in return ($11M to Sens, $7M to us).

And, yeah, as Plank said, its just horrible.

"I think I realized after the second or third punch, I should have taken his helmet off sooner." - Ryane Clowe
Fools and Sages

by mymclife on Jun 29, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions

Agree with mymclife up there- it really restricts our opportunity to delve into the free agent market (especially with Clowe likely to make around 3 million), but it’s a price you have to pay.

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by Mr. Plank on Jun 29, 2009 11:47 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah for sure

I told my buddy he was smokin pole if he thought that was legit… I would think maybe one or the other but definitely not both… And yes, at the same time I’m still confused on how we could get rid of 2 NTC’s unless Marleau is truly tired of DW and Nabby just quits. We get Heatly and sign Gustavsson?? hmmmmm…. That’s some twilight zone shit right there…

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by SetoThorMarChooSki on Jun 29, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Nice

I’m hoping the lower paycheck means fewer hooking penalties. That may be too much to ask, but I’ll still take it.

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by Lurker Shark on Jun 30, 2009 6:30 AM PDT reply actions

Blake being back is pretty sweet...

3.5 mil is probably the best we could have hoped for. That’s a 1.5 mil paycut for a player who was among the best last season as far as point production goes. We’ll still need to make some trades to free up some cap space…but this is way better than 5 million.

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by ZeroIndulgence on Jun 30, 2009 10:46 AM PDT reply actions

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by Mr. Plank on Jun 30, 2009 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

it just seems like if he still thinks we're a contender...

he would kick himself if we went onto win the cup in 1-2 seasons after his retirement. Then again, maybe he’s waiting on the moves to try to decide the odds of that

by a10dency2ask on Jun 30, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions