Predators match offer for Weber
The Nashville Predators have matched the Flyers' offer sheet and will retain captain Shea Weber.
Predators match offer for Weber
The Predators matched the Flyers' offer sheet for defenseman Shea Weber. (Associated Press)
The Nashville Predators have matched the Flyers' offer sheet and will retain captain Shea Weber.
The Flyers offered Weber a 14-year, $110 million deal last week. The Predators chose to match, keeping their captain in Nashville.
“In tendering an offer sheet to Shea Weber, we were trying to add a top defenseman entering the prime of his career. With Nashville matching our offer, we wish Shea and the Predators all the best," Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said in a statement.
More details to come.
Comments (59)
Well, they didn't gat the player they wanted. But, at least they managed to financially cripple another francfise, and all it cost the Flyers was some ink.— maurysline- Hope Nashville Preds get swallowed up in red ink-no fan base to support that move!!!
— jmmdk5 - Life without Weber. Go get Doan and Bobby.— Flyers2001
- Wow - very surprised that the Preds matched considering the financial implications of the deal and how it compares to overall team value regardless of how good a player Shea is - this just doesn't make logical business sense for Nashville. At least Weber stays in the Western Conference...— CTL
- Good work. Sign a guy who clearly doesn't want to be on your team and who you can't afford. Smart move...— dp1978
- Ugh. So in a nutshell, the Flyers are going to be a whole lot worse on opening night than they were when the season ended this year. Oh well. What's another decade or two?— evolutionary
- F******************************— Spider Rico
Comment removed.- The only person we have tried to sign and actually got signed in the last 2 yrs was BRYZ.....talk about losing by winning what a kick in the a..— flyers1000
- Well this blows. At least we get to keep all the kids now and take a shot at Ryan or Doan. Tell me why the Flyers can't compete with Pit who we completely dismantled in the playoffs? They lost their best 2 way player.— sla6yer
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- They can't play 2 goalies at once, who cares who their backup goalie is? They traded Michalek TO the 'Yotes, not the other way around. Yes, they got 2 nice prospects out of the draft and a 3rd line center from the Canes, congratulations. Now, again, tell me how that makes them better this year? Jordan Staal was their best 2 way player and it's not even close. — sla6yer
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- Wow the Predators are doomed......— Pocono Phlyer
- Why can't we compete against Pittsburgh or Boston? We killed Pittsburgh last year during regular season and playoffs and we were very competitive against Boston. We lost one game badly 6:0 that's about it. We had two SO and a win against Boston. Annoying and dumb statement by neoconcancer.
— Nitroglycerin
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