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Wings Talking With Carter
by Paul on 07/31/06 at 05:59 PM ET
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Ken Holland was just on WDFN in Detroit and mentioned if he could get Anson Carter to agree to a one year deal, they just may have something. But Carter wants a longer term deal and Holland only wants a player to commit to a deal for one year. Ken also mentioned he is talking with a few teams who may have that type of player available. He is looking for someone to score 20-25 goals and also stated if things work out with this type of player, he would extend a contract offer like he did with Samuelsson.
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That’s what they might like, but Carter was hoping for $3 x 3, and would probably be hard to get for less than $2.5 by himself. Maybe he’d take 2.25 - 2.5 for one year if the idea of playing with the Wings appealed to him, but neither side is in too much of a rush.
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 07/31/06 at 06:49 PM ET
Owen Nolan....gritty, physical presence, will get you 20-25 goals, will come cheaply and wants a one year deal. Yeah, he’s not a great locker room guy, true, but I’ll take Nolan warts and all over a floater like Carter.
Posted by bababooey from Chicago, IL on 07/31/06 at 07:47 PM ET
I watched Carter play on the Oil for years. The guy puts up decent numbers, but he _never_ scores when it counts. He’s the kind of guy who will pot two markers in a 7-2 win.
That, and he clearly doesn’t give a shit. I don’t think I’d sign him at all. That kind of attitude kills your team, especially if Carter is on the first or second line.
Posted by oilFan1980 from Edmonton on 08/01/06 at 09:15 AM ET
“Carter never scores when it counts”.... sounds like a perfect addition to the Red Wings!
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 08/01/06 at 09:28 AM ET
He may have shaken that unimportant goal rap if he had one from Edmonton days, last year Carter had a very good 3rd period and game winning goal ratio. Carter had 7 game winning goals last year. Same as Kovalchuk, Heatley, Gagne, Hossa, St. Louis, etc. and 1 more than Shanahan.
Posted by hammer on 08/01/06 at 12:26 PM ET
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My gut says that Carter’s trying to hold out for more term. KH said that the Wings’re just south of $40 million, and as such...I’d imagine that he’d want the “20-25 goal-scorer” and Franzen to cost no more than $2.5 million together.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 07/31/06 at 05:55 PM ET