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2 year deal.

More to come

As Derrick Coleman once said: "Whoop-dee-damn-doo"

hell yea, love the greene fence

I notified the cougar...no fangs coming out today thank goodness.

I actually think Greene still has a bigger upside than most. He's a great skater. Just needs to toughen up.

I actually think Greene still has a bigger upside than most. He's a great skater. Just needs to toughen up.

Don't tell that to BG or Das Uber. You'll create another board fight.

I actually think Greene still has a bigger upside

There sure as hell cant be a downside.

Good signing for a depth player. He's the perfect kind of guy you want when you need a "injury call up".

P.S. Sorry CJ, but it's true.... it's damn true

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I have no problem with this. I'm not a huge Greene fan, but he's a valuable 6th/7th guy if we have no other options.

I like this signing. Greene has more potential than a #7 defenceman.

I'm not a huge Greene fan, but he's a valuable 6th/7th guy if we have no other options.

Exactly, it's a smart move. In the age of the salary cap, you need guys like Greene that make the league minimum. It's chess now. Not checkers, like when the Rangers and Blues etc.. would just toss bags of $$$$ at people.

There sure as hell cant be a downside.

Amen to that.

Won't get a #6/7 that cheap. Unless that guy is Leach.

Exactly, it's a smart move. In the age of the salary cap, you need guys like Greene that make the league minimum. It's chess now. Not checkers, like when the Rangers and Blues etc.. would just toss bags of $$$$ at people.

King Me!

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YAY!!

Another year my dad can wear the jersey!!

Another year my dad can wear the jersey!!

Are you suggesting a Greene jersey isnt as eternal as Stevens or Daneyko? :sarcasm: http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-taunt003.gif

I'd like to go on record as pretty happy about this one!

There sure as hell cant be a downside.

:laugh::nod:

Are you suggesting a Greene jersey isnt as eternal as Stevens or Daneyko? :sarcasm: http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-taunt003.gif

I wouldn't taunt the cougar if I were you.

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I wouldn't taunt the cougar if I were you.

I do fear I might have gone a little too far that time. :D

deal is 2 years according to TG

deal is 2 years according to TG

That's smart too. If Greene does improve, then 2010/11 is at a bargain.

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2070/ohyea3.GIF

I actually think Greene still has a bigger upside than most. He's a great skater. Just needs to toughen up.

Easier said than done.
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Yay......

...meh...

Wow, Greene is getting a nice raise, 737.5 against the cap.

2 yr. 1.475 million

725k in yr 1 and 750k in yr 2 with a cap hit of 737.5k

per tg
http://njmg.typepad.com/devilsblog/2009/07/devils-resign-andy-greene.html

What the ****?

What's the point of not qualifying Greene if you're going to give him a bigger raise?

Retarded.

It's about right for a 6-7 guy, but then I realised we could of just qualified him.

What the hell?

makes no sense why we didnt qualify him.

two way deal perhaps?

Wait, what? That dont make no sense at all? :dunno:

two way deal perhaps?

Hopefully. I don't think Greene would make it through waivers without someone claiming him.

two way deal perhaps?

I would think something along those lines.. There has to be a reason

Posted this on the main board.


Did Greene have abitration rights?

If so Greene could have not signed the qualifying offer and elected for arbitration and gotten higher than the $725K he got.

I don't know. I'm just throwing something out there.

He takes up 1.2% of the cap, you can't be serious if you have a problem with this.

What the ****?

What's the point of not qualifying Greene if you're going to give him a bigger raise?

Retarded.

It's mind boggling. I mean, maybe we'll find out about some obscure part of the CBA that nobody but Lou knew about. Or maybe Lou is losing his marbles a little bit with age.

Give Greene a regular role on the 3rd pairing. I think if the team puts a little more faith into him they will be rewarded. He has the speed and his hands and shot are not that bad either.

Look at how low we all thought of Oduya a few years ago.

He takes up 1.2% of the cap, you can't be serious if you have a problem with this.

You save money when you can, especially with a cap.

not bad, hes a good call up kinda guy who is mostly reliable when he comes up.

Look at how low we all thought of Oduya a few years ago.



NOBODY IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK OF ODuYA OF A FEW YEARS AGO!

There sure as hell cant be a downside.

good signing. but we need righty's

http://njmg.typepad.com/devilsblog/2009/07/greene-happy-to-remain-a-devil.html
Greene happy to remain a Devil

With all that's been on Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello's plate in the last week -- draft, coaching search, free agency -- defenseman Andy Greene was willing to be patient. It paid off today when the Devils re-signed Greene, 26, to a two-year deal for $1.475 million.

"I knew the process was going to take time with everything else that's going on with the coaching situation and the draft," Greene said in a phone conversation from his home Michigan. "So, I wasn't worried about it at all. I knew it was going to get done and wasn't really thinking about anything else."

Greene's deal pays him $725,000 in 2009-10 and $750,000 in 2010-11.

Greene became an unrestricted free agent at noon today. He would have been a restricted free agent if the Devils had made him the necessary one-year, $660,000 qualifying offer before Monday's 5 p.m. deadline, but they chose not to. Still, Greene said there was never a doubt in his mind that he wanted to be back.

"New Jersey is the place where I want to be," he said. "I want to play there. It's a great atmosphere to play in and to be in. They do everything they can to take care of us there. You know what your'e getting when you're there, so it's the place where I wanted to be and I knew going into it that everything was going to be fine."

Not a bad signing or anything but it basically looks as if the D will be the same exact thing as it was last season, and everyone knew that there needed to be an upgrade there.

makes no sense why we didnt qualify him.

If lou qualified him and greene accepted the 1 year qualifier, he would be an ufa after next season.

now we have him an extra year before he becomes ufa. that's the reason for the slightly higher salary.

If lou qualified him and greene accepted the 1 year qualifier, he would be an ufa after next season.

now we have him an extra year before he becomes ufa. that's the reason for the slightly higher salary.

Thanks. That makes sense.

I guess they are hoping he gets better next year, which would mean he'd cost more as an UFA next offseason than this one.

If lou qualified him and greene accepted the 1 year qualifier, he would be an ufa after next season.

now we have him an extra year before he becomes ufa. that's the reason for the slightly higher salary.

The moral of the story is that Lou is a genius, and that anyone who questions him is an idiot*

*and will die of gonorrhea

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2070/ohyea3.GIF

The moral of the story is that Lou is a genius, and that anyone who questions him is an idiot*

*and will die of gonorrhea

http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2070/ohyea3.GIF

so when greene has an oduya like season this year, we'll have him for 750k for an extra year instead of 3.5 mil!!!!!!

Fan of this signing. I always thought if given the opportunity Greene could become a great second pairing if the effort is there. He has the tools IMO

Woooooooot Wb Greene!!!!!!!!!!!!