Well that was fun for a while. The Predators, just minutes ago, have decided to match the Flyers $110 million offer sheet to Shea Weber. This isn't good for the Flyers, as the Rangers have just added Rick Nash to their offense for next to nothing, and Crosby probably has at least a good 20 games in him for the Penguins before he gets his annual concussion. At this point they could go after Bobby Ryan from Anaheim or Shane Doan from Phoenix and just hope their offense lets them win every game next season 9-7. There really aren't any defensemen left on the market that are going to make the D all that better.
While this news is a bummer, I have to give respect to the Nashville Predators' owner, David Poile, for sticking to his word that he would match any offer given to Weber...even if that does mean the team may eventually fold due to the fact that they have to pay Weber $3 million more than ALL of their ticket sale revenue next year. Still though, I've always kind of liked the Predators and their gnarly bright yellow uniforms. Le Predatores de Quebec has kind of a ring to it too I guess.
I'm simply more surprised about this than disappointed, but hey at least Weber won't be on any Eastern Conference team for the next 14 years. Unless when the Preds move to Quebec they get shifted to Eastern Conference, but that remains to be seen.
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