Aug 4th, 2005
Winners and Losers
Mike Modano vs. the Dallas Stars
It’s hard to call anyone getting $17.25Mil a loser, but, the Stars clearly won this encounter. Mike looks indecisive, and somewhat spineless. The Stars got their star player for the rest of his career for below market value.
The Texas Rangers vs. Anyone
The post all-star break swoon is a Rangers stereotype for a reason.
Frisco traffic vs. my ass
Frisco traffic wins this one hands down.
My comment spam filter vs. online porn/casinos/drugs
I’m 465-0 over the last 90 days.
Firefox vs. Safari
As of v.1.06, Firefox (with a few choice extensions) surges back into the lead. It’s fast, doesn’t crash, and blocks ads and pop-ups quite nicely. While it’s not terribly attractive, it’s not butt-ugly, either.
Deep content vs. space fillers on my website
Looks like space fillers are doing quite well as of late. Guess I get really good and pissed off about something so I will have something to say.
But you have look at the way the contract for Mo is structured i.e. about 5.25 mil / year for the first 3 years and then 750k for the following 2 years. Its not a bad deal for him and he likely wont play those last 2 years anyway
Very true, but it is worth noting that even the 5.25 mil in the first two years is very much below what Peter Forsberg and Jerome Iginla received.
It’s actually more on par with what a second teir (although still very good) player like Pavol Demitra received.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to have him, and I don’t think ANYONE making $17M is worthy of pity.
I also agree with you that I don’t think Mike has 5 years left. His love for the game has been questioned before, and he undoubtedly has plans for his life post-hockey.