Post by Personnel Representative on May 23, 2011 14:23:54 GMT -5
Player: Matt Taormina
Stats: GP17 G3 A2 PTS5 -2
Sitting Jury: Anaheim, Colorado, Edmonton
For New Jersey:
Proposed Salary:$0.625M
Matt is a talented youn defenseman who looks to be able to have a great opportunity to improve in the future. However, Matt is coming off of an ankle injury that forced him to sit out for 4/5 of his rookie season. Matt only made $0.51M last year and we are offering him a decent raise despite him only seeing limited action.
For Taormina:
Proposed Salary: 0.95M
We went a little higher than usual on our end because we feel NJ has gone extremely low on his offers and want to give the Arbitration Jury a fair range to consider. Devils has turned down offers as low as 0.7M, and we feel it's time to move on. Despite injury, Matt has still put up better numbers then, say, Aaron Voros, who is making nearly twice what NJ has proposed. Most players throughout the league in the same position as Taormina received an appropriate salary increase, and we feel that just because NJ joined late and did not have time to re-negotiate with everyone else, that he should not be given special treatment. The proposed 0.95M is STILL a lot less than Voros, despite Matt having a lot more potential. We also feel that Matt's projected role on NJ should not reflect salary considerations, since it is not reflective of his free-market value.
Stats: GP17 G3 A2 PTS5 -2
Sitting Jury: Anaheim, Colorado, Edmonton
For New Jersey:
Proposed Salary:$0.625M
Matt is a talented youn defenseman who looks to be able to have a great opportunity to improve in the future. However, Matt is coming off of an ankle injury that forced him to sit out for 4/5 of his rookie season. Matt only made $0.51M last year and we are offering him a decent raise despite him only seeing limited action.
For Taormina:
Proposed Salary: 0.95M
We went a little higher than usual on our end because we feel NJ has gone extremely low on his offers and want to give the Arbitration Jury a fair range to consider. Devils has turned down offers as low as 0.7M, and we feel it's time to move on. Despite injury, Matt has still put up better numbers then, say, Aaron Voros, who is making nearly twice what NJ has proposed. Most players throughout the league in the same position as Taormina received an appropriate salary increase, and we feel that just because NJ joined late and did not have time to re-negotiate with everyone else, that he should not be given special treatment. The proposed 0.95M is STILL a lot less than Voros, despite Matt having a lot more potential. We also feel that Matt's projected role on NJ should not reflect salary considerations, since it is not reflective of his free-market value.
