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Flaccid
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There was much hullabaloo in Edmonton about the team chasing one of these centers and I suppose it's a matter of opinion but I'm rather glad they ended up with neither. Being forced to cheer for Ribeiro would have been shitty and Roy would have been replacing Sam Gagner with a shittier Sam Gagner. Neither of those players balance the roster out so they are better off seeing if one of the younger guys can play (Jar Jar, Yakimov, etc.) or going full-McDavid. DRAFT '15 HERE WE COMMEEEEEE | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17682 Posts
On July 12 2014 13:31 QuanticHawk wrote: in jimmy's world, LTIRing a player who isn't injured when is not cap circumvention, but hiring a retired player to coach is the example provided stated Cleary would be paid $10M/Year as an "assistant to the GM". there is no way the NHL would let that happen with any player. This opens the door for every NHL team signing an aging superstar veteran player to a minimum salary contract only to see their salary rise to more than Crosby's salary as they retire. So it can't be permitted and it won't happen. Now, they may hire Cleary as a pro scout for 200K at most. also, this "coach" comment. almost on NHL-er goes straight from palyer to coach. And, when they do their pay goes down not up. they get crappy low level entry level ass't coach pay. They don't get Mike Babcock money. so again it would be salary cap circumvention to hire Cleary as a "coach" at anywhere near the money Philly originally wanted to give Cleary to get him to leave Detroit. Regarding your other comment about NHL teams manipulating the LTIR status of players. It is rare to have a non-existent injury get claimed and have a player put on LTIR. But, often an injury is a matter of degree and not a simple "bone fracture exists" .."bone fracture does not exist". As a result, teams manipulate the timing of when they LTIR players in order to best work around the salary cap. Every team in the NHL has done it..and there will be a parade of teams that do it just before the season starts. The plethora of concrete examples of Teams screwing around with the timing of LTIR-ing their players are on CapGeek.com and sites similar. Often players get injured at the start of training camp and don't get LTIR-ed until the day before hte regular season starts. Here is a simple example: http://www.capgeek.com/faq/how-does-long-term-injured-reserve-LTIR-work There are an endless # of permutations and combinations of ways to manipulate the cap in this way. Most soft tissue injuries are a matter of degree and not as binary as "dead"/"alive" making it really hard to catch teams doing this stuff. As a result teams play around with when they LTIR palyers because they know they can't get caught. I've just played 15 hours of basketball in the last 3 days. I have an inflammed medial epicondyle in my right arm. Am i injured and must quit playing for 2 weeks? or can i just play through it with some physio and ultrasound treatments? who knows. when an NHL team decides to LTIR a guy who got injured 10 days ago its really hard for a DR to assess the "age" of the injury. i hope this little post has been educational for everyone involved .  | ||
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17682 Posts
Lindros career was littered with all kinds of these incidents http://www.bleedphilly.com/blog/2014/07/eric-lindros-tore-up-charity-auction-posters-because-he-was-mad-at-a-referee.html With Lindros constantly pointing the finger at everyone, but himself after all these sorts of incidents.... even the general public began to realize what an idiot he was... I'm waiting for Carl and Bonnie to issue their official rebuttals to these accusations in separate press conferences... o ya, i forgot, no one gives a fuck. it is interesting to have a referee acknowledge in writing the subjective nature of his on-ice penalty calls in that article though. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17682 Posts
discussing the criticism FAs are not signing in Detroit because he is too tough on players. Here come the "Babcock to TO" rumours LOL nice excavating by "Tim & Sid". http://thehockeywriters.com/red-wings-coach-mike-babcock-doesnt-hold-back-in-radio-interview/ | ||
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Sub40APM
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KelianQatar
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TT1
Canada10045 Posts
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Canada10045 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32154 Posts
ennis reupped with the sabers for almost 5mper over 5 years. maybe a tiny overpayment, but then again he has been one of the few steady offensive forces there. rangers signed matthew lombardi 2ys/1.6 total. cheap contract for a guy who could surprise and be a nice contributor i nthe bottom six. if not, he's cheap at least | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32154 Posts
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Flaccid
8917 Posts
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Kevin_Sorbo
Canada3217 Posts
should be a good addition to the rangers if he can stay healthy. Same for Stempniak. Should be an upgrade over Pouliot based on the fact that he does work hard. The rangers wont regret letting Pouliot go when they see him go back to his lazy ways in Edmonton. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32154 Posts
![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/akTU2/76bf63c8f6.png) heheh also paul statsny had taco bell cater his wedding, and had a cake modeled after a sauce packet (it was spelt wrong) ![[image loading]](http://i61.tinypic.com/2z5pr1x.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i59.tinypic.com/vomxyu.jpg) also also the wings are assfucking detroit to the tune of 58% of their building costs, and the city does not recieve any revenue from the stadium as it did in its last deal with the joe http://www.freep.com/article/20140302/NEWS01/303020060/red-wings-detroit-arena-revenue | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17682 Posts
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs-fire-dave-poulin-claude-loiselle-hire-kyle-dubas-as-assistant-gm/ | ||
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EiBmoZ
Canada235 Posts
On July 17 2014 16:36 JimmyJRaynor wrote: gee, i wonder why Eric Lindros isn't in the Hall of Fame and Cam Neely, Pat Lafountaine and Borje Salming are Lindros career was littered with all kinds of these incidents http://www.bleedphilly.com/blog/2014/07/eric-lindros-tore-up-charity-auction-posters-because-he-was-mad-at-a-referee.html With Lindros constantly pointing the finger at everyone, but himself after all these sorts of incidents.... even the general public began to realize what an idiot he was... I'm waiting for Carl and Bonnie to issue their official rebuttals to these accusations in separate press conferences... o ya, i forgot, no one gives a fuck. it is interesting to have a referee acknowledge in writing the subjective nature of his on-ice penalty calls in that article though. people that can't keep their head up while skating through center ice don't get to be in the HoF | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17682 Posts
it never hurts to build up brownie points with the OHL. this has Shanahan's fingerprints all over it. On July 23 2014 02:16 EiBmoZ wrote: people that can't keep their head up while skating through center ice don't get to be in the HoF Lafountaine got in ... his career was destroyed by concussions.... of course he is a first class guy, Lindros is a total fuck-face... whoda thunk an Ontario boy who donates all his money to Ontario hospitals would get told to fuck off by the HHOF and the parade of Russians, Swedes Americans, and women continues to flow into the Hall. I hope Cassie Campbell gets in next year. | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On July 22 2014 01:49 QuanticHawk wrote: also also the wings are assfucking detroit to the tune of 58% of their building costs, and the city does not recieve any revenue from the stadium as it did in its last deal with the joe http://www.freep.com/article/20140302/NEWS01/303020060/red-wings-detroit-arena-revenue Gotta find that extra Dan Cleary Bonus money for next season somewhere dog. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17682 Posts
the women's olympic hockey event was a perfect example, team canada had a 2-0 with 3 minutes left and lost 3-2 in overtime to team usa. Jason Whitlock needs to stick to covering basketball.. he is having enough problems doing that job... getting into hockey , philosophy and canadian culture is a bad move on his part. if andrew wiggins is lazy ... fine.. just say so. Terry Fox was another lazy canadian athlete. he quit after getting lung cancer.. talk about lazy. | ||
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EiBmoZ
Canada235 Posts
On July 23 2014 02:20 JimmyJRaynor wrote: good move by the Leafs to let Dubas help hire the succeeding Greyhounds GM.... it never hurts to build up brownie points with the OHL. this has Shanahan's fingerprints all over it. Lafountaine got in ... his career was destroyed by concussions.... of course he is a first class guy, Lindros is a total fuck-face... whoda thunk an Ontario boy who donates all his money to Ontario hospitals would get told to fuck off by the HHOF and the parade of Russians, Swedes Americans, and women continues to flow into the Hall. I hope Cassie Campbell gets in next year. I wasn't aware that Pat LaFontaine's concussions were sustained by skating with his head down. Lindros may have been good for charity but that's doesn't get you in the HoF either. Maybe if Lindros played long enough to get 450+ goals like LaFontaine he'd be worth the invite. | ||
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