Bruce Tapdancing Dozzer


My back is dead
- AdamFrench

oh (frank).. back problems? what kind of issue?

Lets all wish Sam Gagner a happy 23rd birthday now.



- robin_steele264

So, if he wasn't before, he's now old enough to be enough to be a bust?

hahah nice! normally i wouldnt encourage that but that dippoop deserved it
- Dozzer

must have got got some floss caught in his tooth while chewing on his ritalin

All of them.
If there is a lockout they can all sign AHL only contracts, same as they can go to KHL or SEL. Waiver exemption has no impact whatsoever.

Though most would go to Europe/Russia as the quality of play will be much higher, as will the money. KHL would be throwing money around left right and center if there's a lockout.
- Big_Lightnin

Most will go to the Swiss Elite league. Great money, easy competition and pure privacy

All of them.
If there is a lockout they can all sign AHL only contracts, same as they can go to KHL or SEL. Waiver exemption has no impact whatsoever.

Though most would go to Europe/Russia as the quality of play will be much higher, as will the money. KHL would be throwing money around left right and center if there's a lockout.
- Big_Lightnin

How would they be able to sign an AHL contract when they already have an NHL contract?

oh (frank).. back problems? what kind of issue?


- Dozzer

Spasm while working out.

must have got got some floss caught in his tooth while chewing on his ritalin
- JIMI-JAMES

the sad part?

that guy probably thought he was being hilarious

How would they be able to sign an AHL contract when they already have an NHL contract?
- jbold

same way they can sign a KHL or SEL contract. It's a different league.

Spasm while "working out".
- AdamFrench

i told you to quit drinking magnums straight from the bottle

i told you to quit drinking magnums straight from the bottle
- Dozzer

Well it's either my back spasming or my kidneys failing so hard it's corrupting my back

same way they can sign a KHL or SEL contract. It's a different league.
- Big_Lightnin

But the AHL is affiliated with the NHL.

Might be a different contract.. But in their NHL contract has AHL crap too.

For example, Dupuis signed an NHL contract, but was sent down to the AHL..

I have no idea how that crap works.

i told you to quit drinking magnums straight from the bottle
- Dozzer

I thought "Workout" was a code word for sex..


Then this.....

But the AHL is affiliated with the NHL.

Might be a different contract.. But in their NHL contract has AHL crap too.

For example, Dupuis signed an NHL contract, but was sent down to the AHL..

I have no idea how that crap works.
- jbold

During a lockout it doesn't matter and all the contracts NHL players sign become null when the NHL season officially begins whether it is 2 months in or 4 years later. That's what happened last time.

But the AHL is affiliated with the NHL.

Might be a different contract.. But in their NHL contract has AHL crap too.

For example, Dupuis signed an NHL contract, but was sent down to the AHL..

I have no idea how that crap works.
- jbold

AHL still operates when NHL locks out. As you said, Spezza played in NHL but was not waiver exempt. He was paid an AHL salary to play. AHL can sign any player, same as KHL can.

AHL clubs mostly still operated by NHL owners, so not in there interest to give players work when they are locked out, but for young players they want to keep an eye on, it's the best option.

But the AHL is affiliated with the NHL.

Might be a different contract.. But in their NHL contract has AHL crap too.

For example, Dupuis signed an NHL contract, but was sent down to the AHL..

I have no idea how that crap works.
- jbold

I think it has to do with whether its a 2 way(NHL/AHL) contract or one way(just NHL or just AHL)...one way NHL'ers dont have to play AHL...and they can sign a SEL/KHL/DEL whatever contract if locked out, and for more $ than what AHL pays out...Dups had a 2 way so he's bound to play AHL by terms of his contract if NHL lockout....

AHL still operates when NHL locks out. As you said, Spezza played in NHL but was not waiver exempt. He was paid an AHL salary to play. AHL can sign any player, same as KHL can.

AHL clubs mostly still operated by NHL owners, so not in there interest to give players work when they are locked out, but for young players they want to keep an eye on, it's the best option.
- Big_Lightnin

So really, if they wanted to. Every player on the Leafs could play on the Marlies if a lockout were to happen?

Well it's either my back spasming or my kidneys failing so hard it's corrupting my back
- AdamFrench

i threw my back out so bad last week i had to forgo the gym for a week and a half.. my back was so swollen in the kidney area dani swore it was a kidney infection

two huge lumps.. and i was walking around like i should be ringing church bells for a living.

wasnt the kidneys.. that part of my back has been screwed since i was 16 wanna know how i hurt it?

playing football... no
playing hockey.... no
playing baseball...no
playing tennis.....

I thought "Workout" was a code word for sex..


Then this.....


- jbold

"workout" is code for so many things lol

Now answer this. If there's a lockout. Is Getzlaf still a UFA in 2013?

Or is there some rule with contracts where since the season was locked out, that season doesnt count towards their contract?

Since im bored and there's nothing to talk about.

What players do you think are going to have breakout/bounce back/ struggle this season?

Bounce back:

Phaneuf
Subban
Getzlaf
C.Stewart
Duchene
M.Richards
Ovie
Lucic



Breakout seasons and career seasons:

Krejci
Tavares
Toews
Eberle
M.Koivu
E.Kane
JVR



Crappy/struggling season:

Perry
Hossa
Benn
J.Howard
Versteeg
Lupul
St.Louis
Elliott
Karlsson (Think he'll have a good season, but will only get 40-50 points)
Gaborik
Kovalchuk
Weber (He'll still be good, but will struggle a bit without Suter)
Price
- jbold

I highlight JVR only because it really won't take much for him to have a "career" season. He'll be getting 1st line minutes which he didn't get in Philly and all he has to do from there is stay healthy. Still don't expect more than 60 points from him though.

Howard is about to be the scape goat for what will be Detroit worst season in a very long time.

Price, although he's a friggin awesome goalie, I just think he's due to slip for one season and then go back to his normal dominant self.

I didn't select Getzlaf because the bastard screwed me last season in my pool. Even though I still ended up winning it certainly wasn't cause of him. The way I see it, with every strand of hair he's lost; he's dropped in results on the ice.

Spasm while working out.
- AdamFrench

Sure bud.

So really, if they wanted to. Every player on the Leafs could play on the Marlies if a lockout were to happen?
- jbold

theoretically, though if Leafs allowed this, would piss off the other owners, because they are giving their own locked out players work, which contradicts the point of locking them out.

Now answer this. If there's a lockout. Is Getzlaf still a UFA in 2013?

Or is there some rule with contracts where since the season was locked out, that season doesnt count towards their contract?
- jbold

i believe that the contract term is used up but the team doesnt have to pay salary.

So really, if they wanted to. Every player on the Leafs could play on the Marlies if a lockout were to happen?
- jbold

1 way NHL'ers would have to sign an AHL contract, but yes they could....however they would make a lot more money playing overseas instead...not sure if salary cap in AHL though....

i threw my back out so bad last week i had to forgo the gym for a week and a half.. my back was so swollen in the kidney area dani swore it was a kidney infection

two huge lumps.. and i was walking around like i should be ringing church bells for a living.

wasnt the kidneys.. that part of my back has been screwed since i was 16 wanna know how i hurt it?

playing football... no
playing hockey.... no
playing baseball...no
playing tennis.....
- Dozzer

For me it was hockey. I used to play with a really short stick because I couldn't shoot hard enough with one that was my size. AKA I was the hunchback of Hockey. I was 6'2 using a 3.5 foot stick