its official

Chia is the worst General Manger the NHL has ever seen

How the (frank) does Edmonton have $4,133,333 in buyouts? (frank) they are a disaster.

its official

Chia is the worst General Manger the NHL has ever seen
- Lucas.Neilson

You time travel and miss the last 8 years? What else has happened?

hmm yeah..so his is strange.
are you sure on that?

CF says SIGNING DATE: January 10, 2008 .. so the cap % on sportrac is probably more accurate as to when the contract was signed

wouldnt CF be higher if they used the current year and not when it started and the new established cap?
- senstroll

CH% would be lower if they used the percentage based on the year it took effect, since the cap typically increases. So based off of a 79.5m cap, Matthews is at 14.634% cap hit; based off of an 81.5m cap, he's at 14.27%, or based off of an $83m cap, which is where it was going, it's a 14% cap. I thought that was the targeted number because that was Kopitar's number, and if I recall correctly, he was a guy that Matthews said he likened his game to.

You time travel and miss the last 8 years? What else has happened?
- RickJames77

It was risky, unfortunatly it didn't work out.

CH% would be lower if they used the percentage based on the year it took effect, since the cap typically increases. So based off of a 79.5m cap, Matthews is at 14.634% cap hit; based off of an 81.5m cap, he's at 14.27%, or based off of an $83m cap, which is where it was going, it's a 14% cap. I thought that was the targeted number because that was Kopitar's number, and if I recall correctly, he was a guy that Matthews said he likened his game to.
- Monkeypunk

Kopi? Really? Huh...I don't think they're similar players at all. I thought Kopitar to be more rounded and play a superior 200ft game, but score less goals and probably less points if Matthews was healthy

Edit: he scores less anyways

Except that monstrous 2017-2018 season

You called?
- The Law

I dropped a 10 gallon water cooler on your front porch.

If you could convert that to a Barolo, that would be great.

Thanks

Not a LTIR problem.....
- bobbyisno1

Al Capone disagrees.

Only team that would do that would have no capable defender to be on the PP. Only team that fits the bill is the Oilers because Klefbom and Nurse are just decent at that (Bear hasn't proven he can do it at the NHL level).
- AdamFrench

i guess the Flyurs tried it a bit last season.
not sure how it worked

You time travel and miss the last 8 years? What else has happened?
- RickJames77

oh ive known but the dust has settled and the oil's leaking from the tankers!

Kopi? Really? Huh...I don't think they're similar players at all. I thought Kopitar to be more rounded and play a superior 200ft game, but score less goals and probably less points if Matthews was healthy

Edit: he scores less anyways

Except that monstrous 2017-2018 season
- RickJames77

I feel bad for Kopitar. He has to play with a 5000 year old Dustin Brown and a 4th line rookie Iafallo.

I feel bad for Kopitar. He has to play with a 5000 year old Dustin Brown and a 4th line rookie Iafallo.
- AdamFrench

at least his bank account helps offset

i guess the Flyurs tried it a bit last season.
not sure how it worked
- senstroll

Sounds like a waste of the Ghostbear

I feel bad for Kopitar. He has to play with a 5000 year old Dustin Brown and a 4th line rookie Iafallo.
- AdamFrench

All very true...Too bad they couldn't retool on the fly with that core. They just got so old so quick. poop, look at Doughty's contract. Does anyone want to willingly take that on after the year he just had? I expect him to bounce back a bit, but to an 11 million defenceman? Not so sure

I don't even think that 8 year extension kicks in until this year too

its official

Chia is the worst General Manger the NHL has ever seen
- Lucas.Neilson

I never knew all this until recently. its from Wikipedia, Jeff Gorton..so accurate?

anyways... Chia got a lot of Mileage from that cup win...but holy poop...give Gorton a ring also

In his time as interim general manager of the Bruins, Gorton most notably ran the 2006 NHL Entry Draft which produced for the Bruins Phil Kessel, Milan Lucic and Brad Marchand. At the same draft, Gorton traded goaltender Andrew Raycroft to the Toronto Maple Leafs for goalie prospect Tuukka Rask.[3] Raycroft was coming off a subpar season and his two-year stint in Toronto would prove disastrous, with the Leafs buying him out of the final year of his contract.[4] Rask, meanwhile, had been selected in the first round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by Toronto and went on to win the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender in the 2013-14 season.[5] On July 1, Gorton signed Zdeno Chara and Marc Savard as free agents. Chara would go on to win the Norris trophy in 2009 as the NHL's best defenseman while under the contract signed by Gorton.

On July 15, 2006, he re-assumed his assistant general manager duties when Peter Chiarelli was hired as permanent general manager. He was dismissed, along with respected scout Daniel Doré on June 27, 2007.[6] Gorton was immediately picked up as a Pro Scout by the Rangers.

Al Capone disagrees.
- Atomic Wedgie

He's in hell, don't think it's cap hell though.

its official

Chia is the worst General Manger the NHL has ever seen
- Lucas.Neilson

What have I missed?

Link?

Mathews has not played a full season in the NHL. He needs to show that he can actually put up 120-130 points and win the art Ross to deserve this coin. Not just a projection off 70 points on what he may have gotten had he played a full season.
- B-Wforever

Absolutely false. He played a full 82 game season in his rookie year.

I never knew all this until recently. its from Wikipedia, Jeff Gorton..so accurate?

anyways... Chia got a lot of Mileage from that cup win...but holy poop...give Gorton a ring also
- senstroll

This is all well known by hardcore Bruins fans. We never really gave him any credit for our team. Although, some of the moves he made were instrumental. He was able to bring in Nathan Horton, Mark Recchi, Seidenberg, Peverley and Chris Kelly. Although, in one of those trades he parted with Blake Wheeler

Ultimately though, the core, which is what won the cup, was more or less put in place by Gorton.

This is all well known by hardcore Bruins fans. We never really gave him any credit for our team. Although, some of the moves he made were instrumental. He was able to bring in Nathan Horton, Mark Recchi, Seidenberg, Peverley and Chris Kelly. Although, in one of those trades he parted with Blake Wheeler

Ultimately though, the core, which is what won the cup, was more or less put in place by Gorton.
- RickJames77

Man, I wnated the Leafs to get that guy.
Wheeler that is.
Wasn't he there during the Kaberle trade?

This is all well known by hardcore Bruins fans. We never really gave him any credit for our team. Although, some of the moves he made were instrumental. He was able to bring in Nathan Horton, Mark Recchi, Seidenberg, Peverley and Chris Kelly. Although, in one of those trades he parted with Blake Wheeler

Ultimately though, the core, which is what won the cup, was more or less put in place by Gorton.
- RickJames77

that has to be one of the best few months any GM has ever had..in the history of the NHL

Credit to Chia for booting him and looking like a genius off somene elses work

I dropped a 10 gallon water cooler on your front porch.

If you could convert that to a Barolo, that would be great.

Thanks
- Atomic Wedgie

I'm still 'in training' would a Sangiovese suffice?

This is all well known by hardcore Bruins fans. We never really gave him any credit for our team. Although, some of the moves he made were instrumental. He was able to bring in Nathan Horton, Mark Recchi, Seidenberg, Peverley and Chris Kelly. Although, in one of those trades he parted with Blake Wheeler

Ultimately though, the core, which is what won the cup, was more or less put in place by Gorton.
- RickJames77

I read that a few weeks back and was floored. It was honestly the ONE thing I'd given Chia credit for. I assumed his previous relationship with Chara had gotten the job done.

Christ, Gorton even did the Raycroft for Rask deal.

I probably should give him credit for the Kessel deal, but really that was all on Brian Burke anyway.

that has to be one of the best few months any GM has ever had..in the history of the NHL

Credit to Chia for booting him and looking like a genius off somene elses work
- senstroll

It’s pretty wild that an interim GM was allowed to make some of the decisions he did and how they are still positively affecting the franchise more than a decade later.

This is all well known by hardcore Bruins fans. We never really gave him any credit for our team. Although, some of the moves he made were instrumental. He was able to bring in Nathan Horton, Mark Recchi, Seidenberg, Peverley and Chris Kelly. Although, in one of those trades he parted with Blake Wheeler

Ultimately though, the core, which is what won the cup, was more or less put in place by Gorton.
- RickJames77

It's pretty amazing he will go down in history as trading.

Phil Kessel
Blake Wheeler
Taylor Hall
Jordan Eberle
Tyler Seguin
and Joe Colborne