Adam French
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Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh Joined: 04.06.2011
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winsix
Season Ticket Holder Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
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I think it makes the whole league more interesting when every team has a similar capacity to win.
I'm a big fan of the salary cap, despite making salaries as big of a discussion point as performances. - Scabeh
I'm not a fan. Does it promote parity? To a certain extent yes in my opinion. Do teams make extra profits living off the success of other franchises - yes. Should finacially successful teams struggle to keep franchises afloat that provide terrible teams and entertainment for the fans?
Would rather see a 24 team league with no cap. |
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winsix
Season Ticket Holder Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
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Don't get me wrong, as a Leafs fan, I would franking love it if the NHL moved to a luxury tax model. I'd franking love it.
But having said that, I understand why the owners (or at least the small market ones) like it.
As an aside, I can't believe anyone would watch the Premier League. Or the Scottish League. Or the Spanish or Italian leagues... - Atomic Wedgie
Agree |
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PatC80
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON Joined: 08.11.2011
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New-Wirth?!?!? - Atomic Wedgie
I think it's pronounced "No-Worth" |
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Scabeh
Montreal Canadiens |
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Location: The Slovakian Jagr, QC Joined: 02.25.2007
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I'm not a fan. Does it promote parity? To a certain extent yes in my opinion. Do teams make extra profits living off the success of other franchises - yes. Should finacially successful teams struggle to keep franchises afloat that provide terrible teams and entertainment for the fans?
Would rather see a 24 team league with no cap. - winsix
Meh, I dont miss the days big UFAs would all go to Detroit, New-York, Toronto, etc...
Now star players pretty much have to spread out across the league.
I think the current system works. |
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Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: The centre of the hockey universe Joined: 07.31.2006
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I'm not a fan. Does it promote parity? To a certain extent yes in my opinion. Do teams make extra profits living off the success of other franchises - yes. Should finacially successful teams struggle to keep franchises afloat that provide terrible teams and entertainment for the fans?
Would rather see a 24 team league with no cap. - winsix
Which raises the interesting (oh my God, it's summer and we have nothing to talk about) question:
What 8 teams do you eliminate?
Yes, I'm already considering Seattle to be a team.
There's really only about 4 teams that need to be cut.
The Panthers just need to move back to Miami. |
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Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers |
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Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh Joined: 04.06.2011
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Wait. St. Louis won the Cup? |
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winsix
Season Ticket Holder Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
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I think it's pronounced "No-Worth" - PatC80
Offering a tryout to a guy that wansn't good enough to play goal for Philly?
Holy (frank)
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RogerRoeper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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Wait. St. Louis won the Cup? - AdamFrench
Yeah but Leafs have no chance. |
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Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: The centre of the hockey universe Joined: 07.31.2006
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Offering a tryout to a guy that wansn't good enough to play goal for Philly?
Holy (frank)
- winsix
I'm going to disagree here.
Philly has a long and storied history of running good goalies out of town.
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RogerRoeper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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Meh, I dont miss the days big UFAs would all go to Detroit, New-York, Toronto, etc...
Now star players pretty much have to spread out across the league.
I think the current system works. - Scabeh
UFAs are garbage. The only good one in the last decade has been Tavares. The key is all these high picks and signed back with their teams.
New York would sign Bobby Holik for 9 million per before the cap. Yeah... |
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Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: The centre of the hockey universe Joined: 07.31.2006
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UFAs are garbage. The only good one in the last decade has been Tavares. The key is all these high picks and signed back with their teams. - RogerRoeper
Which is why fans need to cut some slack to the Matthewses and Marnerses and Pointses of the league.
Why should they get paid less than Tyler Franking Myers? |
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RogerRoeper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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Which is why fans need to cut some slack to the Matthewses and Marnerses and Pointses of the league.
Why should they get paid less than Tyler Franking Myers? - Atomic Wedgie
I don't understand the controversy about the Leafs paying a lot for young stars. They litterally no have bad contracts.
Canucks cap situation is hilarious. Benning has (frank)ed them so bad.
I think the RFA and UFAs are catching-up and they should. Much better to draft/develop your own stars. And the issue is, you can't even add a UFA for a supporting piece because you can't overpay for some 3rd or 4th liner. |
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PatC80
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON Joined: 08.11.2011
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Offering a tryout to a guy that wansn't good enough to play goal for Philly?
Holy (frank)
- winsix
Sparks: .902 Save %. 3.15 GAA.
Neuvirth: .859 Save% 4.27 GAA.
Yeah, we've strengthened our backup goalie position |
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Lucas Neilson
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Atlantic Division Blogger, ON Joined: 06.26.2015
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new blog up |
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Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers |
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Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh Joined: 04.06.2011
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I don't understand the controversy about the Leafs paying a lot for young stars. They litterally no have bad contracts.
Canucks cap situation is hilarious. Benning has (frank)ed them so bad.
I think the RFA and UFAs are catching-up and they should. Much better to draft/develop your own stars. And the issue is, you can't even add a UFA for a supporting piece because you can't overpay for some 3rd or 4th liner. - RogerRoeper
NightHawk has already proven that the Canucks are not only in a great spot, but all of their problems can be magicked away by Doctor Strange. |
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RogerRoeper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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NightHawk has already proven that the Canucks are not only in a great spot, but all of their problems can be magicked away by Doctor Strange. - AdamFrench
The amount of $ wasted on crap BEFORE any of the franchise pieces are signed makes my head spin
Once Dubas signs Marner everyone is taken care of and no bad contracts. But Leafs are in "Cap Hell", right kids? |
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winsix
Season Ticket Holder Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
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Which raises the interesting (oh my God, it's summer and we have nothing to talk about question):
What 8 teams do you eliminate?
Yes, I'm already considering Seattle to be a team.
There's really only about 4 teams that need to be cut.
The Panthers just need to move back to Miami. - Atomic Wedgie
You're correct of course. There are only 3 teams you could consider folding at this point. Does not piss me off any less though. Hate the cap.
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Atomic Wedgie
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: The centre of the hockey universe Joined: 07.31.2006
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Meh, I dont miss the days big UFAs would all go to Detroit, New-York, Toronto, etc...
Now star players pretty much have to spread out across the league.
I think the current system works. - Scabeh
My brother likes to make this "OK, I've had three beers - let's argue this" proposal:
Eliminate the draft.
Eliminate any restrictions on player movement (i.e., teams do not retain any rights after a contract has ended).
Keep the salary cap.
See what happens.
I have to admit, it's a pretty compelling argument.
Top draft picks would start making big salaries right off the bat, which would really throw team salary structures out of whack. Do you give a guy a 5 year contract? Only 3? 11?
Every July 1st would be the biggest poop show imaginable.
But at the end of the day, you would probably still have a good amount of parity. Teams like the Rangers and the Leafs would be top heavy, but you could probably build a strong team with a bunch of guys making moderate salaries. |
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winsix
Season Ticket Holder Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
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RogerRoeper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Toronto, ON Joined: 03.27.2007
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Yes and the Leafs are (frank)ed because they will have at least 9 players earning the league minimum - winsix
Spezza for 700K was so much better than all that expensive poop Benning has signed for no reason.
Sign your young elite talent. Cheap-out on the supporting talent you can find every summer on the bargain in. Benning's lineup is litterred with "Ok" players being vastly overpaid and Boeser and Pettersson need to be signed . |
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GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON Joined: 06.12.2017
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Former Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth is training with with Czech team Sparta but has accepted an NHL tryout invite with Toronto, per iSport: isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej-n… - burn
Not the worst thing. He's better than Hutchinson, at least. Unless he fell completely off a cliff recently. |
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PatC80
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON Joined: 08.11.2011
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Not the worst thing. He's better than Hutchinson, at least. Unless he fell completely off a cliff recently. - GreatGigInTheSky
last year was bad.. |
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bobbyisno1
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: I'm excited to see that Joined: 08.28.2010
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Offering a tryout to a guy that wansn't good enough to play goal for Philly?
Holy (frank)
- winsix
They just need to fill out the practice squads. |
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GreatGigInTheSky
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: "Yeah, Garth is a tool"- Garf, ON Joined: 06.12.2017
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You may not want Marner back in your dressing room (until he signs that is, then you'll love him again) but 30 other teams would. The Leafs certainly do. Otherwise Dubas wouldn't have jumped through hoops this summer to open up the cap space to fit him in. - gergeswillems
I actually think that Dubas has done a pretty good job of limiting CAP space. Leaving enough that Marner will/should have to sign a fair deal, and not an over-payment. |
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