This is where the Leafs paying those massive bonuses is golden. Nylander's money is almost all paid. There is little money to go with the cap hits. Small market teams will look for that.
- RogerRoeper

Except that cap space still counts, and there aren't many teams with much of it.

Since the lock out 15 years ago, the nhl teams that have not won a playoff series are:
Panthers
Leafs

Except that cap space still counts, and there aren't many teams with much of it.
- BINGO!

Usually when you trade a player with a cap hit another player comes back with a cap hit

Usually

Except that cap space still counts, and there aren't many teams with much of it.
- BINGO!

DET and OTT. both are rebuilding so its hard to get any big asset back

Except that cap space still counts, and there aren't many teams with much of it.
- BINGO!

Teams will be dropping their cap hits next season. Just wait.

Hard to say, they got to where they are now with 29 games from their best goaltender. There's a side to the argument that they could view their team as more than capable to reach that bar again with 50 out of him next year.

Who knows. I do like the idea of a Raanta / Campbell combo in Toronto next year though.
- joel878

Raanta spends a lot of time on the IR, though.

Since the lock out 15 years ago, the nhl teams that have not won a playoff series are:
Panthers
Leafs
- Fakepartofme

Panthers have great young talent. They will be better next year..

Usually when you trade a player with a cap hit another player comes back with a cap hit

Usually
- Santo_44

Sure, but isn't the goal to save some space too?

I might be to young, disconnected... Or just not have had enough coffee to know what that means.

Either way, I don't know what that means.
- joel878

Brooks Brothers was the oldest clothing company in the United States. Just over 200 years. They claim to have outfitted 41 of 45 US Presidents.

They were synonymous with a conservative style of dress - suits with a button-down shirt.

They just filed for bankruptcy.

They couldn't figure it out.

Sure, but isn't the goal to save some space too?
- BINGO!

then you get a lower return, cap space is at a premium right now

then you get a lower return, cap space is at a premium right now
- Symba007

Depends what team. I think some teams value real $$$ more than cap space right now.

I know that everyone likes to make fun of the Sabres and predict 100 years of solitude, but I actually think they are perfectly positioned for next year.

They have their core locked up, and basically nobody else.

There's going to be an awful lot of bargains out there this off-season.

I fear the bison and crossed swords.

don't worry guys …you've got johnny T #91 on your jersey and 2 in your shorts
HE WAS THE MISSING PIECE TO YOUR CUP PUZZLE...you guys had the cup parade planned out when you signed this non winner

I know that everyone likes to make fun of the Sabres and predict 100 years of solitude, but I actually think they are perfectly positioned for next year.

They have their core locked up, and basically nobody else.

There's going to be an awful lot of bargains out there this off-season.

I fear the bison and crossed swords.
- Atomic Wedgie

shouldnt fear. their owners are nut jobs like the guy in ottawa.

I like torts, cant help it.

https://twitter.com/Aliso.../1292869118845235200?s=19

Brooks Brothers was the oldest clothing company in the United States. Just over 200 years. They claim to have outfitted 41 of 45 US Presidents.

They were synonymous with a conservative style of dress - suits with a button-down shirt.

They just filed for bankruptcy.

They couldn't figure it out.
- Atomic Wedgie

Gotcha.

I feel like watching sports and buying suits during a pandemic are a couple of tough comparables... But I see your point. 🤔

don't worry guys …you've got johnny T #91 on your jersey and 2 in your shorts
HE WAS THE MISSING PIECE TO YOUR CUP PUZZLE...you guys had the cup parade planned out when you signed this non winner
- cmimbri

Good one.

Panthers have great young talent. They will be better next year..
- RogerRoeper

Funny, same thing you said about the leafs.

I know that everyone likes to make fun of the Sabres and predict 100 years of solitude, but I actually think they are perfectly positioned for next year.

They have their core locked up, and basically nobody else.

There's going to be an awful lot of bargains out there this off-season.

I fear the bison and crossed swords.
- Atomic Wedgie

They are not bad at all. they have those elite core pieces. That Skinner contract is a killer though.

Funny, same thing you said about the leafs.
- Fakepartofme

Not for 15 years.

Depends what team. I think some teams value real $$$ more than cap space right now.
- Leafs43

there aren't many teams in that situation right now and a flat cap puts a bigger squeeze on the teams at the top than at the bottom.

some UFA's are going to have to take cheap, short contracts if they want to play this year.

I think it's a bit of a cop out to rip on the team so badly, and throw out stats like their lack of playoff wins in the last 15 years...

The team was managed terribly for a long time, and they made a move to address it. They brought in Shanny, and gutted everything...

I prefer to look at the team as 4 years into a rebuild. When they drafted Mathews (They were legit at the bottom of the barrel), I fully expected to not see the playoffs for about 4 or 5 years. They surprised everyone, and took the presidents trophy winners to game 6, and ran into a tough Boston team after that.

The cap situation sucks, but the team isn't as one dimensional as everyone thinks, or at least no more than a team like the Blues? or esp the Jackets.. They need to mature, learn to finish, and to play at a high tempo consistently...

Complain all you want, but look around the league at rebuilding teams.. how many make the playoffs the first year into a rebuild??

Bruce Cassidy is a cocky little poop.

I think it's a bit of a cop out to rip on the team so badly, and throw out stats like their lack of playoff wins in the last 15 years...

The team was managed terribly for a long time, and they made a move to address it. They brought in Shanny, and gutted everything...

I prefer to look at the team as 4 years into a rebuild. When they drafted Mathews (They were legit at the bottom of the barrel), I fully expected to not see the playoffs for about 4 or 5 years. They surprised everyone, and took the presidents trophy winners to game 6, and ran into a tough Boston team after that.

The cap situation sucks, but the team isn't as one dimensional as everyone thinks, or at least no more than a team like the Blues? or esp the Jackets.. They need to mature, learn to finish, and to play at a high tempo consistently...

Complain all you want, but look around the league at rebuilding teams.. how many make the playoffs the first year into a rebuild??
- dunner84

I was with you right up until that second to last paragraph.

Saying the team isn't one dimensional by using the blues as a comparison is crazy.

Brooks Brothers was the oldest clothing company in the United States. Just over 200 years. They claim to have outfitted 41 of 45 US Presidents.

They were synonymous with a conservative style of dress - suits with a button-down shirt.

They just filed for bankruptcy.

They couldn't figure it out.
- Atomic Wedgie

Until the President bails them out like GM or the banks. But, oh, no, they don't "do" socialism down south, do they...