- gravyface

It's pretty easy to understand.

He's great.

Not excellent.

But great.

Whatever that means.

More than ever, wouldn't it be ideal for Arizona to move that contract? Not sure where you're hearing that the Leafs aren't interested in LTIR moves if it means they can squeeze some assets out of any such deal.

EDIT: Nevermind, forgot that insurance may pay a substantial portion of his salary.
- mjones242

didnt make sense in july according to this


https://theathletic.com/1...trangelo-dermotts-future/

Question 2: Can you please explain – slowly so I understand – how the Leafs taking on contracts of players on LTIR would ‘give them wiggle room’ with the cap next year? I keep seeing such suggestions in other publications.
I may not even have to explain this one slowly to be honest.

Here goes: There is absolutely no benefit to the Leafs acquiring a long-term injured reserve contract. I know that runs counter to some of the conversations out there, but it’s true.

In fact, the Leafs will get a nice little boost from not having an LTIR contract for the first time in a very long time next season.

When the Leafs traded David Clarkson for Nathan Horton back in 2015, it wasn’t that they loved the idea of getting an injured player. They wanted the LTIR contract so that they didn’t have to play Clarkson at a $5.25 million cap hit. Having a non-entity was better than that.

The two reasons they then reacquired Clarkson’s contract last summer were both very unique scenarios:

1. They were already in LTIR due to Horton, so adding another LTIR contract wasn’t going to cause them to enter it.

2. They had Mitch Marner unsigned with training camp approaching, and that made having some LTIR flexibility more important for some complex reasons that are explained fully here.

The Leafs are not in either situation next year. They have no one on LTIR, for the first time in a long time. And management is happy about it.

The thing about LTIR is it robs teams of the ability to accrue cap space during the season. The simplest way to explain that is that if you enter the year with let’s say $200,000 cap space, that unused money will grow over time, to the point it can more than quadruple by the trade deadline. Not being in LTIR is great for flexibility.

When you enter LTIR, however, you simply have as much space as you have. Having an injured player does not give you any additional money to spend.

Now, we’ve seen other teams acquire LTIR contracts over the years, but they were always teams with a lot of extra cap space (not the Leafs) and they received something good in order to take on a Zombie Hossa deal. That’s simply not on the table for Toronto.

In conclusion? LTIR contracts are not good. Being in LTIR is not a good thing. The Leafs don’t want to be in LTIR again, and they don’t want those contracts.

That’s my TED Talk. Spread the word.

- gravyface

He's not excellent he's most excellent.

None of us are worthy of her, but you
- bobbyisno1

- gravyface

EDIT:
a good d-man that is better offensively than defensively.

- mjones242

Relax I meant we are worthy of you, I didn't mean you are worthy of her.

Relax I meant we are worthy of you, I didn't mean you are worthy of her.
- bobbyisno1

still waiting for that article on how covid epidemic is overblown, bobby.

looking over the ufa list..maybe these D

Vatanen
Tanev
Shultz
Hamonic
Gudas
TVR
Bogosian

sign one and trade for weegar..i guess
doesnt excite me as much..and does it push the Leafs enough?
- senstroll

Id prefer anyone one of those guys to holl in the top 4....
But im not sure weegar is the answer to our issue.
If AP signs back with stl, make a move for parayko.

Nice version of this song. Fripp was the guitarist on the original track
- winsix

That is nice. That’s a band I haven’t thought about in a long time.

BTW, kind of a cool Brit tv show, Life on Mars worth watching. Kind of a concept detective thing from 2006. Detective cop gets smushed in a hit and run getting out of his car listening to Life on Mars and finds himself as detective in 1973, working, solving cases and trying to figure out how to get back to 2006. Music is fun.

still waiting for that article on how covid epidemic is overblown, bobby.
- MaximusAurelius

Didn't say it was overblown, said 1 % are testing positive instead of the 17% that were testing positive and there are less deaths.
I looked for about five minutes couldn't find it again.

I agree, Not many players bleeding, which is not normal. More intensity in the early rounds.
- bixll

They're probably exhausted as hell. Vasilevski playing every freaking minute of every game is pretty amazing at the level he's at.

still waiting for that article on how covid epidemic is overblown, bobby.
- MaximusAurelius

Maybe that is Bobby's opinion. Double standards Max..

They're probably exhausted as hell. Vasilevski playing every freaking minute of every game is pretty amazing at the level he's at.
- AdamFrench

True. But seems to have lost some truculence.

didnt make sense in july according to this


https://theathletic.com/1...trangelo-dermotts-future/
- senstroll

That’s what I said.


I’ve been plagerized.

Id prefer anyone one of those guys to holl in the top 4....
But im not sure weegar is the answer to our issue.
If AP signs back with stl, make a move for parayko.
- Fakepartofme

Trade for Parayko, then sign DeMelo and Gudas.

Relax I meant we are worthy of you, I didn't mean you are worthy of her.
- bobbyisno1

My response is all the same.

I dont know why he continues to post bogus rumours. Everyone knows he's a fraud. He should focus on improving the site opposed to posting his fake rumours. Does anyone actually come to the site to see them?
- Archaic

i wouldn't say he is a fraud.
He has "sources" that provide chatter/rumours.
He never states who these sources are, could be an admin guy within the nhl, a grounds crew at an nhl arena, a former broadcaster/player/ref, some media schlep?
Who knows, but someone tells him something, he doesnt fact check, he simply repeats.
It seems to have worked, we are all using his site.

Didn't say it was overblown, said 1 % are testing positive instead of the 17% that were testing positive and there are less deaths.
I looked for about five minutes couldn't find it again.
- bobbyisno1

still approx 5000 deaths / day globally. similar numbers since early april.
there is absolutely no decrease in # of covid-deaths..

it is very likely as well that in Northern hemisphere, in particular US, Canada, Europe and Mexico, those # deaths / day will go up from Oct to February (compared with last 3 months)

That’s what I said.


I’ve been plagerized.
- Garnie

Sue them...

Maybe that is Bobby's opinion. Double standards Max..
- bixll

yes, you are so right.
providing # that are not right is 'opinion'...

i wouldn't say he is a fraud.
He has "sources" that provide chatter/rumours.
He never states who these sources are, could be an admin guy within the nhl, a grounds crew at an nhl arena, a former broadcaster/player/ref, some media schlep?
Who knows, but someone tells him something, he doesnt fact check, he simply repeats.
It seems to have worked, we are all using his site.
- Fakepartofme

Ek knows that his rumours are irrelevant to his business model so he doesn’t even try.

That is nice. That’s a band I haven’t thought about in a long time.

BTW, kind of a cool Brit tv show, Life on Mars worth watching. Kind of a concept detective thing from 2006. Detective cop gets smushed in a hit and run getting out of his car listening to Life on Mars and finds himself as detective in 1973, working, solving cases and trying to figure out how to get back to 2006. Music is fun.
- Canada Cup

Really enjoyed Life on Mars but I couldn't quite get into the sequel series Ashes to Ashes. May have to give the latter a chance again.

Digressing back to King Crimson, I could never quite get into that band. I do, however, absolutely love their track "The Court of the Crimson King" -- go figure.

Maybe that is Bobby's opinion. Double standards Max..
- bixll

No, I actually read the article that said the percentages were way down. That there are more positives because of the amount of testing. I believe it's over 47 thousand a day now. Only makes sense. If they tested 40 thousand in may and June there would have been a hell of a lot more positives.

True. But seems to have lost some truculence.
- bixll

Not a lot of tough guys left.

still approx 5000 deaths / day globally. similar numbers since early april.
there is absolutely no decrease in # of covid-deaths..

it is very likely as well that in Northern hemisphere, in particular US, Canada, Europe and Mexico, those # deaths / day will go up from Oct to February (compared with last 3 months)
- MaximusAurelius

Well I'm talking about Ontario, should have clarified that.