Pretty excited for the draft, what about you guys?

Ben Hutton is a Stanley Cup Champion.


- LeftCoaster

Phil Kessel now has three rings.

Pretty excited for the draft, what about you guys?
- DraftandDestroy

You really need to get a life.

I just think it's funny. Obviously abusing LTIR is the playbook for how to win now, every team should be doing it.
- NorthNuck

They weren't abusing anything, Mark Stone had back surgery, twice, Robin Lehner had hip surgery and Nolan Patrick has major concussion issues. You're trying to portray a completely false narrative.

You really need to get a life.
- VanHockeyGuy

Says the guy on HB wasting his time, at least I'm getting paid to talk about hockey...I'm winning, you're just wasting your time.

They weren't abusing anything, Mark Stone had back surgery, twice, Robin Lehner had hip surgery and Nolan Patrick has major concussion issues. You're trying to portray a completely false narrative.
- DraftandDestroy

Kids today.

Kids today.
- Marwood

It's like they don't actually know what they're talking about but it's a fun and cliché thing to say so you have excuses for your own teams failures. The Canucks were also over the cap, as he would describe it. Why didn't they win the Stanley Cup?

They weren't abusing anything, Mark Stone had back surgery, twice, Robin Lehner had hip surgery and Nolan Patrick has major concussion issues. You're trying to portray a completely false narrative.
- DraftandDestroy

You're right, Stone recovering just in time to play in the playoffs is a complete coincidence It's the same thing Tampa did with Kucherov.

I'm not complaining about it, just saying I hope the Canucks are smart enough to use the same methods whenever the team becomes good enough to compete.

They weren't abusing anything, Mark Stone had back surgery, twice, Robin Lehner had hip surgery and Nolan Patrick has major concussion issues. You're trying to portray a completely false narrative.
- DraftandDestroy

And it juuuuuuuuust so happens that Patches and Stone just HAPPENED to go on LTIR in time for Vegas to trade for Eichel and so he could play right? No conspiracy or abuse, just coincidence... nothing to see here.

It's like they don't actually know what they're talking about but it's a fun and cliché thing to say so you have excuses for your own teams failures. The Canucks were also over the cap, as he would describe it. Why didn't they win the Stanley Cup?
- DraftandDestroy

Acting like I implied the only reason they won was because of cap circumvention shows how poor your reading comprehension is

You're right, Stone recovering just in time to play in the playoffs is a complete coincidence It's the same thing Tampa did with Kucherov.

I'm not complaining about it, just saying I hope the Canucks are smart enough to use the same methods whenever the team becomes good enough to compete.
- NorthNuck

It's not a "coincidence", it's planned by the medical and training staff. They explain to the player that if he wants to play in the playoffs this is your timeline for surgery and subsequent recovery.

For frank sake, they don't just go have surgery so their organization can go over the salary cap. Honest to God, some of the crap written on here never ceases to amaze me!!

And it juuuuuuuuust so happens that Patches and Stone just HAPPENED to go on LTIR in time for Vegas to trade for Eichel and so he could play right? No conspiracy or abuse, just coincidence... nothing to see here.
- DariusKnight

You can't put someone on LTIR without medically proving it for insurance purposes. Also, if any team can put a player on LTIR to just make a trade, as you would describe it, why didn't the Canucks put Myers and OEL on LTIR so they could trade for Eichel?

Kids today.
- Marwood

The irony is he is the one acting super naive

It's not a "coincidence", it's planned by the medical and training staff. They explain to the player that if he wants to play in the playoffs this is your timeline for surgery and subsequent recovery.

For frank sake, they don't just go have surgery so their organization can go over the salary cap. Honest to God, some of the crap written on here never ceases to amaze me!!
- DraftandDestroy

Didn’t you hear… everything is a conspiracy! The puppet masters control us all! Wake up fool!

The irony is he is the one acting super naive
- NorthNuck

You're completely talking out your ass and trying to oversimplify something that isn't simple. Sure, there's an element of planning to it, but it's no where near as underhanded as fans try to explain it and make excuses for it.

It's not a "coincidence", it's planned by the medical and training staff. They explain to the player that if he wants to play in the playoffs this is your timeline for surgery and subsequent recovery.

For frank sake, they don't just go have surgery so their organization can go over the salary cap. Honest to God, some of the crap written on here never ceases to amaze me!!
- DraftandDestroy

He's doing his own research, try not to be too hard on him.

You're completely talking out your ass and trying to oversimplify something that isn't simple. Sure, there's an element of planning to it, but it's no where near as underhanded as fans try to explain it and make excuses for it.
- DraftandDestroy

Again, I don't know if you just completely misunderstood me or what, I don't think Vegas won the cup because of LTIR cap space. My original comment literally just said "Vegas won while 14 mil over the cap" and nothing else.

Didn’t you hear… everything is a conspiracy! The puppet masters control us all! Wake up fool!
- bloatedmosquito

Speaking of which, I saw an American guy on youtube, who lives in Europe, interviewing people on the streets over there asking what is their present opinion of America....some of them were too funny!!!

One of my favorites was..."a third world country with money"

Again, I don't know if you just completely misunderstood me or what, I don't think Vegas won the cup because of LTIR cap space
- NorthNuck

Bottom line, they didn't win because of the salary cap, they won because they have a very good and deep hockey team.

Again, I don't know if you just completely misunderstood me or what, I don't think Vegas won the cup because of LTIR cap space. My original comment literally just said "Vegas won while 14 mil over the cap" and nothing else.
- NorthNuck

It sounded, to me, like you were saying they won by being over the cap.

Bottom line, they didn't win because of the salary cap, they won because they have a very good and deep hockey team.
- DraftandDestroy

Yup.

Bottom line, they didn't win because of the salary cap, they won because they have a very good and deep hockey team.
- DraftandDestroy

Yep. And luck. They were one of the luckiest playoff teams of all time

Again, I don't know if you just completely misunderstood me or what, I don't think Vegas won the cup because of LTIR cap space. My original comment literally just said "Vegas won while 14 mil over the cap" and nothing else.
- NorthNuck

Don't take it personal, I'm just giving you my perspective, which doesn't align with yours. To me you implied they won, in part, because they were 14 million over the salary cap, which I disagree with. Robin Lehner and Nolan Patrick make up 6.2 million of that 14 million and they never played a hockey game this year.

Yep. And luck. They were one of the luckiest playoff teams of all time
- NorthNuck

I saw that. That's just a fancy stat made up by someone to make excuses. Fancy stats are a useful tool, one of many, but they're just like religion, they're just an excuse to help losers cope with failure.

I saw that. That's just a fancy stat made up by someone to make excuses. Fancy stats are a useful tool, one of many, but they're just like religion, they're just an excuse to help losers cope with failure.
- DraftandDestroy