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fits posted:imagine thinking theres actually going to be a 2021 I'm thinking it's really going to be the Leafs' year because that would piss the most people off!
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WeaponX posted:I’m good. Even on a cheap contract why the gently caress does a hockey team need Martin in the year 2021?? He won’t crack 10 points. The Rangers have Trouba, Lindgren, Smith and Lemiuex if you need someone to throw a punch. Would be an absolute waste of a roster spot. Excuse me but I think you'll find that Matt Martin had 5 playoff goals this season and consider also the success of Matt Murray, another Matt <firstname> with a distinguished playoff career. But if it makes you feel better, some other rando on twitter says it's nonsense: https://twitter.com/4EverBlueshirts/status/1314298716971507732
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Oct 8, 2020 22:39
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I'm not sure that Josh Anderson is worth 1.05 David Clarksons yet.
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Oct 9, 2020 00:17
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HMS Beagle posted:I'm a casual hockey fan and have only followed the league closely for a few years but maybe you should fire Bergeron? I am definitely on board with the Bruins firing Bergeron into the sun.
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Oct 9, 2020 00:43
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bewbies posted:okay maybe you all weren't overreacting, did this guy really have four points last year? Jeff Finger, a defenseman, got $3.5Mx4y after a 19-point season and it was one of the worst contracts signed by a particularly dismal Leafs' management group headed by a then-73-year-old Cliff Fletcher.
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Oct 9, 2020 01:00
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Sure he last scored a goal almost a year ago, but look at the goal! It was marvelous! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PhHMK9Hktk
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Oct 9, 2020 01:19
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Guys I have a rumour, your favourite team is going to acquire another team's best player in exchange for some garbage prospect and your worst overpaid trash to balance the cap hits. Don't forget to click like and subscribe.
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DJExile posted:if taxes were as big a consideration as The Hockey Internet seems to think it is then Florida, Nashville, and Arizona would be constantly loaded with big name FAs Sergei Bobrovsky is the second highest paid goalie in the league.
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Oct 9, 2020 15:56
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Hand Knit posted:This seems entirely unobjectionable. How is a cap-strapped team paying $1.5M + NMC for a declining 4th liner unobjectionable? It's trash.
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Oct 9, 2020 17:13
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Koopa Kid posted:That is As a wise person once said, you always have plenty of cap space until you don't. Call Your Grandma posted:lmao i can't believe your dumb team gave that much money and term to someone so bad and stupid and ugly New thread title?
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Oct 9, 2020 18:55
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I assume nobody is laughing at how terribad this is because the Preds have gone back to irrelevant also-rans?
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Oct 9, 2020 20:15
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Let me know if they find anything worthwhile. tarbrush posted:Like, goalie voodoo issues aside it doesn't seem that awful? I thought it was going to be a 7x7 monstrosity Well he'll be in the top 10 highest paid goalies for probably most of the next 6 years and he's had one good season ever (in which he started 43 games).
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Oct 9, 2020 21:23
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ThinkTank posted:His boxcars don't do him justice because the team in front of him was so awful. By pretty much every newer metric he was one of the top 2 or 3 goalies in the league over the past 3 seasons ... what? Even ignoring the contradictions here, he wasn't top 10 in any single metric last season.
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Oct 9, 2020 21:35
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For Kadri, again? (Please be reasonable)
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Oct 9, 2020 23:53
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Call Your Grandma posted:This is the first time since the lockout the leafs have a roster that doesn't have any giant gaping holes they need to compensate for. This is basically the same team that got shut out by Columbus twice, only their best right-shooting D is now Justin Holl.
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Oct 10, 2020 02:30
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https://mobile.twitter.com/HBAnalytica/status/1314954331117027335 I always thought of Craig Smith as the blandest  middle-six forward but apparently he's a fancy stat darling (with miserable playoff counting stats). Anyway, get hosed in Boston, rear end in a top hat!
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Oct 10, 2020 17:37
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Nobody said that hockey players make the wisest decisions, but I will still laugh at the fact that Barrie sucked so bad last season that he chose to (supposedly) take a pay cut as a UFA.
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Oct 10, 2020 17:59
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The one thing that stood out about Barrie's last season is how he was advertised as having a great shot but scored a whopping five goals and mostly just fired weak wristers into shinpads even when he had a clear passing lane open. Good riddance. I was ready for his resurgence when Keefe took over and he did out up more points but he was absolutely dismal in the playoffs at both ends.
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Oct 10, 2020 18:34
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Kilza posted:https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1315070470258126853 Is he, though? At least he was an unhealthy scratch most of last season. I don't know what a Joey Anderson is but godspeed Andreas "Mango" Johnsson, you were marginally above replacement level for a while and then got injured and sucked.
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Oct 11, 2020 00:31
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:If you think about it from the perspective of a guy trying to simultaneously maximize his playtime/point padding and guarantee he gets shipped to the team most likely to win the cup he's pretty much guaranteed he can swing both He could have just signed in Colorado and skipped having to play in Buffalo at all. Ah, the circle is finally complete.
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Oct 12, 2020 02:37
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i am the bird posted:I never quite understood this but isn't there some kind of cap fuckery that happens as the season goes on? Teams always find a way to add salary and I thought it was because contracts have a diminishing impact on the cap further into the year. Cap hits get added every day I think* so if you spend the the entire first 2/3 of the season $1 million under the cap you can add a $3 million player at the deadline (79*2/3 + 82*1/3 = 80 if that's the cap). It's not fuckery, it's just pro-rating. ELCs also have bonuses that only get added at the end of the season, which occasionally puts some teams over the cap but only applies to the next season. Of course if you're at or above the cap all season long you can't do a drat thing at the trade deadline unless you shed at least as much salary as you acquire. * Some teams demote waiver-ineligible prospects on paper to save cap space which seems like a stupid loophole to me and would be avoidable if they just added cap hits every game night instead.
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Oct 12, 2020 19:08
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grack posted:Shipping Nate Schmidt out for literally nothing probably helped. It hasn't happened yet and they'd still be ~$2M over the cap even if it's for literally nothing.
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Cody Ceci had one of the best GA/60 rel. in the league last season and at least one hfboards poster thinks this means that he is excellent defensively. What's on-ice save percentage or like occasionally making a positive offensive contribution, you ask? Well,
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Oct 14, 2020 00:02
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Which former CBJ draft pick don't do rebounds?
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Oct 14, 2020 20:47
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I have a vague memory of captain Sergei Fedorov of the Columbus Blue Jackets, but it may be a fever dream.
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Oct 15, 2020 03:30
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Dadonov must be thrilled to have the opportunity to play with Brady Tkachuk, Thomas Chabot, and other stars like
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Oct 15, 2020 20:41
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I want to know what places players typically like to have crosschecked.
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Twin Cinema posted:I love Joe Thornton, but...does this team need another veteran? Unless this means Kerfoot is gone, which I think would be a mistake. Kerfoot kind of sucks, especially for his cap hit, but I don't see how Thornton is an improvement over... uh, anyone currently on the roster. Also the thought of Thornton, Spezza and Simmonds potentially all playing together is terrifying. Imagine them and Muzzin + Holl on D.
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Oct 16, 2020 22:00
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Zodijackylite posted:2016-17: ???, ARI (113) OEL and Ghost bear?
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ThinkTank posted:NHL should just go nuts with dumb gimmicks like that this season. It's going to be a bizarre year anyways, might as well go all in on it. 
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Oct 19, 2020 21:54
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Brian Burke is just one letter away from being an anagram for Broke Brain.
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Oct 20, 2020 18:56
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This is a pretty fair deal, assuming he recovers from his injury better than what he showed in the play-in. Someone still needs to be moved out to make room for Dermott, though.
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Aw man I'm devastated that I won't get to see Team Cleaning Supplies in action.
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I guess the lesson is not to have a bad season on the last year of your ELC, eh?
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How many Josh Andersons is that?
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Huge lost opportunity to have the name on the back read V.E. GREEN, IMO.Scaramouche posted:Interesting article posted on 538 about how sports team owners donate to PACS: The Pens' Ron Burkle sure is spending a lot of money to play both sides. Precambrian Video Games fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Oct 28, 2020 |
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Wippersnapper posted:All time greatest Canucks lists must include: Oh man, I can't believe that they didn't win the Cup while they had Wellwood and Sundin. That's as bad as the Avs flopping with Kariya and Selanne.
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Oh come on, we all know what the best Kovalev moment is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuwFAmqVNSQ
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grassy gnoll posted:I'm really struggling to picture the potential Republican voter who would be persuaded by a Canadian hockey commentator. It'd have to be like ten dudes in the UP. Boomers from Boston suburbs?
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Aphrodite posted:He’s talking about Cherry dummies, Orr isn’t a commentator. ?? I was talking about Cherry - the only Americans I could imagine giving a poo poo about him are old farts who fondly remember his coaching career. Anyway, if there's one silver lining to this year so far (there isn't), it's gotta be not having to hear from or about Don Cherry. 🍒!
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