OldCraig71
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Alzner for kovalchuk[/QUOTE
The hosts of the hnic panel seemed to suggest the the Kings might have to retain 20-30 percent of Kovalchuks salary in order to trade him but I cant even see them wanting to take Karl.
Alzner for kovalchuk[/QUOTE
The hosts of the hnic panel seemed to suggest the the Kings might have to retain 20-30 percent of Kovalchuks salary in order to trade him but I cant even see them wanting to take Karl.
You seem to have forgotten that we’ve had multiple 100pt+ seasons and ECF appearance.Don't forget Therrien....letting Markov and Radulov both walk..........there have been alot of huge mistakes. MB is in over his head. 7 years and counting...........oh I know he had a great summer, so we are suppose to forget he is like a broken clock.
Alzner for kovalchuk
Phneauf...Dion .....I could see that happening...
Can't see that myself, he's so bad defensively, and doesn't produce like a 7M$/season D should produce. Even for Alzner...
well..he is only a $5.3 million cap hit in LA cause OTT is eating some of his salary...."IF" LA was to eat some more of his cap..and Dion was a 3 million cap hit?? his contract is near up only 2 yrs left
Forgot about the Sens eating a portion of it.
But, even then, I think he'd get the same treatment as Alzner, damn he's bad in his own zone.
You also seem to have selective memory...You seem to have forgotten that we’ve had multiple 100pt+ seasons and ECF appearance.
Seems like a case of selective remembering. You are hypnotized by a few bad seasons but conveniently forgot the good ones.
We ran with a core and didn’t win....now that core is gone, cue a two year transition, now we running with a new one.....
Welcome to the N.W.O
Buyout really shouldn't be considered.Don't think so. It's better to just buy Alzner out.
The team he inherited finished 28th overall.....Price was top 10 in nothing, no big centres and he had 4 yrs of drafting that produced Gallagher!!!!....oh, I know exactly what he inherited.You also seem to have selective memory...
The team he inherited, was a better team than he created after six seasons............let's hope as we move forward, we can have better success ala last summer.
Moves like Ahlzner, are fuel for fire against MB, because he was so convinced he did something real good, when most knew he did not.
You like MB, and I don't....no big deal. To each is own...
You seem to have forgotten that we’ve had multiple 100pt+ seasons and ECF appearance.
Seems like a case of selective remembering. You are hypnotized by a few bad seasons but conveniently forgot the good ones.
We ran with a core and didn’t win....now that core is gone, cue a two year transition, now we running with a new one.....
Welcome to the N.W.O
Simple, MB can't find any takers.
If it was let’s make profit at all cost, they would’ve spent to the cap the last two years and not sold off their players for picks.More like, welcome to A brave new world, a subtle hockey dystopia where the value system has been distorted from let's win the cup to let's make sure we make profit.
Soma=playoffs
Buyout really shouldn't be considered.
If Habs buy out Alzner this summer, with 3 years left on his deal, we'll then have him on the books for six years.
I'll confess I can't follow how the calcs work but in the first three years Alzner's cap hit would vary year to year (presumably due to year to year differences in base salary and signing bonuses).
Per CapFriendly, Alzner's cap hit post buyout would be 1.1M in 2019-20, then 4.2M and 2.2M, then the next three years 1.1M.
So the biggest savings (ca. 3.5M) come in 2019-20, when the team might not need the relief (if the last two years running 8-9M under the cap is any indication). Year 2 we get marginal relief and year 3 save about 2.4M. Then we have three extra years where he counts for 1M against the cap vs. just burying him in the minors and letting his contract just run out.
I've said before there are only two reasons to buy him out this year. One, to be fair to the player and let him try to catch on with another team, and two, to remove the constant reminder of his awful contract.
This is why buying out Alzner makes total sense at the end of the year.
Nobody will take Alzner without giving back an equally bad contract, so you are back to square one but I suppose its better than embarrassing the player. But, you hope the player coming back with the awful contract you inherit becomes useful. If he doesn't, then there is no purpose of trading for another terrible contract. Getting Lucic or Eriksson is equally bad. I don't see Lucic rebouncing. Eriksson just looks done. Toronto can probably give you Marleau and Horton but let's be honest, Alzner makes zero sense for the Leafs.
Having 1.1 mil cap hit for the buyout in the final 3 years is not so bad. By then, the cap will have increased significantly. This gives the chance for Alzner to try with another team. The Habs don't have any major players to sign until 2019-2020, having 4.2 million cap hit is not so bad for a year. Domi and Mete would only be important players to sign, if they are still with the Habs.
Dumping Alzner in the minors means you have about 3.5 mil of your cap dedicated to a player in the AHL for the next 3 years. It's embarrassing to the player calling him up and down and placing him on waivers back and fourth. Just send him to Laval for the next 3 years remaining and cut your losses.
He just cleared, so hopefully he stays in Laval for good.
Unfortunately, he is laughing his way to the bank. Another MB blunder.You focus on the player being embarassed. Alzner is a pro and knows what he signed for, the nhl is a business. There's no prejudice, I don't see where the problem is other than the team is stuck with a bad contract. Alzner is laughing his way to the bank. Sure it hurts his ego, but real world problems are much worse than that. He can't play nhl hockey anymore, big deal, every good thing comes to an end.