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Playoffs??!
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The numbers go up and down. $1.6 mil approx for years 1-3. $3.8 mill for years 4-6. $2.8 mill for year 7, then it's like $1.4 mill for years 8-14. In years 8-14 the cap is going to be $100 mill plus. If the feel they can better utilize the $7 mill in cap room for someone better, for years 1-3 that probably is the deciding factor, unless they think he can rebound. $3.8 mill in dead cap for 3 years isn't ideal, but that's how the formula works when you have SB involved.Kings would eat over $27M in cash and also in cap hit. Some would be deferred for a number of years, but even factoring that into the account I think retaining up to $3M is an option even if they only got a bag of pucks for him.
To add to this, if you remember in the 2000's Calgary and Edmonton's Stanley Cup finals run the pompoms were full out to cheer 'Canada's Team' from the national media. Canucks get their run and they're the villains from day 1. I could never really understand it.It was very different during the Luongo years and the Leafs were a sadsack team.
You had the TO media like Cox and Simmons taking potshots at the team, and locals would give you a bit of grief. Usually about the Sedins and how they were wusses or sissies or whatever.
I think it had a lot to do with Kesler being painted as the villain from recent olympics, and also the way Raffi Torres played the game.To add to this, if you remember in the 2000's Calgary and Edmonton's Stanley Cup finals run the pompoms were full out to cheer 'Canada's Team' from the national media. Canucks get their run and they're the villains from day 1. I could never really understand it.
This is not quite accurate and a good example of the challenge in rebuilding. It's not that they had the assets to "acquire whoever they wanted", but rather they had the assets to acquire whoever became available. What would have really put them over the top? Trading for a guy like say Alex Barkov. But who was available at the time they pulled the trigger? PL Dubois.Kings had an absolute treasure-trove of picks, prospects, and young players to acquire whoever they wanted and absolutely blew it. I have no idea where Blake goes from here but he deserves all the criticism.
Very few true UFAs ever hit the market. Talking the few over the past decade or something like a Tavares, Panarin, Gaborik or so.This is not quite accurate and a good example of the challenge in rebuilding. It's not that they had the assets to "acquire whoever they wanted", but rather they had the assets to acquire whoever became available. What would have really put them over the top? Trading for a guy like say Alex Barkov. But who was available at the time they pulled the trigger? PL Dubois.
You see this a lot, it's typically 2-3 big name players that become available every summer and the real challenge if you have the assets is waiting to jump on the right guy. Brian Burke for example, when he went to Anaheim and made a big splash right away Chris Pronger was available. He tried to do the same thing in Toronto, but that summer the big name available was Phil Kessel.
If they buy him out now they save over 32 million but have a cap hit until 2038, not huge but it counts as one.Kings would eat over $27M in cash and also in cap hit. Some would be deferred for a number of years, but even factoring that into the account I think retaining up to $3M is an option even if they only got a bag of pucks for him.
To add to this, if you remember in the 2000's Calgary and Edmonton's Stanley Cup finals run the pompoms were full out to cheer 'Canada's Team' from the national media. Canucks get their run and they're the villains from day 1. I could never really understand it.
Huge miss by Stone wow
Did anyone catch this where Marchand shoved a linesman? I swear to god this rat-boy gets away with everything.
Back when we had both the AHL and IHL Chicago could be independent. But now that we are up to 32 NHL clubs with likely another expansion in the horizon they really can’t be. Not in a league that has created rules limit teams of older players.
Chicago has to accept that otherwise there’s really no where else they can be a part of.
Probably the worst AHL organization to affiliate with since all they care about is winning, zero care about development so if a young player struggles with them they’re basically screwed and won’t see much ice time.
we had Chicago for like 1 season right?