Pre-Game Talk: January 13th ~ 56 games for 2021 (NHL Season)

[Ouroboros]

Expanded rosters and taxi squads will probably help a lot of currently unsigned vets/tweeners land jobs. Most teams are not going to want their prospects in those sort of roles, assuming the AHL actually manages to get off the ground of course.

I'll bet that teams will be allowed to artificially exceed the cap by a certain amount. Teams build their rosters based on a 23 man roster cap - not fair to hold clubs to the same standards with a 26 man limit. Players on the taxi squads should not count against the cap until they are added to the active roster.

 

[GCK]

Expanded rosters and taxi squads will probably help a lot of currently unsigned vets/tweeners land jobs. Most teams are not going to want their prospects in those sort of roles, assuming the AHL actually manages to get off the ground of course.

I'll bet that teams will be allowed to artificially exceed the cap by a certain amount. Teams build their rosters based on a 23 man roster cap - not fair to hold clubs to the same standards with a 26 man limit. Players on the taxi squads should not count against the cap until they are added to the active roster.

What about teams that won’t be carrying 23 man active roster due to cap reasons. Some teams ran with 21 last year.

 

[Cosmix]

Our prospects can get back to work then eh.
The Canadian division is garbage, wouldn’t be totally shocked if we make the playoffs but I’m expecting and a little hoping for another super high pick

On the other hand, I would be totally shocked if we finish any higher than last in a Canadian Division.

 

[Cosmix]

No quarantine for Ottawa players,
Rumours of a 4 team AHL division in Canada, Winnipeg, Toronto,Ottawa and Montreal.

Puzzled. Why only 4?

I could see the 7 Canadian NHL teams having 7 AHL teams playing games to ensure that their prospects get more experience. Might even add another 8th team (a USA NHL team's prospects) to make scheduling easier.

 

[Ouroboros]

What about teams that won’t be carrying 23 man active roster due to cap reasons. Some teams ran with 21 last year.

Hard to say.

The simplest way to do it may be to have a set-up with two separate caps, so to speak. A club's active roster is capped at 81.5M and under that a team can carry 20-23 players as normal. Then you could have an expanded roster cap where a team could carry 3 players with a combined cap hit of 4.5M for example. Taxi squad players don't count until they are moved to either the active or expanded roster.

Of course, you couldn't allow teams to move players onto the taxi squad with impunity, otherwise the Leafs would be shifting Matthews and Marner over on their off days to accrue cap space.

 

[JD1]

Lots to figure out i suppose

At the end of the day, you just can't apply 2019 rules to the current situation so this only happens if compromise and flexibility becomes the words of the day

 

[Golden_Jet]

Puzzled. Why only 4?

I could see the 7 Canadian NHL teams having 7 AHL teams playing games to ensure that their prospects get more experience. Might even add another 8th team (a USA NHL team's prospects) to make scheduling easier.

because those are the only 4 Canadian AHL franchises

 

[Cosmix]

because those are the only 4 Canadian AHL franchises

OK. Might have to augment that though to treat all Canadian teams equally.

 

[Golden_Jet]

OK. Might have to augment that though to treat all Canadian teams equally.

I guess only way is to have 3 western teams move their AHL teams north for 1 year
But cas no it see AHL teams flying east and west, just too expensive for AHL

 

[Sweatred]

AHL teams help arrange or pay to find lodging for their players - must be close to just buying out a hotel in a city like Belleville or Ottawa ?

 

[Golden_Jet]

No quarantine? Has the league released the return to play format ?

Ya no quarantine between Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba , it’s nothing new, and no they haven’t, it’s what being surmised like every other thread the last 6 months.

 

[GCK]

Ya no quarantine between Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba , it’s nothing new, and no they haven’t, it’s what being surmised like every other thread the last 6 months.

Obviously I wasn’t talking about government enforced quarantines.

All sports leagues have implemented a quarantine period before joining teams. It will likely be a certain number of days of negative tests before participating in practices or meetings.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Obviously I wasn’t talking about government enforced quarantines.

All sports leagues have implemented a quarantine period before joining teams. It will likely be a certain number of days of negative tests before participating in practices or meetings.

US based players or international arriving in Canada, quarantine for 14 days unless, they get government exception. So basically need to leave in a few days for Canadian based teams, can't wait around to see if exemptions are granted.

 

[Back in Black]

GARRIOCH: Oh Canada! The NHL has the green light for all seven Canadian teams to play on home ice | Ottawa Sun

 

[TheDebater]

GARRIOCH: Oh Canada! The NHL has the green light for all seven Canadian teams to play on home ice | Ottawa Sun

 

[Golden_Jet]

GARRIOCH: Oh Canada! The NHL has the green light for all seven Canadian teams to play on home ice | Ottawa Sun

Wooo

 

[Back in Black]

Can't wait to rock the Lea(f)ves and Habnots with these.....

 

[Back in Black]

Woo Hoo, 2 weeks to go

 

[Back in Black]

>>> 2021 Ottawa Senators Schedule <<<

 

[Sensmileletsgo]

Woo Hoo, 2 weeks to go

I missed this. I missed it so much.

How many hours to go?

 

[Back in Black]

Wow, next Friday, we have SENS Hockey!!!!

 

[Back in Black]

1 week to go for the NHL start!

 

[scallionjj11]

1 week to go for the NHL start!

and only 9 days until the sens play!

 

[OmniSens]

and only 9 days until the sens play!

Hate the fact that we're the last team to play their first game...

 

[scallionjj11]

Hate the fact that we're the last team to play their first game...

Its turbo annoying but whatever.