League News: 2018-19 NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) Vol. 1

[Raikkonen]

Now Caps are under radar again.

Public favorites will be: Pens, Bolts, Maple Laughs, SJ, some other glorified teams.

Media will circle around those guys, McJesus and so on.

B2B is real.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Are the defending Champs ever under the radar?

 

[Ridley Simon]

Watch and see, brother

 

[Hivemind]

Doug Wilson's record in blockbuster trades is incredible. How does he keep landing players like Karlsson, Thornton, and Burns for so little going the other way?

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Doug Wilson's record in blockbuster trades is incredible. How does he keep landing players like Karlsson, Thornton, and Burns for so little going the other way?

Wayne Primeau....what a garbage player.....Sturm produced for the Bruins for a long time..and Brad Stuart was a quick castoff. It’s the old quantity rarely outperforms quality.....

 

[Revelation]

So in a span of 18 months from last year until next summer Ottawa will have lost

Kyle Turris
Matt Duchene
Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf
Mark Stone
Jack Hughes

in return for basically Josh Norris

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

So in a span of 18 months from last year until next summer Ottawa will have lost

Kyle Turris
Matt Duchene
Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf
Mark Stone
Jack Hughes

in return for basically Josh Norris

Can we just Move them to Seattle and not have another BS expansion draft

 

[usiel]

Can we just Move them to Seattle and not have another BS expansion draft

Starts with the owner. Seems like that has to change otherwise I suspect they'll move to Quebec.

 

[Sam Spade]

At least when Pocklington got rid of Gretzky because he was under water, he got back 1 year of 100 points from Jimmy Carson.

Oilers got a Kings ransom for Gretzky:

Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million cash, and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Sharks being two years removed from the Cup finals saw the Caps success and said let's go all in.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

He's out of the EC and didn't go to a rival. Got to love those type of trades.

 

[Brian23]

I would certainly poke around a Burakovsky+ for Stone swap, maaaaaaaaaaayyybe an Oshie for Stone swap, if they're seemingly tossing out ridiculous deals. No way the cap would ever work though.

I think he might make Wilson kinda redundant in his new role, but Stone is a hell of a player.

 

[kicksavedave]

Sharks being two years removed from the Cup finals saw the Caps success and said let's go all in.

Well then they must not have seen how the Caps did it, by finally skipping the big names and going with unproven youth. Granted, EK should help them more than Shat Deuces helped us

 

[um]

I would certainly poke around a Burakovsky+ for Stone swap, maaaaaaaaaaayyybe an Oshie for Stone swap, if they're seemingly tossing out ridiculous deals. No way the cap would ever work though.

I think he might make Wilson kinda redundant in his new role, but Stone is a hell of a player.

Kessel worked wonders on Pittsburgh third line, there's nothing wrong with having Stone/Oshie on the third line.

Also now that we lost Beagle I don't think we'll have 3a/3b lines, I think we could see more ice time and responsibility for Eller and the third line.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Oilers got a Kings ransom for Gretzky:

Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million cash, and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993.

Most would agree that back then it wasn’t a King’s ransom for the best of all time. It was just a bunch of stuff with Carson the cherry on top.

 

[Capsman]

I still think the tax angle is somewhat overstated (particularly by Toronto fans, who enjoyed it as their favorite pre-Tavares excuse). You pay the road teams' state taxes for games played on the road. So your home tax rate only applies to 1/2 the season.

Really? So when we play in, say, NYC, it’s considered pay earned there? I didn’t know that.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Really? So when we play in, say, NYC, it’s considered pay earned there? I didn’t know that.

Income Taxes For Pro Athletes Are Reminder Of How Complicated U.S. Tax Code Is

 

[Blitzkrieg365]

Anyone else wondering whats up with our 3rd jersey? We are very close to the season now and still nothing. I have been wanting to buy a new jersey for awhile but have been holding out to see what adidas is going to do this year.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Anyone else wondering whats up with our 3rd jersey? We are very close to the season now and still nothing. I have been wanting to buy a new jersey for awhile but have been holding out to see what adidas is going to do this year.

We have the retro jerseys as the 3rd. have for a while? Was White for a spell, now the Red.

I wouldn't be shocked if they used the Blue Outdoor Series jersey again a few times. That would be cool

 

[Hivemind]

Really? So when we play in, say, NYC, it’s considered pay earned there? I didn’t know that.

Yep.
Jock tax - Wikipedia

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Can we just Move them to Seattle and not have another BS expansion draft

This!

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Well then they must not have seen how the Caps did it, by finally skipping the big names and going with unproven youth. Granted, EK should help them more than Shat Deuces helped us

So true, I spilled my coffee on the "Shat Deuces" comment. The youth is the key and always will be. It's going to make the regular season even more fun to watch after that SC run.

 

[IafrateOvie34]

Well then they must not have seen how the Caps did it, by finally skipping the big names and going with unproven youth. Granted, EK should help them more than Shat Deuces helped us

From now on I'll never see Shattenkirk in the same way, roflmao.

 

[shtorm2005]

I'm not as high on Karlsson as most here are. But I do think Ottawa could have done better.

Same here. People are calling him generational in the main thread and I feel little bit embarrassed because I don't know who's that even if I watch hockey for 10+ years.

 

[Corby78]

From now on I'll never see Shattenkirk in the same way, roflmao.

Looking back at that trade deadline, I kinda feel like we hit on an average chick because she was the only girl in the bar and we were drunk.