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Around The League 2021 season - part VIII

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Guttersniped

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Emperoreddy said:
Rangers interviewed him too.

Also apparently Benning is not getting fired in Vancouver
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The Vancouver board had a thread based on rumor that there were changes coming a couple hours ago. I went back and it was replaced with the Friedman rumor that Benning is likely returning.

And “Management Thread: There is No Hope”, so they’re taking the news well.
 
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JrFischer54

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Random question

instead of 2-2-1-1-1 what do you think of 3-3-1? Does the home team have more of an advantage? Or more pressure because they can’t drop that first game


I know basketball does or use to at least do 2-3-2 but that I def think favored the road team (lower seed)
 
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Goptor said:
I was never a fan of advanced stats shot metrics. There are too many unreliable assumptions made in order to support them.

I'd like to see what positional analysis of events brings to the game in the future. Imagine if there is a 'shift' situation like MLB where numbers support new strategies.
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you mean “shift” the baseball shift to one side of the field?
 
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njdevils1982 said:
it's a slippery slope , i say no f***ing way it should happen

from 2 months ago….

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/03/18/baseball-shift-rule-changes/

…might as well create a rule a goalie cant play the puck in the corners on the ice……oh wait,….
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never understood why teams don’t practice bunting down third base line when they do that. Practice practice practice. Amazing read in that story is 36% of all plate appearances ended in the defense not being involved in the outcome that is insane!
 
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I wonder if Parise just cashes his checks an sits in the press box the next 5 seasons or if he an the team to a mutual termination through unconditional waivers
 
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that would be some shit if they agree to just get out of his $7.5m cap hit while only actually losing less than half that in real salary. i don’t know the rules but i hope you’re right about that cap recapture penalty
 
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Parise being scratched just makes me sad. He seems too proud for LTIRetirement and he's getting paid 6 million next year so we'll see what happens.
 
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All that young talent in Minnesota, huh, Zach?

With Minny’s Game 1 win, ZP has now officially won more playoff games as a member of the Wild than he did in 2012 alone with the Devils. Big milestone.

I’m glad we didn’t get stuck with that contract, but I will forever hold a grudge against a captain who walks on his Cup Finalist team. **** that.
 
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SpeakingOfTheDevils said:
All that young talent in Minnesota, huh, Zach?

With Minny’s Game 1 win, ZP has now officially won more playoff games as a member of the Wild than he did in 2012 alone with the Devils. Big milestone.

I’m glad we didn’t get stuck with that contract, but I will forever hold a grudge against a captain who walks on his Cup Finalist team. **** that.
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I don’t hold a grudge anymore at all. I’m definitely over it, I’ve definitely forgiven him, but holy shit. That’s a hilarious stat. That he’s only just now won more playoff games with the Wild since 2013 than he did with the Devils in all of 2012. That’s some pretty funny stuff right there. I feel like they’ve went out in the first round most years and made the second round two times (maybe three?) and lost to the Blackhawks both times. They couldn’t even crack a conference finals with those two blockbuster signings on July 4th of 2012. And his comments about being all about winning are funny now. They could have been funnier if he would have missed the playoffs almost every year, but they’re still very funny right now.

I feel like if he gets bought out, Lou will be the first in line to sign him. Lou tried to trade for him at the deadline last year. The Wild are probably wishing now that they took whatever offer. I thought reports were at the time that they didn’t think it was enough coming back their way.
 
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ScottyK said:
I wonder if Parise just cashes his checks an sits in the press box the next 5 seasons or if he an the team to a mutual termination through unconditional waivers
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Parise "only" has another 4 seasons on his contract after this year.

His $6M salary would certainly be tough to walk away from next season, but he's already made more than $100M in his career so maybe he would be willing to walk away for a shot at playing for the Cup.

Though if he can't crack Minnesota's lineup, I'm not sure why he would think he'd crack another Cup caliber team's lineup a year from now.
 
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Bleedred said:
I don’t hold a grudge anymore at all. I’m definitely over it, I’ve definitely forgiven him, but holy shit. That’s a hilarious stat. That he’s only just now won more playoff games with the Wild since 2013 than he did with the Devils in all of 2012. That’s some pretty funny stuff right there. I feel like they’ve went out in the first round most years and made the second round two times (maybe three?) and lost to the Blackhawks both times. They couldn’t even crack a conference finals with those two blockbuster signings on July 4th of 2012. And his comments about being all about winning are funny now. They could have been funnier if he would have missed the playoffs almost every year, but they’re still very funny right now.

I feel like if he gets bought out, Lou will be the first in line to sign him. Lou tried to trade for him at the deadline last year. The Wild are probably wishing now that they took whatever offer. I thought reports were at the time that they didn’t think it was enough coming back their way.
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I still hold a grudge.

Can they still buy him out with his NMC if he decides to waive it?

EDIT - Nevermind, for some reason I was thinking NMC's were buyout proof, but they are not.
 
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so if they mutually agree to terminate contract that means he wont get whats left on his deal? if he ltir "retire" he will still get the money but not to play again? if they buy him out the team gets hit with a cap penalty and parise still gets some of his money?
 
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JrFischer54 said:
so if they mutually agree to terminate contract that means he wont get whats left on his deal? if he ltir "retire" he will still get the money but not to play again? if they buy him out the team gets hit with a cap penalty and parise still gets some of his money?
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4 years left…

a buyout gets him 2/3 of the money over 8 years
 
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