Around the NHL #4

[RemoAZ]

I'm not sure how you can say "nobody seems to mind"... Kessel gets a LOT of stick on here for his poor play (justifiably imo)

I think he meant the coaching staff.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[Fuhrious]

A few years ago this was a blip, but I think going forward its going to become a real problem league-wide due to the "new paradigm" of giving 7-8 year high dollar deals (often with NMC attachments) to 28 year old UFA. By the time year's 6 thru 8 roll around, those deals are a boat anchor around a team's cap. A few weeks ago I was reading a similar article outlining how screwed the Wild are going to be in coming years as the contracts on Suter/Parise/Staal/etc. "mature" into those albatross windows...it painted a pretty grim picture.

 

[XX]

A few years ago this was a blip, but I think going forward its going to become a real problem league-wide due to the "new paradigm" of giving 7-8 year high dollar deals (often with NMC attachments) to 28 year old UFA. By the time year's 6 thru 8 roll around, those deals are a boat anchor around a team's cap. A few weeks ago I was reading a similar article outlining how screwed the Wild are going to be in coming years as the contracts on Suter/Parise/Staal/etc. "mature" into those albatross windows...it painted a pretty grim picture.

All of those deals were snuck in before the CBA capped them. They're just still floating around on the books. Richards signed a 12 year deal, for example.

7-8 year deals for your best players will be the norm because if you won't give it to them, the open market will. As long as you are smart about it (Keller), it won't hurt (Backes, Lucic, Ladd, etc...)

 

[Fuhrious]

All of those deals were snuck in before the CBA capped them. They're just still floating around on the books. Richards signed a 12 year deal, for example.

7-8 year deals for your best players will be the norm because if you won't give it to them, the open market will. As long as you are smart about it (Keller), it won't hurt (Backes, Lucic, Ladd, etc...)

Very true. I do think there is still a decent amount of risk in current-CBA deals like Duchene, Zuccarello, Karlsson for example. The dearth of NMC means this coming expansion draft will likely be one of the more interesting such event ever.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Eric Comrie's on waivers today.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Eric Comrie's on waivers today.

I happened to randomly tune into one of the two games he started for the Red Wings. It wasn't pretty.

 

[_Del_]

Eric Comrie's on waivers today.

Burnt some cap to turn him into a mediocre D prospect. Still wonder what they were thinking.

 

[rt]

I will LOOOOOL if we claim him. Haha.

 

[TheLegend]

Comrie went back to the Jets.

 

[jacobhockey13]

Duclair upped his goal tally to 20 on the year last night; happy for him.

 

[rt]

Duclair upped his goal tally to 20 on the year last night; happy for him.

Ottawa needs to keep him and whoever his linemates are. He needs to stay. He's unlikely to replicate anything like this in any other situation. Whatever is working, they need to lock down and keep forever.

 

[Mosby]

Ottawa needs to keep him and whoever his linemates are. He needs to stay. He's unlikely to replicate anything like this in any other situation. Whatever is working, they need to lock down and keep forever.

Or sell high. This is a contract year for Duclair after all.

 

[rt]

Or sell high. This is a contract year for Duclair after all.

No. This is the opposite of the “he wouldn’t have done it here” argument. He’s put up 12g and be health bombed 25 times and end up in the KHL and Ottawa would look really smart. Except he might have stayed a 30g goal there perennially.

 

[Summer Rose]

Mike Smith got into it with Evgeni Malkin

 

[AJ171181]

Kassian with 13 goals now, cant believe it.

 

[TheLegend]

Post game thread title on the Edmonton board.....

 

[SR]

Damn that Mike Richards contract pays him until 2032 because of the buy out. That’s ridiculous.

 

[Mosby]

Kassian with 13 goals now, cant believe it.

Here's hoping Edmonton hands him a very ugly contract extension.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Damn nice to know that we are no longer in the market for eating other teams' dead cap space in return for acquiring players.

 

[Mosby]

 

[MIGs Dog]

The Coyote way is better where the leading goal scorer is averaging 4th line minutes.

 

[Grimes]

Just noticed Anaheim is last in the West. Pretty shocking considering they have Gibson, a pretty well rounded defense and still some firepower up front.

 

[_Del_]

Kassian with 13 goals now, cant believe it.

I can. He's got good hands, and he's getting a good opportunity to play Simon to McDrai's Oates. He's a decent secondary scoring guy in a perfect situation.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

There are three teams atop the Pacific division all with 44 points. The Coyotes are in first due to playing a a game less than Vegas and 2 games less than Edmonton. Detroit lost to Toronto tonight, but we saw last week how that doesn't matter. Winning both of these two games before the break will be a challenge. (Are we ready for it, Sniper?) Not sure we'll hold on to first place.