Around the NHL - Congrats to the Tampa Bay Lightning!

[Kshahdoo]

Point doesn't seem douchy like Marner though. Point will likely sign a long term deal south of 10 mil once his contract is up.

Yeah, and still get more money, than Marner...

 

[Leafs1991]

Man thats upsetting.

These were some terrible questions though

 

[aingefan]

Congrats Tampa.
Losing to CBJ the year before is the path to the cup.
20-21 is gonna be a good year.

 

[ULF_55]

Tampa is no longer a young team ... looking at their ages ... how time flies.

That kid Point, is 24 same age as Nylander.

 

[Menzinger]

Marner will be a UFA in 5 years...if the Point does the same as you suggested above, he would also be a UFA in 5 years, but how much is Point's AAV over the 5 years compared to Marners? We already know he's only getting $6.75 x 3 currently. One player helped his team by signing a good bridge deal, leaving plenty of money on the table, while another one bent his team over.

Marner signed a 6 year deal. Which bought up a year of free agency.

Point may give the team a fair deal once the bridge is up, but he may not. Hes entirely in the driver's seat now.

 

[Menzinger]

Congrats to leaf legends Luke Schenn, Curtis McElhinney and Carter Verhaeghe

Had completely forgotten about him. This was apparently his rookie season at the age of 25.

Didn't exactly have a great season either, but good for him

 

[Gallagbi]

Had completely forgotten about him. This was apparently his rookie season at the age of 25.

Didn't exactly have a great season either, but good for him

He cracked a good roster and eventually got pushed out with their late season additions. He didn't light the league on fire, but he wasn't supposed to and I'm sure most of us are surprised he carved out an NHL career.

Tough break to get the hook for the deciding Stanley Cup game though. It's almost amazing that we had 3 former players that didn't see a minute in the deciding game.

 

[Trapper]

Yeah, and still get more money, than Marner...

At least when he signs he will actually have a Cup. A playoff round win.
If you overpay him, he (and the team) has the hardware.

 

[Kazparov]

Congrats to Tampa Bay. Well deserved.

Good to see Stammer get a cup.

 

[ToneDog]

Marner signed a 6 year deal. Which bought up a year of free agency.

Point may give the team a fair deal once the bridge is up, but he may not. Hes entirely in the driver's seat now.

As he should be now that he has a Cup.

 

[pspot]

Stanley Cup Champion Luke Schenn

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Stanley Cup Champion Luke Schenn

Nice.

 

[Dekes For Days]

Congrats to Tampa! They deserved it. Best team in the league over the past 3 years, and pretty dominant throughout the playoffs.

Interestingly, their worst series in goal differential this playoffs ended up being... Columbus.

 

[Superstar]

Marner signed a 6 year deal. Which bought up a year of free agency.

Point may give the team a fair deal once the bridge is up, but he may not. Hes entirely in the driver's seat now.

For Point to be making what Marner is making over the 6 years, he would need to be getting over $15 million per for 3 years after his bridge deal ends, and I don't see that happening...Point will probably settle for the Kucherov deal or maybe $1 million more per...meanwhile, Marner probably can't wait to get to UFA status so that he could bend over the Leafs for more money as a UFA.

 

[The Apologist]

Man, which Leaf cast-off wins next year? Kappy?

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Had completely forgotten about him. This was apparently his rookie season at the age of 25.

Didn't exactly have a great season either, but good for him

There's a couple former Leaf prospects put up pretty solid AHL seasons lately in V and Stuart Percy.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Congrats to Tampa! They deserved it. Best team in the league over the past 3 years, and pretty dominant throughout the playoffs.

Interestingly, their worst series in goal differential this playoffs ended up being... Columbus.

Goals for seemed to be more important than goals against, though the ultimate winner was a team good at both.

 

[Stephen]

I kind of want to see the Rangers actually go all in on Jack Eichel - just to realize he's a dud when it comes to being a winner and hand over the Sabres a kings ransom that turns them into a lean and mean checking team.

 

[kb]

Food for thought. The only 3 Tampa forwards who got more than 18 minutes of ice time in the cup winning game were Cirelli, Killorn, and Goodrow.

 

[Ifittex il Verita]

I'm sure now they don't care in the slightest since they won.

If they hadn't they would have. Every gamble comes with risks and rewards with no guarantee which one you'll get. And they'll still have a cost to pay once Points deal is over

Watch Tampa get Point on a better contract than Marner when the next 2 years are up. I'd bet my mortgage on it.

 

[kb]

Watch Tampa get Point on a better contract than Marner when the next 2 years are up. I'd bet my mortgage on it.

And they will still have to ship out more players anyway, just like this offseason

 

[Ifittex il Verita]

And they will still have to ship out more players anyway, just like this offseason

They'll ship out players and still be a better team than the Leafs.

 

[kb]

They'll ship out players and still be a better team than the Leafs.

Could I have the lottery numbers? You must be a zillionaire.

But you are here, so....

 

[BertCorbeau]

Happy for Schenn winning a cup

 

[Menzinger]

Happy for Schenn winning a cup

Like Kessel: nice guy, tries hard, loves the game.