OT: Around the NHL - Good hocket is good

[BladeRunner66]

Good locker room guy though

Too many old school GM’s in the league. They pay money for crap like that. Instead of an absurd contract go hire Dwayne Johnson as a motivational speaker. Cheaper and it won’t be on the cap

Yeah but it's not only giving out bad contracts, they actually traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson!!!

If anything, their GM should fire his scouting staff and himself along the way.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I get a good kick out of the Caps fans that are harping on Malkin being dirty in relation to anything Wilson does as being dirty now, so now both are tied to each other according to them, whenever anyone talks about anything dirty Wilson does, automatically "Yeah, I guess he's no Malkin though, elbows to the head are ok unless you're him."

Lol, what?

Even when it was a Jets vs Caps game, some how, Caps fans seem to like pulling Pens stuff into it.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Good locker room guy though

Too many old school GM’s in the league. They pay money for crap like that. Instead of an absurd contract go hire Dwayne Johnson as a motivational speaker. Cheaper and it won’t be on the cap

He has a Stanley Cup, is making crazy bank...what does he care? lol.

But yeah, the guy should have never left the Kings, he was made for that team and hell, he would still be useful there. If anything, Oilers shouldn't buy him out, they should just calculate what the buyout cap hit will be and then just retain it and see if anyone will want him after that.

Lucic - 6m cap hit.
4yrs remaining
What's it come to, like 625k a year?
So if you're Chiapet, why not retain like 1m, then dump him, instead of paying 625k a year for 8yrs, you pay 4m of his salary for 4yrs. Maybe if you can get a better deal, you actually retain 4.5m of that 4yrs (total) so his cap hit is 4.875m/yr.

That might not be ideal, but it's better than taking a 6m cap hit.
For the Oilers, it's better than that than buying him out and being on the hook for 8yrs of his cap penalty on their cap space which will really mess with them when guys like Yamamoto get better and want their coin.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I get a good kick out of the Caps fans that are harping on Malkin being dirty in relation to anything Wilson does as being dirty now, so now both are tied to each other according to them, whenever anyone talks about anything dirty Wilson does, automatically "Yeah, I guess he's no Malkin though, elbows to the head are ok unless you're him."

Lol, what?

Even when it was a Jets vs Caps game, some how, Caps fans seem to like pulling Pens stuff into it.

Awfully strange that so many Capitals fans are getting bugged over what has been described by themselves multiple times in the past as "just a good hockey play."

 

[Clare2904]

Swap of the Ryan's.

Spooner to Oilers
Strome to Rangers

 

[KIRK]

Swap of the Ryan's.

Spooner to Oilers
Strome to Rangers

Swap of flops. Oilers get a more solid player now. Rangers take a flier and save 900K per in cap space. Meh . . .

 

[Turin]

Any of those teams want Sheahan too since they’re trading R.S. Initials who are garbage?

 

[KIRK]

Any of those teams want Sheahan too since they’re trading R.S. Initials who are garbage?

Good point.

The one saving grace of Sheahan, compared to Spooner, is he's half the cap hit and on an expiring deal.

Frankly, I'd see if anyone wants Sheahan and failing that just send him to WBS. Maybe someone picks him up and you save the money. Failing that, you save enough burying him in WBS to cover TB's cap hit.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Any of those teams want Sheahan too since they’re trading R.S. Initials who are garbage?

I’d take future considerations. Give us the cap for other moves

 

[BHD]

I hate to say, but I'd take Sutter before Sheahan.

 

[Turin]

I hate to say, but I'd take Sutter before Sheahan.

Not at that contract

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

1. Everyday is a slow news day in Ottawa, I guess.
2. Melnyk sucks at twittering

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Yeah but it's not only giving out bad contracts, they actually traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson!!!

If anything, their GM should fire his scouting staff and himself along the way.

You think the GM being fired would solve the issues?

The Oilers idiocy is very deep rooted, at this point, it's ingrained into their DNA. Stupidity is the Oilers and vice versa. You have had multiple GM's come and go, each one more or less as incompetent as the one they've replaced.

That's a deep rooted issue of dumbassery.

For the Oilers to be fixed, you'd need to sell the entire franchise to someone that knows how to run a team, fire every single person and start from scratch, essentially like an expansion team. That is seriously the only way. Lately, they've been winning with some stacking of the 1st line, whether it's Leon and McDavid or RNH, etc. That will only work or so long until its broke again like it usually goes with that model.

 

[EightyOne]

Were talking a franchise who made a miniature Walterdale Bridge to skate out of....for one game....

No one cared. It was dumb. WTF.

Of course, the real bridge was supposed to be lit in Oilers colors that night, but half the lights didn't work.

This is The Oilers Legacy (tm). So damn typical.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I hate to say, but I'd take Sutter before Sheahan.

Mods, please ban this person for suggestion Brandon Sutter wear this jersey once more.

How about neither and we just try Blueger for once? Because when/if Brassard is back tomorrow, I 100% put Blueger into that 4C spot and put Cullen as his LW and put Blueger in a PK position and let him learn in that role the rest of the reason, ups and downs be damned, let him grow in that role with a good buffer of Rust and Cullen on his flanks.

Sutter was passive, better as a winger with his shot. Sheahan looked good last year, then this year they royally f***ed up the bottom 6 and he's been a disaster since then. I know because even his defense has been bad, for a guy that no matter what, was solid defensively even when his offense struggled, to me that is a telling sign of how much of a mess this actual team is from within and not just the players being an abomination.

 

[BHD]

Not at that contract

Yeah, I meant only the player - not the contract.

Mods, please ban this person for suggestion Brandon Sutter wear this jersey once more.

I knew my post would raise eyebrows. Ideally, I'd go with just any centre in the league before Sheahan or Sutter. However, I'd pick Sutter if I had to choose between them.

 

[EightyOne]

Draft Picks
Contracts
Actual Performance
Advanced Stats
Eye Test

This is the HF Hierarchy of Player Evaluation. As you can see, Actual Performance is less important that the Contract.

 

[heysmilinstrange]

Draft Picks
Contracts
Actual Performance
Advanced Stats
Eye Test

This is the HF Hierarchy of Player Evaluation. As you can see, Actual Performance is less important that the Contract.

Great list, but I would add "Whether I Hate the Team or Not" to the top.

 

[Smasher]

Tampa blew a 5-1 lead against Philly in the 3rd. Going to OT.

E: TB finally get it done in OT. I feel they would be in serious trouble if it weren't for their ridiculous power play...

 

[Turin]

Thankfully everybody in this division sucks

 

[Honour Over Glory]

1. Everyday is a slow news day in Ottawa, I guess.
2. Melnyk sucks at twittering

Melnyk is the biggest idiot in all of sports ownership and just in general.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

1. Everyday is a slow news day in Ottawa, I guess.
2. Melnyk sucks at twittering

I figured this would be all over the main board...maybe everyone is just used to this kind of idiocy?

 

[EightyOne]

It's against HFBoards ToS to talk bad about Canadian teams.

 

[DegenX]

It's against HFBoards ToS to talk bad about Canadian teams.

You jest, but some people seem to think that

 

[heysmilinstrange]

It's against HFBoards ToS to talk bad about Canadian teams.

All you have to do is say that no team has ever been better than their team is right now, and no team ever will be again. Easy peasy.