NHL Around the NHL VIII - John Tavares named Captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald

[danpantz]

Brayden Point 3/6.75

Brayden Point agrees to three-year bridge deal with Lightning - Sportsnet.ca

Great deal for Tampa.

Leafs fans once again bending over Backwards to try and discredit it because it's only 3 years.

 

[jgatie]

Great deal for Tampa.

Leafs fans once again bending over Backwards to try and discredit it because it's only 3 years.

Leafs fans are crazy. We aren't talking about "locking them up" for 6 year deals at high salaries, we are talking 6 year deals at the very highest salaries ever. Carlo, McAvoy, and Point's next RFA contracts are not going balloon enough to offset what Matthews, Marner, and Tavares are costing the Leafs in the next 6 years. No way in hell. How they can twist those deals as anything but Dubas being bent over a barrel is insane.

 

[Merrrlin]

It feels like the Atlantic just got locked up for at least 3 years.

 

[danpantz]

Leafs fans are crazy. We aren't talking about "locking them up" for 6 year deals at high salaries, we are talking 6 year deals at the very highest salaries ever. Carlo, McAvoy, and Point's next RFA contracts are not going balloon enough to offset what Matthews, Marner, and Tavares are costing the Leafs in the next 6 years. No way in hell. How they can twist those deals as anything but Dubas being bent over a barrel is insane.

exactly. The deals they gave out are 5 and 6 year deals. Buying out 1 or two years of UFA before there best players reach UFA and at top dollar.

But they all think paying a lot less than that for 3 years and maintaining RFA status on these guys is a bad thing.

Tampa could give Point a 3 year, 15 mil a year contract the second this bridge deal ends and he'd make less in total than Marner just got paid.

 

[Rubber Biscuit]

Kyle Dubas sucks lmao

 

[jgatie]

exactly. The deals they gave out are 5 and 6 year deals. Buying out 1 or two years of UFA before there best players reach UFA and at top dollar.

But they all think paying a lot less than that for 3 years and maintaining RFA status on these guys is a bad thing.

Tampa could give Point a 3 year, 15 mil a year contract the second this bridge deal ends and he'd make less in total than Marner just got paid.

Not to mention the Cap hits. Regardless of whether the Cap goes up or down, those 3 contracts are costing them against the Cap right now!

 

[LouJersey]

Lucic looks so strange in a Flames sweater

 

[Boston Bruno]

Lucic looks so strange in a Flames sweater

It's freaking bizarre...it's possible that he and Zac Rinaldo may make up part of a line here and Czarnik could be the other guy.. Unlikely but it's like the Twilight zone potential.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Ott vs Van or LA vs Anaheim?

Which is more likely to be exciting?

 

[Tbaybruin]

Kyle Dubas sucks lmao

Well he is only GM of 31 who could have signed his top 4 to 40 million! He’s my second favourite GM,keep the Leafs down for another 50 plus years

 

[Fenway]

Islanders Break Ground on Arena at Belmont Park
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At the ceremonies, N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman said seven more of this season’s games had been moved to Nassau Coliseum.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Islanders Break Ground on Arena at Belmont Park
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At the ceremonies, N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman said seven more of this season’s games had been moved to Nassau Coliseum.

Are all the bruins at Islanders games in uniondale this season. I went to one in Brooklyn years ago and It really did not seem like a hockey community at all there where NHL players walking outside the arena and very few people knew who they where. I did get good seats for cheap though.

 

[Fenway]

Are all the bruins at Islanders games in uniondale this season. I went to one in Brooklyn years ago and It really did not seem like a hockey community at all there where NHL players walking outside the arena and very few people knew who they where. I did get good seats for cheap though.

One in Brooklyn and one in Uniondale

 

[Alicat]

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

 

[JCRO]

Faulk and a 5th rounder for Edmundson, Prospect Bokk and a 7th rounder. Then they signed Faulk to 7 years 45.5mil (6.5 mil per)

In short, the Blues just got better.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Good luck with that St. Louis

 

[PB37]

I remember Krejci and DeBrusk schooling Faulk during OT last year, with Krejci scoring the GW goal during the regular season.

 

[Chief Nine]

Faulk and a 5th rounder for Edmundson, Prospect Bokk and a 7th rounder. Then they signed Faulk to 7 years 45.5mil (6.5 mil per)

In short, the Blues just got better.

I like Justin Faulk, but no way is he worth Edmunson and a 6.5 mil 7 year extension

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

I like Justin Faulk, but no way is he worth Edmunson and a 6.5 mil 7 year extension

Any Carolina fan will tell you he was declining. All I've seen are glad he is gone.

This could backfire badly for Armstrong.

 

[Saxon Eric]

Good luck with that St. Louis

Overrated and now overpaid

 

[Chief Nine]

Overrated and now overpaid

According to Pierre LeBrun, the deal is front loaded at $9 million for the first 2 seasons!

 

[Saxon Eric]

According to Pierre LeBrun, the deal is front loaded at $9 million for the first 2 seasons!

When you win the big one you can do dumb stuff like this

 

[Chief Nine]

When you win the big one you can do dumb stuff like this

Which sure as hell doesn't help repeating I guess

 

[UncleRico]

Oh my if the going rate for Faulk is edmunson and bokk, it would be a travesty to see krug walk for nothing next summer.

Can’t believe Faulk got the canes a 2nd pairing shut down defender and a top 50 prospect. Good lord.