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I can't imagine this would be the best package for Patches if he's actually being shopped. But I'd take him if that was enough.
SomeDude
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Yep, would be fun for the 15 months before they trade you.
Just when you thought 2020 couldn't possibly add any more fun surprises, bam...MAF back on the trade block.
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JordanStaal#1Fan
Good, Vegas wants to unload salary... but the cap is stagnant and we are in the middle of a pandemic.
Good luck getting good value for these guys.
Good luck getting good value for these guys.
BHD
Vejmelka for Vezina
That’s great if they don’t trade you shortly after, or at least try to.
Gurglesons
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I’m assuming @BHD referring to their recent actions of turning and burning individuals that sign there expecting to stay ala Schmidt, Statsny, etc.
Honour Over Glory
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Look at what they took for Nate Schmidt, it’s about the contract and cap hit as well as the expansion, we lose nothing that hurts us and if we lose Zucker or Patches, eh....
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Don’t forget that Russian kid they did super dirty.
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I feel for the guy, it’s been a rough year for him with his personal loss and then to be jobbed by his team that hard after they basically clout whored him out to the dipshits in Vegas.
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Wow finally the NHL and owners realize what I've wanted for years...
Mlb style homestand games.
Mlb style homestand games.
SomeDude
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Hasn't there been a group of players including Toews that have been lobbying for that style schedule for years to reduce the league's carbon footprint?
My hesitation is that it's going to suck when inevitably the annual few weeks that our roster is absolutely decimated by injuries (No Sid, No Geno, etc) we're going to have 12 matchups with major playoff implications.
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ColePens
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Listen... just pull the bandaid off quickly. It's inevitable. Just do it and let people complain. Revenue continues. Owners/players like it. It sadly grows the game.
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BlindWillyMcHurt
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Not really a development I'm stoked about but it makes sense in these times.
Problem is if/when things get back to normal and revenue streams are full speed ahead (I'm smashing X for doubt on this one but I'm a pessimist) the owners aren't gonna want to give up that cash and we'll be stuck with it.
I don't even collect jerseys so I'm not traditionalist or anything but advertising on your team colors just seems a little... wrong. And more than a bit desperate. That shit isn't happening in the other major sports here in the US. Would be yet another reminder that NHL a second-tier league in comparison.
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Maybe? I've been wanting that since the 80s. It's just stupid to have random home and homes series. I think this builds some fun rivalries.
Also Toews is a pos.
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I mean...the pandemic opened the door to this with the epic loses in revenue. They've always tried to get this passed and now they probably will. Everyone gets even richer while crying they didn't make as many millions as before while still making millions.
ColePens
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Exactly how I feel. Exactly how I feel. It sucks. It's inevitable. Shit doesn't bother me... I remember watching soccer and seeing ads as the jersey and it never made me think differently. A team is a team. A city is a city.
NHL needs revenue for us to love the game at the high level it is. I think anyone who went through the lockouts as a big fan or even playing at that time knows how dark hockey was. So it's a sacrifice i'll take.
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Very torn on this. On one hand it keeps the players safe. On the other, man... they’re also the ones that need it least at the moment.
BlindWillyMcHurt
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Yeah I get you.
Must be nice to arrange a private purchase of the vaccine so we can keep playing a child's game for ratings.
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Let’s just absorb this for a second...
NFL didn’t do this.
MLB didn’t do this.
NBA didn’t do this...
But the NHL? Really? Skip the line to do this? Lol.
Mario_is_BACK!!
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NFL couldn’t up to now. We don’t know about NBA and MLB has a few months before it’s even a concern. Don’t write it off yet, however...
Zirakzigil
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A private company has every right to sell there product to whomever they want. Pharmaceutical companies are no different. This isnt teams jumping the que on a publicly funded vaccination effort like with H1n1. Pfizer-BioNTech was a complete privately funded creation. Im guessing the NHL had numerous production contracts with different companies. People can be upset about the morality of it, but theres nothing ethically wrong. Its a prime example of free market economy.
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