FireBird71
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I don’tPersonally I see him joining Ovechkin and Kuznetsov in Washington
I don’tPersonally I see him joining Ovechkin and Kuznetsov in Washington
I mean, what would he realistically be asking for pay wise?
He's only scoring at .77 points per game on larger ice (more time and space) against an inferior league. this equates to about 63 pts per 82 games
Good luck with that, Doubt Washington would even have the cap to sign him. Even on a one year deal it's probably still going to be in the neighborhood of $6 to $7 million to sign him.
Detroit shouldn’t sign him back for a reunion. Would defeat the purpose of their rebuild. They need to play their young kids and move on from signing old veterans.
Dude, there is no chance if he came back it is to the Wings. They are not contenders any time soon and he don't need the money. If he returns it will be to take another run at a SC.Realistically he's probably a third liner no matter where he goes, and Holland loves having vets around to mentor the kids.
He'd be salivating at the idea of Datsyuk once again rubbing off on Larkin.
He probably wants to hit 1000 games
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No chance. Detroit sucks.
I would guess he’d want a chance to compete for another Cup. His Wings legacy was kinda sorta tarnished when he was moved to the Yotes
The Devils were punished for circumvention because they signed Kovy to a 17 year deal at the age of 27, with the last 6 years only paying out $3.5M of the $102M that the contract paid him. There have been other front loaded contracts where you knew they weren't gonna play out, but that one was far and away the worst. It was painfully obvious they did it specifically to circumvent the cap.
Fast forward a few years, NJD was actually rewarded back their lost pick because Kovy ****ed them over. So realistically if we're suggesting Detroit would be circumventing the cap by Datsyuk leaving in his last year, NJD theoretically was rewarded for similar circumstances.
Difference is, Datsyuk's deal actually still counted against the cap, which is why Detroit traded him to Arizona. They wanted to be rid of the cap hit and Arizona could get $7.5M closer to the floor without actually paying a dime.
Wrong and wrong. Try again.
The Devils didn't even get their pick back, that's nonsense. We lost our pick and were given 30th overall instead. I don't remember winning the cup the season before.Huh? So using your logic, if I take my son's cell phone away for bad behavior, and then decide there was some underlying circumstances for his bad behavior and I give him back the thing I took from him, I'm rewarding him? See the second bold. Some twisted logic going on here.
Agreed and we've the cap next season to offer him 12 million or so.He's not a 6-7 million player anymore.
But why not, short-term, like with a 1-year contract, you can offer like 12 million if you have the cap space.
His agent already said it's a return to Detroit, Or not happening. Datsyuk isn't playing for any other organization outside of Detroit.Leafs could use someone to play with their young guys. On a line with Matrhews and Nylander, would be fun as hell.
Double post.Leafs could use someone to play with their young guys. On a line with Matrhews and Nylander, would be fun as hell.
Leafs could use someone to play with their young guys. On a line with Matrhews and Nylander, would be fun as hell.
That is 100% false so don't get where the misbelief is outside of your own headIts a misbelief that players score more on larger ice, because the biggest difference in size is the neutral zone. The contrary is the case.
His agent already said it's a return to Detroit, Or not happening. Datsyuk isn't playing for any other organization outside of Detroit.
That is 100% false so don't get where the misbelief is outside of your own head
It's commonly known NHL ice is 200 ft by 85 feet. Euro or Olympic sized ice is 200 ft by 100 ft. The ice is 15 ft wider over the entire sheet. The offensive own is just shallower and the neutral zone wider in Olympic/euro ice but it's absolutely larger and allows players more time and space to operate with board play and hitting along the boards far less frequent
It's not like they just move the blue lines in euro ice like you suggested
Detroit shouldn’t sign him back for a reunion. Would defeat the purpose of their rebuild. They need to play their young kids and move on from signing old veterans.
His agent already said it's a return to Detroit, Or not happening. Datsyuk isn't playing for any other organization outside of Detroit.
Thats not what you originally said but if you want to change your narrative that's fine.Sure its larger. But the major difference in size is the neutral zone and the zone behind the goals.
Hockey Rink Diagram. Ice hockey rink diagram.
At least we Wing fans are hoping that Stevie Y is our next GM any ways, I know Datsyuk had pretty much mentioned before. That he couldn't see himself playing for any other organization outside of Detroit. Wouldn't be against bringing him back for one more season.Stevie Y is going to be back with the Wings this summer. Or pretty much everyone is expecting this to happen. I would say Detroit is going to be a more attractive destination now.
Thats not what you originally said but if you want to change your narrative that's fine.
Also, you keep harping about the length of the zones and that's not the only difference. The rink being wider in all zone drastically changes time and space away from the boards. Way more space to operate east/west all over the ice in ALL zones
This biggest difference is the width of the ice, not the zone sizes