WingsMJN2965
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He got a $30M contract because of one year that he stood in front of the net and let Datsyuk bank in pucks off his body... If that tells you anything.
Confirmed Buy-Out [DET] Justin Abdelkader
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He got a $30M contract because of one year that he stood in front of the net and let Datsyuk bank in pucks off his body... If that tells you anything.
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MAF + 2nd has been offered to every team in the league for nothing. Nobody bit
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SI90
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No, he’d still pick up some assists. He’d just do what Datsyuk used to do and literally bank pucks off Abdelkader.
WingsMJN2965
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I’m not shedding any tears but I honestly don’t get it. Why eat 3 more years of a cap hit when you’re nowhere near the cap. Just bury him.
Bounces R Way
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6 years of dead cap oof
The ghost of JA will be haunting Little Caesars Arena mowing down Hot N Readys for a long time.
The ghost of JA will be haunting Little Caesars Arena mowing down Hot N Readys for a long time.
Syckle78
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....you lose in the qualifying round while in cap hell.
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r0bert8841
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Because we don't have to watch 40+ more games of Abdelkader this season.
SimonEdvinssonAtSix
It's possible to commit no mistakes and still lose
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Yeah, especially the last 3 years of a huge 1M cap hit.
How are we gonna be able to sign anyone ever again.
Bounces R Way
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Said every team that has ever had plentiful cap space right up to when they don't.
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Because getting rid of arguably the worst NHLer in the league is a net positive for the Detroit Red Wings.
It's not just about cap savings. It's about fixing the team culture and showing that there is accountability. Watching him on the ice last year was flat out demoralizing, especially when every single one of our prospects deserved that roster spot over him.
SimonEdvinssonAtSix
It's possible to commit no mistakes and still lose
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We aren't talking about every team. We are talking about Detroit.
Go look up our cap for the next 6 years. Heres the short version, we have plenty of cap space.
Also, if Detroit finds them self in a position that 1M in cap is a hindrance that means we are competing again.
I will take that 1M dead cap to be good again.
Think critically about topics you're speaking on man.
If we still had Babs behind the bench I'd be sweating buckets right now.
Oilers fans in shambles. I would contend he isn't even worth a a vet min. Let's see if Kenny brings back ol' yeller for "grit" and "character".
Merrrlin
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It's like eating pistachios.
When you have a full bag, if you can't get one to open, f*** it I got a million of them. Losing 1 means nothing.
Then you get to the bottom of the bag and all of a sudden, you're in Hurt Locker mode cracking that thing like it's a safe in Ocean's 11 because you are running out of pistachios and the you really wish you had cared more when the bag was full.
Bounces R Way
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Soo.. they're excused from the salary cap? Cap space disappears fast when a team is ready to turn competitive. Ask Toronto, or Tampa, or the Oilers. The Coyotes and the Rangers. Say they sign Krug or Pietrangelo and then another bigger name in 2021. That's a big chunk of that space gone.
I'm not even saying buying out Abdelkader is the wrong way to go. Guy is useless and completely done. Merely commenting that 6 years is a long time to have dead money on your books. Because it is, that's longer than the average NHL contract.
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SimonEdvinssonAtSix
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I never said they were excused from the cap. You shifted the goal post to "every other team". I Moved it back to the specific team we are talking about and their specific situation.
Here you are again moving goal posts....
I don't need to ask Toronto or Tampa or the Oils, do you even understand the history of The Detroit Red Wings?
We went through cap hell already, from dynasty to dumpster fire. We signed Wiess and bought him out to sign Nielsen while Zetterberg and Franzen sait in LTIR whilst having Abby and Big E and Daley, and, and, and.....
Trying to patronize a Wings fan over salary cap numbers and what it means to a good team.... lol
The Zetterberg Era
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Unfortunately your team has the only one worse entering today in Seabrook in my opinion. I get he earned it, but that thing is worse than Abdelkader's and like Abdelkader's it was bad while the ink was drying.
Abdelkader messed up his knee at the World Cup, his skating never came back. He isn't a buy-low candidate he is a guy that is just done in this league. I hope he has a nice retirement. Despite the fact his contract made him a hated guy in Detroit he was a player that played very hard for a long time and his body betrayed him. In the 90s he would have disappeared with barely a peep but this is the cap era. I hope he wasn't looking forward too much to the Grand Rapids gig, he was already told he wouldn't be in Detroit in his exit interviews.
For the record I do not believe he will land in Edmonton. It would be a bad tone deaf move by Kenny, I hope he avoids that.
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If we Sign Krug and Pietrangelo we should be fine... Its fitting in Stamkos and Hall also which will show if Yzerman can manage a cap.
