LeBrun: Dougie Hamilton Expected Out Until Playoffs - NJD have $9 Million LTIR to Spend

[Chips]

Hahah I really don't see how this is still allowed. Even if it isn't on purpose, salary cap should apply in the playoffs, you shouldn't be able to operate 9mil above the cap.

“Fixing” it would create other issues that need to be fixed and so on, whether with the trade deadline or a CBA war trying to change entirely how players pay works. It’s based on 82 games. League would rather teams have the chance to make the playoffs even if they might go “over the cap” than not be able to save their season with a trade. But also the league isn’t going to make valuable stars sit out of the playoffs because they returned too late. That would just be dumb having say, Hamilton or Kucherov sit the playoffs. Entertainment wise you want them playing


Salary cap was never truly about parity anyway, it keeps contracts down. Keep the money split between players and owners. That’s literally it. Regardless all teams have the same rules. Thing is teams have to be good enough to survive losing a star for an extended period. That’s part of the “competitive” in competitive sports


The Devils hardly look like a “definite” playoff team right now so I doubt they’d make this decision lightly

 

[dirtydanglez]

Go even further back in time “pulling a Patrick Kane”.

kane was legitimate tho

 

[Mrfenn92]

kane was legitimate tho

Yeah.

 

[Jerzey Devil]

Believe their premise will be they can spend to go "all in" and then worry about next year, next year

Might as well imo.

 

[elitepete]

Go even further back in time “pulling a Patrick Kane”.

If you wanna go even further back, 2011 Canucks were the first to do it.

 

[Mrfenn92]

If you wanna go even further back, 2011 Canucks were the first to do it.

Really. Who was it?

 

[Canes]

I'd put money that Tanev/Hanifin will be a Devil. They can absorb their contracts and they have some nice assets.

Would love to see a Hanifin-Hamilton pairing in the playoffs. Not just because they were traded for each other, but to see just how much of a disaster they’d be if paired

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Oh, this means New Jersey has the needed cap allocation for Jack Campbell and Josh Anderson.

 

[BagHead]

At what point do teams get brazen enough to say "There's a definite timeline, he's out until game 1"?

 

[wintersej]

Hahah I really don't see how this is still allowed. Even if it isn't on purpose, salary cap should apply in the playoffs, you shouldn't be able to operate 9mil above the cap.

Ok but then there is no trade deadline deal making. All those guys are only able to be added because of banking cap space.

 

[Seanaconda]

Curious to see if the Devils will spend significant futures to patch things up to get into the playoffs.

I think they have to now. This extra free 9 mill with hopefully Hamilton back to 100 percent at playoffs get a goalie

 

[Petes2424]

LeBrun seems to forget the letter and warning teams received before the playoffs started last season. This will NOT be allowed anymore. The NHL will go over his medicals, and won’t allow any funny business IF the player plans on returning for the playoffs. Several players had to be taken off LTIR before the playoffs started last season EVEN if their time frame for return went longer.

They won’t get away with just saying 4-6 months anymore. He’ll be forced to be activated before the playoffs, if they believe he’ll return.

They’d be playing with fire if they try it, and the league is just looking for someone to test them on this, so they can drop the hammer….

 

[peconcan]

Wait…. Why is nobody freaking out about this? Conspiracy’s??? Cheating?! Oh wait it’s the Devils it’s fine

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Murphy + Mrazek

 

[VoidCreature]

LeBrun seems to forget the letter and warning teams received before the playoffs started last season. This will NOT be allowed anymore. The NHL will go over his medicals, and won’t allow any funny business IF the player plans on returning for the playoffs. Several players had to be taken off LTIR before the playoffs started last season EVEN if their time frame for return went longer.

They won’t get away with just saying 4-6 months anymore. He’ll be forced to be activated before the playoffs, if they believe he’ll return.

They’d be playing with fire if they try it, and the league is just looking for someone to test them on this, so they can drop the hammer….

The league deciding to punish the Devils for something they previously allowed would be very on brand.

 

[Mugzy97]

Ridiculous loophole that they need to fix

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

cheating again smh

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Lol. Yeah, I bet he'll be fully recovered just in time for game 1 of the playoffs.

NHL needs to fix this nonsense loophole

 

[gach]

Ridiculous loophole that they need to fix

I agree they should fix it except if it's my team then it's fine

 

[Forge]

LeBrun seems to forget the letter and warning teams received before the playoffs started last season. This will NOT be allowed anymore. The NHL will go over his medicals, and won’t allow any funny business IF the player plans on returning for the playoffs. Several players had to be taken off LTIR before the playoffs started last season EVEN if their time frame for return went longer.

They won’t get away with just saying 4-6 months anymore. He’ll be forced to be activated before the playoffs, if they believe he’ll return.

They’d be playing with fire if they try it, and the league is just looking for someone to test them on this, so they can drop the hammer….

I'm not overly concerned about it. I don't think the devils would be trending this way with using the money in a season where they haven't been very good if they weren't starting to feel reasonably sure he's out until then. The injury has a recovery timeframe that can go a full month into the playoffs from when it happened

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Gibson and Fowler!!

 

[TheBeard]

Lol. Yeah, I bet he'll be fully recovered just in time for game 1 of the playoffs.

Difference is NJ is fighting just to get into the playoffs and could have used Dougie badly. Vegas was comfortably in a playoff spot.

Hahah I really don't see how this is still allowed. Even if it isn't on purpose, salary cap should apply in the playoffs, you shouldn't be able to operate 9mil above the cap.

I tend to agree but I’d be a little more lenient. For example, any player coming off LTIR come playoff time cannot play in the first round.

 

[Smitty426]

I'd put money that Tanev/Hanifin will be a Devil. They can absorb their contracts and they have some nice assets.

Very different D men. We could use both tbh

 

[Smitty426]

LeBrun seems to forget the letter and warning teams received before the playoffs started last season. This will NOT be allowed anymore. The NHL will go over his medicals, and won’t allow any funny business IF the player plans on returning for the playoffs. Several players had to be taken off LTIR before the playoffs started last season EVEN if their time frame for return went longer.

They won’t get away with just saying 4-6 months anymore. He’ll be forced to be activated before the playoffs, if they believe he’ll return.

They’d be playing with fire if they try it, and the league is just looking for someone to test them on this, so they can drop the hammer….

Unless you're Kucherov

 

[Thechozen1]

One Nate Schmidt coming right up!!!