Rumor: Matheson Maybe? Horny - Hold On!

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

@HandshakeLine my grandmother is in a home (which reminds me, I need to call her) and I didn’t take any issue here. Just FYI.

 

[HandshakeLine]

So, catching up here, if Hornqvist’s contract can’t be insured, why was he cleared to play? Also, when was the last time a trade was scuttled for that reason?

 

[dogthateats]

My dad drove without car insurance, how dare you you son of a motherless Caledonian Trollope!

Did he keep a ham hock in his glove compartment like JR though?

 

[Jag68Sid87]

The way I see it, the ONLY good that may come from this is that now all teams that MAY have had some interest in Hornqvist could put the peddle to the floor and come to Rutherford with a strong offer. Perhaps even an offer of player for pick, which in my opinion would be ideal. Getting that entire contract off the books would be a huge win (regardless of the pick acquired to be honest). I realize that is unlikely given our current sporting situation in 2020-21 but who knows. Maybe Ottawa, maybe Detroit, maybe Montreal...maybe a team that has cap space may look at Hornqvist as a leader for their young-ish team?

Otherwise, now we are back to square 1 with a player who knows he was almost a Panther. That is never good.

 

[OswaldBates]

You might want to be concerned about yourself moving forward instead of calling people names..

OK Junior

 

[dogthateats]

Idk what is happening in this thread bc I have some users on ignore. I feel lost.

 

[Ryder71]

NO you are an arrogant asshole

Please calm down.

 

[JTG]

The deal included salary retention if you want to believe Rossi and Matheson is a middle pair D, not a bottom pair D.

If 50% was retained, I'd be fine with the trade. Matheson has enough to work with. But that entire cap hit for that length of time...awful.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Guys when I get so old that I literally snap at every single innocuous comment and that is the sum total of my contributions I super-promise to delete my account and not put ya'll through me screaming into the void.

So probably like another year or two at this rate.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Did he keep a ham hock in his glove compartment like JR though?

Nah, he’s just absentminded as hell, and didn’t realize that his insurance expired a month before. Does keep a Jim Croce tape in there, even though he switched to satellite radio. Still haven’t got an answer for that one.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

OK Junior

My grandmother is in a home and I found nothing wrong with the joke. Pull back the reigns. Sorry for your loss but it’s something you should be dealing with in a way that doesn’t project meaning towards words that weren’t uttered on a message board.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If 50% was retained, I'd be fine with the trade. Matheson has enough to work with. But that entire cap hit for that length of time...awful.

I think you're underestimating what a defenseman like Matheson would get in free agency.

If Florida retained enough money to make it $4 million AAV for Matheson, I think that's a fine deal for the Penguins. $2.5 million or so for Matheson is a downright steal.

 

[Ryder71]

OK Junior

More like Senior, I'm older than dirt

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Guys when I get so old that I literally snap at every single innocuous comment and that is the sum total of my contributions I super-promise to delete my account and not put ya'll through me screaming into the void.

So probably like another year or two at this rate.

Part of the reason I left another board if because it was being run, and overrun, by precisely these types.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Idk what is happening in this thread bc I have some users on ignore. I feel lost.

I’m making friends!

 

[Griffin6612]

Im confused what thread am i in? Send me to the farm with JR

 

[DRAGO 18]

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Interesting that Mr. Excitement, Dave Molinari has said its still held up and ventures into the salary retention and JJ getting moved discussion as well. Molinari typically never speculates on anything of the sort.

 

[Ryder71]

I’m making friends!

Despite our differences I always believed you to be a people person.

 

[Fordy]

If this officially falls through, Hornqvist is a Pen for life, I can’t see anyone taking his contract uninsured.

has anyone actually explained how this shit works? was this a thing before? i can't say i've ever heard of players being unable to be insured, to the point it becomes an actual problem that effects the normal machinations of the game, in any sport before. but i'm a dumbass. i've heard some inklings before of things like this but it was never a real issue

 

[HandshakeLine]

If 50% was retained, I'd be fine with the trade. Matheson has enough to work with. But that entire cap hit for that length of time...awful.

Salary retention does change it a bit, but only if we’re definitely moving JJ. Not planning on it, but actually doing it, and it just hasn’t been announced yet.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Im confused what thread am i in? Send me to the farm with JR

I started a new one thinking the old one would be locked soon since it’s over 1,000 but @ColePens is in front of his altar mourning as he lights a candle for every goal Hornqvist scored as a Penguin.

 

[Rakell67]

So who is in charge of insuring the contract? Player or team?

 

[HandshakeLine]

has anyone actually explained how this shit works? was this a thing before? i can't say i've ever heard of players being unable to be insured, to the point it becomes a problem, in any sport before. but i'm a dumbass

Yeah, I feel like this is getting overlooked too, so I’m glad I’m not the only one. How is he playing without his contract being insured?

 

[HandshakeLine]

So who is in charge of insuring the contract? Player or team?

Also a good question, and while we’re at it, why does each team have a different insurer?

 

[PensPlz]

So who is in charge of insuring the contract? Player or team?

Jake from State Farm