We are a team of principal now that only wants guys that work hard and earn their contracts. Except for Scott. We just hope he doesn’t come back as big as a house again. Grandstanding on new organizational values becomes so much harder when you have to put your money where your mouth is.
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We are a team of principal now that only wants guys that work hard and earn their contracts. Except for Scott. We just hope he doesn’t come back as big as a house again. Grandstanding on new organizational values becomes so much harder when you have to put your money where your mouth is.
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Svechnikov didn't score in the game, and flubbed his shootout attempt. Why are we signing a bust?
Way to show his appreciation to a new team after they made a big financial commitment to him...
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What the Faulk
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It was probably close to impossible to do anything about Darling without tying one arm behind your back, so you may as well keep him and hope he turns it around, but you're probably not going to throw him under the bus in public too much.
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MTL wouldn't trade Price + Armia if he wasn't locked.
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A little change in tone there.
Good find.
Skinner's trade clause limits competition, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be had on the cheap. There's an internal threshold that teams wanting his services have to compete with; 1 year of Skinner is not valueless. With the depth in the organization, forgoing a 2nd + B-prospect, or whatever underwhelming return opposing fans want to see, is viable. Unless the team is really desperate to move him, I don't expect disappointment.
Skinner's trade clause limits competition, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's going to be had on the cheap. There's an internal threshold that teams wanting his services have to compete with; 1 year of Skinner is not valueless. With the depth in the organization, forgoing a 2nd + B-prospect, or whatever underwhelming return opposing fans want to see, is viable. Unless the team is really desperate to move him, I don't expect disappointment.
sheriff bart
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I had a problem when the contract was signed, but why does a player as young as Skinner (when he signed the contract) is even considered sore a NTC?
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NMC. It's a great clause, it bars not only horizontal moves to other team but also vertical ones to AHL, if you can ask for one without paying through the nose in salary, get one.
Also, already having one now courtesy of having asked it years and years back when no one cared, he's in good place now to demand it again to his next contract as "it's an established part of Jeff's SPC".
His agent was earning his cut alright.
sheriff bart
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I get that it's used in lieu of more money. I understand it with a veteran player. As young as Skinner was, it made no sense.
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Perhaps the change in tone (though they've mentioned similar before) is also to hammer home what Cole was talking about. If you want out and/or the team wants to move you, you shouldn't be so quick to put restrictions on the process. Skinner might be ready to move on, but wants to control the process. Perhaps putting out there that we may be willing to keep him will motivate him to consider more options if he's ready to leave.
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cole is taking the reigns as team ambassador pretty seriously trying to talk to skinner through the media and get his ass out of here. he's not a stupid dude. he knew jeff would hear that. whether it has any impact on his decision making process remains to be seen, but to be so pointed about letting everyone know he has blocked trades and what erik himself did in those exact situations was as direct as it comes.
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I thought Luke said he hadn't blocked trades. Can we get our narratives straight already
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have to go with cole if we're talking about who is more connected inside the organization as it currently exists. if cole said it, that's good enough for me.
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Waddell pretty much all but said that we already have an agreement in place with a goalie and we'll know who it is tomorrow. Said we will be signing one within 24 hours, so I hope it's a good one.
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I'm surprised we don't already know who it is.
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Spoiler alert: It’s not.
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It amuses me to no end how everyone now thinks that he is this excellent GM because of his time in Pitt. Yeah, real hard to win when you have Crosby, Malkin, and a stud goalie in the minors with enough cap room to still bring in others, all set up by the predecessor. But I still have plenty of hope that franchise is in for some dark years down the line after C&M start to decline, with his ability to panic mortgage the future to win now./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/55531121/102418263.0.jpg)
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I hear Martin Brouder isn't doing anything these days except car commercials
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I mean, the merchandise sales alone might be worth it.
Cardiac Jerks
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All jokes aside he’s the blues assistant general manager.
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