The 2019-20 Around the League Thread, Pt. VI - Zamboni Goalie Edition

[Hit the post]

"Eugene Melnyk, owner of the National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators and the American Hockey League's Belleville Senators, has personally pledged to pay part-time and hourly workers the income they would have otherwise received during the suspension of play due to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting state of emergency in Ontario."

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Over to you Francesco.

I think all but one team has pledged financial assistance to part time arena workers effected by the stoppage. The great “humanitarian” Jacobs. Boston deserves an owner like that. When even the Sens owner is willing to fork over money, that just shows you how cheap you are.

 

[HankNDank]

I think all but one team has pledged financial assistance to part time arena workers effected by the stoppage. The great “humanitarian” Jacobs. Boston deserves an owner like that. When even the Sens owner is willing to fork over money, that just shows you how cheap you are.

He is going to pay them, once the other games are cancelled officially.

 

[Hit the post]

He is going to pay them, once the other games are cancelled officially.

Cancelling the games "officially" is essentially just a formality right now. Him being reluctant to pay his workers now makes me question whether he actually will pay them when it's "official". IMHO. Like I said, if Melynk opened his 'vault'..

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

This is what happen when kids have too many time

Spoiler: K'Andre Miller chat nonsense

 

[VanillaCoke]

Yeah ok probably put a spoiler on that, atleast.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Yeah, that was really worth bumping this thread for.

Not.

 

[mathonwy]

Yeah, that was really worth bumping this thread for.

Not.

Grumpy grumpy

 

[Grumbler]

For the first time the oilers missing the playoffs won't be their fault.

 

[VanJack]

Things keep piling up for the NHL, and not in a good way. Bond and Credit Rating Agencies have placed the NHL on a 'watch list', particularly if the rest of the season and the playoffs are flushed away.

This is understandable. Unlike some of the other professional leagues with massive T.V. contracts; the NHL still relies pretty heavily on gates, merchandise revenues, concessions, etc....the kind of revenue that can only be generated by fans physically attending the games.

And an as aside, I see Pierre McGuire of NBC Sports is predicting the salary cap could decline as much as 30 percent next season. This would be a calamity for teams, players and their agents....and would likely trigger a flurry of buy-outs and even bigger problems for UFA's and RFA's.

This thing is getting ugly, fast.

 

[Huggy43]

If it drops that much you would have to think a compliance buy out or 2 would be issued to teams.

 

[WinterEmpire]

There would have to be buyouts, I imagine most teams would be unable to legally get under the cap without buyouts

 

[VanillaCoke]

peirre mcguire is an annoying little boy loser with no sources. Just the usual rampant speculation for clicks and views.

 

[member 290103]

peirre mcguire is an annoying little boy loser with no sources. Just the usual rampant speculation for clicks and views.

after he said the Canucks destroyed the Panthers on the Gudbranson trade, I was done. He clearly is a complete idiot.

 

[Intangibos]

after he said the Canucks destroyed the Panthers on the Gudbranson trade, I was done. He clearly is a complete idiot.

Much like our management seemed to favour former top prospects (Gudbranson, Pouliot, Sutter, Sbisa), Pierre may be remembering what Gudbranson was in junior rather than what he became. I have a hard time believing Pierre is watching many Florida games, especially since I think he regularly watches junior prospects as well.

 

[Motte and Bailey]

after he said the Canucks destroyed the Panthers on the Gudbranson trade, I was done. He clearly is a complete idiot.

He never said that, he just said that it was a good trade which you could argue was true at the time.

 

[rypper]

He never said that, he just said that it was a good trade which you could argue was true at the time.

He said it was a "home run" for the Canucks.

Spoiler alert: it was never a home run for the Canucks.

 

[xtra]

He never said that, he just said that it was a good trade which you could argue was true at the time.

And no it wasn’t a good trade at the time. Go dig up the thread on this board and see what we were saying

 

[member 290103]

He never said that, he just said that it was a good trade which you could argue was true at the time.

he did say that. Heard it myself of Sekeres and Price. There were also numerous people that panned the trade immediately, so basically your entire post is wrong.

 

[canuckking1]

Still can't believe we traded our second-round pick in a year where we were one of the worst teams in the league.

 

[member 290103]

Still can't believe we traded our second-round pick in a year where we were one of the worst teams in the league.

Benning throws second rounders away like they are meaningless. How Madden alone was not enough for Toffoli is beyond me. Even if he had negotiated the second as conditional on his resigning.....I bet he didn’t push back at all on the demand.

 

[Hit the post]

And no it wasn’t a good trade at the time. Go dig up the thread on this board and see what we were saying

Check out Canucks-kiddie-corner. They thought it was a home run.

 

[Bad Goalie]

Sucks about the Oilers' Colby Cave. No kid should die at 25.
RIP Colby and condolences to his wife and entire family.

 

[Bad Goalie]

double post

 

[Hit the post]

Sucks about the Oilers' Colby Cave. No kid should die at 25.
RIP Colby and condolences to his wife and entire family.

Scary part is that @#$@#$ virus not only takes out the elderly and/or people with serious underlying health issues but fit athletes in the prime of their life.

 

[John Belushi]

Colby didn't die of COVID-19