2013-2014 NHL Thread

[Redleaf]

The Simpsons as NHL team logos....

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2085851-graphic-designer-uses-the-simpsons-to-redesign-nhl-logos?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_c3

 

[Coco-puffs]

The Simpsons as NHL team logos....

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2085851-graphic-designer-uses-the-simpsons-to-redesign-nhl-logos?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_c3

Love that they used Groundskeeper Willy for the Leafs... an ode to the Toronto St. Pats past?

 

[Kin]

Love that they used Groundskeeper Willy for the Leafs... an ode to the Toronto St. Pats past?

That would be Groundskeeper Seamus

 

[AvroArrow]

Brodeur ready to explore free agency options on July 1

 

[L K]

Brodeur ready to explore free agency options on July 1

The team that signs him is going to be severely disappointed.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Brodeur ready to explore free agency options on July 1

The team that signs him is going to be severely disappointed.

*sigh*

 

[L K]

Brodeur ready to explore free agency options on July 1

The team that signs him is going to be severely disappointed.

*sigh*

My nightmare:

 

[Redleaf]

Mirtle...NHL's cap could well rise $6-million+ both this summer and next, hitting $76-million by 2015-16. Floor would be about $20-mil less.

This would be great news for spend-to-the-cap teams like the Leafs.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Mirtle...NHL's cap could well rise $6-million+ both this summer and next, hitting $76-million by 2015-16. Floor would be about $20-mil less.

This would be great news for spend-to-the-cap teams like the Leafs.

Mirtle's got next season's cap at around $70.6-million.

 

[Kin]

Good article, I thought, on the way the media like to proclaim various players "the best player in hockey":

http://deadspin.com/on-hockeys-odd-fetish-of-finding-the-latest-best-playe-1588110097

 

[bustaheims]

TSNBobMcKenzie: However much salary cap increases, DET won't be able to take full advantage. Wings have more than $3M in bonus overage carrying forward.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

TSNBobMcKenzie: However much salary cap increases, DET won't be able to take full advantage. Wings have more than $3M in bonus overage carrying forward.

Mirtle said Boston and New Jersey will both be looking at $3mil-ish overages as well.

 

[L K]

Hemsky rejected a 3 year 10 million dollar contract.  If he ends up coming in somewhere around 3.5M that would be an intriguing acquisition.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

You have to pay the piper eventually. I also agree with Mirtle; that some teams are probably in position to gamble like that, but Detroit and New Jersey were not in that position.

 

[L K]

How much of Detroit's problem was their absurd injuries though?  I think that had more to do with Detroit's struggles than anything else.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Hemsky rejected a 3 year 10 million dollar contract.  If he ends up coming in somewhere around 3.5M that would be an intriguing acquisition.

Seems like a pretty low-ball offer from the Sens. I imagine he'll likely get $4mil. If we hypothetically traded Lupul or Clarkson suffered a career ending injury that still allowed him to live a non-hockey but still fulfilling life I would definitely take a run at Hemsky. But as things stand we have enough money tied up on our wings.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

How much of Detroit's problem was their absurd injuries though?  I think that had more to do with Detroit's struggles than anything else.

There was a glimpse of them slowing down two seasons ago also, wasn't there? I don't see them as a threat to win the cup anymore, like they were before.

 

[bustaheims]

mirtle: Told the Bruins may have gone over the cap by as much as $5.5-million this year. Depends on how many bonuses Iginla, Krug and Hamilton hit.

 

[bustaheims]

How much of Detroit's problem was their absurd injuries though?  I think that had more to do with Detroit's struggles than anything else.

Injuries definitely played a role, but, looking at their roster, they should have expected some of them. They filled the team with a lot of older and/or injury prone players. Even healthy, I'm not sure they would have had enough steam to do a whole lot of damage in the playoffs. I'd say this cap penalty is the result of a team that didn't accept that their window has probably closed and that they're entering into a transitional period.

 

[Corn Flake]

mirtle: Told the Bruins may have gone over the cap by as much as $5.5-million this year. Depends on how many bonuses Iginla, Krug and Hamilton hit.

They should be forced to trade Bergeron to us for Clarkson as punishment.