bustaheims
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Yikes. He was a guy I thought might do well on a cheaper contract with less responsibility/3rd pairing type minutes with PP time. Not big money, long-term, 2nd pairing (at least) duties.
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Guilt Trip
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They could have called a lot on the Oil too...McD is a good flopper...gotta teach MatthewsHeroic Shrimp said:
bustaheims
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https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1502014030508179457
Well, this is opposite of what normally comes out this close to the deadline, so, are they actually honest or is deadline days going to be bananas?
Well, this is opposite of what normally comes out this close to the deadline, so, are they actually honest or is deadline days going to be bananas?
L K
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The hard cap needs to go away. Maybe change the rules to teams have to be roster compliant after the trade deadline but that compliance has to be in dressed skaters.
So a team could acquire a 7M player if they had 2 million in cap space as long as they sat 5M in salary when the 7M player skates.
Would create more options for player movement. Maybe create a buyout option for veteran players who have a cap hit that would be restrictive on making a trade.
PK Subban - 9M cap hit
New Jersey buys him out/mutually terminates his deal. New Jersey continues to hold a 9M cap expense for Subban for the rest of the year but just like his contract expiring would not face a cap hit for him next year due to buyout
Toronto signs Subban to 1M cap hit contract.
If you kept the cap cost on the team buying a player out it would alleviate concerns of a good team just getting rid of a bad contract as they would still be faced with the cap space so it wouldn't save them anything and couldn't be done to a player who is facing free agency.
So a team could acquire a 7M player if they had 2 million in cap space as long as they sat 5M in salary when the 7M player skates.
Would create more options for player movement. Maybe create a buyout option for veteran players who have a cap hit that would be restrictive on making a trade.
PK Subban - 9M cap hit
New Jersey buys him out/mutually terminates his deal. New Jersey continues to hold a 9M cap expense for Subban for the rest of the year but just like his contract expiring would not face a cap hit for him next year due to buyout
Toronto signs Subban to 1M cap hit contract.
If you kept the cap cost on the team buying a player out it would alleviate concerns of a good team just getting rid of a bad contract as they would still be faced with the cap space so it wouldn't save them anything and couldn't be done to a player who is facing free agency.
bustaheims
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I like the idea of a franchise tag that allows teams to designate one contract that doesn't count against the cap - with the caveats that A) it counts for the length of the contract, no changing season to season and B) it has to be a multi-year contract. Teams can only change the designation when the contract expires or if the player is traded, and, even then, only in the off-season. Gives teams a little more flexibility while also allowing the players a little more to negotiate with.
Kadri's still generally up there among the league leaders in penalties drawn during his time in Colorado, and he's drawing more calls in his 3 seasons there than he did in his final 3 seasons in Toronto. Also, Colorado leads the league in PP time this season, the season before that, the season before that, the season before that, and also the season before that. 5 straight seasons where they've led the league in powerplay TOI. Like, it's entirely possible they got a little screwed last night (I can't find any clips of the call/non-call), but settle down a little there Landeskog. Imagine you had real problems in that regard.
bustaheims
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20 more PP opportunities than any other team in the league? Yeah, you can go ahead and shut right up there, Colorado.
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berserker said:
It rings quite hollow coming from a team leading the league in powerplay opportunities by a fairly wide margin. It's like he's complaining that his team doesn't get enough of an advantage compared to the rest of the league.
herman said:
Sure, but I mean I think that's always going to be the risk guys like him or Bunting or Garland or the Tkachuk's take with the way they play. At the end of the day though it helps them draw penalties a heck of a lot more than it hurts them with missed calls so I still don't think they should be first in line when it comes to airing grievances against the state of officiating in the league right now.
Guilt Trip
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Colorado has drawn 83 more penalties then the Leafs who are 2nd last at 183 in 58 games. That is crazy especially considering the talent and possession game the Leafs play. Leafs have to dive more ala Bunting I guess.bustaheims said:
L K
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Guilt Trip said:
And yet the Anthony Stewart take after Matthews gets pulled back by Chychrun (and then impeded by the linesman) is that he acted up instead of just gettting back in the play. So when Matthews pushes through he doesn't get calls. When Matthews makes it abundantly clear that he was impeded he doesn't get calls. At this point he could be two handed directly to the head and I'm not sure he would draw a call.
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Totally agree. it's very frustrating to watch at times and that one last night cost them a point potentially.L K said:
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L K said:
It's a huge problem across the league. Officiating is always going to be a sore spot for sports fans, but other leagues do a much better job of balancing things so their stars can shine. The NHL actively does the opposite - many star players need to put in extra effort to get calls others can draw with ease. Matthews is on of the premiere players in this league and a physical force. It's absurd how few calls go his way. It's crazy that almost 150 players have drawn more penalties over the past 3 seasons, despite Matthews being the league's best goalscorer.
L K said:
Worth noting that the Devils and Subban could pretty much do this right now, and Friedman+Marek speculated about the possibility of it happening since it's doubtful New Jersey would be able to trade Subban. It'd be the same thing basically as when Buffalo terminated Bogosian's deal and he signed (and won a Cup) with Tampa afterward.
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Interesting if it happened.
