Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

[Blob Mckenzie]

Great day for Benning. Bergevin and more so Chiarelli now being labeled the worst GMs in the NHL. we'll see how long that last

Give it time, Free Agency hasn't started yet.

[Hockey Widow]

Great day for Benning. Bergevin and more so Chiarelli now being labeled the worst GMs in the NHL. we'll see how long that last

Give it time, Free Agency hasn't started yet.

LOL. Agreed.

[Chef Boi RD]

I doubt McDavid is asked to sign much of a bridge deal. He'll get a good pay day when his time comes.

Once his ELC is done he''ll be asking for dough that will make him the highest paid player in the game, or a comparable to the highest paid player in the game, whoever that is now. He needs to make up for what he lost in endorsement deals had a bigger market team drafted him instead of the bowels of Canada.

[Blob Mckenzie]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

[Chef Boi RD]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

Blob, did you throw down a couple at The Arms today?

[Ronning's Ghost]

In as much as Edmonton has been the pretty much the Platonic Ideal of tanking for about a decade, if they win a Stanley Cup again before Vancouver does, will any anti-tanking posters here concede that, whatever their moral compunctions about the practice, it can be a viable path to a Championship ?

[Blob Mckenzie]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

Blob, did you throw down a couple at The Arms today?

Nope. Are you still working in the area?

I'm on the wagon during the week. But I may fall off tonight. It's so hot out and I'm gonna go swimming pretty quick, so that usually sounds like beer.

[Strangelove]

Bergevin saying that given the structure of Weber's contract, should he retire early, they will not be on for any cap recapture, nor would another team if Montreal susequently trades him. All the recapture penalty will fall on Nashville.

Ah yes, if they keep Weber for at least 4 years the recapture drops to zero.

See, for the next two seasons Weber gets paid $12M-per... but the cap-hit is less than $8M-per.

This of course triggers recapture penalties for the Habs... ~ $8.3 total after 2 years.

But after that Weber only gets paid $6M for a few years and that number continues to drop (down to $1M).

Those years will quickly eat up all the cap-benefit they had (that $8.3M)

... so yeah, eventually the Habs will have zero recapture penalties.

Meanwhile the Preds though have already benefited cap-wise to the tune of $24.6M.

(Weber was paid $14M-per in each of the last 4 seasons)

Upon Weber's retirement the Preds will get hit with that #... spread over the remaining # of years in contract.

[Strangelove]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

Lol Blob, my neighbours are hardcore Benning haters!

I had one of them for lunch today!

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Close but no cigar for you...

[Chef Boi RD]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

Blob, did you throw down a couple at The Arms today?

Nope. Are you still working in the area?

I'm on the wagon during the week. But I may fall off tonight. It's so hot out and I'm gonna go swimming pretty quick, so that usually sounds like beer.

No, they keep asking me for a price. It's a bit too far to go. It's an ugly one. Trying to fix an ugly addition that was done years ago, I bet if you drove down the street you'd figure out pretty quickly which one is it is, a real hack job addition,'it's quite funny. But an easy fix to make nice. The usual problem though - they don't have a lot of dough but are asking for the moon

[Blob Mckenzie]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

Blob, did you throw down a couple at The Arms today?

Nope. Are you still working in the area?

I'm on the wagon during the week. But I may fall off tonight. It's so hot out and I'm gonna go swimming pretty quick, so that usually sounds like beer.

No, they keep asking me for a price. It's a bit too far to go. It's an ugly one. Trying to fix an ugly addition that was done years ago, I bet if you drove down the street you'd figure out pretty quickly which one is it is, a real hack job addition,'it's quite funny. But an easy fix to make nice. The usual problem though - they don't have a lot of dough but are asking for the moon

You said it was on Chelsea or something?

[Rocky Dennis]

Speaking of bowels what did Doc eat for lunch?

Lol Blob, my neighbours are hardcore Benning haters!

I had one of them for lunch today!

I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Close but no cigar for you...

[Strangelove]

https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status ... 2404622342
As for Hall, #Isles didn't offer what EDM wanted, which was Hamonic. Plain and simple.

https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status ... 7027863553
Already said this earlier this summer, but after all the stuff Hamonic went through, if GS had traded him, team might have staged a coup.

https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status ... 0044776448
Can certainly debate skill levels of Hall/Hamonic. Wasn't a trade #Isles felt they could make w/ one of the emotional leaders of the team.



Isles rejected Hall...

[ukcanuck]

In as much as Edmonton has been the pretty much the Platonic Ideal of tanking for about a decade, if they win a Stanley Cup again before Vancouver does, will any anti-tanking posters here concede that, whatever their moral compunctions about the practice, it can be a viable path to a Championship ?

If that happens the only thing I'll concede is that an infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters might eventually write the bible.

[Blob Mckenzie]

So I guess Subban is getting himself a Cowboy hat, some snakeskin boots and can dust off his old Charlie Pride records. If this deal was about talent and age I would say the Preds made out like bandits. However I think PK is a bit of a dink and I would take Thunderbeard for the next 5 years myself.

I am curious how good Larson can be. The Devils got the better and more valuable player by far but Edmonton needed d men and he is a legit top 4 rh d man who is young and will improve. Interesting day for sure in the NHL.