ESQ wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:28 pm
Uncle dans leg wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:12 pm
Looks like they'll be forced to trade mitch the bitch unfortunately for those of us that relish in the laughs perpetual failings.
The return could potentially exceed the value of MM although with dumbass throwing picks and cash around like cheque day on the rez anything is possible as long as its a stupid move.
Imo the best Dubas could get for Mitch is recouping picks or another problem player without a contract (Laine?).
Waiting to December to write an offer sheet and Mitch could be had for 1st/2nd/3rd. I doubt Dubas can do better with no contract in place, and not many teams have the cap space to resign Mitch - unless they dump a contract back on the leaves!
This entire situation is what the league wanted because it will force the distribution of talent. Perfect.
The NHLPA will almost certainly be digging in on the cap and buyout issue right now, because the bottom line for a union is money, and when your superstars, who make the most money, can't get a contract because nobody can give it to them under the salary cap, and too few teams have the space to accommodate cap dump trades, suddenly you have a problem. If an employee isn't living up to his contract there should be a clause that allows his dismissal, albeit a shit-canning with some hefty compensation, and there shouldn't be a pound of flesh exacted from the people who want to part ways with a sack of shit performer. Reasonably I'd say a buyout should be allowed with a maximum recapture style penalty of 20% for no more than 2 years.....the player still gets his cash though.
The LTIR rules are a total joke too. Clarkson and Horton are NOT coming back. The only reason they haven't retired is so they can get their money via insurance. I get it, it's not their fault they suffered career ending injuries. But why can't they simply be bought out completely with no penalty to the organization? For instance, let the Leaves pay the insurance premiums on Horton, but simply erase him from the roster. Same with Luongo, he's old and damaged goods, time to hang them up, but not because he's finished with hockey and wants to rest on his laurels (if he'd won any

), it's because his body can't take it. He's retiring for medical reasons, again a team should have the option to simply remove his cap hit entirely and pay the insurance premium.
Definitely time to allow for franchise tagging, even just one player per team.
Another option I'd like to see would be luxury tax penalties that allow teams to go over the cap by X% and pay for it. But to make it equitable the penalty would be more than just monetary, I'm thinking like the forfeiture of draft position. Stanley Cup winner picks last every year? Not anymore, now the team who exceeded the cap by the most picks last.
The current system is getting stupid, another few years and the only place for star players to sign at market value will be Arizona, Columbus, and Winnipeg.....none of whom will be willing to actually pay them the money because they operate on an internal cap.