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9 Jul 2015
Whether a contract is one-way or two-way has nothing to do with waiver eligibility (tweeting this in order to pin it)
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26 Mar 2024
Shocked that there was no offside review on the STL-VGK game-deciding goal, sure looked like Vegas was offside because the puck carrier lost possession
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10 Oct 2023
ESPN has learned nothing in broadcasting hockey for two years now. Why would you get close in on a penalty shot?
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6 Aug 2023
Karlsson wasn't traded for a 1st. The Penguins traded a 1st for the Sharks to take on Hoffman, Rutta, and Granlund. If the ballast weren't in the deal, Karlsson would likely be dealt for nothing (and rightly so)
6 Aug 2023
A first-round pick can get you either Tanner Jeannot or the literal Norris Trophy winner. Good league.
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14 Jul 2023
Tony DeAngelo being bought out twice in the span of two years is beyond funny. He's not even that good!
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10 Jul 2023
Puckdoku Game 10 - 9/9π:
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9 Jul 2023
Puckdoku Game 9 - 9/9π:
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I blow myself up most days going for something too obscure but I don't think anyone's beating an 82 today
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3 Jul 2023
I'd be concerned that the NHL would make such contracts onerous in the next CBA, e.g. that a player over 40 signed to a 3 or more year deal cannot be placed on LTIR
3 Jul 2023
"I hear that Tampaβs last offer to Killorn was eight years at a $2.5 million AAV, which is $20 million total..."
From @PierreVLeBrun. I don't know why more teams don't go wild on term in order to get the AAV down on players like this
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30 Jun 2023
The Devils worked out Wheeler in 2009 when he was a UFA so welcome to Long Island, Blake Wheeler
30 Jun 2023
Blake Wheelerβs agent β Matt Keator β indicates the winger prefers the Eastern conference: less travel and a new experience. We will see what evolves
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30 Jun 2023
Absolutely do not understand the Duchene buyout or the Yamamoto buyout - first, Yamamoto's buyout cost is not worth the rights to Kostin, that's just obvious
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30 Jun 2023
Second, with Duchene, I just can't imagine they couldn't work out a trade for him, but they would use up their last salary retention slot. This to me is a 'who cares?' moment, that slot is almost certainly worth less than the cost of putting $ on cap 3 years after deal ends
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30 Jun 2023
like when Lou Lams didn't sign Anton Stralman b/c his reserve list would be at 50 - sometimes you just have to do stuff that leaves you less flexible
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29 Jun 2023
I understand that it's probably not worth the effort, but it seems like teams are mispricing nothing - too many trades happen with 'future considerations' on the other side
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28 Jun 2023
Bet you $10 <insert NHL GM> says hi to the guys down at the draft party
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28 Jun 2023
Bettman should never be booed in Nashville - he should be booed twice as loud in New Jersey instead
28 Jun 2023
Pretty weak boos from the crowd in Nashville for Gary Bettman. Clearly they're too nice here.
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27 Jun 2023
Not sure why the Flyers didn't get more in trade or retain less on Hayes. I can't imagine Hayes signs for 3.57M AAV for 3 years as a UFA this off-season
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27 Jun 2023
I was going to disagree with this and argue that they might bring in malcontents if they just took salary dumps, but they also just brought in Taylor Hall, who I can't imagine is thrilled. I wonder if he stays there.
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15 Jun 2023
Fun game: sort the Flyers all-time scoring leaders by points, remove the active players, and count how many have worked for the organization in an official capacity following retirement.
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9 Jun 2023
I doubt if Severson goes UFA that he signs with Columbus, so while the Devils did save CBJ some cap space in theory, A: I doubt they actually did and B: They let them sign a guy who they relegated to the 3rd pair for 8 yrs/6.25M per, whose deal ends at 36
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26 May 2023
Clarkson still shouldn't've fallen off the cliff he did - he was not a disaster away from Elias. He was consistently over 9 shots/60 at ES in NJ and that fell to 6.9 his first year in Toronto
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26 May 2023
In 2010-11 his shot rate was above 10/60 with his most common linemates being (in order most to least, min 100 minutes) Rod Pelley, Dainius Zubrus, Tim Sestito, Brian Rolston, Jacob Josefson, Mattias Tedenby, Jason Arnott, Adam Mair, and Travis Zajac
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