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Whether a contract is one-way or two-way has nothing to do with waiver eligibility (tweeting this in order to pin it)
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
ESPN has learned nothing in broadcasting hockey for two years now. Why would you get close in on a penalty shot?
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)
Tony DeAngelo being bought out twice in the span of two years is beyond funny. He's not even that good!
Puckdoku Game 9 - 9/9🏆:
82 Uniqueness
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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
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
"I hear that Tampa’s 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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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
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
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
Bet you $10 <insert NHL GM> says hi to the guys down at the draft party
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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
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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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.
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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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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