2021-2022 Around The League - Part VII

[Pokecheque]

Brilliant move by Vegas

Bah. Wouldn’t call it brilliant. Necessary, not brilliant.

 

[PAZ]

Brilliant move by Vegas

Ah, I finally understand why Vegas made that ridiculously stupid move last offseason. How else are you going to look smart unless you dump bad contracts you traded for?

 

[Ceremony]

The Flyers board sure looks depressing right now.

 

[LOFIN]

I mean Tortorella is still a good coach and he will improve the Flyers. The thing is, what the Flyers really need is an acknowledgment of a rebuild instead of trying to kick the can down the road. But re-signing Ristolainen already showed that their management has no intentions of such a thing.

 

[Pokecheque]

I mean Tortorella is still a good coach and he will improve the Flyers. The thing is, what the Flyers really need is an acknowledgment of a rebuild instead of trying to kick the can down the road. But re-signing Ristolainen already showed that their management has no intentions of such a thing.

The minute they invoked the ghost of Ed Snider after firing Hextall I knew they were doomed.

I honestly love the hiring. A better marriage between antiquated organization and cranky-ass old-school coach could not be envisioned.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Balthazar]

The minute they invoked the ghost of Ed Snider after firing Hextall I knew they were doomed.

I honestly love the hiring. A better marriage between antiquated organization and cranky-ass old-school coach could not be envisioned.

They just fired Vigneault & Therrien to hire Torts. That's more of the same.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

 

[Pokecheque]

They just fired Vigneault & Therrien to hire Torts. That's more of the same.

Never said it wasn’t.

 

[avsfan9]

Who else would sign him? We saw his thuggish tactics on display in game 3. Guy is and will always be trouble.

Vegas??? They will find a way!

 

[Alex Jones]

Makes sense considering the Haslam family already knows a lot about predators.

 

[Foppa2118]

Just gonna continue to force a square peg into a round hole.


He's mentioned "competitive balance" about 4 or 5 times now. Clearly they want games and standings close.

Coming up on 30 years of believing in a failed market. I honestly don't understand why they're so committed to failure. The TV deal aspect never made enough sense to me.

 

[Bonzai12]

Why the hell aren’t the Panthers gonna retain Brunette?

 

[Foppa2118]

Vegas is finally under the cap.

Why is this trade even allowed to go through? The sole reason for this is to allow Vegas to go over the cap $7.8M next year. Again.

Why the hell did Bettman insist on canceling 1.5 hockey seasons because they needed to implement a cap they have no plans of enforcing?

 

[The Moops]

Why is this trade even allowed to go through? The sole reason for this is to allow Vegas to go over the cap $7.8M next year. Again.

Why the hell did Bettman insist on canceling 1.5 hockey seasons because they needed to implement a cap they have no plans of enforcing?

It doesn't allow them to go over. This gets them under.

 

[AFK]

Can someone explain this trade for a dullard like me?

Is it because Vegas was able to unload Dadonov's contract without giving up additional assets (just cash that doesn't count against the cap for a retired Weber)?

Or, if not, why was it brilliant?

 

[UncleRisto]

Just gonna continue to force a square peg into a round hole.


He's mentioned "competitive balance" about 4 or 5 times now. Clearly they want games and standings close.

Yeah, why exactly do they believe in that market long-term?

 

[Avsboy]

Yeah, why exactly do they believe in that market long-term?

Auston Matthews will bring his talents there

 

[dahrougem2]

I give it one year before Carter Hart asks out of Philly because of Torts.

 

[PAZ]

I give it one year before Carter Hart asks out of Philly because of Torts.

Has a goalie ever asked out during Torts tenure?

Usually coaches like Torts leave goalies alone, even they knows you don't mess with them and leave it to the goalie coach.

 

[Chiarelli]

Hart could be a great buy low candidate

 

[MacKaRant]

The Flyers board sure looks depressing right now.

That's nothing unusual

 

[Foppa2118]

It doesn't allow them to go over. This gets them under.

That's how LTIR works. Trading Dadonov clears his $5M. Adding Weber allows them to go over the cap by $7.857M on LTIR to "replace" him.

Which to me should be enough to deny the trade. The purpose of LTIR is to allow teams to replace injured players. There was no expectation that Weber would play for them when they made the trade, so therefore no expectation he needed to be replaced. The LTIR savings should be voided IMO, but I know it won't.

 

[PAZ]

That's how LTIR works. Trading Dadonov clears his $5M. Adding Weber allows them to go over the cap by $7.857M on LTIR.

I'm really not quite sure what your point is.

All this does is clears Dadonov's contract.

Weber on LTIR means that it gives them $7.857 mil on LTIR, which is eaten up his $7.857 mil cap hit - the net result is zero and it has drawbacks as they can't accrue cap space, it affects bonuses, etc. End of the day it's a negative to have Weber's contract on the books.

 

[Foppa2118]

I'm really not quite sure what your point is.

All this does is clears Dadonov's contract.

Weber on LTIR means that it gives them $7.857 mil on LTIR, which is eaten up his $7.857 mil cap hit - the net result is zero and it has drawbacks as they can't accrue cap space, it affects bonuses, etc. End of the day it's a negative to have Weber's contract on the books.

I'm not sure why my point is so hard to understand. Most every other team starts next season with a cap of $82.5M. Vegas essential now has a cap of $90.375M. I don't believe this should be allowed.

End of the day this is a positive benefit for them or they wouldn't have done it.