Next priority is seeing how Dallas' playoff run goes. Best we can hope for if the standings are like this when the playoffs start is pick 23 and that only happens if Dallas and all the division winners lose in the first two rounds. Ideally, Colorado reaches the CF's beating Dallas and the winner of the Winnipeg-WC series. That would also net the Sharks a 4th round pick instead of a 5th from the Blackwood trade. Getting 23rd overall would make it a hell of a lot easier to move up into the top 15.
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With how these things are being handed out, I wonder if the league will eventually have new rules regarding NTC/NMC clauses.
1) Max number of these clauses per/team
2) They get removed if a player accepts a trade
3) Option for a team to "buy" out clause
1) Max number of these clauses per/team
2) They get removed if a player accepts a trade
3) Option for a team to "buy" out clause
The owners would need to give the players something to do something like this.
Pretty sure #2 is still a thing, hence why heatley was allowed to be freely moved to the wild.
It is just that the team receiving said player can keep the clause or remove it.
That was the rule previously, but in 2020 they took away the ability to void the clause after a trade.
If the goal of the CBA is cost certainty, there's no reason to limit the number of non-monetary bargaining chips the owners can give out. NMCs seem like more of an inconvenience than a real obstacle to getting a guy off the roster at this point, and I'd bet that most GMs see them as something "other guys" give out like candy while the "smart guys" use them to their advantage.
That seems like a silly coaching decision, i understand the discipline but if he knew going into the game then replace him with another player.
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Yeah disappointed Hawks couldn’t hold on. Fortunately, I think the Rangers and Kings will both beat us for their playoff hopes/positioning. McDavid and Drai should hopefully return before next Thursday too. Other than the Ducks/Kraken, all of our April opponents will want to beat us. So that is ideal.
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For those in US, ESPN+ to follow the games. Gretzky and Bettman should be attending the games until milestone/record set.
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They’re 1-9 in their last 10 and their defense is now full of rookies. Still hoping they pick up 2 more wins somehow.
I expect the Sharks to pass the Hawks before the season ends the way both teams have been looking and the gap is only three points for passing them.
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Our most winnable remaining games are Ducks/Kraken. If we lose both of those, we probably don’t pass them. Don’t see any of the playoff/WC hope teams dropping points against us. Flames/Canucks/Wild should be locked in. Oilers should beat us 3 times to end the season.
