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I thought his decision was going to be influenced based on teams prospect pools as well?
So much for that.
Same for "distance from home" and then he heavily considers Chicago. I don't know what to believe anymore
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Same for "distance from home" and then he heavily considers Chicago. I don't know what to believe anymore
Meh, he is far from guaranteed to be a star, or even any kind of impact player
As much as people keep saying the salary cap keeps eating Chicago up, the salary cap is also forcing holes in their lineups that make Chicago near front runners for every top ELC free agent out there moving forward.
Bowman uses that to his advantage and thats why he has been so successful. He does the song and dance of "look, we have cap issues. we had to dump some guys, now we have prime roles we need to fill. that could be you. oh yea, and we still have kane, toews, keith, etc. You get to play with them"
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I would imagine there would be some sort of gentlemen's agreement that if that scenario plays out, that they will make an effort to send him somewhere that he is agreeable too. You know that had to come up in their talks.
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I thought his decision was going to be influenced based on teams prospect pools as well?
So much for that.
Look how that worked out for Parise and Suter.
Well aware of that. This was in response to some yahoo who said PIT didn't have the 3.775m of cap space needed to sign him.
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Indeed. Vesey is not the difference between Chicago being a cup contender and not. They'll make the playoffs, sure, but Cup contender status is highly debatable. Vesey isn't going to magically turn that around. Plus, if he looks at their cap structure, he ain't getting paid anytime soon.
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LTIR allows teams to go over the cap, but it does not effect potential bonus money or the bonus cushion maximum.
Toronto can still offer him the same as everyone else, I think, it's close, but they would have a difficult time offering anyone else much if any bonus money while they have both Vessey and Matthews at the max.
Joel Quenneville isn't Babs. Never will be. That's why Babs is head coach of Canada and he isn't.
Vesey has an opportunity to grow with a team and be the core with Toronto where in Chicago he will be nothing but a role player in the bottom 6.
Sorry has to be Toronto....
I don't buy this whatsoever.
Your opinion is yours. Can't wait to see your response if he doesn't sign in Toronto.
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I also find it amusing that the hated Eklund is not even blogging on Hockeybuzz about any of the comments today from these "sources".
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'Wants to be near home' - considers Chicago
'Wants to avoid mass media spotlight' - considers NYR
'Wants to be a part of a contender' - considers Boston
He will pick a team no one expects for a reason no one expects.
'Wants to avoid mass media spotlight' - considers NYR
'Wants to be a part of a contender' - considers Boston
He will pick a team no one expects for a reason no one expects.
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Fake Bob McKenzie on Twitter has said New Jersey signed him so there's that..
That account gets me every time
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Fake Bob McKenzie on Twitter has said New Jersey signed him so there's that..
I know i think the real Bob McKenzies tweet's were like 3 days ago. On the 16th.
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Was this directed at me? Cause if it was, I quoted the poster who had included the Neil Smith link in his/her post not sure why it didn't show in my post.
Conte who is Lamoriello's former right hand man in NJ states Lou goes hard and will go hard after Vesey.
McDonald, an NHL writer and analyst states Toronto offers lots of upside to Vesey.
Rumors running rampant that NYR, NJ and Toronto are the final candidates. No mention of Chicago or Boston.
All can be read on TSN.ca
Bob Mackenzie's home.
McDonald, an NHL writer and analyst states Toronto offers lots of upside to Vesey.
Rumors running rampant that NYR, NJ and Toronto are the final candidates. No mention of Chicago or Boston.
All can be read on TSN.ca
Bob Mackenzie's home.
He won't sign in Toronto. Doesn't mean there isn't a good opportunity for him there and a great coach.
Signing in Chicago would assume he wants to hit his bonuses. With Panarin up at years end you have to wonder if there will be cap in Chitown for him in two years.
Might be just me, but sorry I don't get the Rangers. They seem like they are on the decline. Nash looks like a shadow of his former self. They have some nice players, but no top end talent.
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