Toggle sidebar

Around the League '15-'16--Is it Summer Yet? Edition

  • Xenforo Cloud will be upgrading us to version 2.3.5 on March 3rd at 12 AM GMT. This version has increased stability and fixes several bugs. We expect downtime for the duration of the update. The admin team will continue to work on existing issues, templates and upgrade all necessary available addons to minimize impact of this new version. Click Here for Updates
Status
Not open for further replies.
savemefromtears said:
No shocker here... The Magic Man heading back to play in Russia.

Screen-shot-2010-05-22-at-8.36.16-PM.png
Click to expand...

Keep an eye on AZ to take his contract, as they are by far the furthest below the floor.
 
KopitarFAN said:
Keep an eye on AZ to take his contract, as they are by far the furthest below the floor.
Click to expand...

yeah, they are at 34M but (like the Devils at 43M) they have a lot of players to sign. Only 8 forwards and 2 defensemen are signed.
Still, not a bad play to make, considering the talented young forward/prospect and draft pick that comes with it. Adding talented other young player to the roster could pay off.

I heard somewhere that the Canes are interested...another team that could add to it's young crop but wouldn't be as easy as NJ or AZ
 
Bandit said:
I have no idea why Detroit feels the need to unload Datsyuk's contract as if they're going to be competitive this year? ***** please.
Click to expand...

Sounds like they want to make a big splash in free agency, and that Datsyuk cap hit will restrict them from doing so. I'm happy to see that.
 
can someone explain why Detroit is on the hook for Datsyuk's contract if he is leaving for Russia by his own choice?
 
Quattro said:
can someone explain why Detroit is on the hook for Datsyuk's contract if he is leaving for Russia by his own choice?
Click to expand...

35+ year old contracts. They're getting bit in the ass by GM's signing guys into their mid 40's a few years back.

Didn't Porky just re-up with SKA? Is Datsyuk going there going to cut into his ice time?
 
Quattro said:
can someone explain why Detroit is on the hook for Datsyuk's contract if he is leaving for Russia by his own choice?
Click to expand...

It's a 35+ contract, so his cap hit will remain until the contract expires. It was put in place to dissuade teams from handing out retirement contracts that would circumvent the cap.
 
Trolfoli said:
Like Gaborik's! :)

Edit: Which was signed before 35
Click to expand...

Yeah, Kings are safe if Gaborik decided to return home.

It's a similar issue that the Flyers had with Pronger until they moved his contract to the Coyotes. It's dead cap space that they place on LTIR but it still counts towards a team's cap until he retires, even though Pronger is unofficially retired. The Flyers signed him to a foolish contract when he was over 35.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Yeah, Kings are safe if Gaborik decided to return home.

It's a similar issue that the Flyers had with Pronger until they moved his contract to the Coyotes. It's dead cap space that they place on LTIR but it still counts towards a team's cap until he retires, even though Pronger is unofficially retired. The Flyers signed him to a foolish contract when he was over 35.
Click to expand...

is pronger actually officially retired? I thought he was waiting till his contract was up to still get paid.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Yeah, Kings are safe if Gaborik decided to return home.

It's a similar issue that the Flyers had with Pronger until they moved his contract to the Coyotes. It's dead cap space that they place on LTIR but it still counts towards a team's cap until he retires, even though Pronger is unofficially retired. The Flyers signed him to a foolish contract when he was over 35.
Click to expand...

that is a bunch of bs...the guy working in hockey opps while getting paid from flyers ... conflict of interest, no not at all.
 
YP44 said:
Datsyuk's contract will be dealt to the Canes is my guess.
Click to expand...

I was curious if there was any lingering ill will between Detroit and Carolina's owner. I think Elliotte Friedman mentioned it too in his last 30 thoughts piece. While it would help Carolina reach the floor without spending any actual money, Carolina's owner might still be bitter enough to not help out a business rival.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/sports/hockey/02NHLL.html

After buying the Hartford Whalers in 1994 and deciding to move them shortly thereafter, Peter Karmanos Jr. thought he had found a good spot: suburban Detroit. The site was the Palace of Auburn Hills, the spiffy and modern home of the Detroit Pistons, who said he was welcome to share their basketball arena. Karmanos knew the market, too. He grew up in the Motor City, still lives in the area and cheered in his youth for the Detroit Red Wings.

There was one major problem: the Red Wings did not want competition in what they call Hockeytown, and the N.H.L. did not like the idea either. Plus, there were also personal considerations. Karmanos was then and remains now a bitter rival of Mike Ilitch, the owner of the Red Wings. While Karmanos built his fortune around Detroit with a computer software business and Ilitch grew rich here in pizza, both men sponsored extensive amateur hockey programs locally.

When Karmanos ran a major junior team at Joe Louis Arena, the home of the Red Wings, Ilitch evicted him, forcing Karmanos to relocate to the suburbs in 1995. When the Detroit star Sergei Fedorov was a restricted free agent and sat out most of a season, Karmanos tried to entice him away in 1998.

Although both Karmanos and Ilitch have staked out corporate headquarters in downtown Detroit, they are not exactly pals who will share pizza or a plate of octopus in Greektown. "There's nothing I'd rather see than the Whalers just whip the Detroit Red Wings," Karmanos told The Hartford Courant in 1995. "That would be fun."
Click to expand...
 
Brodeur said:
I was curious if there was any lingering ill will between Detroit and Carolina's owner. I think Elliotte Friedman mentioned it too in his last 30 thoughts piece. While it would help Carolina reach the floor without spending any actual money, Carolina's owner might still be bitter enough to not help out a business rival.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/sports/hockey/02NHLL.html
Click to expand...

If Datsyuk is dealt to Carolina I think it would be Detroit helping out Carolina more than the other way around. Given the legal troubles stemming for the Hurricanes owner not making interest payments getting to the cap floor without havign to pay a player could be very enticing.
 
YP44 said:
If Datsyuk is dealt to Carolina I think it would be Detroit helping out Carolina more than the other way around. Given the legal troubles stemming for the Hurricanes owner not making interest payments getting to the cap floor without havign to pay a player could be very enticing.
Click to expand...

But it could also be a PR nightmare. The market is already hurting thanks to not making the playoffs for years. And it is telling your fans you aren't going to spend money on the team.
 
tsanuri said:
But it could also be a PR nightmare. The market is already hurting thanks to not making the playoffs for years. And it is telling your fans you aren't going to spend money on the team.
Click to expand...

depends on how the PR spins it. Look at the devil's getting Savard. The cost for Florida to shed that cap hit was a 2nd.

If it is also a 2nd in this case Carolina could sell it is buying a future piece.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Latest posts

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Top Bottom