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Around the League 2018-2019 Part 3

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KINGS17 said:
Down Goes Brown: The 20 stages of watching your team make a...

Stage 9: The GM press conference

Pure comedy. You can have your George Carlin and Richard Pryor; there’s no better standup routine in the world than an NHL GM who just signed a terrible contract that he thinks is really good. It’s just a nonstop word salad of meaningless clichés and hackneyed narratives. Watch carefully, and you can actually pinpoint the exact moment where having to hear himself describe the deal out loud makes the GM realize that he’s made a horrible mistake. If you’re lucky, he’ll even drop a quote like “I’m not worried about Year 6 or 7 right now, I’m worried about Year 1” that can become your go-to sound bite whenever you’re about to make a bad decision in your own life.

...and this is the sad fact for NHL fans. The GM of your favorite team never worries about year 6, 7, 0r 8.
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Let them keep their job for 10 years, regardless of team performance, and you might get smarter long term decisions. As long as GMs are dependent on the unpredictable performance of 20+ other men, plus the ever changing relationship between players and coaches, you're going to get more desperate moves being made. Even the cap itself, oddly enough, makes GMs more trigger happy. You almost have to take advantage of ELC years for top players, especially now that young guys are getting a ton of money earlier, and you can't cheat the cap with veterans as much as you could before.

There's almost nothing in the GM's favor, which has probably been why they've had to try and find any little advantage over the years. RFA rules are the one area they sort of have on their side, but even then, if you hold strong on negotiations, and your season starts poorly, you might be gone.
 
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KingsFan7824 said:
Let them keep their job for 10 years, regardless of team performance, and you might get smarter long term decisions. As long as GMs are dependent on the unpredictable performance of 20+ other men, plus the ever changing relationship between players and coaches, you're going to get more desperate moves being made. Even the cap itself, oddly enough, makes GMs more trigger happy. You almost have to take advantage of ELC years for top players, especially now that young guys are getting a ton of money earlier, and you can't cheat the cap with veterans as much as you could before.

There's almost nothing in the GM's favor, which has probably been why they've had to try and find any little advantage over the years. RFA rules are the one area they sort of have on their side, but even then, if you hold strong on negotiations, and your season starts poorly, you might be gone.
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Yeah, that’s been a thought of mine as well. It kind of holds true for coaches too - if you have maybe one year, why worry about trying to put prospects in positions to succeed if you’ve got a veteran guy you can count on? I like that TMac signed for five years and I like that Blake doesn’t have a two year window. I don’t know if they’re the right guys to right the ship long-term, but at least they’ll be around long enough to find out.
 
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Good pickup for the Sabres, he's a good 2 way player, mid tiered center who can move up if called on due to injury. I thought he was good for the Bruins in the playoffs
 
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KINGS17 said:
Down Goes Brown: The 20 stages of watching your team make a...

Stage 9: The GM press conference

Pure comedy. You can have your George Carlin and Richard Pryor; there’s no better standup routine in the world than an NHL GM who just signed a terrible contract that he thinks is really good. It’s just a nonstop word salad of meaningless clichés and hackneyed narratives. Watch carefully, and you can actually pinpoint the exact moment where having to hear himself describe the deal out loud makes the GM realize that he’s made a horrible mistake. If you’re lucky, he’ll even drop a quote like “I’m not worried about Year 6 or 7 right now, I’m worried about Year 1” that can become your go-to sound bite whenever you’re about to make a bad decision in your own life.

...and this is the sad fact for NHL fans. The GM of your favorite team never worries about year 6, 7, 0r 8.
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They will be fired before then most likely. NHL needs Four/Five year max contracts asap.
 
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They will be fired before then most likely. NHL needs Four/Five year max contracts asap.
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desperately

to protect them from themselves

i'd also love to see the added drama of players in their primes being swapped around between teams
 
Frank “Sonny” Milano. :laugh:

Makes him sound like he was a character in Goodfellas or Donnie Brasco.

Somebody almost got whacked.

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One guy is canadian. If he's convicted, his NHL career is done. Simple assault is a ground for inadmissibility into the US.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Why link to a fake rumor mongering website? These jokers like Eklund have zero credibility. Not a single notable hockey media pundit has tweeted about a Laine offer sheet.
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I agree but I imagine there are at least a few teams who have offered contracts to RFAs we just do not hear about. Just because a player is offered a contract does not mean they would sign it.
I fully believe Montreal has contacted Laine's agent.
 
YP44 said:
Anyone have any interest in Gusev?

Would be hard to find room for him in an already crowded forward group but seems like he could be something special
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Gusev would be a huge get for the Kings. I'd love to see a Gusev-Porky-Kovy line. I don't know how much the Knights would want for him, but I hope that Blake is at least looking into the possibility.
 
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Gusev would be a huge get for the Kings. I'd love to see a Gusev-Porky-Kovy line. I don't know how much the Knights would want for him, but I hope that Blake is at least looking into the possibility.
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Vegas has zero cap room so I suspect they would need it to be futures. LA is in rebuild/retool mode so futures are not something they can part with....so likely no deal to be had.

Was thinking about: Gusev + Clarkson (not currently on LTIR on cap friendly) for Lewis 50% (hate to see him go but final year and at a good hit)

I think Vegas would then have be about $1M in cap space but still need a D
 
i think the rumors were offering a 2nd round pick, i'd say that's a bargain for a legitimate scorer like him but i've gotta assume there's some behind the scenes stuff with him

was basically no reason for vegas not to play him but they didn't

give him a couple overpaid years and make him prove it, he's not getting any younger
 
YP44 said:
Anyone have any interest in Gusev?

Would be hard to find room for him in an already crowded forward group but seems like he could be something special
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If I'm Vegas, I'm probably aiming to deal Gusev to the East if the offers are comparable. Tacking on the Clarkson contract will be interesting since he did provide a 14 team trade list. There was an ongoing argument on the main board about whether or not Clarkson's remaining money would be taxed differently depending on which team he's "on" during the season.
 
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What was the name of the other Russian Vegas brought over for their first season, anyone remember?

Exactly.
 
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