Around the League 2018-2019 Part 3

[Fishhead]

Per friedman other teams were shocked to hear Kase was available at all, too. So if that falls through I'd expect he gets a ransom for soomeone.

Friedman keeps his head up more than Kase does.

Only 23 and he has a major shoulder injury and a couple head knocks. He's really talented but he's having difficulty with the smaller ice for sure. It only took two games in the A for him to get a concussion. Playing less than 60% of the games in 4 professional seasons is not a good sign.

 

[Stimpythecat]

I am reading the Mitch Marner thread.

 

[YP44]

I am reading the Mitch Marner thread.

but why

 

[jfont]

butthead named sharks captain

 

[kingsfan28]

This year will be known as the year of the holdout RFA.

 

[KINGS17]

Interesting read on Malkin. Personally, I think the guy is KGB.

In Moscow, Evgeni Malkin opens up about his lost season,...

Malkin says he is not confident either friends in Pittsburgh or Penguins teammates, specifically newer ones, “understand” him. He does not join many group meals and admits he often fails to return text messages.

He theorizes his hesitation to quickly engage with younger or newer teammates limits his ability to be an effective leader for the Penguins. All these years later, and even though he can conduct entire interviews in English (including several for this story), Malkin remains “scared” he will say the wrong words, and to his embarrassment “people will not understand me.”

“I know I need (to bring) leadership in the room,” Malkin says. “Sometimes I’m scared because I feel like my English is, like, bad.”
He trusts that Crosby and Kris Letang, his teammates for well over a decade, know him as “a funny guy.” They do. He feels safe sharing “the real Geno” with Penguins vice president of media relations Jennifer Bullano Ridgley.

Mostly, though, Malkin has yet to reveal himself in full to Pittsburgh or the Penguins.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That one was a great read.

I think he's a lot like Kaliyev, he actually really cares, just socially awkward. I think we forget that a lot of those guys aren't groomed their whole lives to be good ol canadian boys with a camera in their face like Tavares and Crosby.

 

[Stimpythecat]

but why

Boredom. Just waiting for training camp to start.

 

[Reaper45]

I am reading the Mitch Marner thread.

Which version?

 

[Sleeping Dog]

butthead named sharks captain

I thought Beavis was gonna get it!

 

[Stimpythecat]

Which version?

Yesterday it was 14. Now it's 15.

 

[Bandit]

That one was a great read.

I think he's a lot like Kaliyev, he actually really cares, just socially awkward. I think we forget that a lot of those guys aren't groomed their whole lives to be good ol canadian boys with a camera in their face like Tavares and Crosby.

Yeah, he was just groomed to throw flying elbows like a bitch...

 

[deeshamrock]

Insane....

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[raswilliam]

Insane....

 

[johnjm22]

Milbury didn't sign DiPietro to that contract. It was Snow.

 

[deeshamrock]

I like the deal. I like Provorov and think he has the right stuff. Had a terrible year last year but defense , IMO, hardest position to learn at NHL level. He's young and I think will grow into a top d in the league. But not sure it will be with this coach, who I don't like.

But at least he's inked. Konecky , from local press, isn't close to a deal. He's got 48 goals in his last 2 yrs , fast and talented. I love his game. I thought that a few weeks ago , there was a 2/3 yr deal at about 4.7 per rumored (Flyers offer). Bob McKenzie said today that the crux of the issue is that the Flyers are basing their offer on his ice time ( under 15 min per gave aver. mostly under Hasktol) and not what his future potential could be. I hope it gets straightened out soon, missing camp is a mistake.

 

[KingsFan7824]

The DiPietro contract isn't all that different from the other ones that were signed back then. It didn't back dive at all, and he was a goalie, but Quick got a 10 year deal too. That Dipietro gets $1.5m for 16 years after the buyout is funny, but more contracts like that were signed, and would likely still be signed, if not for the changes in 2013. With Yashin and DiPietro, the Islanders were ahead of the curve in some ways.

 

[kingsfan28]

Insane....

And it's been 13 years since mad Mike was fired as GM , I mean re-assigned by the Islanders.

 

[King'sPawn]

The DiPietro contract isn't all that different from the other ones that were signed back then. It didn't back dive at all, and he was a goalie, but Quick got a 10 year deal too. That Dipietro gets $1.5m for 16 years after the buyout is funny, but more contracts like that were signed, and would likely still be signed, if not for the changes in 2013. With Yashin and DiPietro, the Islanders were ahead of the curve in some ways.

It was the first contract signed in the cap era for double digits, and it went all the way to fifteen years. Yashin's ten-year deal came before the cap.

It was the forefather of ridiculous contracts. I don't know if that's "ahead of the curve" since it blew up in their faces and they'll still be paying him for another ten years.

 

[KingsFan7824]

It was the first contract signed in the cap era for double digits, and it went all the way to fifteen years. Yashin's ten-year deal came before the cap.

It was the forefather of ridiculous contracts. I don't know if that's "ahead of the curve" since it blew up in their faces and they'll still be paying him for another ten years.

The idea behind the contract was ahead of the curve. Sign a guy forever, attempting to cheat time, to keep the cap hit low. The details hadn't been worked out yet, but that usually happens with most start up companies.

Yashin was before the cap, but who else was signing 10 year deals before the cap? Maybe someone else did, but I don't recall anything that stands out off the top of my head. Wasn't the reaction to it, wow, what are those guys doing on Long Island? Because it was so out of the norm? Maybe people knew that a cap was coming, one way or another, in a few years. Or, maybe the Islanders were just crazy.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

It was the first contract signed in the cap era for double digits, and it went all the way to fifteen years. Yashin's ten-year deal came before the cap.

It was the forefather of ridiculous contracts. I don't know if that's "ahead of the curve" since it blew up in their faces and they'll still be paying him for another ten years.

To be fair that's exactly why it was ahead of the curve

 

[Bandit]

Milbury didn't sign DiPietro to that contract. It was Snow.

No, Milbury just traded Luongo before DiPietro had played a minute in the NHL. Whoopsie. The number of future stars Milbury traded away is legendary. Dunno if any other GM can come close.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

No, Milbury just traded Luongo before DiPietro had played a minute in the NHL.

And passed on drafting Dany Heatley or Marian Gaborik. What a goof.

 

[Bandit]

And passed on drafting Dany Heatley or Marian Gaborik. What a goof.

I mean:

https://thehockeywriters.com/top-10-worst-mike-milbury-trades-contracts-and-transactions/

Ouch.