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Around the League 2019-20 Pt. 2

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Raccoon Jesus said:
I think that's one really strong point in Blake's drafting last year is the chase of 'character' guys. Like, if Turcotte doesn't turn out, you KNOW he's at least going to be a pissy prick, and a guy who will do whatever it takes to win (see the story about him slashing the everliving shit out of his teammates at practice). Thomas in the WJC wasn't a scoring line guy, he was Canada's Trevor Lewis. Fagemo already skates through the wall even as a scorer. Vilardi already has swagger and is a bit of a bully, Dudas, etc.
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It's kinda funny how this was Lombardi's approach too, except he seemed to draft guys with stone hands and couldn't score, but hey...CHARACTER!
 


• No-move and no-trade clauses now travel with a player who has agreed to lift one, even if they haven’t kicked in (previously, the acquiring team had to agree).
• Players aged 35 and over can sign multi-year deals that are flat or ascending and there will be no cap hit if they retire before the deal is up (previously, the cap hit stayed no matter what).
• Year-by-year variability: six-year contracts that are front-loaded and worth at least 7.5 per cent of the cap cannot exceed 35 per cent between the highest and lowest salary amounts. Rules for other contracts remain the same (I’ve heard players and teams will consider back-loading new contracts because escrow is capped at a lower number and cash flow should improve for clubs).
• No changes to signing bonuses
*There are no more conditional picks in trades based on a player re-signing with the acquiring team. For example, the New Jersey Devils’ current third-rounder from Arizona in the Taylor Hall deal upgrades if he re-signs with the Coyotes. Agents and NHLPA staff felt it hurt players’ value.
 
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would've liked to have seen them do something about that signing bonus stuff but i guess that 7.5% thing might fix that indirectly

still think we need shorter contracts but i don't see that getting changed any time soon
 
Oskar rings the bell

Some good news, which these days is a blessing. Oskar Lindblom, the Flyers talented young forward who was diagnosed December with Ewing's sarcoma, a cancerous tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.
He completed his cancer treatments at Univ. of Penn. yesterday

He rang the bell!!!!



Really gave me a lift, to see somebody that young, with a rather bleak outlook when it happened, fight thru, hopefully he will get strong and stay healthy. He won't be playing this year but hopefully next year.
 
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I was just looking at some of the cap issues teams have for the 2020-2021 season.

Coyotes have 18 contracts (including their 2 on IR/LTIR) and $1,510,000 in space. No hall. Yikes.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Believe it or not, Pronger is leaving the Panthers in order to focus on his own luxury travel company. Seems like an odd time to focus on the luxury travel industry given the current climate.
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I think the key word there is "luxury". You don't have to worry about the 'rona when you take your private jet to a private island.
 
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