Around the League - 2023/24

[GeoRox89]

Has there ever been a player that’s outperformed the AAV of their contract every single year for the duration Crosby has at the age range he has? I can’t think of one that comes even close.

Not sure about outperformed but Alfie was still a very good player through that final contract with the Sens. He even played through the low value year that was tacked on to lower the AAV assuming he would retire and then the Sens did him dirty not extending him that last year at a fair value

 

[The Kingslayer]

Lane Hutson is goin to be a stud.

 

[EdAVSfan]

Any chance the western conference change the divisions around?

Colorado, Utah and Vegas are all right next to each other.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Any chance the western conference change the divisions around?

Colorado, Utah and Vegas are all right next to each other.

Have to imagine the Avs go to the Pacific. You ready for 8:30 puck drops?

 

[EdAVSfan]

Have to imagine the Avs go to the Pacific. You ready for 8:30 puck drops?

Im in Montreal, so I’m used to late starts for the Avs games.

 

[The Kingslayer]

Im in Montreal, so I’m used to late starts for the Avs games.

Its about to get even later then lol 11:00 PM puck drops for those national games

 

[Balthazar]

@henchman21

 

[Avs_19]

Bettman looked disgusted having to sit next to that buffoon at times during that presser. Cringeworthy answers.

Those two deserve each other. Such a clown show.

 

[the_fan]

Anytime expenses exceed revenue, that’s just bad business.

 

[dahrougem2]

Lol man the NHL cannot have this guy owning a team.

 

[Vaslof]

Maybe they just played Meruelo and he's not getting a new team lol

 

[McMetal]

Anytime anybody tries to tell you that billionaires got rich because they were smarter than the rest of us, just remember Alex Meruelo has enough money to buy everything you will ever own a hundred times over.

 

[UncleRisto]

Have to imagine the Avs go to the Pacific. You ready for 8:30 puck drops?

Yes!

 

[LOFIN]

Lol man the NHL cannot have this guy owning a team.

That's what the 5 year window is for. Good enough for Meruelo to save face in this transaction, but unrealistic enough that the NHL is pretty confident they can have a new owner in Arizona when they return there.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

@henchman21

This is wow. Haha.

 

[LOFIN]

Listening to some of the Toronto media, and they are flabbergasted by the fact that Boston might go 50/50 goalie rotation on the playoffs (at least to start). I know it might sound stupid and goes against conventional wisdom, but I witnessed my Finnish team win the championship in 2010 this way. One goalie literally played the home games, one played away. 12-3 record. Would love to see Boston try to win the cup doing the same.

 

[Hasbro]

Any chance the western conference change the divisions around?

Colorado, Utah and Vegas are all right next to each other.

Wha?

Utah's just going to stay in the Central.

 

[John Mandalorian]

That's what the 5 year window is for. Good enough for Meruelo to save face in this transaction, but unrealistic enough that the NHL is pretty confident they can have a new owner in Arizona when they return there.

Does the five year window stipulate Arizona gets the next team or can the league put the. Golden Oilers in Houston as an expansion team before then?

 

[Ceremony]

Prediction: MacKinnon wins the Hart trophy by a relatively large margin and Lightning fans on HF have a generational meltdown.

 

[Chiarelli]

Gonna say it again - never take these numbers at face value. Gary Bettman himself said yesterday Meruelo was losing a ton of money. These charts tell us the last couple years were pretty good to him.

 

[Avs91]

Has there ever been a player that’s outperformed the AAV of their contract every single year for the duration Crosby has at the age range he has? I can’t think of one that comes even close.

Sakic was pretty good… up until he tried to fight a snowblower

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[henchman21]

@henchman21

Bettman was quick to jump in there.

Legit excited for Utah… fans are clearly there and should set them off right. The org also has a great owner for the first time in a very long time.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Wha?

Utah's just going to stay in the Central.

Yeah, SLC is basically straight north of Phoenix. Now, when Houston and Arizona join, one of Utah and Zona will be in the Pacific, and Houston in the Central. That would be 9 teams in each division.

When Atlanta joins, they're in the Atlantic, and you'd think they would go after another city in the east to balance it out. 18 in each league, and 9 in each division.

 

[LOFIN]

 

[BaconNater]

Feels like the playoffs are starting too quickly I don't have the excitement build up.

Curios to see if Toronto slays their Boston problem. Hope not but I don't know if Boston is even good this year, clearly they had a good season but I look at their roster and I'm whelmed