Around the League - 2023/24

[Muffin]

So Calgary was willing to eat 2 years retention for a late 1st but wasn't willing to do Tanev for RyJo and 1st?

 

[henchman21]

So Calgary was willing to eat 2 years retention for a late 1st but wasn't willing to do Tanev for RyJo and 1st?

The retention here likely raised the pick from a 2nd to a 1st.

 

[The Abusement Park]

So Calgary was willing to eat 2 years retention for a late 1st but wasn't willing to do Tanev for RyJo and 1st?

I mean I’d rather eat 1.25 for 2 years than add Ryjo.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

I mean I’d rather eat 1.25 for 2 years than add Ryjo.

Ryjo would be a huge rental for the Abbotsford heat for a championship run.

Don't be blinded by hatred. My guy is still better than at least 30% of the AHL.

 

[Muffin]

I mean I’d rather eat 1.25 for 2 years than add Ryjo.

It’s 1.88 for two years for Markstrom. Rjyo would’ve been 4 for 1 year.

 

[UncleRisto]

Going orange as the main colors? Odd choice.

Orange County, duuuude.

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Hell yes.

About as expected based on reports, but good execution.

 

[The Abusement Park]

It’s 1.88 for two years for Markstrom. Rjyo would’ve been 4 for 1 year.

Oops I thought it was 1.25 for some reason. But even then you’re still gonna buy Ryjo out and it would be 2 years at 2.8mil.

 

[Pokecheque]

Markstrom for kevin Bahl and 2025 first rounder. New Jersey finally has a goalie and maybe clagary can get out of perpetual mediocrity

That feels like highway robbery. I’m not the biggest Markstrom fan but I am definitely no fan at all of Bahl.

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Hell yes.

Still should’ve gone with eggplant and jade but that is a HUGE improvement over the single worst uniforms in the league.

I dig the orange helmets. Too bad they’ll likely introduce a black alternate and just end up wearing that all the damn time.

 

[Ceremony]

Here's an idea Anaheim, use these as your jerseys:

Job done.

 

[Balthazar]

Here's an idea Anaheim, use these as your jerseys:

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Job done.

Ducks owner is on record saying they will never wear those again.

 

[Ceremony]

Ducks owner is on record saying they will never wear those again.

Ducks owner is an idiot with no eyes

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Ducks owner is on record saying they will never wear those again.

Can't believe I really have thought about this before, but when Disney sold the Ducks, how much of the Mighty Ducks got sold along with the team? How much can the owners tap into stuff that Disney made (the cartoon and movies) with the franchise? I always figured that the rebrand to Anaheim Ducks from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim had to do with the IP and trademarks owned by Disney but that could have been a very bad assumption on my part.

 

[Ceremony]

Can't believe I really have thought about this before, but when Disney sold the Ducks, how much of the Mighty Ducks got sold along with the team? How much can the owners tap into stuff that Disney made (the cartoon and movies) with the franchise? I always figured that the rebrand to Anaheim Ducks from the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim had to do with the IP and trademarks owned by Disney but that could have been a very bad assumption on my part.

No I think the people who bought the team from Disney just wanted nothing to do with the branding. They're wrong.

 

[Pokecheque]

I absolutely despised the whole marketing ploy behind the mighty Ducks (I didn’t care for the movie) but even I think it’s idiotic for them to keep running from it.

 

[Vaslof]

Minny has wasted 4 years of their superstar Kaprizov's career not contending for the cup. 2 years left in his contract.

 

[Ceremony]

Minny has wasted 4 years of their superstar Kaprizov's career not contending for the cup. 2 years left in his contract.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Minny has wasted 4 years of their superstar Kaprizov's career not contending for the cup. 2 years left in his contract.

You call it wasted years.....I call it glorious years. All about perception.

 

[Balthazar]

lol @ Carolina being at a center of an offer sheet again

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803895432466374851

 

[henchman21]

lol @ Carolina being at a center of an offer sheet again

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803895432466374851

Don’t break the unwritten rule

 

[Chiarelli]

lol @ Carolina being at a center of an offer sheet again

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803895432466374851

I feel like these OS are a direct result of a meddling owner that does not have sniff at the value of players and contracts.

 

[LOFIN]

Offer sheets only really work when there's a cap crunched team, and the player in question is someone who has yet really not broken out but has a lot of potential, and is up for like less than 5mil. You then overpay on a short term to force the move, and hope that the player really breaks out then re-sign him. So, Kotkaniemi. The Canes obviously f***ed up by inking him to that extension, but the offer sheet itself was a well executed move.

With a player like Necas, I don't know how that works. You either do a favor to the Hurricanes by offering a decent contract (like Montreal did with Aho), or you make a way higher offer than Carolina is willing, at which point they will thank you for the compensation picks.

 

[Chiarelli]

Offer sheets only really work when there's a cap crunched team, and the player in question is someone who has yet really not broken out but has a lot of potential, and is up for like less than 5mil. You then overpay on a short term to force the move, and hope that the player really breaks out then re-sign him. So, Kotkaniemi. The Canes obviously f***ed up by inking him to that extension, but the offer sheet itself was a well executed move.

With a player like Necas, I don't know how that works. You either do a favor to the Hurricanes by offering a decent contract (like Montreal did with Aho), or you make a way higher offer than Carolina is willing, at which point they will thank you for the compensation picks.

If this was the case a trade would have been made. The comp picks are less in value than Carolina is asking or there wouldn't be the threat of an offer sheet.

 

[S E P H]

Not sure how many of you lot watched the IIHF, but Necas was f***ing insane in that tournament. Showed what he could do when he's allowed to roam in IDGAF mode and not stuck behind Brind'amour's stubbornness (which Bednar has some of that too).

 

[Chiarelli]

 

[Ceremony]

The Goodrow situation is very funny.

NYR: We're trading you to San Jose.
Goodrow: No.
NYR: f***en watch this bitch