GDT: Around The League 24/25. Captains Skates, Training Camp, Preseason Begins.

[joestevens29]

Great, I suspect there is a thread on main boards about this already too?

It is an uneven unbalanced schedule teams play. We play a lot of weak teams in the Pacific this year that other teams outside the division play a lot less.

Wouldn't Vancouver's schedule be easier as we had a worse record than them?

 

[AUAIOMRN]

Wouldn't Vancouver's schedule be easier as we had a worse record than them?

Intra-division schedules aren't balanced, so that might be the difference.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Great, I suspect there is a thread on main boards about this already too?


Wouldn't Vancouver's schedule be easier as we had a worse record than them?

No clue. I don’t waste my time on the mains. I’d rather visit my dentist and I hate her.

Good question. It’s not even balanced within the division so maybe we play Anahiem, San Jose and Calgary more than Vancouver does?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Great, I suspect there is a thread on main boards about this already too?


Wouldn't Vancouver's schedule be easier as we had a worse record than them?

CalgaryPuck is definitely gonna complain whenever we're rested and play tired teams, as if we're the only team that ever does that.

Flames also seem to be the only team in alberta that plays a back to back or 3 in 4 apparently.

 

[fancy dan]

lol at selling high on Kadri.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Once an Oiler…

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Flames bulking up back there. They traded for Kevin Bahl over the summer as well.

 

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[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Friedman looks like he’s coming off a 3 week bender.

 

[FlameChampion]

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Friedman looks like he’s coming off a 3 week bender.

Been partying with Taylor and Travis at the US open maybe. Bunch of goofs.

 

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[Tobias Kahun]

Flames bulking up back there. They traded for Kevin Bahl over the summer as well.

If you can’t beat them, you could atleast injure them.

- Calgary Flames 2025

 

[joestevens29]

Winter was pretty much telling Erne to take it last week lol. Either which way the guy is close to home if he ends up getting a contract, NHL or AHL.

 

[TheSpecialist]

If you can’t beat them, you could atleast injure them.

- Calgary Flames 2025

The Flames are well on their way to build on an astounding 3 playoff series wins over the last 20 years!

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Already booked the day off.

 

[Stoneman89]

Already booked the day off.

I'll be watching from a beach in Bucerias.

 

[joestevens29]

Already booked the day off.

Lol that's bold. I'd wait closer to the day

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Lol that's bold. I'd wait closer to the day

It’s ok I’m retired. My taking the day off consists of informing Mrs5 that I will be planted in front of the television set for 12 hours minimum.

 

[Fourier]

The last paragraph is important to note in the context of how the Oilers handled their own RFA's. Trading RFA players who are in contract talks is much more challenging. JP would have been wise to take heed of this fact.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

NHL has concerns after Hurricanes defer salary on Jarvis, Slavin contracts

The Carolina Hurricanes' use of deferred salary on a pair of new deals signed this summer may not become the norm in the NHL.

www.sportsnet.ca

So Daly frowns on the Hurricanes for getting too close to circumvention...yet the beloved Golden Knights not only get away with that exact behavior, but openly flaunt it?

The sooner Bettman and Daly are out of power, the better.

 

[Tarus]

NHL has concerns after Hurricanes defer salary on Jarvis, Slavin contracts

The Carolina Hurricanes' use of deferred salary on a pair of new deals signed this summer may not become the norm in the NHL.

www.sportsnet.ca

So Daly frowns on the Hurricanes for getting too close to circumvention...yet the beloved Golden Knights not only get away with that exact behavior, but openly flaunt it?

The sooner Bettman and Daly are out of power, the better.

What Vegas is doing is an established tactic that was already sanctioned by the NHL way back when Tbay was winning cups.

The Jarvis thing is new, and could turn into a new trend that could blow up into a CBA issue if teams start abusing it.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

What Vegas is doing is an established tactic that was already sanctioned by the NHL way back when Tbay was winning cups.

The Jarvis thing is new, and could turn into a new trend that could blow up into a CBA issue if teams start abusing it.

"Sanctioned" or not, isn't the LTIR tactic far worse of an abuse than the deferred money tactic?

My issue is that the league is pouting about Carolina shoplifting a single candy bar while Vegas and Tampa are allowed to loot the whole store like an unhinged Canucks fan.

 

[Tarus]

"Sanctioned" or not, isn't the LTIR tactic far worse of an abuse than the deferred money tactic?

My issue is that the league is pouting about Carolina shoplifting a single candy bar while Vegas and Tampa are allowed to loot the whole store like an unhinged Canucks fan.

Probably not on the same level since LTIR is teams manipulating a cap mechanic to load more money onto a roster, while the deferred money is a manipulation of the contracts themselves. Contract precedents have in the past turned into runaway problems that became big CBA issues(aka, 10+ year retirement contracts leading up to the 2013 lockout)

People get up in arms about the LTIR stuff, but the NHL has already said it's legal, which means that it's not Tbay/Vegas that are doing something wrong - but the other 30 teams who aren't also aggressively using LTIR in the same way when they have the opportunity to do so.