Around the League 45: The Stanley Cup is in God's Waiting Room

[Svechhammer]

f***ing hell.

 

[sabremike]

f***ing hell.

Giraffe- 2

Lyons- 0

 

[HisIceness]

Giraffe- 2

Lyons- 0

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Lou just loves his Identity line:

Islanders sign forward Matt Martin to one-year contract

The Islanders announced Saturday they have signed the veteran forward to a one-year contract.

www.sportsnet.ca

Lou's identity had a 3-0 lead 10 minutes into tonight's game and now it's 4-3 Florida with 10 minutes left in the game.

 

[HisIceness]

The Lane Hutson thread is a good read

@Blueline Bomber now it's 6-3

 

[Blueline Bomber]

 

[Stickpucker]

The Lane Hutson thread is a good read

@Blueline Bomber now it's 6-3

Tldr?

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Tldr?

Hutson is a very young defenseman that plays for the Habs. Like many young defensemen, he has his ups and downs. But because he plays for the Habs, his ups are GREATLY exaggerated. Which in turn causes other fanbases to GREALY exaggerate his downs. The thread is a mixture of both.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Peg is on a tear 8-0 to start the season and 8 players at PPG+ territory right now

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Peg is on a tear 8-0 to start the season and 8 players at PPG+ territory right now

Looks like Ehlers is off the table for now. I wonder how the Canes deadline strategy pivots away from this. TBF, Winnipeg has trouble retaining players, but they've also never had a sustained period of non-mediocrity.

 

[hangman005]

Peg is on a tear 8-0 to start the season and 8 players at PPG+ territory right now

Do they lose or do San Jose win first

 

[HisIceness]

Tldr?

@Blueline Bomber summed it up but there's Senators and Leafs fans piling on too and Habs fans are all "lol no prospects for Sens" and "lol 1967".

Habs fans on X were hyping him up all off-season. In reality the kid is going to be really good, but he's not Bobby Orr in a Montreal sweater.

 

[Justicebork]

God knows, Markstrom is a trainwreck

 

[Justicebork]

Also Anaheim looks like they've taken a step forward

 

[DaveG]

Do they lose or do San Jose win first

I was tempted to be a smartass and say the answer is "yes", but they don't play eachother until December.

 

[Bunch of Jurcos]

I was tempted to be a smartass and say the answer is "yes", but they don't play eachother until December.

At the rate each are playing that's still a possibility.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

But I was told the league would step in and stop this if a Canadian team tried it!

 

[Discipline Daddy]

But I was told the league would step in and stop this if a Canadian team tried it!

Good deal for the Leafs. They're paying for good AAV right now in exchange for bad term. These deals, especially Chris Tanev, age the players well past the expiration date, so to speak.

I think the deferred money part is fine. That's on the player for delaying receiving the money to make it more cap friendly for the team. Totally within the CBA so it's fair game. This doesn't look like it's one where a player gets a ridiculous deferred money many years after.

What I won't like in the future are these players, especially Tanev, LTIRetiring with 1 or more years left in the deal. I don't love that we did it with Gardiner, but at least his was a legitimate injury that kept him from being an NHL player. Some of these deals feel like they have LTIR in mind from the outset of the deal. I could be wrong, and it's possible some of these players have Brent Burns like longevity, and then all the more power to them.