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Around the League Thread Part II: Final Stretch

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Herby said:
With apologies to the Hawks, Kings and Pens this is the best post lockout roster I’ve seen.

McDavid is the only player in the league clearly better than Kucherov, the guy is just a wizard in the offensive zone. People don’t like Hedman but he was the runaway winner for best dman in the player poll. They have all the gritty tough to play against guys but all of them can chip in offensively. The rest of the defense plus Vasilevsky is loaded.

It really is amazing that Tampa and the Kings both play in the same league. Tampa looks like it’s a roster from a 16 team league and the Kings the roster from a 36 team league.
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I get the feeling that we'll look back on them like the 2010 Hawks, in that when players inevitably depart, like Ladd and Byfuglien, they'll leave an imprint on rosters around the league.

And to be fair they're 18 million over the cap and spending about 30 million more than the Kings so they'd better look like it. But they absolutely deserve credit for putting that crew together.
 
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TB is in a different league than most, if not all other teams. Sure, the Islanders got to Game 7, but they didn't score a goal in Game 5 or 7.
 
Hard to complain about TB gaming the cap. When King's & Hawks did everything possible to cram as much under the cap as possible. This resulted in the rules around contracts being rewritten. That & Paul Holmgren.

Hope the Lightning have guards on their equipment room tonight.
 
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Tampa is just too talented and too deep at every level. Respect to them for working the system, but the loop hole that allows them to be ridiculously over the cap needs to be addressed
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
Have to think a Canadian team making lots of noise will have people looking a little closer at this

Like I said to me it seems like an easy fix without breaking anything--your playoff game day roster has to be cap compliant. That at least means you don't have to worry about your LTIR players and can still trade at the deadline but with one eye to the future
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Kinda like the MLB when they expand their roster, even though those guys can't play in the playoffs. It something the league really need to fix, especially because Kuch was practicing for months leading up to playoffs. Their entire cap work around just stank!
 
ScoreZeGoals said:
Tampa is just too talented and too deep at every level. Respect to them for working the system, but the loop hole that allows them to be ridiculously over the cap needs to be addressed
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Montreal narrative is going to go from "Canada's team of destiny" to "NHL wanted a nontraditional market to beat Les Habitants" really fast.
 
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I counted the Canadiens out against the Leafs and Golden Knights after they got dominated as well. I won't make the same mistake this time.

Tampa sure looks strong though.
 
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Herby said:
With apologies to the Hawks, Kings and Pens this is the best post lockout roster I’ve seen.

McDavid is the only player in the league clearly better than Kucherov, the guy is just a wizard in the offensive zone. People don’t like Hedman but he was the runaway winner for best dman in the player poll. They have all the gritty tough to play against guys but all of them can chip in offensively. The rest of the defense plus Vasilevsky is loaded.

It really is amazing that Tampa and the Kings both play in the same league. Tampa looks like it’s a roster from a 16 team league and the Kings the roster from a 36 team league.
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I saw a poll somewhere last week where it asked if you could have 1 player on your team in the playoffs when facing elimination who would it be. I immediately thought Kucherov and he wasn't even on the list! Regardless of the antics we've joked about in here, the guy is a total stud and an absolute game breaker. Straight up I'd take Kucherov over anyone when I need a playoff victory, even McDavid. He's lights out and only getting better, the ultimate big game player - 43 goals, 82 assists, and 125 points in 109 career playoffs games. Hedman and Vasilevsky are elite players, but to me Kucherov is the engine of that team.
 
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Man RNH just took less to stay in Edmonton. 8 years $5.1M with a full no move.
That $40.8M, I think he could have gotten that over 6 or 7 years as a UFA. Good deal for the Oilers IMO.
 
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Man RNH just took less to stay in Edmonton. 8 years $5.1M with a full no move.
That $40.8M, I think he could have gotten that over 6 or 7 years as a UFA. Good deal for the Oilers IMO.
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I'm surprised, I thought given the Oilers lack of playoffs (RNH has only 21 playoff games with like 10 years in the NHL) he'd consider another team. But he gets to spend the rest of the better years he has left, and the full No move.
Oilers I thought \might consider moving him (teams out there in need of a center) to get assets to improve their team. Because unless they do, RNH will be playing alot of golf in the spring.


Maple LEafs /Simmonds

Simmonds signs for 2 years at 900K AAV per.
 



[the NHL is] saying they are not going to turn it over unless they like the result.


Like the result? Really?? Wow, and small wonder the NHL remains the redheaded stepchild of major sports.

THey know from what transpired , Hawks knew what he did, gave him a glowing letter of recommendation which helped him assualt a 17 yr old.
That should get Bowman and co fired.
 
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Reclamation Project said:
I saw a poll somewhere last week where it asked if you could have 1 player on your team in the playoffs when facing elimination who would it be. I immediately thought Kucherov and he wasn't even on the list! Regardless of the antics we've joked about in here, the guy is a total stud and an absolute game breaker. Straight up I'd take Kucherov over anyone when I need a playoff victory, even McDavid. He's lights out and only getting better, the ultimate big game player - 43 goals, 82 assists, and 125 points in 109 career playoffs games. Hedman and Vasilevsky are elite players, but to me Kucherov is the engine of that team.
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Not trying to shortchange his abilities or anything but it does make me wonder if people will pay more attention to 'load management' in light of Kucherov being gone all season. Cough Kopitarsminutes cough
 
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You always have to take what lawyers say publicly with a grain of salt. Wait for whatever happens in court.
 
RNH really has no pressure in Edm. He's not going to be the guy, or the 2nd guy. If they ever find a way to get some real depth, RNH will be the beneficiary of it. And if you're going to hook your career to someone, it might as well be McDavid. Would he realistically find a better place to go?
 
KingsFan7824 said:
RNH really has no pressure in Edm. He's not going to be the guy, or the 2nd guy. If they ever find a way to get some real depth, RNH will be the beneficiary of it. And if you're going to hook your career to someone, it might as well be McDavid. Would he realistically find a better place to go?
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I could have seen him signing in LA. Maybe not for $41M but like 4 years at $6.5M.

I thin RNH left money on the table. I think a team like Columbus or Minnesota would have signed him longer term (6 or 7 years) and he would have made that $41M and been able to sign to make more afterwards. Bottom line, when McDavid won I said a player like that does not go their career without at least one cup. I really, really hope it does not happen in Edmonton, but it is a good bet that it will. RNH appears to be betting on that.
 
He's such a good player that I'm sure there was a little spice added, but even a light slash from Weber would hurt in that spot. Hopefully Hedman does the same thing to Caufield next game, even it up!
 
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BigKing said:
Another example of Kucherov being a drama queen. Thought he might actually go to the locker room so he could Emmit Smith it for the 10th time this playoffs next game.
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he got hit in the back of the knee. Anyone would go down there.
 
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