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Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season Part II

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My3Sons said:
The whole thing is a money making industry. If you have kids that are good at a sport it will be difficult to keep them away from this stuff. Especially boys. It’s a whole social thing. My kids all enjoyed it.
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Right - the social part is under-appreciated. Everyone focuses on the travel and cost - which are real. But, it's also a time that you get to spend with your kid(s) and where the kids get to hang with each other. It can be a great experience - for parents and kids. The costs are a pain - and I don't like any need to get on an airplane - but, there are definitely benefits.
 
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tailfins said:
Right - the social part is under-appreciated. Everyone focuses on the travel and cost - which are real. But, it's also a time that you get to spend with your kid(s) and where the kids get to hang with each other. It can be a great experience - for parents and kids. The costs are a pain - and I don't like any need to get on an airplane - but, there are definitely benefits.
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For my boys they had numerous friends play on their teams and they got to compete against kids who did play in college. My oldest will always have a "what if". He played against a kid that started at FOGO with Air Force and was 50/50 with him at that kid's home field on a super hot Sunday in a final when our kids just wanted to get in the car and drive home. I know he's quietly proud of that and for better or worse that doesn't happen if he isn't participating. The primary draw was always the hotel with the friends. Get there on Friday night and they hand out uniforms and the kids go room to room and someone always brings the xbox and they all pile in to play and rip on each other. The coaches come in to tell them lineups and opponents and expections. They pretend to listen and then go back to playing. Three games Saturday. At the field all day. In Texas, Georgia, and Florida. Maybe North Carolina. Always sweltering and always insanely humid. Back to the hotel after the third game and an hour to shower and then meet in the lobby. Find someplace for dinner. Then back to the hotel. The kids run around and hang out in various rooms. The coaches try to corral them and get them to get in bed since Sunday are playoffs. Sunday morning get up and get to the field and it's win or go home. After the last game win or lose they linger and head out about an hour after the last game. it was way too expensive and way too time consuming but as a dad that's how it works. I always liked at least some of the other parents to it wasn't hard to spend time with them.
 
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JimEIV said:
Wow. That seems excessive? That's basically 10% of his salary.

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I was reading 70 pages ago and thought it was today :laugh:
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My3Sons said:
The average defender shoots 5.5%. Chychrun is shooting 11.5%. I'm sure that percentage will not at all normalize. I'm not sure Chychrun is a $9 mil per defender but he's not old so it will probably be fine for most of the contract.
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Yeah, the Capitals definitely paid a bit for the career year but if the cap booms like it should, that's going to be 2D money anyway at this rate
 
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saw clips from the kings game last night and i just gotta say that black 90s uniform hits on so many levels they had to have the biggest downgrade when they just had the home plate logo. can we please switch to road colors so we can see different jerseys at home
 
bellows wouldn't be the worst waiver pickup. cheap, 4th line guy who can win board battles & provide some energy either here or the ahl.
 
late to discuss this but i think that chychrun deal is bad.

Not terrible or anything, but 9M is a lot of a dude who has historically never been healthy, is in the middle of a (probable) career year, and may not even be the 2nd best defenseman on his team. His xG numbers are Not Particularly Good at 5 on 5. He's young, so at least you're avoiding the worst of the aging curve, but I wouldn't have signed that deal.

Real "we're playing well, don't touch ANYTHING" vibe
 
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MasterofGrond said:
late to discuss this but i think that chychrun deal is bad.

Not terrible or anything, but 9M is a lot of a dude who has historically never been healthy, is in the middle of a (probable) career year, and may not even be the 2nd best defenseman on his team. His xG numbers are Not Particularly Good at 5 on 5. He's young, so at least you're avoiding the worst of the aging curve, but I wouldn't have signed that deal.

Real "we're playing well, don't touch ANYTHING" vibe
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I don’t disagree but show me a long UFA deal that’s really good? I think meh is likely the best you get for them.
 
MasterofGrond said:
late to discuss this but i think that chychrun deal is bad.

Not terrible or anything, but 9M is a lot of a dude who has historically never been healthy, is in the middle of a (probable) career year, and may not even be the 2nd best defenseman on his team. His xG numbers are Not Particularly Good at 5 on 5. He's young, so at least you're avoiding the worst of the aging curve, but I wouldn't have signed that deal.

Real "we're playing well, don't touch ANYTHING" vibe
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He also drinks raw milk so he might go on IR from getting a parasite or something like that.
 
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