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OT: Around the NHL: "Aaaaah, Ricky Bobby! Now we shall dance. And yes, it will be a slow jam."

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Yikes of a cap hit for only 4 years. He really raked the Leafs over the coals on that one.
 
Remember when Nuke had that incident during the playoffs? The woman was Russian/Ukrainian and had her passport taken by bad people she stated.

Dollars to donuts that was a sex worker and the cops that travelled with the Avs as "security" hush hushed that away, it feels like.

That whole bit seemed off and how the NHL seemed to protect it.
 
How is it great leadership that a bloke just signed for the highest pay per year and essentially handcuffed his own team for adding the depth they need to win a cup and extensions to players they need?

Good job Matthews, you could have taken 2yrs at 8-9m and cashed out hard after if you believe in your trajectory and helped your team add the pieces it needs to go past the second round.

Unless they plan on more LTIR circumvention or rely heavily on retention from other teams, that cap situation in Toronto is hilarious.

In 2 seasons they could walk away or in that final year for Tavares, ask him to waive his NMC and move him for a good return and then max out Marner and Matthews.
 
Gurglesons said:
Guess he was tired of talking about Kyle Beach.
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It still floors me that Arizona was punished harder for having unscheduled workouts for prospects while the Hawks knew and hid a sexual assault and allowed the person to walk away and assault others and finally an underaged player that reported him and now he's in jail. The many lives that one person ruined in various parts of hockey from pro to youth is just astoundingly awful and somehow all the Hawks got was a pathetic fine and slap on the wrist and got to draft potential generational talent after purposely tanking.

f*** the Wirtz. Wherever he is, I hope it's endless pain and suffering extended into eternity and for the others that hid it, same fate.
 
Bill Peters getting chances he doesn't deserve, Aliu needed someone to give him one and this first class piece of shit decided to ruin the game for him with racism and unfair treatment. Oh and he also kicked a player which Rod Brind Amour backed up as happening.

Accountability is only a thing when they feel like it.
 
Big Friggin Dummy said:
It's always just been a matter of lying low and waiting for things to blow over. There's never accountability. :laugh: I imagine guys like Stan Bowman and Coach Q will be back sooner than later as well. Hockey's for everyone and all that.
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He never apologized to Aliu. Only reached out to him via a coach when he was basically already hired by his old mate in Lethbridge.

It's just insane to me. He's a racist piece of shit and that's just straight facts. He also assaults his players, also a fact that a current head coach backed up.

How the f*** is someone like that allowed to couch youths?

The whl looks like shit and is shit.
 
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Randy Butternubs said:
With both Hornqvist and Hagelin now retired, the Pens better bring them back for a night this coming season to honor them.
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That's f***ing bullshit.

If I were Hagelin and Hornqvist I tell them to go f*** themselves. This dump of a franchise doesn't have the honor to extend and invite to players like them. They were lucky they even got a chance to say they were Penguins. Shit class franchise trying to milk their heroics? f*** them. Those two deserve better.
 
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Better Call Maul said:
That's f***ing bullshit.

If I were Hagelin and Hornqvist I tell them to go f*** themselves. This dump of a franchise doesn't have the honor to extend and invite to players like them. They were lucky they even got a chance to say they were Penguins. Shit class franchise trying to milk their heroics? f*** them. Those two deserve better.
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lol because they got traded?
 
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Hornqvist had like one more effective year that the pens lost out on, but that trade needed to get done before the dropoff

Hagelin was still sort of effective when traded but he was cooling off

Neither were anything more than typical business deals in retrospect

I actually don't really get why they would get a night of honor anyway. Yeah sure they were big parts of both Cup runs, but... I mean... So was Murray and i don't think I care about giving him a night in a few years, either.
 
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Gurglesons said:
lol because they got traded?
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Nah, being traded is fine. How they did it, isn't. It's perfectly fine they moved both but one they knew they shouldn't have and tried to get him back and then didn't even know the proper rules and the other they seemingly did in a disrespectful way which he wasn't all that pleased about either. Being traded is part of the business but treating players like shit whilst doing it, bad form.
 
Better Call Maul said:
Nah, being traded is fine. How they did it, isn't. It's perfectly fine they moved both but one they knew they shouldn't have and tried to get him back and then didn't even know the proper rules and the other they seemingly did in a disrespectful way which he wasn't all that pleased about either. Being traded is part of the business but treating players like shit whilst doing it, bad form.
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I don’t think Hagelin or Hornqvist give a shit.
 
End of Line said:
Sanderson extension is a gross over pay
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Yeah.

Up front, I didn't pay much attention to the NHL this past season but that contract could be devastating. Luckily for the Sens, that buyout ratio could only be at 1/3.

Unless he's significantly better than Makar at defense then all the stats I'm seeing say that Sanderson should only be getting something like $5.5M.

It's a risk. That's all I know for sure.

For Pens fans: the latest I'm reading on him is a better Dumoulin/Pettersson mix with a better wrister. Is that worth an 8.7% cap hit at some point in the near future?
 
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End of Line said:
Sanderson extension is a gross over pay
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Crazy to get that kind of contract after proving so little. He's only played one NHL season, scored 32 points in that season and now gets a huge money extension.

He would have only been RFA next year too. Why not see how this season goes, how he develops etc. before marrying yourself to this kind of huge long-term money commitment. Reeks of desperation by the Sens. They got burned by DeBrincat refusing to sign there and are probably desperate to make sure they lock up their other players. I can see why they want to keep Sanderson around. They invested a top 5 pick in him and seem to believe he'll grow into being worth this contract. Pretty big gamble though.
 
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