Around the NHL - Episode XLV III - BEAST MODE ANDY

[Joeyjoejoe]

I suspect I'm going to be significantly less fond of him next season.

okay

 

[Masked]

Florida's aggressiveness has Tampa Bay trying to match it and that's not Tampa's game. But it demonstrates how things change in the playoffs and how important a guy like Brady is going to be when the Sens get back in the playoffs.

 

[Korpse]

Go Florida

What a trade that was for Bennett

It makes no sense. In Calgary he was a dead fish.

 

[Qward]

I want Tampa to lose in 4 just because of the Kucherov horse shit.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

I want Tampa to lose in 4 just because of the Kucherov horse shit.

What happened

 

[Qward]

What happened

Tampa is f***ed due to cap constraints. Magically Kucherov has a season ending injury before the season starts fixing their cap problems. Even more magically he is good to go game 1 of the playoffs where the cap doesnt count anymore.

 

[PlayOn]

What a game. These teams are both unreal.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

jebus....can anyone in Tampa or Florida stop a single puck?

 

[BankStreetParade]

Brayden Point is stupidly good

 

[PlayOn]

jebus....can anyone in Tampa or Florida stop a single puck?

I don’t envy the goalies though, so much talent on both sides - the game hasn’t slowed down once.

 

[Adrianopolous]

Tampa is too good

 

[BankStreetParade]

I want Tampa to lose in 4 just because of the Kucherov horse shit.

The cap doesn’t work anymore and the NHL doesn’t give a rat’s ass. It’s hardly different than Toronto icing a $100+ million roster this year against an $81.5 million cap.

 

[Silencio]

Man is it surreal to see a hockey game with actual people in the stands. Even more surreal to see people in the stands at a Florida hockey game.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Florida's aggressiveness has Tampa Bay trying to match it and that's not Tampa's game. But it demonstrates how things change in the playoffs and how important a guy like Brady is going to be when the Sens get back in the playoffs.

Or a guy like Brayden Point.

What a great game where skill players played good tough playoff hockey. Speed, skill and when necessary they played physical.

And not a meat head type player in sight.

 

[JungleBeat]

Just being physical isn’t going to beat teams like Tampa and Florida. You need speed, skill and intensity.

 

[JimmySpaetzle]

The cap doesn’t work anymore and the NHL doesn’t give a rat’s ass. It’s hardly different than Toronto icing a $100+ million roster this year against an $81.5 million cap.

Yup. Toronto fans will bitch about this yet they hand guys an absurd signing bonus to lower their cap hit

 

[JungleBeat]

Yup. Toronto fans will bitch about this yet they hand guys an absurd signing bonus to lower their cap hit

Other teams do this too. Not everything has to be about the Leafs, an inferiority complex is a bad look.

 

[Silencio]

I have an irrational dislike of the Golden Knights - the NHL's teacher's pet - and having Mark Stone on their roster does nothing to change that opinion. Go Minnesota.

 

[Tap on the Ankle]

It makes no sense. In Calgary he was a dead fish.

Isn't he playing with Barkov/Huberdeau? Dadonov was a 60pt guy with them.

 

[Thrasymachus]

Of all the teams Pageau could have ended up on, I'm glad it was the Islanders. Always had a soft spot for 'em.

The feeling is mutual

Love you guys and your scrappy fan base, appreciate your support.

 

[JimmySpaetzle]

Other teams do this too. Not everything has to be about the Leafs, an inferiority complex is a bad look.

I just picked the Leafs cuz I saw their fans complaining abt it on Twitter

 

[Beville]

The Florida-TB series will be must watch. And even though it’s just 10k, hockey is infinitely better with fans. Like a completely different game.

That’s still a panthers sell out

 

[GCK]

It makes no sense. In Calgary he was a dead fish.

Calgary is a broken team. From all accounts there are 2 factions in the room. They need to pick a leadership group and cut out the other.

 

[GCK]

Tampa is f***ed due to cap constraints. Magically Kucherov has a season ending injury before the season starts fixing their cap problems. Even more magically he is good to go game 1 of the playoffs where the cap doesnt count anymore.

He had a hip procedure on Dec 20th. It’s not cap circumvention, 4-6 months is the accepted timeline.

 

[Hale The Villain]

He had a hip procedure on Dec 20th. It’s not cap circumvention, 4-6 months is the accepted timeline.

Ignoring that the playoffs ended in September and Kucherov got surgery in late December (we're supposed to believe he only started feeling pain well after the playoffs), logically if there was even the slightest possibility Kucherov could have come back 4 months into the season the Lightning should have dealt 9.5M worth of players in the off-season to accommodate his salary. Otherwise they would have risked being put in a terrible position by having to deal Killorn + another guy (likely Cirelli/Sergachev) to clear that cap in the middle-late part of the season.

It's completely obvious that Kucherov has been ready to play for weeks, if not a month or two and they pretended he was too injured to play to circumvent the cap. Now Tampa gets to field 90M worth of players while other contenders had to abide by the 81.5M cap. It's a joke.

They should have been forced to trade several good players to get cap compliant but the NHL failed to enforce the rules as they were intended. No reason why teams should be forced to obey the cap in the regular season and not worry at all about it in the playoffs.