GDT: GAME 58 | Jets @ Senators | Everybody's Gone Slumpin' Edition | Wed Feb 26 2025, 7PM | SN, RDS

[Bileur]

Galley is such a clown

 

[Senscore]

Another break from their buddies the refs

 

[DackellDuck]

Ya, idk, trying to void the contract of a guy whos newborn had severe issues, right at the start of training camp is the kind of thing I suspect other player, on and off your team, might take note of. Best to just treat the guy respectfully

I don’t think the Blues did anything untoward to Saad. They wanted to open up a roster spot for a younger player, as is their right. They tried to trade him but there were no takers. They put him on waivers but there were no takers. So they basically told him, "We're going to send you down, so you can either report and get your full salary, or we can mutually terminate your contract and you can go get an NHL opportunity somewhere else". Pretty respectful.

No NHL player is owed a roster spot, regardless of any personal issues.

Perron would have to make that same choice. I don't doubt that there would be another team who'd sign him. Just not at $4M, or anything close to it.

It's probably easier to just buy him out though. A $1.33M cap hit for two years isn't much, and the $2.7M could be better spent next year.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Galley stfu challenge

 

[Micklebot]

Linesmen really being generous there

 

[Alex1234]

Fun fact : Game management doesn't apply to us
PP are 4-1 with a 5 on 3 and a 4 minutes

 

[Blotto71]

Presumably Perron would have to have done something contrary to team standards. I suppose Ottawa media could turn on him and he'd want out, nothing to lose here really except maybe some overpayment down the road from other free agents.

Ugh. Not ideal.

He has a 15 team ntc, find the worst of those teams and get a deal in place and let him decide - move or terminate the contract (mutually). Chicago?

 

[WallyD]

I'm pretty sure the NHL has a mechanism in place for that already. It's called the Temporary Unskilled Goon program, or TUG.

TUG allows for the game-by-game hiring of random angry men to lace up the skates and play for an NHL team. Players are signed to a contract and paid a minimum hourly wage per game played.

Known colloquially as Tuggers, many notable players have risen to stardom through this program. Tugger legends such as Jim "The Maniac" Williams, and Lawrence "Hacksaw" Crane are forever immortalized in The Hockey Hall of Fame. Who could forget the 1964 series between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Boston Bruins in which a record 7 Tuggers played in a single game, a record which still stands today.

And here I thought Tugger was just a euphemism for Fluffer!

 

[Tuna99]

OMG, Matinpalo unduing everything positive he did at 4 Nations. Just brain-fart after f***ing brain-fart! Never thought I'd say it, but just run 11-6 and sit Matinpalo for the rest of the game

4 nations like tje Cup finals, you can get exposed for the entire league to see and when they know your weakness they’ll just hammer it all night long

 

[L'Aveuglette]

It should not be this surprising when Ullmark makes a tough save.

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Garrey Galley can't stop slobbering over Morrissey. Name a more iconic trio than Galley, Morrissey and Plan B

 

[Tuna99]

Batherson wants to lose a few more puck battles before the game ends

 

[PlayOn]

It should not be this surprising when Ullmark makes a tough save.

2nd goal was tough but Ullmark hasn’t been bad tonight imo. He’s made some good saves. We’ve been pretty damn bad in front of him.

 

[Alex1234]

Holding on Grieg
No call

 

[Senscore]

Great shot Bath

 

[Stutzlaaaa]

Don't know what did happen to Batherson but he is really far from the player he was guy is like a corpse on ice. Had an Elite shot now can't hit net most of time. Had sweet hands now can't handle the puck at all and was physical now soft asf. All this with being absolute garbo in d zone.

 

[Bileur]

Nice shift

 

[L'Aveuglette]

Lol ofc Batherson kills all that pressure with a weak ass shot.

 

[Alex1234]

Batherson with a lifeless momentum killer shot

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Batherson is not a winner

 

[CornerStone61]

Man what happened to Batherson? This dude f***ing stinks now

 

[SensFactor]

Batherson with a lazy nothing shot to end the pressure. Nice work

 

[Emerica]

ruined it

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Don't know what did happen to Batherson but he is really from the player he was guy is like a corpse on ice. Had an Elite now can't hit net most of time. Had sweet hands now can't handle the puck at all and was physical now soft asf. All this with being absolute garbo in d zone.

He has to be the first trade chip this off season

 

[L'Aveuglette]