Miscellaneous NHL Talk XXIV

[Striiker]

If he's really looking for a ton of money wouldn't Philly be better than Toronto because of taxes?

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

If he's really looking for a ton of money wouldn't Philly be better than Toronto because of taxes?

The Canadian tax thing is overblown. Below is a quick pull from this article. Toronto & Philly aren't much different in the top tax bracket (which would include federal, state/provincial, municipal taxes).

38.1% - Calgary Flames
38.3% - Edmonton Oilers
40.0% - Florida Panthers
40.1% - Tampa Bay Lightning
40.2% - Dallas Stars
40.4% - Nashville Predators
44.5% - Phoenix Coyotes
44.8% - Vancouver Canucks
44.8% - Colorado Avalanche
45.5% - Chicago Blackhawks
45.7% - Winnipeg Jets
45.7% - Boston Bruins
46.1% - Carolina Hurricanes
46.4% - Pittsburgh Penguins
46.9% - Detroit Red Wings
47.0% - New York Islanders
47.2% - St. Louis Blues
47.3% - Buffalo Sabres
47.6% - Philadelphia Flyers
48.0% - Columbus Blue Jackets
48.3% - Ottawa Senators
48.3% - Toronto Maple Leafs
48.6% - New Jersey Devils
49.0% - Washington Capitals
49.9% - Minnesota Wild
52.1% - New York Rangers
52.3% - Anaheim Ducks
52.9% - San Jose Sharks
53.0% - Los Angeles Kings
53.9% - Montreal Canadiens

 

[Beef Invictus]

 

[Striiker]

Oh wow, I thought the difference was much larger than that.

 

[BernieParent]

The Canadian tax thing is overblown. Below is a quick pull from this article. Toronto & Philly aren't much different in the top tax bracket (which would include federal, state/provincial, municipal taxes).

38.1% - Calgary Flames
38.3% - Edmonton Oilers
40.0% - Florida Panthers
40.1% - Tampa Bay Lightning
40.2% - Dallas Stars
40.4% - Nashville Predators
44.5% - Phoenix Coyotes
44.8% - Vancouver Canucks
44.8% - Colorado Avalanche
45.5% - Chicago Blackhawks
45.7% - Winnipeg Jets
45.7% - Boston Bruins
46.1% - Carolina Hurricanes
46.4% - Pittsburgh Penguins
46.9% - Detroit Red Wings
47.0% - New York Islanders
47.2% - St. Louis Blues
47.3% - Buffalo Sabres
47.6% - Philadelphia Flyers
48.0% - Columbus Blue Jackets
48.3% - Ottawa Senators
48.3% - Toronto Maple Leafs
48.6% - New Jersey Devils
49.0% - Washington Capitals
49.9% - Minnesota Wild
52.1% - New York Rangers
52.3% - Anaheim Ducks
52.9% - San Jose Sharks
53.0% - Los Angeles Kings
53.9% - Montreal Canadiens

Hurray for Montreal (as a tax-weary citizen).

 

[Chinatown88]

The Wild are a mess right now.

 

[Curufinwe]

Their goaltending is worse than ours in 12-13 before Mase arrived.

 

[Striiker]

I really wish they'd stop trying to ****block our draft pick.

 

[Nizzle]

My favourite team since I was born. 2010 my **** was like a ****ing totem pole! So ****ing close... Hopefully Hextall has the patience to make this team great.

 

[Harold Bingo]

lol Minnesota. And Suter's going to be suspended for blatantly elbowing Downie in the jaw.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Perrault in WPG has 4, 1 more a fan wins 1 million dollars.

And if Jets trade Buff, his value is through the roof right now.

 

[GKJ]

Can anyone find a good reason why Mike Yeo isn't fired? I didn't think he was that great of a hire to begin with, but he had them playing pretty good. They're about a week away from being a lost cause.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Can anyone find a good reason why Mike Yeo isn't fired? I didn't think he was that great of a hire to begin with, but he had them playing pretty good. They're about a week away from being a lost cause.

is it his fault the goaltending ****ing blows?

 

[flyguy]

is it his fault the goaltending ****ing blows?

Bad goaltending can be covered up with good defensive play. Heck, teams have won recent championships with barely decent goaltending. Minnesota is supposed to be a pretty good defensive team. They sure aren't playing like it.

 

[Fire Tortorella]

Bad goaltending can be covered up with good defensive play. Heck, teams have won recent championships with barely decent goaltending. Minnesota is supposed to be a pretty good defensive team. They sure aren't playing like it.

Minnesota have the 5th fewest shots against per game. It really is all on their goaltending.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Sometimes goaltending is so horrible it can't be helped. Like when Bryz was allowing unscreened wristers from the blueline, no defense can fix that short of allowing zero shots.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Goaltending's the biggest issue but they seemingly don't have anything positive going for them anywhere right now. The defense & offense hasn't been too hot either.

Suter's apparently been pretty bad for his standards this year. The speculation is that his usage since arriving in Minnesota is starting to get to him (his father also passed away which could possibly be another reason as well). He currently leads the league in ice time with basically 30 minutes a night while he played basically 30 minutes last year & 27 minutes the year before.

They were talking during the game tonight about how Clayton Stoner said he didn't like playing there behind Suter because they played him so much & it was hard for other defenders to get into a good rhythm because Suter plays so much & it cuts down everybody else's minutes.

Suter's played 188 games regular & post season with the Wild. He's averaging 29:25 minutes a night in those games.

 

[OzFlyers]

Tweet of the year!

 

[GKJ]

is it his fault the goaltending ****ing blows?

Their possession rate is going down fast. They're not losing because of goaltending, it is only one reason.

 

[Striiker]

Sometimes goaltending is so horrible it can't be helped. Like when Bryz was allowing unscreened wristers from the blueline, no defense can fix that short of allowing zero shots.

And literally ducking out of the way of a shot....

 

[Curufinwe]

I'm seeing Pens fans say that their doctors screwed up Maatta's shoulder surgery last summer, and now they're operating on it again.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yep. Done for the year.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Tweet of the year!

Man, i would love to get Hall somehow. Could you imagine Hall-Giroux-Voracek? See ya league.

 

[RJ8812*]

Man, i would love to get Hall somehow. Could you imagine Hall-Giroux-Voracek? See ya league.

see you league? Getting Hall will do nothing for our blueline

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I'm seeing Pens fans say that their doctors screwed up Maatta's shoulder surgery last summer, and now they're operating on it again.

model organization. right Bettman?