News from Around the AHL/NHL/KHL 2024-25

[Glory Days]

Holy shit. GMBT not f***ing around or wasting time.

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What is he going to do about all those big contracts he handed out last off season.?

 

[doublechili]

What is he going to do about all those big contracts he handed out last off season.?

Stamkos is 34 and in the first year of a 4 year $8M contract with a NMC. Marchessault is 33 and in the first year of a 5 year $5.5M contract (with either a NMC or modified NTC - not clear which). They each have 2 goals in 12 games. Oy. Brady Skjei is 30 and is in year 1 of a 7 year contract (similar NMC/NTC) making $7M per year. Josi and Forsberg are good players, but they both have full NMCs.

Saros is 29 and has a new 8 year $7.75M contract with a NMC kicking in next summer. So, maybe trading Saros is the rebuild plan?

 

[Big L]

Stamkos is 34 and in the first year of a 4 year $8M contract with a NMC. Marchessault is 33 and in the first year of a 5 year $5.5M contract (with either a NMC or modified NTC - not clear which). They each have 2 goals in 12 games. Oy. Brady Skjei is 30 and is in year 1 of a 7 year contract (similar NMC/NTC) making $7M per year. Josi and Forsberg are good players, but they both have full NMCs.

Saros is 29 and has a new 8 year $7.75M contract with a NMC kicking in next summer. So, maybe trading Saros is the rebuild plan?

Barry and Lou can swap old overpriced overtermed players?

 

[The Real JT]

Stamkos is 34 and in the first year of a 4 year $8M contract with a NMC. Marchessault is 33 and in the first year of a 5 year $5.5M contract (with either a NMC or modified NTC - not clear which). They each have 2 goals in 12 games. Oy. Brady Skjei is 30 and is in year 1 of a 7 year contract (similar NMC/NTC) making $7M per year. Josi and Forsberg are good players, but they both have full NMCs.

Saros is 29 and has a new 8 year $7.75M contract with a NMC kicking in next summer. So, maybe trading Saros is the rebuild plan?

If there truly was a power struggle between Lou and Trotz, I now feel better that we stayed with Lou as our GM.

I didn’t think that was possible.

 

[MJF]

What is he going to do about all those big contracts he handed out last off season.?

Trade one to Lou for a 1st rounder so we can keep hope alive for a wild card spot?

 

[Throttle]

Holy shit. GMBT not f***ing around or wasting time.

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You go Barry - you signed ALL the problem child’s on your roster. Maybe get some experience in management before signing OLD guys to TERM.

 

[MJF]

You go Barry - you signed ALL the problem child’s on your roster. Maybe get some experience in management before signing OLD guys to TERM.

Yup. Instead of signing fading superstars do what Lou did…sign a bunch of cheaper bottom of the lineup guys that no one else ever wanted to TERM.

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

Metro Atlanta voters approved the referendum to develop the area that would ostensibly be the home for a new NHL team.

 

[Throttle]

Yup. Instead of signing fading superstars do what Lou did…sign a bunch of cheaper bottom of the lineup guys that no one else ever wanted to TERM.

Barry the GM was the savior of Lou and the Islanders, yet, Barry with all his zero management experience and tax advantages signed a bunch of old dudes so he can’t rebuild. Great work. Glad he was the next one.

Actually, Chris is gonna figure it al out for Lou…

 

[MJF]

Barry the GM was the savior of Lou and the Islanders, yet, Barry with all his zero management experience and tax advantages signed a bunch of old dudes so he can’t rebuild. Great work. Glad he was the next one.

Actually, Chris is gonna figure it al out for Lou…

And Lou and his decades of experience and all his cache couldn’t help tripping over his incompetence. But attaboy Barry!

You pick some strange things to get your jollies from when our own house is a shambles.

 

[Glory Days]

Stamkos is 34 and in the first year of a 4 year $8M contract with a NMC. Marchessault is 33 and in the first year of a 5 year $5.5M contract (with either a NMC or modified NTC - not clear which). They each have 2 goals in 12 games. Oy. Brady Skjei is 30 and is in year 1 of a 7 year contract (similar NMC/NTC) making $7M per year. Josi and Forsberg are good players, but they both have full NMCs.

Saros is 29 and has a new 8 year $7.75M contract with a NMC kicking in next summer. So, maybe trading Saros is the rebuild plan?

That looks like cap hell to me. Trading Saros could push the team in lotto land with a bunch of bad contracts.

Trade one to Lou for a 1st rounder so we can keep hope alive for a wild card spot?

Maybe Barry and Lou can trade for each others bad contracts?

 

[JRD76]

Stamkos is 34 and in the first year of a 4 year $8M contract with a NMC. Marchessault is 33 and in the first year of a 5 year $5.5M contract (with either a NMC or modified NTC - not clear which). They each have 2 goals in 12 games. Oy. Brady Skjei is 30 and is in year 1 of a 7 year contract (similar NMC/NTC) making $7M per year. Josi and Forsberg are good players, but they both have full NMCs.

Saros is 29 and has a new 8 year $7.75M contract with a NMC kicking in next summer. So, maybe trading Saros is the rebuild plan?

Sucks Askarov wanted out because he saw no starting future there. They could of got good assets for Saros while building around a good young goalie. Oh well.

 

[FoxYou727]

Metro Atlanta voters approved the referendum to develop the area that would ostensibly be the home for a new NHL team.

Would be sick to get the Thrashers back. It seems all but confirmed Atlanta, Houston, and Phoenix are getting teams in the next 20 years. wonder what the 4th team will be

 

[Glory Days]

Metro Atlanta voters approved the referendum to develop the area that would ostensibly be the home for a new NHL team.

Is the basketball arena not suitable for hockey?

 

[SI90]

CHL players now eligible for NCAA D-1. That’s huge. College hockey is gonna be incredible

 

[FoxYou727]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854644443934302250

Igor got PAID

Well deserved

 

[Throttle]

And Lou and his decades of experience and all his cache couldn’t help tripping over his incompetence. But attaboy Barry!

You pick some strange things to get your jollies from when our own house is a shambles.

For as incompetent as Lou as, I guess, Barry is currently leading a team to 32/32 in the league after all that spending in the summer.

 

[JRD76]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1854644443934302250

Igor got PAID

Well deserved

Interesting that this comes out then later that night he lets in 5 goals in 12 shots and gets pulled

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

Is the basketball arena not suitable for hockey?

They tried it there with the Thrashers. Problem is that the people that run the downtown arena really only care about basketball. It's why the Thrashers ended up moving. The basketball people made a deal and they weren't interested in the NHL team. In Atlanta, "non-urban" sports thrive better in the suburbs.

Would be sick to get the Thrashers back. It seems all but confirmed Atlanta, Houston, and Phoenix are getting teams in the next 20 years. wonder what the 4th team will be

It would be amazing now that I've relocated back to Atlanta. I miss going to games. There's an ECHL team here, and it's fun, but it's not the same.

Atlanta really got the short end of the stick with the Thrashers. The support for the team was fine, but the ownership got cold feet and made a rash decision. I think it would go much better with a suburban arena, sorta like the how the Braves did it.

 

[The Lighthouse]

Atlanta seems like a lock and then I guess Houston after that.

 

[Glory Days]

Atlanta seems like a lock and then I guess Houston after that.

Bettman wants another ownership group in Phoenix. I also think Houston comes before Atlanta.

 

[The Lighthouse]

Bettman wants another ownership group in Phoenix. I also think Houston comes before Atlanta.

I think it's going to be a little while for Arizona. Phoenix only has Footprint right now and it doesn't sound like Ishbia's interested in another tenant there. Although I'd like to see that happen.

From what I understand about Houston, you may have to deal with Fertitta who hasn't committed yet?

 

[Glory Days]

They tried it there with the Thrashers. Problem is that the people that run the downtown arena really only care about basketball. It's why the Thrashers ended up moving. The basketball people made a deal and they weren't interested in the NHL team. In Atlanta, "non-urban" sports thrive better in the suburbs.


It would be amazing now that I've relocated back to Atlanta. I miss going to games. There's an ECHL team here, and it's fun, but it's not the same.

Atlanta really got the short end of the stick with the Thrashers. The support for the team was fine, but the ownership got cold feet and made a rash decision. I think it would go much better with a suburban arena, sorta like the how the Braves did it.

So a new hockey arena should be out by the new Braves ballpark?

 

[Richie Daggers Crime]

So a new hockey arena should be out by the new Braves ballpark?

No, the proposed area is much further out of town. The Braves ballpark from downtown Atlanta, distance wise, would be say like where UBS Arena is in relation to Manhattan. Like, right on the edge of the town. The Atlanta proposal would be like having the arena in say, Huntington Station or Dix Hills in terms of distance, way off in the suburbs.

 

[Glory Days]

No, the proposed area is much further out of town. The Braves ballpark from downtown Atlanta, distance wise, would be say like where UBS Arena is in relation to Manhattan. Like, right on the edge of the town. The Atlanta proposal would be like having the arena in say, Huntington Station or Dix Hills in terms of distance, way off in the suburbs.

Ok thanks

No, the proposed area is much further out of town. The Braves ballpark from downtown Atlanta, distance wise, would be say like where UBS Arena is in relation to Manhattan. Like, right on the edge of the town. The Atlanta proposal would be like having the arena in say, Huntington Station or Dix Hills in terms of distance, way off in the suburbs.

Ok thank