News & Notes XXIII: Brindy Beats the Team Into Shape

[cptjeff]

We should probably restart this one as well. We left off talking about how Ron Francis was an ideal NBA GM even though he was a useless NHL GM.

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[cptjeff]

Also, since Brindy is in the title, I thought I'd post this, which I don't remember seeing here. Coverage in the New York Times:
Carolina Is Home for Brind'Amour: 'I Bleed Hurricane Red'

Brind'Amour, who was traded here 18 years ago by the Philadelphia Flyers in the Keith Primeau deal, holds a rare position among his peers in the coaching fraternity as one of only 20 active coaches in North America's four major professional sports who played for the team he now coaches.
"It's special, and I think the attraction for me is that I believe in this group. ... If we can just add the right pieces, I think we can be competitive," Brind'Amour said. "And I've been here when it was a great market, and we were good and had the support, so I know we can regain that."
None of those 20 coaches have continuously been with their franchise as long as Brind'Amour.

 

[spockBokk]

Dougie Hamilton hasn’t been given or chosen his #27 yet on the Canes website; it’s still Faulk’s.

Faulk to EDM (e5)

 

[HisIceness]

SMH Francis never traded for DeMarcus Cousins.

 

[Canes]

SMH Francis never traded for DeMarcus Cousins.

Fire Waddell and bring in Bob Myers.

 

[BrindAmours Army]

This is the event image for all of next season's games that have been posted on Facebook so far.
It's obviously a message sent by Aho. Solidarity. If Faulk and Skinner get moved, we have to move him too.

So, the event photos have all been changed.
Dundon is watching.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

not the event photos!!!

 

[spockBokk]

Just had a thought, if both Skinner and Faulk are actually traded, that shaves off around $11M from the team’s overall salary expenses. Add in say $2M for TVR and what, $1-2M cap hits each for Svechnikov and Necas, they’re still potentially well under the cap floor.

I wonder what the plan is to hit the floor if that scenario plays out. Makes me think that they’d much prefer “hockey” deals to deals that are made up of futures, which may be why they’ve been preaching that it’s just hard to make trades this day and age.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Just had a thought, if both Skinner and Faulk are actually traded, that shaves off around $11M from the team’s overall salary expenses. Add in say $2M for TVR and what, $1-2M cap hits each for Svechnikov and Necas, they’re still potentially well under the cap floor.

I wonder what the plan is to hit the floor if that scenario plays out. Makes me think that they’d much prefer “hockey” deals to deals that are made up of futures, which may be why they’ve been preaching that it’s just hard to make trades this day and age.

Perhaps Dundon is playing chicken with the league to prove they won’t let him ice a team with a $20 million payroll.

Ball’s in your court, Bettman!

 

[Lempo]

Just had a thought, if both Skinner and Faulk are actually traded, that shaves off around $11M from the team’s overall salary expenses. Add in say $2M for TVR and what, $1-2M cap hits each for Svechnikov and Necas, they’re still potentially well under the cap floor.

I wonder what the plan is to hit the floor if that scenario plays out. Makes me think that they’d much prefer “hockey” deals to deals that are made up of futures, which may be why they’ve been preaching that it’s just hard to make trades this day and age.

Necas $1.43M AAV; CapFriendly doesn't yet have facts on Svech, but I'm pretty certain it will be standard 2OA $3.575M AAV.

There's just the awkward bit that unearned Performance Bonuses aren't counted in in the cap floor calculation, so both kids will account but for a pitiful ~$925k a piece in that regard. Necas possibly under $900k because of the slide year eliminating the 2017 signing bonus away from the AAV.

 

[bleedgreen]

Just had a thought, if both Skinner and Faulk are actually traded, that shaves off around $11M from the team’s overall salary expenses. Add in say $2M for TVR and what, $1-2M cap hits each for Svechnikov and Necas, they’re still potentially well under the cap floor.

I wonder what the plan is to hit the floor if that scenario plays out. Makes me think that they’d much prefer “hockey” deals to deals that are made up of futures, which may be why they’ve been preaching that it’s just hard to make trades this day and age.

Which is exactly what RF said he had problems with.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

Just had a thought, if both Skinner and Faulk are actually traded, that shaves off around $11M from the team’s overall salary expenses. Add in say $2M for TVR and what, $1-2M cap hits each for Svechnikov and Necas, they’re still potentially well under the cap floor.

I wonder what the plan is to hit the floor if that scenario plays out. Makes me think that they’d much prefer “hockey” deals to deals that are made up of futures, which may be why they’ve been preaching that it’s just hard to make trades this day and age.

Uh, maybe they're getting significant salary coming back?

 

[the halleJOKEL]

they are more than welcome to pay me league minimum to not play if they need to hit the floor

i will take this bullet for all of us

 

[Lempo]

they are more than welcome to pay me league minimum to not play if they need to hit the floor

i will take this bullet for all of us

League minimum won't cut it I'm afraid. You have to take it long and you have to take it hard.

You're our Tavares now.

 

[CandyCanes]

Hudson Elynuik signed an AHL deal with the Toronto Marlies

 

[Lempo]

Hudson Elynuik signed an AHL deal with the Toronto Marlies

Hudson Elynuik Signs AHL Contract With Toronto Marlies

The article (correctly) says he's not a TML prospect despite this and another team can sign him once the contract expires, but I do believe he's eligible to be drafted in the Entry Draft next year. Could still play in AHL for anyone if that happened, probably, unless the NHL-AHL affiliation contract has issue with that sort of thing.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

So we offered him an ELC and now he’s on an AHL deal?

Wonder if he feels he’s played his cards very wrong...

 

[Tryamw]

You mean wild Draw four instead of Royal straight flush? /shrug (but I expect he has)

 

[MinJaBen]

Uh, maybe they're getting significant salary coming back?

Karlsson, e5.

 

[Moosetache]

I was literally just about to say Karlsson extended for Skinner/Faulk/Fleury....evens it out, lol.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I was literally just about to say Karlsson extended for Skinner/Faulk/Fleury....evens it out, lol.

Hmmm.

 

[Lempo]

So we offered him an ELC and now he’s on an AHL deal?

Wonder if he feels he’s played his cards very wrong...

They all are "Torontoo, yay!"

 

[AD Skinner]

I was literally just about to say Karlsson extended for Skinner/Faulk/Fleury....evens it out, lol.

Done-zel Washington. Draw up the papers

 

[the halleJOKEL]

wow EK is hapepning

 

[FreshSeabass]

If we were adding Karlsson which im 99.9 percent sure we are not. Why are we spending that much money on a position were already set on now with Dougie in the mix now. 11 mil should be spent on an impact forward(preferably center)/ or taking on the salary of a true starting goaltender in a trade.