League News: NHL Talk - (News n' Scores n' Stuff) | 2024-25 Summer Edition

[895]

My theory is that he owns some unsavoury people a lot of money so he has valid reasons to fear for his safety if he were to show up in Vegas.

All parties involved just came together kill this thing before it gets any bigger.

 

[trick9]

Devils win 4-1.

Malenstyn played 6:55 and NAK 5:45.

They miss Washington already.

 

[um]

Devils win 4-1.

Malenstyn played 6:55 and NAK 5:45.

They miss Washington already.

NAK took another useless offensive zone penalty. Don’t miss that.

 

[g00n]

Different. Vegas is wholly free of the cap hit as if it never existed. Caps on the other hand can spend more, but they can't bank anything toward the deadline.

I think this is awful. I'm sorry for what Lehner is dealing with, but there are mechanisms in the CBA for when a player is either too unwell to play or simply doesn't show up. There's precisely zero reasons that those should not have applied in this case.

I haven't read anything about the situation so I could be 100% wrong, and I'm going by context, but the league "breaking" its own rules for something involving a "mental health" issue suggests there might be some concern about liability.

 

[qc14]

I haven't read anything about the situation so I could be 100% wrong, and I'm going by context, but the league "breaking" its own rules for something involving a "mental health" issue suggests there might be some concern about liability.

yea I think the fact that this is going ahead at all means that Lehner is in the wrong and VGK could've terminated the contract (and thus got out of the cap anyways) if they wanted.

I'm surprised this happened still because it's something every party (except maybe Lehner) hates doing. Teams (and therefore the league) have a pretty hard line on not paying salary outside the structures of the salary cap and players and the union have a hard line on contracts being guaranteed. This seems to be an "everyone loses" situation and I wouldn't be shocked if the league and PA come out with a joint "this will not be used as precedent" statement like they did after Perry last year.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I don’t think this is a huge deal…Vegas critics just spun up….

 

[PlushMinus]

Goddamnit - I thought the regular season actually started tonight but it's just the one game.

Then I go check the Caps schedule and they are literally a WEEK away from their first game!

 

[DWGie26]

Whatever is going on with the Lehner, it is nefarious. Gotta be a wild story buried in there. I’d love to know the actual truth, but we will probably never know.

 

[Marshall]

Not a great hit by Dilly Dilly.

Might be supplemental on that. Who knows?

 

[Devil Dancer]

Whatever is going on with the Lehner, it is nefarious. Gotta be a wild story buried in there. I’d love to know the actual truth, but we will probably never know.

I'd guess it has something to do with his bipolar disorder. Untreated or improperly treated, that condition can really mess with people.

100% speculation, but that's what I've got.

 

[DWGie26]

I'd guess it has something to do with his bipolar disorder. Untreated or improperly treated, that condition can really mess with people.

100% speculation, but that's what I've got.

It’s hard to speculate because we don’t know. but that speculation is as good as any other. I don’t buy the whole gambling debt thing. The thing that makes this interesting is that it is really the same as LTIR but removes any obligation to Lehner. Except his health, which i hope heals, this is a nothing burger for anyone else unless people just want something to bitch about.

 

[Calicaps]

It’s hard to speculate because we don’t know. but that speculation is as good as any other. I don’t buy the whole gambling debt thing. The thing that makes this interesting is that it is really the same as LTIR but removes any obligation to Lehner. Except his health, which i hope heals, this is a nothing burger for anyone else unless people just want something to bitch about.

Again, not the same as LTIR. Vegas can now bank the equivalent of Lehner’s salary in cap space. With LTIR you cannot bank the space.

Edit: Friedge noted on 32 Thoughts that Vegas would have had a very good case to get out of Lehner’s deal anyhow though since he didn’t report, so it may be 6 or a half-dozen in the end. And this way Lehner gets his money.

 

[usiel]

Hopefully we'll get more on this Vegas BS otherwise it is going to fester.