Pastrnak had the same surgery and was out half a month more.
Your argument is full of crap.
This is surprising to me. Is that true? Pastrnak also returned well before being 100% after missing around two weeks of the season.
Pastrnak had the same surgery and was out half a month more.
Your argument is full of crap.
*cap compliant all year because they were hiding a healthy Kucherov on LTIR.Over 18M over what a cap you are imposing? The NHL doesn't have a Cap system for the playoffs - the players don't get paid. Tampa was cap compliant all year.
ESPN and TNT will shit on NBCs coverage though, so don't be too sad.
There absolutely no evidence to support that.*cap compliant all year because they were hiding a healthy Kucherov on LTIR.
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Of course they were. About 40% better team if you go by effective cap.It was a good match up. Tampa was just the better team.
Canada's SC Drought Continues:
2004 - Calgary loses in 7 to Tampa Bay
2006 - Edmonton loses in 7 to Carolina
2007 - Ottawa loses in 5 to Anaheim
2011 - Vancouver loses in 7 to Boston
2021 - Montreal loses in 5 to Tampa Bay
Who is next Toronto or Winnipeg?
So suspect they announced it would happen before the season started, allowed the whole league ie their competition and the NHL itself to be aware of it for months and do their due diligence, and were cleared to continue. Naw, the whole league is in on the fix, including Montreal.im not super salty, I don't care for either team. I just think its the Kucherov situation is highly suspect.
salty me says * * * * * * * * * * though
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Did not know we could jinx sports broadcasts lol. But hopefully I didn't.And there's the HFBoards jinx....
The rules prevent good offense moreso though (or lack of enforcement of rules). But the goalies are too big Lehner especially looked like an overinflated balloon it was ridiculous.
But did they have a... Sergachev?
18M over the cap plus about 30% more effective cap spending than their competition. So yeh this season we a foregone conclusion. Welcome to MLB Yankees era of the NHL.Mr. Stamkos, i'm pretty sure everyone expected the team that's 18m over the cap to win.
They had
Vladimir Konstantinov
Nicklas Lidstrom
Larry Murphy
on the Wings in 96-97
and
Sandis Ozolinsh
Adam Foote
on the Avs in 96-97
So, yes. They did. Again, the teams from the 90s were ludicrous. Tampa is them compared to the rest of the team now. But the Wings and Avalanche from the mid 90s until the lockout were loaded beyond belief.
And before you mention them... yes, they had a fourth line who kicked all sorts of ass like Coleman, Goodrow, and others. The fact that it's not ludicrous to argue that Tampa is on the level of those two teams... that's not an insult to what they are. In a cap era, they're pulling off a roster (albeit with some fortunate timing of injuries) that could play with the juggernauts from the past.
Very real. It's why Stamkos didn't take Toronto's much higher bid and chose to stay in Tampa instead. If you don't think taxes have an impact on effective caps of every team then you aren't paying attention.Is this another imaginary cap?
We need a team in Whitehorse.Canada's SC Drought Continues:
2004 - Calgary loses in 7 to Tampa Bay
2006 - Edmonton loses in 7 to Carolina
2007 - Ottawa loses in 5 to Anaheim
2011 - Vancouver loses in 7 to Boston
2021 - Montreal loses in 5 to Tampa Bay
Who is next Toronto or Winnipeg?
Different places have different draws. Tampa has no control over the taxes in Florida. Stamkos may have had other reasons to re-sign in Tampa.Very real. It's why Stamkos didn't take Toronto's much higher bid and chose to stay in Tampa instead. If you don't think taxes have an impact on effective caps of every team then you aren't paying attention.