Alex1234
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And TampaDon’t think so. This deal only benefits Melnyk’s wallet.
Rest assured Brayden Point will score a lot of goals against us in the next 8years with our help...
And TampaDon’t think so. This deal only benefits Melnyk’s wallet.
There's a difference between creative accounting in related companies a, b ,c ,d and e that are inside a parent holding company f and pushing money between completely unrelated entities.
We found a team to take a $3 million a year minor league goalie off our hands without us having to retain salary or take a stinky contract in return. Are you kidding me? Start the car and go. Any team in the league takes that deal, regardless of how broke their owner may or may not be.
It's also worth noting that by the time we are ready to contend, the Bolts and Leafs windows will be closing. We are at a different stage than they are.
The good news is that this all comes to a head in a year anyway - either Melnyk keeps Chabot, or he sells the team to someone who can. Stubborn as he is, he's smart enough to know that his franchise value will take a massive hit if Chabot is allowed to take an offer sheet and the fans go into full riot mode, creditors start calling loans, league starts getting involved, etc.
Our story for the last 10 or so years has been that missing piece or two because of the lack of budget to fill holes. We've been working with a peg leg and that same old story will likely creep in again at some point.The Senators are most certainly at a different stage than Tampa and the Leafs. Those teams have a window of opportunity to win the SC; the Senators don't and most likely won't ever have such a window under Melnyk due to his inability or unwillingness to invest more in the team. We has some very good to excellent pieces in Zibanejad, Karlsson, Duchene, Stone that could be built around but sold them off due to budget reasons.
And Tampa
Rest assured Brayden Point will score a lot of goals against us in the next 8years with our help...
And Tampa
Rest assured Brayden Point will score a lot of goals against us in the next 8years with our help...
Well this is the first time it's been done to this extent, so not surprising it's getting attention. The only franchise that touches it is the Coyotes, and I don't believe they've even gone this extreme with it.It's weird that out-of-market people are getting so riled up about what the Senators are doing.
We were well below the floor already, so the move was unnecessary for anyone not named Eugene Melnyk.So you would have proffered Condon sitting in the press box, for the entire year, drawing his 3 million, rather than unloading his contract, so that Tampa would have made a deal with another team to gain some cap relief?
It's weird that out-of-market people are getting so riled up about what the Senators are doing.
Didn't someone mention before that all this cap circumvention has an overall effect on escrow or future cap numbers around the league? Even if it's just a few drops in the bucket, it would hurt players. It was one thing that Arizona was doing that while trying to get a new owner in a potentially lucrative and important US tv market...it's another to do it in a good Canadian market.
I wouldn't be surprised if the NHLPA was sending out a few media grumblings and getting a bit of momentum going to close up a loophole like this in the future CBA.
Yeah I'm pretty sure signing bonus isn't subject to escrow, correct?
There were some reports that NHL bonuses are not subject to escrow. However, NHL players do indeed pay escrow on bonuses (see Article 50.11 of the CBA).
We were well below the floor already, so the move was unnecessary for anyone not named Eugene Melnyk.
I think the fact that the trade helps a Leafs division rival is a big part of why it would be getting play in the Toronto media.It's weird that out-of-market people are getting so riled up about what the Senators are doing.
Not a very logical way to run a business, and I doubt you or anyone would keep an unwanted employee around, on the payroll, adding nothing to the business.
Shedding Condon frees up money, if needed for unsigned players/management positions needing to be filled, to add to the organization.
As fans, we shouldn't have to worry about this stuff. Unfortunately, the Ottawa Senators have made us care about the financials.So you would have proffered Condon sitting in the press box, for the entire year, drawing his 3 million, rather than unloading his contract, so that Tampa would have made a deal with another team to gain some cap relief?
Cmon Count, even you know that this will free up money for absolutely nothing.Shedding Condon frees up money
The Toronto media seems to conveniently forget that the Ottawa Senators have also helped them free up some money to re-sign Mitch Marner. Mitch Marner and Point are gonna feast on the Ottawa Senators for years now thanks to the Ottawa Senators.I think the fact that the trade helps a Leafs division rival is a big part of why it would be getting play in the Toronto media.
Not a very logical way to run a business, and I doubt you or anyone would keep an unwanted employee around, on the payroll, adding nothing to the business.
Where are the proofs Condon would have sit in the press box and the proofs Tampa would have made a deal with another team??So you would have proffered Condon sitting in the press box, for the entire year, drawing his 3 million, rather than unloading his contract, so that Tampa would have made a deal with another team to gain some cap relief?
Where are the proofs Condon would have sit in the press box and the proofs Tampa would have made a deal with another team??
Sounds all fairly reasonable, but there are those little signs that are disturbing...no stability in the front office, bare bones management group etc.
Just doesn't fit a true "rebuild"
Except this is incorrect. Because Melnyk has taken money out of the team to pay for his other businesses. It happened when he bought the team. He didn't pay it all in cash, because he wanted to keep his liquid cash in Biovale stocks/other ventures because he thought they would appreciate in value faster than the carrying costs of the sens debt. That's why billionaires take on debt. Not because they can't pay it off, but because they believe that they can beat the interest rate investing the money somewhere else. They do it all the time.
But he lost that gamble. No problem for the first ten years when he was paying off the interest himself. But now he is broke, and the team revenue has to cover the interest, tanking the player budget.
Is some of the debt from operations that should be paid of by team revenues? Yes. How much, as you said, we don't know.
But it is clear the original debt was never paid down and it's pretty clear that Melnyk is not willing to pay it down out of his pocket since it's officially in the teams name now and everybody has forgotten where it came from. So now we have to rebuild while carrying 5-10 mil in interest on money Melnyk took out of the business to fund his other projects and YES, this is going to lead fans to wonder if we would have made the same moves, and be more competitive again sooner, if had we not had Melnyk's debt around our neck.
Like maybe we trade Condon for a player/coach type leader, maybe a local guy, who has already won the cup, that is signed for longer than a year and is really committed to the city/rebuild, and can help the youth find their way. It's not like adding 1-2 mid-level players are going to make the difference whether we are int he lottery next year. But maybe it makes the difference between this year being a character building experience for the rookies vs being completely miserable raking up loss after loss after loss.
Where are the proofs Condon would have sit in the press box and the proofs Tampa would have made a deal with another team??
Common sense tells us it was yet another (in a very long line of them) cost cutting move as the priority over gaining or retaining assets as they circumvent the cap to unprecedented levels.Common sense tells us that the Senators are in a re-build, and want all their own young goaltenders to play as much as possible, wherever they are in the system.
Ottawa had three goaltenders on one way contracts, and wanted Anderson and Nilsson to play ......... that left Condon the odd man out, and nowhere to play in the Senators system ....... they, logically, wanted him off the books ................ the trade to Tampa accomplished that.
Tampa wanted to free up cap space, for their own reasons, and wanted to move the Callahan contract .......... so it was a matter of time before they moved it, so if not to the Senators, then to another team.