Won’t surprise me if in the next player agreement that we see owners remove the loophole allowing a year to be burnt off if they play a game in a season. The players won’t oppose it because it doesn’t affect them. Guys coming in the league don’t really have a say so it’s easy for the NHLPA to sacrifice them.
it was more than just a temper tantrum. They’re a smaller market team and it was a move designed to show the league not to go after their players.
My god have you seen KK play this year or this playoff? He was on the 4th line and almost healthy scratch .You think Carolina deciding if they buy him back is not a red flag? He skates like Bambi literally.
I'd rather have an extra locker than deal with 800k of actual dead cap space for 12 years.
A few errors in your logic:
What, a 6th rounder? I'd bet KK would return at least a 5th. With no retention. But you're right, the obligation ends at the end of the season. That counts for a lot. But the point wasn't arguing who's the better player. The original point was that Bergevin was dumber for trading a 1st and 2nd rounder for Dvorak than Waddell was for signing a 21-year old 3rd overall pick (even if that was a stretch) to what essentially became a 9-year $44,660,020.00 contract. All it cost him was a first rounder.
lol being a playoff team doesnt mean ur a top team contender , they were not.
Statistically they had the 2nd best record in the Eastern Conference and the 2nd best goal differential. The teams that advanced past them were the President's Award winner and the Stanley Cup runner up last year (and favourite this year). That's not a cup contender? And you're suggesting I'm out of touch? You have no credibility.
Just a man that knew that Carolina was not it .
I don't know if Dvorak is better than KK but his contract definitely is. At this point would you want either one? I don't think so.
Because not wanting to live in Winnipeg is a sign of wisdom and insight.
I have watched him a lot over the past several years. I am a NTDP season ticket holder, so watched him live for two years here in Plymouth. I am also a University of Michigan sports fan, so have watched several of his games there (especially during the NCAA and Big Ten tournaments). Finally, he's been a member of the USA U18 and U20 World Juniors teams.
I find that odd. The reclamation projects Hughes went after before had issues of playing time, being allowed to play their game etc. There were no between the ears issues. PLD is the opposite. That guy has got something going on in a motivational, work ethic kind of way. My guess is he will have a good season, but he isn't someone you can count on and for $8.5M and a top 6 role, buddy better show up every shift.
I could see the big market US teams, or Destination teams looking for that. They typically don't have to worry about kids not signing with them. Offering the 1 year contract burn helps get a kid to sign. My guess is it's been helpful for us, though I can't prove it obviously.
The one game season does not advance the UFA date, only the second contract, and offer sheets are not allowed in those cases, such as Sean Farrell (10.2c).
Not sure about the UFA thing but the other 'benefits' the NCAA players enjoy come at the expense of the team. I'm all for player power and would prefer an open, European Soccer style free market with academies instead of restricted FAs and drafts... but that's neither here or there. The reality is such that the American Factor is a much more prominent problem than the so-called Russian factor.
That's insightful. Only time there is a so called Russian factor that I have seen is when a Russian kid is going to be a bottom 6/9 or AHL player. If a Russian is playing or expected to play top 6, he is staying/ coming over.
Curious which American draft pick chosen by Habs refused to sign? I can only think of picks Habs didn’t / wouldn’t offer a contract to
Being coerced to sign Hutson, Farrell, and others to end-of-season contracts which reduce their ELC years from 3 to 2 is a big part of the problem as I see it. I don't like ELC and RFA rules but American College players don't play by the same rules. See how Cutter Gauthier was furious at the Flyers for not signing him when he wanted? The Flyers did him dirty after with the media smear campaign but the problem was always Cutter wanting to get signed on his terms because he had leverage.
