Useless Thread MM: Juan Soto Appreciation Thread

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

Feel a bit shitty over OSU winning and Carlos losing but lol coco

4 more hours to go

 

[John Price]

It doesn't hurt as much but if we didn't have an OSU regular here I'd be f***ing livid

Need to find a way to pass the time now, just more gambling degenerate videos to pass the time

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

te he he

All of these moves speak to a cap flexibility that the Capitals didn't always anticipate. One of the primary differences between the Capitals' resurgence and the Penguins' fade is the composition of their respective cores. Pittsburgh has $30.9 million in cap space dedicated to Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson -- 35% of its cap space dedicated to four players.

The Capitals used to have a similar plight with Ovechkin ($9.5 million), defenseman John Carlson ($8 million), Backstrom ($9.2 million) and Oshie ($5.75 million). But Backstrom and Oshie are on long-term injured reserve this season. Backstrom returned from hip surgery to play just eight games last season before "stepping away from the game" last November. Oshie is expected to miss the entire season due to a chronic back injury.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

te he he

All of these moves speak to a cap flexibility that the Capitals didn't always anticipate. One of the primary differences between the Capitals' resurgence and the Penguins' fade is the composition of their respective cores. Pittsburgh has $30.9 million in cap space dedicated to Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson -- 35% of its cap space dedicated to four players.

The Capitals used to have a similar plight with Ovechkin ($9.5 million), defenseman John Carlson ($8 million), Backstrom ($9.2 million) and Oshie ($5.75 million). But Backstrom and Oshie are on long-term injured reserve this season. Backstrom returned from hip surgery to play just eight games last season before "stepping away from the game" last November. Oshie is expected to miss the entire season due to a chronic back injury.

Players signing front-loaded contracts just to magically get injured when they're making the least amount of money sounds like cap circumvention to me.

 

[John Price]

I'm having a nice salad with chipotle dressing for lunch.

Players signing front-loaded contracts just to magically get injured when they're making the least amount of money sounds like cap circumvention to me.

It's not like Backstrom or Oshie will return anytime soon. Why can't they go on LTIR and free up space for the Caps to sign other people?

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

It's not like Backstrom or Oshie will return anytime soon. Why can't they go on LTIR and free up space for the Caps to sign other people?

Why should a team be allowed to see the benefit of a lower cap hit from a front-loaded contract, just for a player to conveniently go on IR during the backend of their contract?

Marian Hossa magically became too injured to play when once his base salary bottomed out to $1m for the last 4 years of the contract. Blackhawks got the benefit of paying him $12m with $6m cap hit, that then no longer counts towards the cap once he soft retired on LTIR, as if he never intended to play out the entire contract.

That's cap circumvention.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

hood afternoon @PanthersPens62

 

[End of Line]

It doesn't hurt as much but if we didn't have an OSU regular here I'd be f***ing livid

Need to find a way to pass the time now, just more gambling degenerate videos to pass the time

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I love how happy the little smile on ze is, and it’s perfectly adorable shape

@PanthersPens62

 

[John Price]

I'm not in a f***ing good mood and it has nothing to do with Ohio State

computer being a bitch

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

All in on the Bills

Please humble the f***ing Chiefs

 

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[Hansen]

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Okay.