Useless Thread MMVIII: Playoff Refereeing Appreciation Thread

[Sega Dreamcast]

they are physically unable to play hockey

According to who? The player who can sit out and keep getting paid, or the team doctors who are being instructed to not clear them

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

According to who? The player who can sit out and keep getting paid, or the team doctors who are being instructed to not clear them

according to their bodies which are not capable of playing hockey anymore

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

according to their bodies which are not capable of playing hockey anymore

"My skills have diminished and I suck now? Might as well LTIRetire so my cap hit no longer counts."

It's total bullshit, they can play, they just don't want to.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

It's entirely possible they can no longer play at an NHL level, but that's what makes all of this bullshit.

Being old and having diminished skills are not valid injuries that should invalidate their cap hits.

 

[John Price]

one look, give 'em whiplash

 

[John Price]

"My skills have diminished and I suck now? Might as well LTIRetire so my cap hit no longer counts."

It's total bullshit, they can play, they just don't want to.

That's not it though they literally are unable to play because of pain

Backstrom went to Europe to try to get surgery and it was mixed, he couldn't play again after that

you seem to think hiding them on LTIR is some kind of gimmick to avoid the cap, it's not. This isn't like what Tampa or Vegas did. This is literally what LTIR is for. Is LTIR against the rules now?

 

[John Price]

Wont' watch WWE until Joe Hendry appears on RAW

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

That's not it though they literally are unable to play because of pain

Plenty of players play through pain and injuries all of the time.

you seem to think hiding them on LTIR is some kind of gimmick to avoid the cap, it's not.

It literally is. They are still under contract, but their cap hits no longer count because they're choosing not to play.

This isn't like what Tampa or Vegas did. This is literally what LTIR is for. Is LTIR against the rules now?

Those teams used LTIR the right way, as a player was injured and actually came back.

They didn't use it to bury lengthy, front-loaded contracts that the players never intended to see through in the first place.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Your story has already changed from "They're incapable of playing" to "They can't play without pain".

Get your bullshit story straight.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

According to you, it's cheating when a player decides to return from LTIR before they're 100% and play through the pain when the playoffs starts.

Yet a player who could conceivably play again, but chooses not to, is a valid use of LTIR.

Make it make sense.

 

[John Price]

the ltir is there for their situations it's not cheating

you think the Caps can just plug backstrom or oshie in. never understood that argument

end of line is usually solid but that was just a weird thing to say. Must be too much "Liddle'" pengoon jealously!

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

the ltir is there for their situations it's not cheating

Well, why are they on LTIR instead of just retiring? To circumvent the cap.

you think the Caps can just plug backstrom or oshie in. never understood that argument

Reading comprehension 0/10

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

"They can't come back, because the team has already replaced them."

Wow, what a compelling argument that definitely doesn't sound like they're being kept on LTIR for the cap relief.

 

[John Price]

all i see is yapping but I don't see no joe hendry talk

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

Is Joe Hendry a jobber too.

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Referring to Patrick Kane as "an aging star".

Everyone is aging, you idiots.

 

[John Price]

Some article about the Nats said "fan favorite" and then you had to click the article to see who it was

I hate that

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

Spencer Carberry looks like the villain from the first Ant Man movie

 

[Sega Dreamcast]

 

[John Price]

Spencer Carberry looks like the villain from the first Ant Man movie

thought you didn't watch MCU.