Vegas about to circumvent cap again? UPD: Mark Stone back practicing.

[TheBeard]

I just realized now why Vegas traded for Hanifin - they now have TWO players with well-documented injury histories to play with come LTIR/TDL time.

 

[Czechboy]

Bettman says “not so fast, Edmonton!”

That is a comment made often to be honest... what would happen if a Canuck franchise did this annually? I hope to find out!

Myers has a back ache
Reaves has a hand injury
Campbell has hurt feelings

Let's do this!

 

[Three On Zero]

That is a comment made often to be honest... what would happen if a Canuck franchise did this annually? I hope to find out!

Myers has a back ache
Reaves has a hand injury
Campbell has hurt feelings

Let's do this!

Myers is just a few games away from never being a Canuck again!

 

[Ted Hoffman]

So the team is *right* under the cap with just 12/6/2

Now do the full roster (14 / 7 / 2) cap hit - its $91m. Simply Scratching $9m doesnt magically remove it

It's the playoffs, you don't declare some 23-man "eligible to play" roster like in MLB.

Not to mention, if you could run a 20-man roster in the regular season there's no reason for someone to ask well what it was a 23-man roster? because there still wouldn't be a requirement to do it.

 

[Three On Zero]

I just realized now why Vegas traded for Hanifin - they now have TWO players with well-documented injury histories to play with come LTIR/TDL time.

Yes, that’s why they traded for Hanifin

 

[Czechboy]

Myers is just a few games away from never being a Canuck again!

Question for you... are the brackets set?

Eg. for the first 2 rounds Oilers, Nucks, Preds and Kings go to battle but cannot meet any of Avs, Stars, Kniights or Kings till round 3? Or do they reseed after round 1?

 

[TheBeard]

Yes, that’s why they traded for Hanifin

I meant Hertl.

 

[EMcx2]

Question for you... are the brackets set?

Eg. for the first 2 rounds Oilers, Nucks, Preds and Kings go to battle but cannot meet any of Avs, Stars, Kniights or Kings till round 3? Or do they reseed after round 1?

They do not reseed after the first round.

 

[Three On Zero]

Question for you... are the brackets set?

Eg. for the first 2 rounds Oilers, Nucks, Preds and Kings go to battle but cannot meet any of Avs, Stars, Kniights or Kings till round 3? Or do they reseed after round 1?

I believe they are set

 

[Czechboy]

I believe they are set

That is not a bad draw for us! The 4 teams I feared the most are in the other bracket!

So watch the Preds and LA sweep us and move on.lol

 

[Three On Zero]

That is not a bad draw for us! The 4 teams I feared the most are in the other bracket!

So watch the Preds and LA sweep us and move on.lol

This is arguably Edmontons easiest path they’ve had

 

[Czechboy]

This is arguably Edmontons easiest path they’ve had

Easy is relative as all 3 teams are great but yes, to my eye, looks easier than the other bracket which looks like 4 potential cup winners beating the shit out of each other for a month.lol

 

[WhataKnight]

As Mark Stone prepares for playoff return, Golden Knights respond to 'insinuation'

Stone missed 25 games with a lacerated spleen, and Vegas used his cap space to acquire players before the trade deadline.

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FWIW if there was a cap the Knights would be under it for their G1 roster.

That…..is beautiful…..and sublime in SO many ways…..

Any doubts? THIS is the post.
Any accusations? THIS IS THE POST.

Anyone thinking that this is an illegal roster for the regular season…..and I myself……overlooked the work of art that is Logan Thompson’s contract: $766k.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Vegas Golden Knights have a compliant roster.

 

[WhataKnight]

$82.1785M.

Leaving $1.3215 in space and coming up with THAT is goddamned insane.

Because of Hanifin’s contract kicking in, things will change, and this off-season is going to hurt somehow….(I’m okay with missing having Stephenson & Martinez here if they can find a way to keep Marchy)….but on paper, that is absolutely filthy.

 

[Czechboy]

Exhibit A on why McCrimmon is a better GM than Holland.

 

[Vegas07]

It's hilarious what fans talk themselves into. This is plainly cap circumvention.

That is cheating. I don't even care but if they do win the cup it will be with an asterisk.

It’s hilarious that fans think it means anything when they say there will be an asterisk. I’m wearing a 2023 Stanley Cup champs shirt I bought, one of several that I have. There is not a single asterisk on any of them. It’s not on the banner, it’s not on the cup, it’s not on any team pictures, it’s not mentioned in the local media, I didn’t hear it mentioned in the parade, and it’s not in any record book I’ve seen. I haven’t seen any asterisks for Chicago and Tampa either.

This team is actually an underdog in the first round, so I think a first round underdog winning a cup sounds pretty significant.

I'm sure there's a clear delineation between what playoff and non playoff teams care about.

But the point is if this is so wrong, the teams shouldn’t help cheaters cheat. Maybe they should refuse to do any deals with cheaters. That would stop this immediately.

 

[Three On Zero]

Exhibit A on why McCrimmon is a better GM than Holland.

Without knowing the extent of the injury, it could just be a lesser hernia that requires no surgery to fix

 

[Czechboy]

 

[North Cole]

But the point is if this is so wrong, the teams shouldn’t help cheaters cheat. Maybe they should refuse to do any deals with cheaters. That would stop this immediately.

But why would someone not make deals if the cheating had no affect on them? The teams selling at the deadline have by in large given up. Seems dumb to not profit from trading with Vegas, since you know that next year they can't run the roster back. The cap overage is a temporary thing, basement dwellers shouldn't factor it in. Not sure why that's interpreted as an argument that massive cap overages are okay.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

That is a comment made often to be honest... what would happen if a Canuck franchise did this annually? I hope to find out!

Myers has a back ache
Reaves has a hand injury
Campbell has hurt feelings

Let's do this!

They should do it. As should Edmonton and Toronto and New York and Boston, etc... One of the prevailing points supporting this practice is "every team can do it," so let's see the big money teams stashing 2-3 players a season to activate come playoff time and see how long the league lets it persist. I suspect it wouldn't be very long.

 

[Czechboy]

They should do it. As should Edmonton and Toronto and New York and Boston, etc... One of the prevailing points supporting this practice is "every team can do it," so let's see the big money teams stashing 2-3 players a season to activate come playoff time and see how long the league lets it persist. I suspect it wouldn't be very long.

Exactly this.. I want everyone to do it. Let's see how hard that rule is to change.lol. Or let them do it. Fine either way. All of us or none of us.

And I say this a lot... I have zero issue with Vegas doing it. My issue is the oil haven't.lol

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Exhibit A on why McCrimmon is a better GM than Holland.

Ken Holland should have gone to all the Western Conference away games so the fans of the other teams could cheer him one last time for the good that he has done for them over the years.

 

[Czechboy]

Ken Holland should have gone to all the Western Conference away games so the fans of the other teams could cheer him one last time for the good that he has done for them over the years.

I go to bed every night shitting my pants that they extend him.

 

[notbias]

Not all teams and players are willing to cheat.

If Kane was ready 5 games before the end of the season, maybe he'd want to be playing.

Not everyone knows 30 games before the end of the season that they will be ready for game 1 and not a game before.

 

[BostonBob]

I go to bed every night shitting my pants that they extend him.

Pretty safe to say that you're sleeping alone these days.