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

[hangman005]

It was. Cost certainty was the main issue, but parity meaning NYR and DET buying all the good players and having payrolls of $77M meant teams couldn't compete.

A certain amount of parity was certainly a bi product, and a foreseeable and largely desirable one at that.

 

[M88K]

You mean doctors that have been giving steroids to baseball players, olympic athletes, covering up injuries, or sending injured players to play before they are ready? Been happening in sport since the beginning of time.

Remember, if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, it is probably a duck.

No way man, that's a goose. They are shifty bastards

 

[Frank the Tank]

Glad to hear Stone is healthy enough for the playoffs. Hope whomever plays Vegas goes full body contact all series

Now, now... that would be targeting poor ol' Mark Stone. Obviously this would be worthy of constant complaining by Vegas players and coaches to the media.

 

[Dr Pepper]

2yrs.
He was activated before the po 3yrs ago, to try and help them wrap up a PO spot, but it didn't work, i'm betting that if they were in danger of actually missing the PO he would have been activated already

Wasn't that 2022? Same year they traded for Eichel I think, and yeah it fell flat with some ridiculously inept shootout results.

It's still the same playbook though; Stone goes on LTIR, Vegas gets extra cap space, adds players that put them over the cap, and then Stone returns later once the cap is not an issue.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

frankly defeats the alleged purpose of the cap (Parity)

Allegedly. But there isn't even any semblance of parity in this league.

The actual purpose of the cap is to make money.

 

[hangman005]

What sort of "proof" are you looking for? Only Vegas, Stone and the doctors who work for Vegas know exactly. But we all know what is going on, you can play dumb if you want but you know it too.

Well the proof everyone else seems to have that isn't assumption on conjecture, it must be there for so many to declare that Vegas is cheating.

If not it holds about as much weight as me saying Stone is the devil... there are 5 sides to a pentagram and Stone is spelt with 5 letters... coincidence... nah he's got to be the devil.

 

[Three On Zero]

I could hear the rustled jimmies and had to come investigate

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Wow, what fortuitous timing. A real pleasant surprise. I, for one, am shocked at how lucky they are that he recovered just at the right moment. Truly, a hockey miracle.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

The simplest solution is make the cap apply through the playoffs.

Bingo. Easy solution.

 

[Masked]

Though I don’t think Mark Stone is fully healed either. He must be a cocktail of painkillers and drugs right now.

Nope. If he hasn't had it removed, recovering from a lacerated spleen is relatively painless after less than a week. No need for painkillers.

 

[Ol' Jase]

Same player, same team, same situation three years in a row?

It's pretty comical at this point.

 

[iCanada]

Wow, what fortuitous timing. A real pleasant surprise. I, for one, am shocked at how lucky they are that he recovered just at the right moment. Truly, a hockey miracle.

Really, no one could have spleen this coming.

 

[tfwnogf]

Well the proof everyone else seems to have that isn't assumption on conjecture, it must be there for so many to declare that Vegas is cheating.

If not it holds about as much weight as me saying Stone is the devil... there are 5 sides to a pentagram and Stone is spelt with 5 letters... coincidence... nah he's got to be the devil.

Vegas aka sin city has 5 letters too...and occam's razor proves they are cheaters.

 

[Ghetty Green]

We don't want the NHL to be like the MLB from 1990-2010.

That was a great era for MLB

 

[Coffey]

That was a great era for MLB

Just legalize doping.

 

[Canovin]

Rules really only applies whenever Bettman feels like that day

 

[hangman005]

Vegas aka sin city has 5 letters too...and occam's razor proves they are cheaters.

occam's razor may suggest it, but it doesn't prove it.

 

[Slats432]

A certain amount of parity was certainly a bi product, and a foreseeable and largely desirable one at that.

Edmonton was a small market at the time. Was very happy to see the cap.

 

[tfwnogf]

occam's razor may suggest it, but it doesn't prove it.

I asked God and He said they cheated. Case closed.

 

[hangman005]

I asked God and He said they cheated. Case closed.

Well why didn't you start with that... case closed.

 

[AvroArrow]

The cap was never actually about parity, it was about cost certainty

Of course that's why I used "alleged" regardless, they are icing a roster above the cap while the other teams will be within the cap limit, it's a joke.

 

[tfwnogf]

Well why didn't you start with that... case closed.

I was saving my big guns until I needed them...kinda like Vegas

 

[Czechboy]

 

[SnuggaRUDE]

 

[AvroArrow]

I'm not squirming out of shit the use of LTIR to replace players is a feature of the CBA but you telling me that the argument is invalid because people are questioning that Stone is being held out while healthy (and my position on that has been the same since day one, IF that happening yes it would be cheating) All I said was most people aren't questioning if Vegas are cheating they are declaring it so it only seems fair they offer proof.

My goalposts have stayed the same, it is you who has moved them.

He should be on IR not LTIR, they expect him back and I bet he will be ready to go for game 1 again.

It's obvious they are cheating, but that's how loopholes work. It's finding a way to break the spirit of the rule because of the rules not being worded properly.