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There are ways around it that are so easy and I'd be shocked if either the players or owners objected to it. Allow true free agency at the earliest of: -24 years of age; or -5 accrued seasons of NHL hockey (set the benchmark at being on the NHL roster for 42 or more games) Also, along with...

Which then leads to a bigger problem: The fans, you know, the ones who pay for all this shit?, are the ones left holding the bag. San Jose has been at the bottom of the league year over year, with the exception of one where they finished 22nd or something, for four consecutive years and they're...

I started writing about players and their contracts a few days ago, but it's difficult to tie everything together because there are so many issues relating to it. The NHL is a fucking terrible league whose league structure, rules and collective agreement push teams towards mediocrity and making...

Possibly. I would have liked the Newhook trade much more if they had given him a different contract. A 2 year contract or a 6 year contract and I would have been fine with it. The four year contract makes it a killer. Players are secondary to the contracts they sign.

It's a low risk trade if you're starting to move up the proverbial ladder. But in an organization that was bereft of talent, we gave up a late first & early second for a player who, in hindsight, Colorado didn't seem all that interested in keeping and it might be showing, and that by the time...

The Newhook trade looks worse and worse. And my point around that trade remains the same: What was the point in trading for Newhook & giving him a 4 year contract? There's virtually no chance he'll still be around when this team is good.

No interest in Levi. Jack Quinn, on the other hand...

They at least talk about it, but even then, it's not very sophisticated. I like Simon more than anyone here, but his dislike of analytics annoys me.

Indeed. And while I'm reading up on it, I found some tweets by known doofus Jeff Marek mentioned that two USHL teams have talked to the OHL about joining: https://x.com/JeffMarek/status/1848857656741794231

And it's begun. While the vote isn't official, everything is indicating that the proposal will be accepted. A player from the USHL, Hayden Reid, went undrafted in last year's NHL draft and is committed to the University of Minnesota in the 2025-2026 season. He's since left the USHL to play in...

I'm still waiting for one media member who can actually discuss hockey politics beyond very surface level material. "They key points of the next CBA are A, B, and C, and let me just check what this text message from this agent said... , oh and D as well!" is about as much as the Dregers and...

Yeah, but I don't give a shit about that. If he's just a loudmouth who rips people, then he's no different than the drunks that call to local radio after games. There's virtually no substance to anything he says. He's loud and boisterous while being wrong all the time. A perfect combination to...

What the Habs might need above all, at least when it comes to drafting... They need a better drafting philosophy outside of the first round beyond just "we're looking for unicorns." They spend a lot of picks on players nobody's ever heard of or were basically just considered undraftable. Let's...

If he had less term on his contract, I'd honestly think about Seth Jones.

Yeah, him.

If Montreal has a real strike against it, it's how fucking terrible the local media is. Clueless and toothless. Marinaro sometimes has some interesting hockey people on his podcast, but then once he has that Habfan who does radio from Toronto, Sid something. Whatever his name is. And his...

Hage has no impact whatsoever on who I'm picking. I think it's all but certain we'll be taking a forward with our first pick, possibly even with our second first. Besides Schaefer, there isn't another d-man interesting enough in the top-10.

I think I'd be okay with Desnoyer with our pick? Initially I thought, if we pick 5th, that seems to be a little high for him. But then I look at the players after Hagens-Marton-Frondell-Schaeffer-Misa, and... nobody really gets me going. A guy I'd love with our second first round pick...

Yeah. Players taken from the CHL (Owen Beck, for example) only have the option of the NHL or CHL until they've completed their junior eligibility. That rule doesn't apply to players taken from the USHL, Europe, etc.

Yeah. Acciari's making no attempt to hit Slaf's body, he's aiming at his head from start to finish.