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2020 Offseason Miscellaneous Thread

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In the final divisional lineup, Dallas moved to the Central and Minnesota moved to the west, so the Canes division got a little tougher.
 
Since there won't be ticket sales at least at first the Canes won't mind not playing Islanders, Rangers, Sabres, etc who typically bring a lot of fans.
 
andyt said:
In the final divisional lineup, Dallas moved to the Central and Minnesota moved to the west, so the Canes division got a little tougher.
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Honestly, that was fair. While it benefitted the Hurricanes, the competitive balance was WAY out of whack and swapping the Wild and Stars helped a bit.
 
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It looks the Bolts may have a way out of their cap situation...unfortunately for them, it means putting Kucherov on LTIR...

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Kucherov has a $9.5 million cap hit. That will go a long way to solve their ills. LeBrun has an accompanying piece on The Athletic today too, speaking about the remaining RFAs and UFAs.
 
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Complicating the league’s plan, Ontario will move to a strict lockdown at midnight on December 26 and will last until January 9 for Northern Ontario and January 23 for Southern Ontario.

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I think they're going to have to pull the trigger on the Edmonton option here pretty shortly. Ontario and Quebec are going to get worse before they get better and you don't want to get guys trapped.
 
Tampa must be counting on Kucherov to LTIR. They re-signed dman Erik Cernak to a 3 year/$8.85 million contract ($2.95 AAV) and dman Jan Rutta to,a 2 year/$2.6 million contract. They’re now $6.15 million over the cap.
 
Ah, so the skate had to be making contact with the ice before. I hope they're installing a camera at almost ice level along the edge of the blue line for reviews. But yeah, this tweak makes sense
 
NoMich said:
Ah, so the skate had to be making contact with the ice before. I hope they're installing a camera at almost ice level along the edge of the blue line for reviews. But yeah, this tweak makes sense
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They’ve had a camera in the boards at the blue lines since they instituted the coach’s challenge. In too many cases, the linesmen were looking at pixilated images and had to decide if the blade was on or above the ice. Theoretically, his should make reviews much easier, they’ll just have to decide if any part of the blade is over the blue paint.
 
andyt said:
Tampa must be counting on Kucherov to LTIR. They re-signed dman Erik Cernak to a 3 year/$8.85 million contract ($2.95 AAV) and dman Jan Rutta to,a 2 year/$2.6 million contract. They’re now $6.15 million over the cap.
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Even if Kucherov misses the whole year and they avoid the Cap Smash this season, they're looking at the same or worse for next season ... and they'll want their best forward back eventually.
 
jeffbear said:
Even if Kucherov misses the whole year and they avoid the Cap Smash this season, they're looking at the same or worse for next season ... and they'll want their best forward back eventually.
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Yeah, it’s only a short term fix. They’re already at $79.5 million for next season with only 15 players under contract. They’ve been shopping Canes killer Tyler Johnson but have found no takers for the remaining 4 years, $5 million AAV. The actual is a bit lower at $17.75 million. And even if they move him they're still over the cap.
 
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