2020 Offseason Miscellaneous Thread
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I get where you're coming from, but I have an exceptionally hard time squaring "hard cap" with "phantom contract asset" and don't believe that the two concepts are ethically compatible. Nobody had a gun to anyone's head when these contracts were signed, and most if not all of them contemplated that the contract would exist well beyond the player's useful career. In other words, many of those contracts were an attempt to game the system in the first place by spreading out contract costs (sometimes for cap reasons, sometimes as some sort of half-assed retirement plan or something), and allowing teams to continue to get current value from them even after the player is no longer viable as a playing asset, simply allows bogus contracts to game the system twice. Once a player is no longer an asset, then I believe his contract should no longer an asset either.
HurryCanes
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Thoughts are with the guy. He’s having some serious plumbing work done.
I think I saw that the Hawks will be without Kirby Dach for a long stretch as well. If Toews is out for any length of time, that's going to leave them desperate for quality play at center. Not that they should care, because the Blackhawks SHOULD be tanking.
Dach had wrist surgery and will probably miss the entire season. They also lost Alex Nylander to knee surgery.
Tank, tank, tank, tank. Honestly, given their goaltending, that's all that was ever going to happen anyway.
HeyKurtz
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Here’s (a little) more detail on the Toews situation...
Blackhawks' Toews out indefinitely with illness
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is out indefinitely with an illness.
Because the league and PA came to an agreement, the force majeure discussion is either dead or kicked down the road.
MLS has notified the MLSPA that they will invoke force majeure to terminate the CBA that they signed in June.
MLS will invoke CBA force majeure - source
MLS has informed its players' union that it will invoke a force majeure clause that will terminate the CBA agreed upon in June, a source told ESPN.
NBC published their TV schedule. They’re broadcasting 45 games in total; 19 games on NBCSN on Wednesday night, including an opening night triple header, 16 games on NBC on Saturday or Sunday afternoons and 10 Sunday night games on NBCSN. Of the 45, the Canes have 1, Sunday night, April 4 against Dallas. Chicago has 7 games, Detroit has 6 games. Chicago v. Detroit is 3 of them.
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NBC SPORTS ANNOUNCES ITS EXCLUSIVE NHL SCHEDULE FOR 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON - NBC Sports Pressbox
Season Opens with Wednesday Night Hockey Tripleheader on Jan. 13 on NBCSN Headlined by Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks 19 Different Teams Featured Across 18 Wednesday Night Hockey Matchups; 10 Sunday Night Hockey Games; Record 16 NHL Regular-Season Games on NBC...
We are getting the National TV exposure... At least until they preempt our game for something with more "national" interest...NBC published their TV schedule. They’re broadcasting 45 games in total; 19 games on NBCSN on Wednesday night, including an opening night triple header, 16 games on NBC on Saturday or Sunday afternoons and 10 Sunday night games on NBCSN. Of the 45, the Canes have 1, Sunday night, April 4 against Dallas. Chicago has 7 games, Detroit has 6 games. Chicago v. Detroit is 3 of them.
NBC SPORTS ANNOUNCES ITS EXCLUSIVE NHL SCHEDULE FOR 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON - NBC Sports Pressbox
Season Opens with Wednesday Night Hockey Tripleheader on Jan. 13 on NBCSN Headlined by Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Chicago Blackhawks 19 Different Teams Featured Across 18 Wednesday Night Hockey Matchups; 10 Sunday Night Hockey Games; Record 16 NHL Regular-Season Games on NBC...
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Oilers re-sign dman Ethan Bear, 2 years/$4 million. He came off his entry deal and has played 89 NHL games.
Kings sign forward Andreas Athanasiou, 1 year/$1.2 million. A 30 goal scorer for Detroit in 2018-19, he had 11 goals in 55 games between Detroit and Edmonton. He was a UFA after Edmonton didn’t extend a QO. He was coming off a 2 year/$6 million deal.
Kings sign forward Andreas Athanasiou, 1 year/$1.2 million. A 30 goal scorer for Detroit in 2018-19, he had 11 goals in 55 games between Detroit and Edmonton. He was a UFA after Edmonton didn’t extend a QO. He was coming off a 2 year/$6 million deal.
So far as I can tell, the regional distribution deal for the Hurricanes is still with the Fox Regional networks ... which are now part of Sinclair Broadcasting and may or may not be re-branded as Bally's Sports networks soon. Depending on consumer pressure, YouTube TV will probably re-start negotiations with Sinclair eventually ... as they've raised rates and can't afford to lose group demographics to other services over carriage issues. But, regional NHL numbers are tiny, so it may not matter much. Those with YTTV will just have to wait until closer to the drop dead date and hope for the best. IIRC, Hulu TV does still carry the regional Fox Sports channels, so there are other options.
NoMich
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From what I've read about this stupid situation, Sinclair overpaid for the Fox regional sports channels and are trying to get Hulu, Youtube, Sling, et al to pay for that mistake. And as @jeffbear noted above, the regional viewership for those hockey games are so small that I don't think the streaming networks will care very much about losing the Fox regionals. I can't imagine a whole lot consumers demanding their Hornets games either despite a much improved roster.
Yeah ... there's a lot of noise on the internet from fans trying to push the NHL to remove regional blackouts on the Center Ice packages. That would allow for greater access and more flexibility, especially in markets that aren't likely to have any in-person attendance at any point soon. Sadly, I think those regional restrictions are part of the rights fees negotiated with the region rights holders like Sinclair ... so ... not likely to happen.
It'll suck to have to switch streaming TV providers just to get hockey, but I'll do it if I have to. I'm just not doing it until the absolute last minute.
Caps are over the cap but have Michael Kempny and Lundqvist to hit IR, which will put them just under. They’re also carrying 8 dmen, so Siegenthaler or TVR might be taxi squad candidates. And if Anderson signs off his PTO, they save a few bucks in goal, although they’ll have to eat some of Copley’s contract against the cap, he’s at $1.1 million.
Arizona signs Derick Brassard, 1 year/$1 million
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