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2025-2026 Off Season Thread - The Rehappening

LeafOfFaith said:
Pretty much everyone is the Fourth Period now.

The only time a rumor has any legs is when the deal is done and they report it like five minutes before the official announcement, which is why those are 100% accurate all the time. "Hearing so and so is very close to being moved to that team" and then seconds later they announce the trade. There was never any rumor. They just got early wind of a done deal.

Everything else they say is pure bullshit fiction. Knies isn't asking for $10m. Fucking dummy, at least say $8.5m so that people mostly fall for it.
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Anyone who maxes out when the cap is shooting up in 3 years, is an idiot
 
I love Knies, but this is a guy with two seasons under his belt, where he scored 15 goals/35 points and 29 goals/58 points playing almost exclusively with two 100-point linemates. The idea he should be paid like some established star first line winger is nuts.

If he wants $10M, let him sit out or sign an offer sheet if someone will give it to him.
 
I’d be hesitant to give him 8-9 on a long term deal.

$8 is the Nylander contract and he had 2 60 point seasons.

If that’s what he wants go 3-4 x $5 and get a bonus player.
 
thehabhater said:
Anyone who maxes out when the cap is shooting up in 3 years, is an idiot
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Why ....secure your bag now

Max term is going down a year and your gonna risk injury or poor play for the hope of maybe 10% if all goes well

Nobody has a clue what the future holds

This isnt MLB where Judge turns down 200 mil and bags 360 with a great year

To each his own but taking a short term deal at lets say 20 mil total and turning down 90 makes no sense

If your still productive there is more money to make
 
Pwner said:
Yeah, you know that the NBA just made major changes to their second appron luxury tax penalties to address your exact point? That is why Boston had their mini "teardown". And I expect more moves like that throughout the league.
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Now .....but not back then when many teams couldnt pull of what GSW did for years
 
MindzEye said:
Amazing that you can type all of that while actually grasping this point.

Amazing.

But no, it definitely effects more than your core players. It effects literally every contract on your roster. Everyone will sign for 8-9% less because they don't care about AAV on puckpedia, they care about take home paycheque.

At a 95 million dollar cap, it's likely operating with a 103-104 million dollar cap.
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You must manage the secondary stuff better

Your star core has you by the nuts , stop overpaying or making bad decisions on the bottom 6 and third pair where your cap mistakes are made

Nobody is forcing you hand out trade clauses to slugs or give term to players when plenty are starving for work in August on the cheap

The league is littered with bad contracts and asset management that has nothing to do with tax advantages
 
GEEMAN said:
You must manage the secondary stuff better

Your star core has you by the nuts , stop overpaying or making bad decisions on the bottom 6 and third pair where your cap mistakes are made

Nobody is forcing you hand out trade clauses to slugs or give term to players when plenty are starving for work in August on the cheap

The league is littered with bad contracts and asset management that has nothing to do with tax advantages
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GEEMAN = Gary?
 
LeafGm said:
GEEMAN = Gary?
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nope , work harder and smarter

Find your own Perbix on the cheap for 4 years then walk away when he wants his bag

Find that Forsling diamond in the rough

Dont trade a near decade of firsts and all you have to show for is McCabe

These have zero to do with an 8-9% tax issue
 
Sure but why are they focused on leveling the field for big va mid/small market teams but not high vs low tax.

It’s a clear advantage in a system where advantages are otherwise tried to be minimized.

Edmonton is a well managed team that made back to back cup finals and they have to face a team whose star players make $2-3 mill less because of taxes.
 
The tax issue only impact competitive balance... and the cap and all its rules is in place to prevent the owners from over spending.

League doesn't really care about about balance as long as us northern teams keeps subsidizing the southern teams.
 
Volcanologist said:
it's Florida that's the well managed team. Nobody gave a fuck about taxes when they weren't.
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But it’s an advantage that they get as a well managed team, that a well managed team in New York doesn’t get.

It’s unquestionably an advantage. All their players cap hits are $1-2 mill less. Same Reinhart signed for $8.5 mill after Willy got $11.6 but they take home the same. That has nothing to do with “well managed”.
 
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GEEMAN said:
nope , work harder and smarter

Find your own Perbix on the cheap for 4 years then walk away when he wants his bag

Find that Forsling diamond in the rough

Dont trade a near decade of firsts and all you have to show for is McCabe

These have zero to do with an 8-9% tax issue
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You are doing this weird thing where you pretend that only one thing can be true. Yes having smart management is an important factor. Yes having 10% savings on every contract is an important factor.

If two smart shoppers go to the same grocery store and one of us gets a 10% discount on every item, which person do you think will come out ahead with the better haul?
 
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