Around the League 2019-2024 Edition
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Wayward DP
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that ain't cheap. if he develops as hoped it will be a net win for the Habs though.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
This kid can score like nobodies business. He may be small but that allows him to find his spots in smaller areas than bigger forwards can. The guy is a ninja some games. I don't mind it and if we're going to take a chance on a long term deal on smaller guys he is exactly the type I would do it on. Especially with Marty, who did it himself, as his coach.
They set the current bar with Suzuki. Nobody is getting more than him unless an elite player is coming in.
They set the current bar with Suzuki. Nobody is getting more than him unless an elite player is coming in.
WellPlayed
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Good deal I think. 26 goals in 46 games last year is a hell of a pace, and from what I've seen of him I don't think that's a fluke. If you're getting a guy who can pop 40+ in any given year at $7.85m for 8 years that's a steal and worth a bit of a gamble.
leafman101
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Slightly more cap% than Nylander got, but also get the 2 extra years. Those Caufield/Suzuki deals should work out. Its just too bad the Canadiens tank years will get them Slafkovsky and Benson or something instead of Cooley/Nemec and Bedard/Michkov/Fantilli.
The Leafs lucked out with their tank.
The Leafs lucked out with their tank.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
They won't take Benson. Word is they're high on Leonard. Tkachuk lite type player right now but very similar styles. Habs need another power forward.
Also, don't count out Slafkovsky. Everything I've read says he's a machine at learning. Sure he wasn't ready for the bigs, few are, but he's got a big frame, skates very well and has the skill. It was just a bad draft but I think 3 years from now people will think, hey he's good after all. He's got the right character.
Wayward DP
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I have durability concerns given he's a midget and already missed time.
I think his goal scoring alone is enough to make the contract okay at worst, but remains to be seen what kind of player he develops into. If he reaches his peak, then this will be a steal I think.
I think his goal scoring alone is enough to make the contract okay at worst, but remains to be seen what kind of player he develops into. If he reaches his peak, then this will be a steal I think.
WellPlayed
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Not far off Willy's paces at the same age, with better goal scoring. Although smaller sample size. Willy signed for a $6.9m cap hit, or $7.5m if we average out the wonky first year hit. Now probably the best bargain contract of the core.
They sign Caufield for less than a million bucks more five years later and buy up two more FA years. It's a good deal, gotta gamble to get the future bargain.
worm
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Boys will be boys
worm
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Because bettman won't save them like Zona
worm
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Fool me once...
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
I will get banned again soon, worry not.
Winnipeg had an aspiring owner with deep pockets. Also, the Videotron Centre had not yet been built.
LeafGm
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Aren’t the Jets owned by David Thomson?
They could lose $30M a year and Thomson could fund it by rooting around between his couch cushions.
MindzEye
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He also sees the Jets as a legacy thing in the city he's from. He could float them forever. Never come between a multi billionaire and their ego.
LeafGm
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I have a family member involved with charitable endeavours that sometimes used to put them into contact with uber-wealthy Canadians and the people around them.
And one story that’s stuck with me is he met a guy that was part of a team of five people who essentially worked full time as investment managers of about 1% of David Thomson’s personal fortune. And all of these guys were loaded enough just off that job that they had mansions, fancy sports cars, etc.
And this was even back when David’s dad Kenneth Thomson was still around and David wasn’t even close to the richest member of the family. Just absolutely stupid, mind-bending levels of wealth.
MindzEye
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To kind of put it in perspective for us financial normies.
I could literally disappear for the rest of my life with 1 million dollars and live in extreme comfort for the rest of my life. Not wealth obviously, but I would live in a desirable home, in a desirable location with more than sufficient spending money to never work another day in my life. A million is about the level at which that the financial velocity of your net worth starts to compound beyond the level of a comfortable but simple/normal life to outspend it's growth.
That lifestyle above that you mention is doable on a net worth of only 2-3x that. A single billion is one fucking thousand millions. Or 300-400 of the lifestyles you mention above.
MindzEye
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To kind of put it in perspective for us financial normies.
I could literally disappear for the rest of my life with 1 million dollars and live in extreme comfort for the rest of my life. Not wealth obviously, but I would live in a desirable home, in a desirable location with more than sufficient spending money to never work another day in my life. A million is about the level at which that the financial velocity of your net worth starts to compound beyond the level of a comfortable but simple/normal life to outspend it's growth.
That lifestyle above that you mention is doable on a net worth of only 2-3x that. A single billion is one fucking thousand millions. Or 300-400 of the lifestyles you mention above.