Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season

[wiseguy1]

Teams like Rangers, Leafs and Oilers, loaded with high end talent are flopping. This may really change how teams draft, sign free agents and what type of players they pick up at the deadline. Wonder if the Bruins should have digged deeper for a big defensive defenseman, instead of Orlov.

 

[GEEMAN]

Teams like Rangers, Leafs and Oilers, loaded with high end talent are flopping. This may really change how teams draft, sign free agents and what type of players they pick up at the deadline. Wonder if the Bruins should have digged deeper for a big defensive defenseman, instead of Orlov.

No team has won a cup with a 10 mil player

 

[lecoqsportif]

Kucherov, Point and Vas are at 9.5. Stamkos 8.5. Hedman 7.8.

Distinction without a difference.

 

[Krustchev]

Teams like Rangers, Leafs and Oilers, loaded with high end talent are flopping. This may really change how teams draft, sign free agents and what type of players they pick up at the deadline. Wonder if the Bruins should have digged deeper for a big defensive defenseman, instead of Orlov.

They have two men's league goalies.

 

[CH1]

it's all semantics...Crosby/Malkin were making the equivalent of 10M in terms of cap percentage when they won their cups in 2017

 

[CH1]

If anything, the elite players in this league outperform their cap hit. Substantially.

It's paying 4M for replacement level players that sinks your fortunes.

 

[Habsy]

If anything, the elite players in this league outperform their cap hit. Substantially.

It's paying 4M for replacement level players that sinks your fortunes.

Team sport. Pay 3 or 4 guys half your cap. See what happens.

 

[Sal_Butera]

I see Landeskog is out for all next season, wonder if Avs go after PLD for 1-season?

 

[Habsy]

I don't see them doing so

 

[GGpX]

Beyond a natural fit, I don't know how Colorado would acquire him. They have literally nothing to offer in trade bait besides their first round picks.

Landeskog might be done, and if that's the case, that will help Colorado significantly in an odd way. But yeah, Colorado's window's already shut. With Landeskog out, Nischushkin maybe being in legal hot water, they're a team that is going to need to build around MacKinnon with free agents. That shit's not going to be easy.

 

[GEEMAN]

If anything, the elite players in this league outperform their cap hit. Substantially.

It's paying 4M for replacement level players that sinks your fortunes.

or a 1 mil Gally making 6.5

 

[Sal_Butera]

 

[lecoqsportif]

Let’s get their 1st rd pick.

 

[Habsy]

Anderson

 

[GEEMAN]

Team sport. Pay 3 or 4 guys half your cap. See what happens.

Yup , plus you need to be elite at the draft table

Get the cheap ELC`s and dump em when you cant afford them

 

[GEEMAN]

They are fucked royally , good luck

 

[Habsy]

Yup , plus you need to be elite at the draft table

Get the cheap ELC`s and dump em when you cant afford them

There are those that prefer to have a couple of Ferraris in the garage but drive Hondas because of expense.

Then there are those that prefer to have a few Mercedes instead.

 

[GEEMAN]

There are those that prefer to have a couple of Ferraris in the garage but drive Hondas because of expense.

Then there are those that prefer to have a few Mercedes instead.

You need a few high end horses but be smart surrounding them with functional ponies

 

[Habsy]

Horses? The fuck you talking about?

They would slip and slide all over the ice. Horses. Heh.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

They're reloading a gun with a bent firing pin. But they can't undertake a proper rebuild because the season ticket base will dry up and they'll be relocating to Houston sooner instead of later.