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Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season

lecoqsportif said:
I dunno. Granted, Gallagher was ballz to the wallz, stretching every scintilla of effort to just get into B territory for three seasons. He literally broke himself. And that’s why people admire him.

Suzuki is playing within himself, attaining B+ with far more ease. It looks to be sustainable for a decade if he avoids injury. I don’t think it’s that close, frankly.
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he was an elite shot and goal producer 5 on 5 for several years
 
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Per Larry Brooks - NYR “going for it” Lindholm main focus


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By the way, if it is true that the Rangers and Canadiens won’t talk about available third-line center Sean Monahan because there’s some sort of thing going on between Drury and Montreal executive VP Jeff Gorton, that’s probably good for the Blueshirts. Monahan surely will be an overpriced rental. We also have been told that even if the dynamic is not palsy-walsy, it would not stop the teams from striking a deal if one were to make sense.
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GEEMAN said:
Yup , plus Mony might come with a cheaper ask price
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Lindholm will have more of an impact so I doubt the Rags would care, if their goal is to win the Cup this year, which I think is the case, as they have a lot of older forwards.
 
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GrandWazoo said:
I don’t think you get it. Owners makes stupid decisions all the time. All they need is a way to get out of it, and let the players have a bit of their share. Fair buyouts are the way to go.
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No, owners need to be punished for their bad decisions. The current system does this, and the inability to spend your way out of a mistake is why rich teams like the Leafs can't win playoff games anymore. If you slacken those rules then the Leafs can sign 3 Ryan Reaves' every summer without having to face the consequences the following spring. It needs to hurt. The entire point of the cap system is to level the playing field. Slacking off on the rules restores the imbalance between rich teams and poor/cheap ones.
 
CH1 said:
it sounds good but I think it'll be too easy to game
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It can't be gamed at all from my perspective. And you don't just do it for Canadian teams, you do it for all teams. Sure, there are differences in tax rates and what and what isn't deductible in Canada versus the US, but there are also differences between provinces and states too. Taxes are less in Edmonton than in Vancouver. Florida and Arizona don't have state taxes but New York and California do. So every off season the league bean counters need to run the numbers and figure out what each team gets to spend relative to an accepted standard.

If, for example, the cap is set at $80 million per franchise as a base, the actual, real salary cap is based on the cap number after all the outside factors of marginal tax rates are accounted for. Different teams will have different amounts they can spend on paper but in reality they will each have the same purchasing power. If a player signs a contract for $6 million, his take home pay after taxes will be the same no matter what team he plays for. If he signs with a team playing in a high tax city, the team will be able to overpay him so that his income after deductions is the same as if he were in a low tax jurisdiction.

It's complicated but it can be done. You will still have players who don't want to play in Canada and they will still have their NTC's. But at least they will no longer be able to use the excuse that playing in Montreal would cost them money because taxes.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
westgetsnohead is a 1 trick pony
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I don't know why you choose to attack the guy who did more to help rid the game of rapists and give Hockey Canada, the tax-funded entity that has been trying to cover up such crimes for decades, a free pass. Without his journalism all of these scumbags would be walking around free from consequences. The sports media needs more Westheads and fewer Berkshires who are only good for waving pom-poms.

These players really need to go to prison but failing that (or in addition to it) they need to have the thing they love most taken away from them forever: the ability to play hockey for money. That privilege needs to be rescinded from them and they need to be made pariahs for life, permanently ineligible to earn a living off the sport.
 
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