Around The League - 2025 Offseason

[GEEMAN]

No, but at least there’s space to improve team depth. Nurse’s share of the cap has decreased and that share can be spread around.

If they’re too thick not to see it, that’s their problem.

They are too busy resigning washed up vets and paying Skinner and Arvidson but let go of Hollway and Broberg that

could have been retained on the cheap .

 

[GEEMAN]

Yeah. But they also can’t pay for the playoff style ballz to the wallz guys they need to lead those gimps.

Their bottom 6 and D were laughable.

Yup , not built for the war in trenches

 

[lecoqsportif]

This is from wiki:


I find it hard to believe the flat spot from 19-20 to 22-23, maybe even 23-24, didn’t cut them off at the knees.

They were used to steady growth we saw from 12-13 up until COVID and there was no foreseeable reason not expect similar growth. Those rich contracts were signed in a growth period that disappeared over night.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

yeah no one could have predicted some bat being eaten at a wet market causing the havoc it did so I don't blame teams who had gone hard before 2020

 

[worm]

Bad contracts are bad deals regardless of Covid or a stagnant cap

Oliers are not doing cart wheels because Nurse`s deal looks better in a 95-100 mil cap

It's why McDavid will stay. So they probably are doing cart wheels

 

[wiseguy1]

Nah more money in NC than commie Portland.

Two teams in the same arena is cheaper though. Anyway, Buttman wont allow it.

 

[Habsy]

yeah no one could have predicted some bat being eaten at a wet market causing the havoc it did so I don't blame teams who had gone hard before 2020

I still don’t believe that explanation

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

I still don’t believe that explanation

neither do I

 

[lecoqsportif]

Whatever.

But that doesn’t change the flat cap line in that chart.

 

[GrandWazoo]

Problem wasn't as much their big contracts but the fact that they didn't found enough value in the remaining ones.

 

[GrandWazoo]

Whatever.

But that doesn’t change the flat cap line in that chart.

It definitely was a factor.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

if we hadn't blown it and taken that turd over Tkachuk, I would laugh more

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[lecoqsportif]

Problem wasn't as much their big contracts but the fact that they didn't found enough value in the remaining ones.

There was very little flex to try to fix their bad or underperforming contracts. On the other hand, we can carry Laine, Gallagher and Anderson and still add Dobson.

Anyway, I think it’s great.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

There was very little flex to try to fix their bad or underperforming contracts. On the other hand, we can carry Laine, Gallagher and Anderson and still add Dobson.

Anyway, I think it’s great.

yet I'm told Price's contract was an anchor...

 

[lecoqsportif]

yet I'm told Price's contract was an anchor...

His was mostly LITRed during the period in question.

 

[CH1]

weird thing to say but we got lucky that Price (and Weber) got hurt in career ending ways....the rebuild would have been way harder without being able to weaponize their cap space for a ton of futures

 

[lecoqsportif]

yep