[Official] NHL free agency
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i hope that the cap stops fucking going up every year...then the teams that sign players to rediculous contracts will be fucked.
however, bettman will keep increasing the cap by 6 mil/year and soon the floor that teams are required to spend at will be where the cap is now...I think the floor is going to be higher this year than the cap was the first year out of the lockout.
fucking stupid
however, bettman will keep increasing the cap by 6 mil/year and soon the floor that teams are required to spend at will be where the cap is now...I think the floor is going to be higher this year than the cap was the first year out of the lockout.
fucking stupid
Kerosene31
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A great idea in theory, but poorly implemented.
There is no way many teams are making enough money to cover this growth. The revenue sharing is a joke compared to the NFL. I would love to know how they calculate "league revenues", because there is no way many teams are making tons of money.
The cap increased only because the canadian dollar had a huge raise this year and all Canadian team made a lot of money because of this. These are the facts: Canadian teams had an overall increase of ~25% of their revenue while American team had ~6.5% average. source (french): Jean-François Bégin : Sundin, sur les ailes du huard | Chroniqueurs | Cyberpresse
That's exactly it. I recall this being discussed in the draft thread too.
Bertuzzi clearing waivers shouldn't be a surprise at all. Anaheim was going to buy out his contract. Why would a team grab him for $4 million when they can probably get him for less?
Wouldn't they only have to pay half of it while Anaheim would have to pick up the other half? I actually laughed when I saw him on waivers and thought that Edmonton should pick him up so he can do what Burke wanted him to do.
I don't know how much you've seen of Visnovsky, but he is easily one of the most underrated defensemen in the NHL. This last season was rough for him, but there is nothing wrong with his defensive game. He's an excellent skater and he can move the puck very well. His positioning is usually very solid, and he has a good stick. He is far from a one-dimensional player. His size is certainly a disadvantage, but he makes up for it with his skating ability.
No, that's only on re-entry waivers. You pay full price for a player being sent down on waivers.
I haven't seen a lot of him but I have seen some of him. I don't expect him to do well against Calgary or Minnesota since they're both physical teams and Edmonton will be playing them each 8 times this year.
Ah, I didn't know that. It's no wonder why so many cleared waivers then.
He might surprise you. He's the kind of player who could do very well defending against a Gaborik, because of his speed and lateral movement, though I wouldn't put him against a player like Iginla. I don't say this with a lot of pleasure. He was on a team I hate, but I saw tons of him. Unless he has another shit season, he will probably be worth every penny that he's being paid.
He's no Niedermayer, but he's solid defensively, and that skating ability can really make up for the occasional mistake.
Exactly my point. He is one of my favourite defenseman to watch because he is almost identical in the way he plays to kimmo timmonen. The flyers made a very strange move today. We dealt a player we have only just picked up for a sixth round draft pick next year. Maybe we were clearing out dead weight and had no intentions of keeping the player. Or maybe the player is keep to go back to russia. Who knows
I don't think so. Midnight Eastern is when the cap goes up and I am pretty sure it's open season on the free agents. That's actually when the Oilers are expected to make a trade involving Pitkanen.
