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2014-2015 NHL Thread

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Apparently Jarret Stoll was really ecstatic with the lines when he visited Vegas, was given a societal misconduct and will definitely face supplementary discipline.
 
Patrick said:
Apparently Jarret Stoll was really ecstatic with the lines when he visited Vegas, was given a societal misconduct and will definitely face supplementary discipline.
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Could this explain why the Kings missed the playoffs?  The team has a problem with the illicit use of... well, you know, bad stuff.    :-\
 
Patrick said:
Klingberg gets 30 million from Dallas over 7 years after a 40pt rookie season.
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That caught my eye. Klingberg had a great year, no doubt, but a 7 year commitment to a guy just coming off his rookie season?
 
I'm a big fan of skipping the bridge deal too, but even I'm a bit perplexed by that one.

In his defence, he did seem to have one heck of a rookie season. Scored 40 points but that was only in 65 games. That's 50 points in a full season. That's the highest point per game rate of any rookie defenceman since the Alexei Zhitnik in 92-93. And just beating guys like Rob Blake, Phaneuf, Myers, and Shattenkirk.
 
A mildly interesting thing I just sort of stumbled upon. It stands to reason that with fighting down the number of penalty minutes would be down but I was a little shocked by how much. Only 16 players had 100+ penalty minutes this year and as far as I can tell there's been at least 30 in every non-lockout season in the last 30 years. As recently as 08-09 there were 60.
 
Nik the Trik said:
A mildly interesting thing I just sort of stumbled upon. It stands to reason that with fighting down the number of penalty minutes would be down but I was a little shocked by how much. Only 16 players had 100+ penalty minutes this year and as far as I can tell there's been at least 30 in every non-lockout season in the last 30 years. As recently as 08-09 there were 60.
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Combined team fight totals from 07-08 to 14-15

1316
1458
1423
1284
1089
1182 (lockout year, number pro-rated to 82 games)
933
780
 
Yeah, obviously the way fighting is dying out is the biggest shift there but I wonder if we'll see a player's minor penalty totals become a real negative factor in their value.

I mean Steve Downie lead the league in PIM this year by virtue of leading the league in minor penalties and having twice as many misconduct penalties as anyone else. Maybe he just has a ton of coincidental minors but you have to figure those are things that put a team in a bind.
 
So, should they or shouldn't they (make the nets bigger)...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/what-we-learned--are-bigger-nets-really-answer-to-nhl-scoring-woes-130200571.html
 
Burned by the Discovery Channel:

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Nik the Trik said:
Yeah, obviously the way fighting is dying out is the biggest shift there but I wonder if we'll see a player's minor penalty totals become a real negative factor in their value.

I mean Steve Downie lead the league in PIM this year by virtue of leading the league in minor penalties and having twice as many misconduct penalties as anyone else. Maybe he just has a ton of coincidental minors but you have to figure those are things that put a team in a bind.
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Does anyone else think it makes sense to go back to the old way, and a penalty lasts for the duration of the penalty regardless of if the team on the power play scores?  Or would that make a penalty too severe, and could greatly change the outcome of a game?
 
Significantly Insignificant said:
Does anyone else think it makes sense to go back to the old way, and a penalty lasts for the duration of the penalty regardless of if the team on the power play scores?  Or would that make a penalty too severe, and could greatly change the outcome of a game?
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If that were to be applied again, as it had once been, it would change the outcome, perhaps not thoroughly because that would depend on which teams are playing each other.
If its between two top teams, then there probably wouldn't be too much of a differential (good penalty-killing, goaltending, special teams, etc.).  Same with two low teams that would be about even in various categories.

However, it one were to pair a top team(let's say Anaheim) against a bottom team (let's say Edmonton), now there it would make for a greater differential & outcome.
 
Maybe the Leafs should sign him up...

http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/nhl/russian-president-vladimir-putin-scores-eight-goals-in-exhibition-game-with-former-nhl-
 
This is a story that will probably be of limited interest to anyone who isn't me but some good news for the players as the NHLPA has reached a settlement with the state of Tennessee to recoup millions of dollars athletes paid in a so-called "Jock Tax" where out of state athletes paid 2,500 dollars a game in taxes to the state of Tennessee each time their team played the Predators in Nashville.

Tennessee, NHLPA reach settlement

Where was this tax revenue going, you might ask? Well, right into the pocket of the Nashville Predators.

While a $2,500 tax bill is not a hardship for players like Kobe Bryant, with his $23.5 million salary, for players making the league minimum ? $507,336 this season, or $2,537 per day according to a 200-day work year ? a trip to Tennessee to play the Memphis Grizzlies meant basically working for free.

Another way Tennessee?s tax was unusual: the money didn?t go to government, it went back to the Memphis Grizzlies and Nashville Predators. The clubs defended the tax ? which generated $1.5 million to $2 million per year per club ? as important money they used to lure big musical acts like Paul McCartney and Elton John for events that generated tax revenue for their cities. (Professional football was not included in Tennessee?s jock tax, so it did not apply to the Tennessee Titans or their opponents.)
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Frank E said:
NJ is going to have to sign or trade for some defensemen.
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It doesn't really seem like they plan on competing this season, but I don't hate their blueline. No big names but some under-appreciated ones. Adam Larsson seems to finally be living up to his pre-draft hype. Damon Severson came out of nowhere to have a pretty good rookie year last season. Andy Greene isn't a legit #1 defenceman but he's a sturdy enough top pairing guy. Throw in a few more 24-and-under players in Moore, Merril, and Gelinas and I think that they'll be ok.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Frank E said:
NJ is going to have to sign or trade for some defensemen.
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It doesn't really seem like they plan on competing this season, but I don't hate their blueline. No big names but some under-appreciated ones. Adam Larsson seems to finally be living up to his pre-draft hype. Damon Severson came out of nowhere to have a pretty good rookie year last season. Andy Greene isn't a legit #1 defenceman but he's a sturdy enough top pairing guy. Throw in a few more 24-and-under players in Moore, Merril, and Gelinas and I think that they'll be ok.
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You obviously know more about NJ than I do.  If that's indeed the plan, that's a pretty young bunch of defenders.
 
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