2021-2022 NHL Thread
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Heroic Shrimp
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If unvaccinated and you get sick, you don?t get paid. Giddy up.
If unvaccinated and you get sick, you don?t get paid. Giddy up.
bustaheims
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Frank E said:
A number of them will end up with PTOs, but with most of those names being 35+ and declining, I?m not super surprised they?re still available in a flat cap league.
herman
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You could see it as a 4M contract and some overhead for poaching a very young top-10 pick. Headhunting in any other industry involved a bit of overpay to get the talent into your org. The Hurricanes can re-sign him thereafter to an extension with more term and a more commensurate cap hit (4.5x6 for example). Anyway the point of going that high was to pressure Montreal into letting Kotkaniemi go, not necessarily because he?s worth 6M.
Contrast the Aho offer sheet, which was the right price for the talent but too easy to match.
Contrast the Aho offer sheet, which was the right price for the talent but too easy to match.
Sorry I?m not following. How can you look at it as a 4m contract?
And also isn?t he an RFA after this contract? Aren?t they bound by an offer that can?t be less than his last contract? I think the only way he makes less than 6mil is if he?s not qualified and then becomes a UFA and then Carolina can?t sign him.
Unless I?m misunderstanding how that works.
And also isn?t he an RFA after this contract? Aren?t they bound by an offer that can?t be less than his last contract? I think the only way he makes less than 6mil is if he?s not qualified and then becomes a UFA and then Carolina can?t sign him.
Unless I?m misunderstanding how that works.
bustaheims
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They have to qualify him at $6.1M to retain his rights. They can agree to a contract at whatever amount.
Also, I?m not sure they can?t sign him if they don?t qualify him. I think that only applies to buy outs and walking away from an arbitration result.
Also, I?m not sure they can?t sign him if they don?t qualify him. I think that only applies to buy outs and walking away from an arbitration result.
herman
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Joe S. said:
All I?m saying is the 6.1M is understood to not be his performance value. Whatever number you think he should be (it?s closer to 2M) for his performance last season, the difference is the cost to force Montreal?s hand.
The QO number is something Kotkaniemi could force from whoever controlled his rights hereafter, but it?d be contentious short term/arbitrator situations until UFA if they go that route (Trouba). He is also eligible to sign an extension Jan 1 for whatever number they agree to. Friedman is already ?speculating? out loud that they?ll return him to a more normal number over longer term.
https://twitter.com/scottcwheeler/status/1436389072881262597
I still can't get over how bad their goaltending is going to be. Aaron Dell and Craig Anderson. These two played a combined 11 games last season. Has there been a worse goaltending duo in the cap era?
I still can't get over how bad their goaltending is going to be. Aaron Dell and Craig Anderson. These two played a combined 11 games last season. Has there been a worse goaltending duo in the cap era?
bustaheims
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Buffalo is gearing up to challenge the 74-75 Capitals' record. Or, at the very least, the 92-93 Sens and Sharks.
