The_Admiral Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 What doesn't make sense? It's been explained. It's because the league is tired of getting pantsed on their crappy CBA by players, agents, and teams that make money by spending money, and now they have to fire a shot across the bow because renegotiations are coming up. It sucks and they shouldn't have a leg to stand on, to say nothing of the fact that this is probably going to cost us yet another season (and if that happens, we're done), but that's what they're doing. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianVlietDesign Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Easy tiger. Sorry. I'm very edgy today. idk why. And Rusty was one of my favorite Mighty Ducks when he was here, just want to get him corrected is all haha.Once I hear the news Kariya is signed, all will be good in my book. Selanne is back, so that's one step forward.Kariya may not be as agile as he once was. But, adding him into the mix with Selanne and Koivu will boost chemistry for sure. Plus, he's still posting fairly decent numbers for someone who has had to recover from wrist injuries. I'd rather Selanne play this next season with his bud and be in good spirits than to struggle another season wondering what if. I've always been a huge Kariya fan so to see him come back to the Ducks is a dream come true for me. He may not be the Kariya of the 90s, but he's still got some juice left in him. And as much as Bob Murrary sucks @$$, I will be grateful for a Kariya signing. Then we can boot him out. NYCFC - MLS CUP CHAMPIONS - 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 What doesn't make sense? It's been explained. It's because the league is tired of getting pantsed on their crappy CBA by players, agents, and teams that make money by spending money, and now they have to fire a shot across the bow because renegotiations are coming up. It sucks and they shouldn't have a leg to stand on, to say nothing of the fact that this is probably going to cost us yet another season (and if that happens, we're done), but that's what they're doing.It;s not that i don't understand the NHL's side, but they're the ones that let themselves be pantsed... Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodCuse Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 You're stuck on the numbers. The numbers don't matter. What matters is how the contract is set up. It is set up in the same way as Hossa and the others contracts. Front-loaded & looooong, to reduce the cap hit. The numbers don't matter. Why approve all the rest, but stop this one, when it's the same deal other's have been doing? With throw-away years and the like? It doesn't make sense.No, the numbers matter completely, the numbers and the no-movement clause becoming a no-trade clause. You aren't reading the ruling, the arbitrator says so specifically. The reason this was voided is because 97% percent of the money is in the first 11 years, and because the Devils can send him to the minors once the money drops off (or he could just retire) in the last 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 You're stuck on the numbers. The numbers don't matter. What matters is how the contract is set up. It is set up in the same way as Hossa and the others contracts. Front-loaded & looooong, to reduce the cap hit. The numbers don't matter. Why approve all the rest, but stop this one, when it's the same deal other's have been doing? With throw-away years and the like? It doesn't make sense.No, the numbers matter completely, the numbers and the no-movement clause becoming a no-trade clause. You aren't reading the ruling, the arbitrator says so specifically. The reason this was voided is because 97% percent of the money is in the first 11 years, and because the Devils can send him to the minors once the money drops off (or he could just retire) in the last 6.What i'm saying is that the ruling is flawed... Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElwoodCuse Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Tell me why it's not reasonable to conclude that the terms of this contract "reflect not so much the hope that Mr. Kovalchuk will be playing in those advanced years, but rather the expectation that he will not." Don't just be all "it's flawed because everyone else got to do it so my team should too, no matter to what extreme". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Even if the ruling makes some sense, doesn't it hurt the league way more when Kovalchuk bolts to the KHL after this? Or is that still not likely? On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Shouldn't this whole mess be shame on the NHL for agreeing to a CBA where such loopholes exist? PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Since Kovy's contract has been officially voided, do the Isles now have a precent to examine DiPietro's contract in hopes of getting out of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Even if the ruling makes some sense, doesn't it hurt the league way more when Kovalchuk bolts to the KHL after this? Or is that still not likely?Who to the what now?/Does that answer your question?//All that money for player salaries, and they can't afford a bloody defibrilator.Shouldn't this whole mess be shame on the NHL for agreeing to a CBA where such loopholes exist?Yeah. At least for lacking the ability to anticipate said subversions of the cap. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 The NHL is going to "investigate" front loaded contracts.Franzen and Zetterberg are not mentioned in the article.TSN Link PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 They did this like, exactly a year ago. They said Franzen and Zetterberg were safe because those were negotiated in the spirit of the CBA. Never mind that Scotty Bowman basically xeroxed their contract offers on his way out of Detroit and used them for Hossa. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Blackhawks re-signed Nick Boynton, $500,000/1 year. I'm not entirely sure why; there's a glut of defensive prospects (Lalonde, Connelly, Vishnievsky, Olsen, Leddy) in the pipeline, and I was hoping to see one or more of them get some playing time. I suppose the rationale is that those prospects are destined for bigger and better things than the humble third pairing, and so it'd be counterproductive to put them in a role for which they aren't suited, especially behind two high-TOI pairs. That's what doomed Cam Barker. So I suppose they'll go with a three-man rotation of Boynton, John Scott, and Jordan Hendry, with Scott assuming Sopel's role as Secret Service (jump in front of shots), Hendry just kinda playing what minutes Seabrook and Hjalmarsson don't, and Boynton doing either/or. It's kind of like Demolition when they had Ax, Smash, and Crush, but crappier and less BDSM-y.Incidentally, Boynton has to go down as one of the all-time great Stanley Cup freeloaders. Seven regular season games, three postseason games. He's probably the least deserving engravee since Basil Pocklington. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJR Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Incidentally, Boynton has to go down as one of the all-time great Stanley Cup freeloaders. Seven regular season games, three postseason games. He's probably the least deserving engravee since Basil Pocklington.Close competition from Jiri Slegr in 2002. 38 games for Atlanta in the regular season, eight more for Detroit, then made his only appearance of the postseason in Game Five of the Finals because Jiri Fischer was suspended. As someone else once put it, "How's he going to tell it to his grandchildren? 'I spent most of the season in the trainer's room for the worst team in the league. Then I was traded to the best team in the league and spent the rest of the season in their trainer's room. Then one of their players did something incredibly stupid and I got to play in the last game of the playoffs. It was the greatest moment of my life.'" FantasyHockeySim.com || DetroitHockey.Net || DetroitHockey.Net FHL || cjr.dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Hey Admiral, looks like it's time to pen another chapter for Only The Goddamned NHL.Your Prince of Wales Trophy winners, the Washington Capitals. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Oh, so they did manage to top "New York Ilanders." Good for them! God does this league ever exist despite itself. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrySmalls Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Caps have signed UFA Eric Belanger to a one year deal worth $1.85 million; however, this deal has yet to be made official as the Caps are working on a trade for a defenseman (Kaberle? Mitchell?) in exchange for Tomas Fleischmann. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Caps have signed UFA Eric Belanger to a one year deal worth $1.85 million; however, this deal has yet to be made official as the Caps are working on a trade for a defenseman (Kaberle? Mitchell?) in exchange for Tomas Fleischmann.Bieksa? Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Caps have signed UFA Eric Belanger to a one year deal worth $1.85 million; however, this deal has yet to be made official as the Caps are working on a trade for a defenseman (Kaberle? Mitchell?) in exchange for Tomas Fleischmann.Mitchells a UFA, Kaberle? No spank you. "I don't understand where you got this idea so deeply ingrained in your head (that this world) is something that you must impress, cause I couldn't care less"http://keepdcunited.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 No comment, just posting articleReport: Newark may sell Devils' arena for budget relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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