Ongoing NHL Thread - Part Brock and Roll Four Lines

[mattola]

 

[forty_three]

Coaches should count against the salary cap.

Change my mind.

 

[dash]

Coaches should count against the salary cap.

Change my mind.

I think the salary cap should be abolished because teams are always looking for ways to circumvent it.

Change my mind.

 

[dash]

You have to give Bettman credit though, he has done a fine job breaking the player's union multiple times in bringing in a hard cap and also bringing in billions in revenue for the league's owners.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Coaches should count against the salary cap.

Change my mind.

 

[mattola]

Coaches should count against the salary cap.

Change my mind.

do they have a union? cause I could see one happening if that happened lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Is it time Spencer Knight starts for the Florida Panthers?

The Florida Panthers are rumored to be aggressively shopping Sergei Bobrovsky this offseason. If general manager Bill Zito is successful in doing so, 21-year-old Spencer Knight would be thrust into the starting role. Florida only has $3-plus million of cap space this offseason and trading some...

floridahockeynow.com

Even at 50% retained, the Pans would have to offer another piece to take it. And who in the league that needs a starting goalie has the 5m space? And Bob has a full NMC until July of 2024. He can veto ANY trade. He specifically said he would stay in Columbus for 10m, but otherwise he wanted to be in Florida.

I hope he goes to Vegas.

And they don’t really have any “other pieces” left after going all in this season. They’re probably gonna have to cash in a player or two regardless so they might get some picks back but to get those just to move them for someone to take Bob’s carcass just doesn’t seem like a good idea.

But if I had to guess a team that might take a stab, NJ?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

You have to give Bettman credit though, he has done a fine job breaking the player's union multiple times in bringing in a hard cap and also bringing in billions in revenue for the league's owners.

I used to think this but the NHL is the only North American League not to see an astronomical growth in revenues in the past 20 years. The NHL’s revenues used to be close to the NBA’s.

In real terms he’s a colossal failure.

 

[dash]

I used to think this but the NHL is the only North American League not to see an astronomical growth in revenues in the past 20 years. The NHL’s revenues used to be close to the NBA’s.

In real terms he’s a colossal failure.

That's a good point BBB - I was looking at it more from where the NHL was when he became commish to where the league is now and it has been quite the rise. When you compare it to where the NBA is now though, not so much.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

That's a good point BBB - I was looking at it more from where the NHL was when he became commish to where the league is now and it has been quite the rise. When you compare it to where the NBA is now though, not so much.

Which there's no arguing with either. The thought here is that it happened despite his leadership, not so much as a result of ie: you or I could've achieved the same result to date had we been in charge (my article: Why Dash & BBB should be the next co-commishes of the NHL, posted tomorrow on The Athletic).

When you compare him with, say, David Stern, there's just so much daylight between what they did for their respective leagues.

 

[forty_three]

I think the salary cap should be abolished because teams are always looking for ways to circumvent it.

Change my mind.

Well, one of the key components to any rule is enforcement.

Otherwise

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Tweet of the day…

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Is it time Spencer Knight starts for the Florida Panthers?

The Florida Panthers are rumored to be aggressively shopping Sergei Bobrovsky this offseason. If general manager Bill Zito is successful in doing so, 21-year-old Spencer Knight would be thrust into the starting role. Florida only has $3-plus million of cap space this offseason and trading some...

floridahockeynow.com

Even at 50% retained, the Pans would have to offer another piece to take it. And who in the league that needs a starting goalie has the 5m space? And Bob has a full NMC until July of 2024. He can veto ANY trade. He specifically said he would stay in Columbus for 10m, but otherwise he wanted to be in Florida.

I hope he goes to Vegas.

I actually think Bob makes sense on the Devils, even at $5 they can probably make it work.

 

[forty_three]

Abysmal Nad goes to the A

 

[wings-pens2166]

Abysmal Nad goes to the A

Wait. Coachella is getting a team? That ain’t too far from me. Might have to check it out one weekend

 

[dash]

Wait. Coachella is getting a team? That ain’t too far from me. Might have to check it out one weekend

I want to go there during the Indian Wells tennis tournament in March - It combines two of my favorite sports (hockey and tennis) and then it's just a short hop over to Vegas for NHL action.

 

[dash]

 

[wings-pens2166]

I want to go there during the Indian Wells tennis tournament in March - It combines two of my favorite sports (hockey and tennis) and then it's just a short hop over to Vegas for NHL action.

I once considered doing the IW triathlon in December until a friend said it was the coldest water he had ever been in. And this is a guy that has done the Alaskan IM and the Escape from Alcatraz Tri.

No thank you!

 

[buffhockey]