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[DevilishWon]

I think he just needs some good pizza. Bring him to New Jersey!

 

[puckhead]

You're gone need cap room.
Send Hughes x2 to Van

 

[DevilishWon]

You're gone need cap room.
Send Hughes x2 to Van

Problem is the only thing we want from Vancouver to the 3rdf Hughes

 

[Debbie Does]

Think of moving Canadian players to low-tax states if you want to poach them.

Canadian taxes are one of the reasons Canada hasn't won a Cup since 1993. I can’t think of a decent rink here in Delaware either, not even a high school rink.

New Jersey? Fugettaboutit. People move here to get away from taxes, too.

 

[dash]

Think of moving Canadian players to low-tax states if you want to poach them.

Canadian taxes are one of the reasons Canada hasn't won a Cup since 1993. I can’t think of a decent rink here in Delaware either, not even a high school rink.

New Jersey? Fugettaboutit. People move here to get away from taxes, too.

I don't want to dismiss the low-tax state advantage totally out of hand, but there also seems to be a lot of recency bias as well. Florida especially was pretty terrible until the last few seasons, some very good trades by Bill Zito is the main reason the Panthers have been an excellent team the last three or four seasons. Tampa Bay won the Cup way back in 2004 and then had a pretty lean 15 years or so before making three straight trips to the Cup Finals.

Good non-meddling ownership and a management team that is not afraid to make smart, tough decisions are the real key to success.

 

[thedddd]

I don't want to dismiss the low-tax state advantage totally out of hand, but there also seems to be a lot of recency bias as well. Florida especially was pretty terrible until the last few seasons, some very good trades by Bill Zito is the main reason the Panthers have been an excellent team the last three or four seasons. Tampa Bay won the Cup way back in 2004 and then had a pretty lean 15 years or so before making three straight trips to the Cup Finals.

Good non-meddling ownership and a management team that is not afraid to make smart, tough decisions are the real key to success.

Tkachuk, Bennett and Reinhart came via trade.

Same with Jones and Marchand this year. We know both approved trades to the Panthers as they were favorites again for the cup, not state taxes.



Barkov and Ekblad were drafted by the Panthers.

That top core has nothing to do with state taxes, just great work from their front office.

Let’s not forget the Panthers barely ever won in the playoffs prior to the last two seasons.

 

[forty_three]

Tkachuk, Bennett and Reinhart came via trade.

Same with Jones and Marchand this year. We know both approved trades to the Panthers as they were favorites again for the cup, not state taxes.



Barkov and Ekblad were drafted by the Panthers.

That top core has nothing to do with state taxes, just great work from their front office.

Let’s not forget the Panthers barely ever won in the playoffs prior to the last two seasons.

And Bob pretty much wanted to go somewhere warm, no matter what. The guy grew up in Siberia for crying out loud.

I don't think Taxes played into it much.

 

[thedddd]

And Bob pretty much wanted to go somewhere warm, no matter what. The guy grew up in Siberia for crying out loud.

I don't think Taxes played into it much.

And it is not like he was coming from a Canadian team either.

Granted for him though that could have been an added benefit but not the main reason?