Grievance?!? NHLPA expected to file one today...

[beantownmaniac]

how the hell do i get the devils logo under my avatar ahah

Go to the top left of this page and click user CP. Then click edit your details on the left of the page. then go all the way to the bottom of that page to where it says favorite team

 

[dare2be]

how the hell do i get the devils logo under my avatar ahah

Change the signature and avatar, and I'll tell you lol

Curses, foiled by BTM

 

[beantownmaniac]

Change the signature and avatar, and I'll tell you lol

Curses, foiled by BTM

Sorry dare. Why didn't I think of that

 

[devs30rko]

Change the signature and avatar, and I'll tell you lol

Curses, foiled by BTM

hey, i was nominated a for bes avatar thank you very much

 

[beantownmaniac]

hey, i was nominated a for bes avatar thank you very much

That avatar freaks me out man

 

[devs30rko]

once i find suitable replacement i'll undo it.

 

[beantownmaniac]

once i find suitable replacement i'll undo it.

Don't unicorns have a horn coming out of their forehead?

 

[devs30rko]

satisfied?

 

[Vadered]

fair enough.
but when i read the article.... 26? i think it was? it said both parties the team and the player have to have the expectation that the players will fulfill the contract,

as i stated in the post i put below, don't think for a second the nhl won't have their hands full even with the term reasonable expectation.



i am trying to remain as unbiased as i can here, i know that i probably won't satisfy many on here with my view points, but i do believe that if you think the NHL wins easily, you have a lot more that you should be accounting for.

I'm not sure it will have its hands full, though. Gordie Howe is the only forward in the history of the NHL to play while older than 43 years old. I'm not sure how many forwards have played in the NHL, all time, but I'm betting that the odds are something to the tune of one in five to ten thousand against our Devilish friend. And that's not counting the fact that in nine NHL seasons, Kovalchuk has played 82 games just once. He hasn't missed half a season or anything, but he's no Iron Man. Gordie Howe played the maximum number of regular season games 6 of his first 9 NHL seasons. Also, Howe's seasons were shorter, so each season took less out of him. Kovalchuk just isn't as durable and plays in a league that plays more games per year than Howe did. And Kovalchuk is no Howe.

Injury and and durability concerns aside, it's still pretty clear that there is no reasonable expectation, as it were, for Kovalchuk to play to the termination of his contract. On the contrary, there's every reason for him not to, as I'm sure that once those 550k seasons start kicking in, if he's still good enough to play for the NHL, he'll be good enough to "retire" and sign a contract in Russia that pays more. Or if he isn't but still doesn't want to retire, the Devils will waive him. Bam, 6 million cap hit, gone. It's a win-win-win for the Devils. Well, actually, they lose out in the sense that they will pay more for the team in the years that they have Kovalchuk than the salary cap allows while not being able to pay less for it during the years where he'd be making the league minimum. Oh, wait, that's salary cap circumvention.

I used to feel the same way you did, that the Devils had a shot at this because of the preexisting contracts. But really, this is worse than any other contract in the league, and it's worse in ways (age, sheer difference in salary between certain seasons) that a reasonable person would be able to see. And that's the standard that the league needs to be able to turn it down. Not that the NHLPA won't put up a fight, but it's a fight they can't win, and a fight they can't afford to drag out, either.

 

[beantownmaniac]

satisfied?

I'm just confused, that's all. It looks like a horses head on a mans body. Very colorful hair though :p

 

[devs30rko]

I'm just confused, that's all. It looks like a horses head on a mans body. Very colorful hair though :p

see i found it cause basically when me and a couple friends see a remotely funny picture... we post it on each others facebooks.

.... trust me. i'll refrain from posting this one, its actually probably not as odd? in a way? but there is a far more out there unicorn picture my friend found than this one.


google image unicorn and you'll probably be able to decide which one it is for yourself pretty quick

 

[dare2be]

just sayin...the avatar is fine, but the signature colors have to go

 

[devs30rko]

just sayin...the avatar is fine, but the signature colors have to go

you have something against... rainbows?

 

[pixburgher66]

devs...i googled it...two words: roller-skates. am i right??!!

 

[Vadered]

you have something against... rainbows?

Yeah, screw rainbows. What kind of light passes through a prism and is refracted into separate wavelengths, anyway?

A commie kind of light, that's what.

 

[dare2be]

you have something against... rainbows?

lol...it's just hard on the eyes

 

[devs30rko]

devs...i googled it...two words: roller-skates. am i right??!!

hahaha actaully no..... i just googled in on mine and i can't find it now.

but think... genital.... unicorns.

 

[Darkstone42]

Yeah, screw rainbows. What kind of light passes through a prism and is refracted into separate wavelengths, anyway?

A commie kind of light, that's what.

Wouldn't that be red light?

 

[pixburgher66]

hahaha actaully no..... i just googled in on mine and i can't find it now.

but think... genital.... unicorns.

man, painted white, golden wig, huge golden horn, golden male genitalia, and golden roller skates? that's what stood out to me...

 

[devs30rko]

oh no i was thinking pink unicorn with a boner for a horn