grandmaster Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just heard the sports guy on Global News saw that they may look at ending the season later in July. Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disgruntler Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Should just cancel the season outright then. July gives the players no rest after a grueling playoff run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 38 minutes ago, grandmaster said: Just heard the sports guy on Global News saw that they may look at ending the season later in July. Wow I listened to an interview with Bettman. Basically every option is on the table for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nave Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Could they shorten the next season? Seems like a very real possibility right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 54 minutes ago, grandmaster said: Just heard the sports guy on Global News saw that they may look at ending the season later in July. Wow How I think they should approach it, given teams were told to make sure of arena availability until the end of July, would be, 1 month delay = play remainder of season/playoffs as usual, 1.5 months delay = play to 75 games, playoffs as usual, 2 month delay = season ends on pts%, playoffs as usual, 2+ months = cancel everything. As for those calling for a potential shortened '20-'21 season just to play out this season's playoffs, I think this virus has already damaged this season enough, no need for it to affect the following season as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Kakanucks said: Good for them, hope more owners will too. I am willing to bet Eugene Melnyk would not be paying his staffs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 So, heard something interesting earlier and now can't find it again. Basically, it was that there's a fairly high risk right now, that they may need to reduce the cap next year from the current 81.5 million, to account for lost revenue this season. It's been floated that to do this and to accommodate teams who are already pushed to the limits of the cap, that they may provision that each team has 1, cap neutral buyout available to them, similar to when they did the big adjustment years ago. If this happened, it would effectively allow us to buy out Loui Eriksson's remaining dollars on his contract and make him a UFA again, without a penalty. His contract and number against the cap would just cease to exist. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Dizzle Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Me_ said: It’s not simple. It’s one billions dollars worth of not simple. The situation certainly isn’t simple.... the math is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Maru Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said: So, heard something interesting earlier and now can't find it again. Basically, it was that there's a fairly high risk right now, that they may need to reduce the cap next year from the current 81.5 million, to account for lost revenue this season. It's been floated that to do this and to accommodate teams who are already pushed to the limits of the cap, that they may provision that each team has 1, cap neutral buyout available to them, similar to when they did the big adjustment years ago. If this happened, it would effectively allow us to buy out Loui Eriksson's remaining dollars on his contract and make him a UFA again, without a penalty. His contract and number against the cap would just cease to exist. That would actually make a lot of sense as the 84-88 likely can't happen anymore. Drop it down and allow teams to take out 1 contract to make it work. Would be interesting if a change like this could actually positively impact the Canucks from a hockey operations standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Maru Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Chickenspear said: How I think they should approach it, given teams were told to make sure of arena availability until the end of July, would be, 1 month delay = play remainder of season/playoffs as usual, 1.5 months delay = play to 75 games, playoffs as usual, 2 month delay = season ends on pts%, playoffs as usual, 2+ months = cancel everything. As for those calling for a potential shortened '20-'21 season just to play out this season's playoffs, I think this virus has already damaged this season enough, no need for it to affect the following season as well. Agreed. I think they would rather throw away this season before impacting this season and next. However, the interesting part of this is that the virus will likely re-emerge at the start of next season after a flattening over summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Kobayashi Maru said: Agreed. I think they would rather throw away this season before impacting this season and next. However, the interesting part of this is that the virus will likely re-emerge at the start of next season after a flattening over summer. Tough to say until we get there. You'd think they'll be more prepared for a resurgence in the fall after it flattens out, shouldn't be as much of a problem then right? But this no hockey nonsense is already driving me nuts. It's one thing to expect the season to end, but this? I feel like that baby that got its candy taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 12 minutes ago, Chickenspear said: Tough to say until we get there. You'd think they'll be more prepared for a resurgence in the fall after it flattens out, shouldn't be as much of a problem then right? But this no hockey nonsense is already driving me nuts. It's one thing to expect the season to end, but this? I feel like that baby that got its candy taken. Spanish flu came back three times, but with today’s medical research I think there will be a vaccine by summer for Covid-19. The heard will be vaccinated before round two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 50 minutes ago, Kobayashi Maru said: That would actually make a lot of sense as the 84-88 likely can't happen anymore. Drop it down and allow teams to take out 1 contract to make it work. Would be interesting if a change like this could actually positively impact the Canucks from a hockey operations standpoint. So, if something like this actually happened, I wonder if they would allow a team to trade a player to another team that didn't have anyone that needed to be bought out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said: So, if something like this actually happened, I wonder if they would allow a team to trade a player to another team that didn't have anyone that needed to be bought out. Buyout Loui, trade Baer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High and Inside Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Playoff games without fans isn’t an option as far as I’m concerned. I say wait this out two weeks and if at that point this thing has flatlined then you could possibly save the season and if things are out of control then shut it down, no Stanley Cup, will see you in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 What if they end the season as of today and start it up again as the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobayashi Maru Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, VegasCanuck said: So, if something like this actually happened, I wonder if they would allow a team to trade a player to another team that didn't have anyone that needed to be bought out. It would likely depend on who would have to actually pay the money as well. Owners may be leery after losing a lot of money and the risk of it in the fall again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapperman Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 (edited) Dear Sportsnet, Please immediately stop all current programming, go into your archives, and play all footage in its entirety, starting March 13, 2011. Sincerely, A Canucks Fan. (I know, selfish, but one can dream and long for something to escape this madness...) Edited March 14, 2020 by zapperman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, High and Inside said: Playoff games without fans isn’t an option as far as I’m concerned. I say wait this out two weeks and if at that point this thing has flatlined then you could possibly save the season and if things are out of control then shut it down, no Stanley Cup, will see you in October. If games without fans can be done safely, you'd rather no hockey in a time where most of us could really use something positive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High and Inside Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 53 minutes ago, King Heffy said: If games without fans can be done safely, you'd rather no hockey in a time where most of us could really use something positive? If it’s one game here or there in the regular season then fine. An entire playoff without fans? Absolutely not. I’ve been waiting my whole life for my team to win and that would be so disappointing having zero atmosphere in the building for a championship. I don’t think it will be an option anyways as this is almost assuredly a 4-6 month time period before things ease to consider any options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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