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  1. The cities didn't bid to become a hub without having full support of their health authorities. Bids are typically very detailed and need everyone on board. The league wants to create an airtight bubble. Every location, hotel, restaurant, facility they will be using have to agree to abide to the protocol. The league and NHLPA are working together on the return to play plan - the NHLPA is involved in the process to select the hub city. Players will ultimately have to agree to the overall plan.
  2. Checked on CapFriendly and he never went on IR but has played only 51 games out of 69 and averages 17 minutes. He did get healthy scratched but that still seems like a lot. Krueger is going to have a bigger say in roster decisions and Miller looks to be in his dog house.
  3. “We felt like we weren’t being heard” with too many differences of opinion was the main explanation given by the Pegulas. They hired someone in house as GM without a search because they know and trust him - there was no interest in bringing someone from the exterior. They also don't want a president of hockey operations and say they don't believe in that philosophy. They talk of believing in a flat organisation where themselves, Kevyn Adams and Krueger are in open communication. They talk of running the franchise "effectively, efficiently and economically". Krueger brings his experience from being chairman of Southampton. He is going to be more involved in the management side. The segment with the Pegulas starts at 5:30.
  4. They fired Botterill to keep Eichel. Just 3 weeks ago they confirmed that Botterill would be returning as GM. Eichel was then in the news expressing his frustrations. It was no longer possible to come back with the same GM. Even if he asks for a trade I doubt Buffalo would. They got hit too hard by trading O'Reilly.
  5. I see what you mean. 10% of the cap today might only be 6-7% of the cap down the road. I am not sure agents of high end players are going to see it that way though. Could see them more trying to argue in percentage of the cap. Will make for an interesting off-season.
  6. Success is not necessarily measured by having a good AHL team but developing players who become NHLers. Would be curious to know if they have promoted many players from the AHL.
  7. He's the Canucks' best puck battler per Sportlogiq's tracking technology. They ran a bracket earlier this break and had the 16 best of each division but at least 1 per team. Eriksson lone representative for the Canucks. Their definition: Puck Battle Wins are awarded to the player recovering a loose puck when there is at least one opposing player with a realistic opportunity of recovering it. This can mean there is a battle between two or more opponents prior to or at the time the puck is recovered and this can involve physical contact or stick on stick battles as well.
  8. Treliving said Calgary did not volunteer to be a hub city. Interested cities most likely had to make a detailed bid with all the arrangements, pricing and security. The NHL wants to create an air tight bubble and areas need to be sealed off. Hotels, restaurants, entertainment options, practice rinks etc. For example they need to know the hotels that will be exclusively reserved for them. If hotels have already committed to other guests they need to be able to displace them. Same for practice rinks, restaurants etc - every facility have to agree to close to anyone else. Edmonton is a backup option per Russo. The JW Marriott only has 350 rooms and the other 2 proposed hotels are not up to the NHL's preferred standard. The league is particularly concerned about the players psyche/moral as they will be quarantined for so long. They want to ensure maximum comfort.
  9. Chris Johnston also has Toronto as the league's preference. Russo has been saying for a while that the league would prefer the home team not be stationed at home for equity reasons. Vegas and Vancouver and in the same conference. The Western conference would be stationed in Toronto and the East in Vegas. That's also why LA has emerged as an option - the West could be stationed there but the league prefers to have a hub in Canada because of the favourable exchange rate. From a time zone perspective Toronto hosting the East and Vegas the West makes more sense though. There's a 3 hour difference.
  10. If they go with a flat cap or a slight cap increase approach it shouldn't change salary demands all that much. It's escrow that is going to increase to align to revenue where players then take less home. Karlsson's contract was discussed in percentage of the cap. Markstrom is also at Newport. A decrease in ask would seem more likely if the cap goes down but they are talking of flat cap and adjusting escrow. Don't think his agent would have him take a lesser percentage of the cap especially with escrow going up.
  11. He isn't available. Every player whose rights belong to the Canucks are on the reserve list - it's limited to 90 players. On that reserve list there are different categories of players. Horvat, Miller, Sutter are on the reserve list as signed players. Rathbone, Podkolzin as unsigned prospects and Tryamkin as an RFA. There are different rules associated to each category. Tryamkin is a RFA and as such cannot play this season as he had to be signed by 1 December.
  12. As backup option. Russo has been speaking with the league on the regular and has detailed several times the criteria they are looking for. He says the league is particularly worried about the psyche of the players as they will be cut off from the outside world for that long. They want to make their stay as comfortable as possible. They are looking for spacious luxury hotels with all the comfort. Edmonton only has the JW Marriott that meets the luxury requirements set by the league but they only have 300 rooms. Insufficient for 12 teams. In his podcast he gives the hotel names in consideration and the other 2 were of lesser standard - I think one was the Westin and can't remember the other one. The cities had to bid and it's typically very detailed with all the proposed arrangements - hotels, restaurants, training rinks, entertainment options etc including pricing and security details to preserve the bubble. The league wants to create an airtight bubble and areas need to be sealed off to the public - they don't want any external person trying to enter the bubble. The quality of the hotels is the reason Vancouver went from backup option to serious consideration. For Edmonton it went the other way despite having probably the best arrangements for training and playing games with their new arena and new practice facilities.
  13. Vancouver media made it sound like it was but it wasn't the reason. Poile was looking to move Subban's full cap hit and didn't want to take any salary back as they wanted to get Duchene. Gaudette would have likely been sent to Milwaukee (or traded further) without any cap impact as he is on an ELC. There was no room at C and didn't for a long time. Johansen Duchene Turris Bonino Sissons are all Cs and signed long term - 5 to 8 years for all except Bonino who only has 2. But Sissons (with a new 7 year deal) and Jarnkrok are natural Cs and they have Trenin waiting his turn in the minors too. NJD was the only team willing to take the full cap hit. Shero and Poile gave pretty detailed explanations with time lines on how the deal came about and Poile explained his reasoning process.
  14. Edmonton isn't - ever since they decided to use only 2 hubs vs 4. They don't have enough luxury hotels that can be sealed off to host that many people.
  15. After Dreger and others here is Friedman talking of close to flat cap and capped escrow to recoup the losses over time. The league isn't looking to dramatically drop the cap and/or increase escrow. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/31-thoughts-nhl-nhlpa-hard-work-cba-extension/ However, there are plenty of rumours that the NHL and NHLPA are working hard on a CBA extension, with multiple sources indicating there is a legit attempt to get something done by the time play resumes. The league wants long-term stability. The players want a cap on escrow, and word is that it is being considered. If the season does not resume, their hit would be 35 per cent. Even if there are games, they are looking at 27 or 28 per cent. I heard rumblings of a 20 per cent escrow cap over the next few seasons — others said they heard slightly less. A flat salary cap of $81.5 million for a few seasons is possible, too.
  16. Ferland is skating and Benning hopes he can be an option for the play-offs.
  17. The bonus overage for this season is missing. The Canucks only have 30'474.- in end of season cap space per CapFriendly. Performance bonuses still have to be accounted for and anything in excess of these 30K will carry over to next season. Pettersson/Hughes have 1.7M combined and others like Gaudette might have some games played bonuses. Both will still be bonus eligible next season and if the Canucks want to avoid another carry over, they will need to keep some space below the cap. Owners/league are against compliance buyouts per Shannon, Friedman and MacIntyre. They will already be operating at a loss and adding compliance buyouts just increases their losses further. The league/owners will be operating at a loss next season and probably for several years beyond. They will likely keep the cap somewhat flat and have a capped escrow - it's not realistic to drop the cap dramatically. The cap will be artificial and won't reflect revenue. They are going to have to make up their losses over time. They are talking in billions. Brian Burke was saying last week that the financial situation is a catastrophe and believes that media/the league is downplaying the situation. Some owners don't even want the league to resume without fans in the stands. Several teams have cut back staff salary, furloughed employees and even fired them. Some teams might elect to operate on an internal cap to limit their losses until better times. It limits the ability to make trades especially for perceived overpaid bottom of the lineup players. There might also be some unexpected names on the trade market as teams try and create cap space. Would think that teams with cap space are more likely going to try and find their own JT Miller rather than add a Roussel, who has struggled this season or Benn who finished D7 or even Suter who has again missed time due to injury. Teams also know that the Canucks wish to retain Markstrom, Toffoli and Tanev and have limited cap space and they could exploit the situation. Some might even prefer that these guys hit UFA.
  18. Teams can only trade contracts. Spooner, Luongo will stay on the books until their penalties expire.
  19. The exchange rate is so favourable that they would really like to set a hub in Canada. They are apparently still trying to convince the authorities to have that quarantine rule relaxed where the quarantine area can be expanded to the rink - players wouldn't be going out of the bubble. Even Benning says that the Canucks are thinking of holding training camp in the US because of that quarantine.
  20. Vegas has the newest arena with all the latest technology to produce ice. The players had them in their top-4 for best ice. Vegas lives on air conditioning. They have several sheets of ice year long. The NHL won't use all because they don't want to share. As part of the bid they will set up 2 sheets of NHL ice at that will be exclusive to the NHL - hotels over there have hosted games so they have the structure. The Golden Knights have 2 sheets at their practice facility. That would be 4 total. The play-ins are expected to last only about 8 days. Training camp isn't being held in Vegas. Once those games are over they are down to 8 teams with 4 sheets of ice.
  21. Pronman, Wheeler and Button each had Madden as the Canucks 3rd best prospect on their respective lists that came out in January. Guess it depends how valuable you believe Madden was.
  22. The league is looking to completely isolate the players from the outside world. They will be in quarantine and not allowed to go outside of the bubble. No one else will be staying at their hotels, the restaurants will be exclusive to the NHL, the entertainment venues too. They are trying to create an air right bubble. People inside the bubble will also be regularly tested. The protocols are going to be so strict that the league is worried about the psyche of the players. They want to make sure that there are enough leisure activities and options for when they are not on the ice. It's not easy to be cut off from the world for possibly up to 2.5 months. Vegas is probably the most logical place to create that kind of bubble where they can seal off entire hotels. It's probably safer to be in that bubble where everything is provided and there's no contact with the exterior. It's doubtful that any of the players that are already on the ice are following anything close to the NHL's protocol for phase 2. Several players have already been on the ice earlier and are not joining phase 2. Vegas players have apparently been skating together for 2 months now. Gaudette has been on the ice for quite a while too - he found a rink with gym early in New Jersey. Boeser went to South Dakota to attend a training camp and is skating at one Minnesota's suburban rinks with other NHLrs. Sweden never went in lockdown. Practice facilities, restaurants, shops all remained open. Players are practicing in groups and scrimmaging with puck battles and all. There's no social distancing. Likely no one is tested and those facilities are shared by others.
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