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  1. Apparently the roster freeze wasn't in effect yet. Several teams have returned players to the AHL ahead of that deadline. The Canucks returned Chatfield to the AHL yesterday.
  2. One of the best goalie. "einer der ..." means "one of..."
  3. Those projections were already put in doubt before even the league shutting down. It was assuming the full escalator but it was unlikely that the players would apply the full escalator given how concerned they are over escrow. There is going to be significant loss in revenue but it's not feasible to just drop the cap - there would be too many teams needing to shed salary. The cap will probably stay close to its current level - similar to back in 2012/13 after the lockout. Revenue dropped but they kept the cap flat and teams were offered 2 compliance buyouts as part of the CBA negotiations. There is no CBA dispute so a compliance buyout might not be in the cards. Keeping the cap flat would make sense though. Today LeBrun writes "common sense will prevail when it comes to the cap".
  4. Sounds like he can't be sent down with the season on pause - the waiver process is also on pause.
  5. As soon as doctors rule a player ready to play they have to be activated and come back. It's not possible to just take time off without a doctor ordering it. If doctors rule him healthy to play and the Canucks don't activate him, it's cap circumvention and puts them at risk of even losing draft picks. If Ferland refuses to return the Canucks can suspend him without pay. They might only know once the season starts but have to plan their cap as if he will return. Doctors have given him the go ahead to come back as he is skating.
  6. More likely flat if not a decrease. From Friedman: WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON ESCROW AND THE SALARY CAP? Could be substantial. Right now, the players are being paid with minimal league revenue made. Since the CBA is designed to be 50/50, their escrow — already a bone of contention — will see a significant spike if play doesn’t resume. The highest escrow rate I can remember being deducted was 22.5 per cent, around the time of the 2009 NHL All-Star Game in Montreal. One player said Friday he thought the percentage held up if there’s no more hockey would not be far from that. As for the cap: before Wednesday, the word being floated around was $700 million in revenues at risk. As the pause was being announced, the number was $1 billion. One week after an $84-$88 million cap estimate, there is worry it will go below the $81.5 million we’re at for 2019-20. (Some teams were getting ready to present their 2020-21 ticket packages, too.) A lower cap doesn’t just hurt the players, it hurts the teams. The NHL wouldn’t want a situation where teams had to buy out three guys to hit a lower number. At a time when CBA discussions are going on anyway, there is incentive for the NHL and NHLPA to work together on this. In 2011-12, the cap number was $64.3 million. The next season was shrunk to 48 games because of a lockout. The two sides agreed that, no matter what, 2013-14 would be back at $64.3 million. So, there’s precedent.
  7. This season RW (regulation wins) comes ahead of ROW (regulation and OT wins excluding shootouts) and then only it's wins of all kind. Nashville has 28 regular wins to Vancouver's 27.
  8. Turris has been Hynes 2nd most used F after Granlund. Don't think they consider him as a cap dump anymore now that they've changed coaches. Rask is likely to get bought out - it's only 1.3M agains the cap which is manageable. Eriksson would just block a player on their team and his buyout cap hit is prohibitive when it's so much more convenient for them to just buy out Rask at a far lesser cap hit. Tortorella talked of how much they are going to miss Wennberg when he got injured. Not sure they are interested in moving on for a player that fits them less.
  9. The tie breaker has been changed this season - they've introduced RW ahead of ROW. With the same number of games played the tie-breaker is wins in regulation and Nashville has 28 to Vancouver's 27. ROW comes after RW.
  10. There are concerns that the cap could even decrease. Seravalli: "But in the longer term, substantial revenue lost would have a direct impact on next season’s salary cap. There is a provision in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that any money owed to the owners by players in excess of what was collected in this season’s escrow account comes directly off what is owed to the players next season - thus reducing the salary cap." Similar take by Mirtle: "Not to mention the financial aspect of the shutdown, as 15 percent of regular-season gate revenues would be wiped out -- which would result in massive escrow increases for players and a potentially lowered cap for teams next season."
  11. Re burn a year. It could also make it more challenging for teams who have NCAA players who will be UFA by 15 August. If the season doesn't resume they can't burn a year and might prefer then to just reach free agency. Will Lockwood is in that category.
  12. Probably. LAK signed Turcotte yesterday but his contract starts only next season - he was going to the AHL on a tryout contract.
  13. The NCAA has cancelled their season. Teams can sign their college players.
  14. Actually 16th to start the season. Mirtle runs the data of every team on the 1st weekend of the season. Canucks' average age was 27.5 while the league average was 27.3
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