Drive-By Body Pierce
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Don't act like you're not impressed.
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Don't care what people say about tomatoes...I freaking love tomatoes!
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E5: Dubas to Pittsburgh after the Leafs are done failing in the playoffs this season
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Even when treading water in a vast sea of negativity, it only takes a single positive hand to grab on to and pull out.
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Everyone knows Jim is great at drafting. Many believe he has made some questionable trades and free agent signings. Instead of all this fan polarization of "We love Benning" or "Fire Benning", why not just hire a complementary assistant GM equiped to deal with the areas where JB may fall short? Or is this too logical for an emotional fanbase?
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Faaaaaaaak, another... seriously, we are running out of places to go.
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First time the Jets have advanced beyond the 2nd round in TWO franchise histories.
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Flexeril + Robax-somthin + IPA = back pain relief... Thank you Jebus!!!
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Gillis interviewing with the Devils...interesting!
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God speed Alex! You are now in the smallest, clearest fishbowl ever.
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Goddamitt Pouliot!!!
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Gudbranson as one of the +/- leaders on the Pens, in the playoffs....
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I watched the first half of game 4. Guddy was the goat in a huge way on the 2nd (winning) goal. I mean, the LD was already on the left side, but he chased Bailey all the way to the left corner to lay a hit, leaving Nelson wide open for a tap-in right where EG should have been.
It was absolutely brainless.
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Halak gets the start.
...I haven't had this much nervous excitement for a game in a very long time!
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Has anyone done a wellness check on Vintage?
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Hasek is a beast, still! &^@# yeah!
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Hey look, a media person whining about how they lost media access to the Canucks. Not sure how this is going to help their "cause".
https://vancouverhockeyinsider.com/2023/03/26/canucks-horse-dung-pr/
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Hockey withdrawals have firmly set in...regularly refreshing CDC to see absolutely nothing new.
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Holy $&!#...new levels of delusion here from Leafs fans/media...
https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2021/7/9/22563847/the-first-nhl-buyout-window-is-open
This Season’s Buyout Predictions
Some GMs have openly said they would consider buyouts or are expected to. The Oilers, the Flames and the Canucks are the obvious three teams that have albatross contracts they need off their teams.
As shown by last year’s list of bought out players, it’s often the last step before effective retirement for a player, but not every bought out player is at the end of their career.
Vancouver could clear a bit of space by buying out the last year of Loui Eriksson’s deal — he played seven games last year — but by burying him in the minors, he costs them $4.875 million, and a buyout of his remaining season costs $4 million this coming year and $1 million next season. The cash savings are only $1 million.
Meanwhile if they choose to remove the final year of Brock Boeser’s deal, they accomplish more. Boeser, at $5.875 AAV, has a salary this coming season of $7.5 million. His contract expires as an RFA with arbitration rights, guaranteeing him that inflated amount unless the Canucks simply refuse to issue a Qualifying Offer next offseason. They either need to find a trade partner who wants him, hope Seattle takes him, or they just have to let him play out the deal, knowing he’d need to agree to a lower salary to be a player they could keep.
A buyout saves them more than his full cap hit this season, in fact, due to the salary and AAV discrepancy, he has a negative cap hit (or a cap credit) of -$375,000 this coming season and only $1.25 million next year.
Choosing to just live with Eriksson’s cap hit, and buying out Boeser is a much better idea for the Canucks in terms of freeing up cap space, but it does lose them a useful position player. If the Canucks go that route, Boeser could rival Wennberg for the best UFA option to sign off a buyout.
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Holy candid interview with O'Brien!!! He didn't hold anything back!
