Drive-By Body Pierce
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I may be in the minority, but I like the new forum skin.
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It's Armageddon through a lot of the interior tonight...
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@-DLC- I know! There were animal rescues being evacuated last night asking for help with transport, which was/is making me feel sick. Sadly, I don't have access to any vehicle to help.
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Craig Button has LA picking Luke Hughes at 8th, and the Canucks picking Kent Johnson at 9th.
His list of NHL comparables for each pick is also very interesting.
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If Nugent-Hopkins goes to free agency, I hope the Canucks make a strong pitch. I think it would be great for the Canucks to have him as a 3rd line center. Though, it will be tough to swing, cap-wise.
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Hockey withdrawals have firmly set in...regularly refreshing CDC to see absolutely nothing new.
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Wow, the Canucks don't even have to lose anymore for CDC to go into panic mode. "Oh, Philly picked up a player with less goals and assists than Samuelsson, guess its time for the Canucks to pack it in this year." /sarcasm
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Why oh why cannot they not put someone on the 1st powerplay unit to just stand in front of the net??? The perimeter powerplay cycling the puck is clearly not working.
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The media is officially on their knees for Marner.
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The Definition of Ignorance: Talking on the phone or texting while driving. RIP to a dearly loved friend and family member, killed on his motorcycle when rear-ended by someone talking on their phone.
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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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Hawks, Wings, Pens and Nucks all down 3-1 in the 1st round of the playoffs. I wonder what the betting odds of that was going into the playoffs.
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@strombone1 Ah wow ur so lucky! Did u talk to him? “@PokercastAdam: Heres @strombone1 wearing 2012 WSOP main event bracelet.
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So who's being traded after this game?
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@Stamkos As dumb as he looks I'm pretty sure he can still read the NHL standings lol :D
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Leafs Nation: The Brayden Point contract doesn't make GM Dubas a bad GM.
Everyone else: Of course not, the Nylander and Marner contracts make GM Dubas a bad GM.
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@Alflives i think Hall deserved his contract.
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That's some horrible timing for Peyton Krebs. Tough blow! I guess we can cross one off from the list of possible choices for the Canucks in the 1st round.
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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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Lol, Mike Brown opens the scoring against the Hawks.
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Michael DiPietro has been traded from the Windsor Spitfires to the Ottawa 67's in what is being called the biggest trade in (the 67's) franchise history.
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Its awesome how everyone on CDC knows best, knows what the Canucks NEED to do and knows what everyone else NEEDS to realize... HAH! I thank the hockey gods everyday for MG and LG!!!
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There's no good news, if there's any news at all... This place is boring; This place sucks; This places is home!
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@walsha 2h Don Fehr does not collect any salary during a lockout of NHL players. Bettman still collects his $8M.
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Strombone @strombone1 33m Kaepernick looking fantastic proving you could never go wrong in going with the youngster over the old vet..........
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Bob McKenzie @TSNBobMcKenzie 37s Legit chance VAN deals defenceman Jason Garrison although he has full NTC. It's believed he would reluctantly waive depending on location.
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Losing respect for Babcock.. he's coaching like he's playing a 7-game NHL series.
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My player wishlist Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Callahan or Dan Girardi. All previously Torts players, and all a whole lot of what the Canucks could use.
