Dr.BRR Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 How does the NHL not keep an eye on this. Not to sound like a complainer, but this team that was in obvious cap issues in the off-season last year. Then Kucherov, needs season ending hip surgery, which allows them to be cap compliant and still get good young players signed. Then, miraculously, playoffs start, and he’s ready to go when the cap doesn’t matter. Maybe all this terrible Canuck hockey has made me negative but to me this is cap circumvention no? I just remember thinking there would be offer sheets and stuff for Cernak, etc, and then when Kuch was out I was thinking, ah convenient, now it’s just too suspicious. anyways, just my thoughts. enjoy the playoffs gents and ladies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 This feels like cap circumvention. I remember Chicago did something similar with Kane before. He could have come back sooner in the regular season but they chose to let him back for the playoffs. I hope Tampa is out in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 This is not news that they've been doing that, and they're certainly not the only team to exploit LTIR. Enjoy the playoffs (also hoping Kuch does well since I have him in my playoff pool) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Torts Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 some bull$&!# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Go Panthers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 The sham that is the NHL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Tired of anthems..just prior to puck-drop, I'd prefer a folksy, acoustic rendering of "Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road". DSITMOTR.. & it's, stinkin' to highhh-Heaven! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Hope Benneth goes Ulf Samuelsson on Neely on that little Russian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Well it is most probably just half bull$&!#. Kucherov probably did need surgery and did take surgery. No 90 point superstar is going to sit out willingly for a year and go under the knife just so his team can mismange the cap and get more players. Can't fake something like that or if someone dig in, they'd be in some big trouble. The timing is obviously too convienent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Stammer- Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 The NHL should've done more about this when it happened with Kane in 2015 to avoid it since it was clearly planned. It's annoying to see even as a Lightning fan but it's technically within the rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squamfan Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 minute ago, -Stammer- said: The NHL should've done more about this when it happened with Kane in 2015 to avoid it since it was clearly planned. It's annoying to see even as a Lightning fan but it's technically within the rules half of those idiots in Florida don't even now its happening they saying other fans are making excuses and are just jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I'm surprised there's not some $2 million cap penalty to the Canucks for drafting outside 1st overall so well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) As long as the Leafs don’t win who cares really if TBay wins again because they are sneaky. Until the Leafs are knocked out, I’m cheering for the teams in the US most likely to beat them. And TBay is at the top of that list. Edited May 15, 2021 by Alflives 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Honestly some of the most obvious cap circumvention I have seen in a long time. Quite a load of bull. I'm rooting for the Panthers either way though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Could you IMAGINE the circumvention penaltirs we’d be hit with if we pulled this with Eriksson or any of our bad contracts?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Pears said: Could you IMAGINE the circumvention penaltirs we’d be hit with if we pulled this with Eriksson or any of our bad contracts?? Cap-recapture of Eriksson's salary for the next 6 years. Re-live Eriksson's contract. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said: I'm surprised there's not some $2 million cap penalty to the Canucks for drafting outside 1st overall so well. That's why we had to mix in Virtanens and Juolevis in our drafts. Imagine if we picked Ehlers and Pastrnak in 2014 and McAvoy in 2016? We'd get hit with 20 mil cap penalty for drafting far too well and making the NHL's lottery system look useless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, -Stammer- said: The NHL should've done more about this when it happened with Kane in 2015 to avoid it since it was clearly planned. It's annoying to see even as a Lightning fan but it's technically within the rules Yes, it's within the rules. Like signing Luongo to 12 year deal was within the rules. NHL will go back and levy penalties retrospectively with no guilt. But, I don't think they'll do that to Tampa for this so you can rest easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) Welll, take a whiff of this league That ain't no rose! The Loudon Wainwright 1970's classic is this shady league's theme-song. The NHL is a rigged deck, run for US entities. Edited May 16, 2021 by Nuxfanabroad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 It's been a joke since the league let the Hawks fake Hossa's "allergies". The quack who signed off on that one should be stripped of his license to practice medicine. Sadly, I've lost all faith in the NHL itself to conduct itself appropriately, let alone hold individual franchises accountable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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