mpt Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 9 hours ago, aznmonk said: Does that mean more cap space for us? https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/canucks-micheal-ferland-essentially-retired/ Doesn’t really change anything significant as LTIR cap doesn’t count anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 10 hours ago, aznmonk said: Does that mean more cap space for us? https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/canucks-micheal-ferland-essentially-retired/ Essentially retired, is different than signing his retirement papers. Staying on LTIR, he continues to earn. Signing retirement papers, means he no longer pulls money from his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzipunch Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said: Essentially retired, is different than signing his retirement papers. Staying on LTIR, he continues to earn. Signing retirement papers, means he no longer pulls money from his contract. And when you retire because you want to the team gets punished for years(Luongo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan since 82 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Credit to the guy for remembering that his life after hockey is more important than playing a game. Hope he's able to make a full recovery and is able to be at peace with how things ended. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, Bertuzzipunch said: And when you retire because you want to the team gets punished for years(Luongo) Florida did ok, and they were the team Lou retired on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzipunch Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, gurn said: Florida did ok, and they were the team Lou retired on. Yeah florida did but a special FU by bettman rule was dropped on us and only us 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, Bertuzzipunch said: Yeah florida did but a special FU by bettman rule was dropped on us and only us Richards in LA. and iirc a couple of others. Canucks got hosed the most, so far, but not the only team. Despite the league changing the rule again, to spread the pain of Weber's re capture, if he retires, Nashville will be on the hook for some payback 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 A hard decision for Ferland to make I’m sure, but the right one for his future and his family. As someone that also suffers the after effects of concussions, I hope that your health improves and that you are able to find peace with how things ended. All the best to you and your family, and best of luck in your future endeavours! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 So, now comes the question, do we keep his contract or flip it to Tampa for a pick, so they can continue to circumvent the cap? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Sad because he would have been a game changer for us. Ferland was a beast of a player and was talented enough that could have played in the top 6. His play in 2014 against us was one of the best individual performances Ive seen against the Nucks ever. Physically, he just wrecked us and was absolutely relentless every shift. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Would have been the perfect piece to rotate into any 4 lines.. unfortunate to have careers end this way, some, in Junior or the minors, never make a nickle . have no regret MF , looking out for yourself is the best respect you can give. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyotasfan Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Trade his rights to either Tampa or Toronto, they love the LTIR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznmonk Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 20 hours ago, Arrow 1983 said: Do him the respect and write his name right as this will probably be the thank you thread for him It's auto correct. Didn't proof read it.. was excited to have a first post. But mods welcome to close the thread and open up a thank you thread I guess. I don't know how to fix. As this was and only thread I'll be making... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznmonk Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 So I guess he can retire as a canuck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarcore Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 10:32 AM, gurn said: Richards in LA. and iirc a couple of others. Canucks got hosed the most, so far, but not the only team. Despite the league changing the rule again, to spread the pain of Weber's re capture, if he retires, Nashville will be on the hook for some payback Weber will be a LTIR as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 7/30/2021 at 6:49 PM, Roger Neilsons Towel said: A hard decision for Ferland to make I’m sure, but the right one for his future and his family. As someone that also suffers the after effects of concussions, I hope that your health improves and that you are able to find peace with how things ended. All the best to you and your family, and best of luck in your future endeavours! Hope you are ok as well Roger... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 6 hours ago, spook007 said: Hope you are ok as well Roger... Thanks spook. Appreciate that. I’m doing alright. Still get bad days once and a while with vertigo symptoms. Can last an hour or can last a week. Thankfully not as frequent these days. Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Thanks spook. Appreciate that. I’m doing alright. Still get bad days once and a while with vertigo symptoms. Can last an hour or can last a week. Thankfully not as frequent these days. Cheers Cheers amigo. Hope you'll get over it in time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Easier to move that contract with it confirmed he won’t play again. Last reports were that he wanted to try again. Unlike the last previous years, there are some teams that might struggle to reach the floor. There are also some that could trade for LTIR relief. If the reports are true that it isn’t an insured contract, it would be the latter that could be a possible deal as cheap teams don’t want to spend actual dollars. Edited August 1, 2021 by Provost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Provost Posted August 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: Thanks spook. Appreciate that. I’m doing alright. Still get bad days once and a while with vertigo symptoms. Can last an hour or can last a week. Thankfully not as frequent these days. Cheers Sorry man, same deal here. Years of high level competitive martial arts and working as a police officer and many concussions later I had to spend months in vestibular rehab to learn to walk again without falling over. Can’t go to noisy or bright places like malls, can’t easily drive at night or in the rain or snow… vertigo regularly. Headaches all the time. It is good that professional athletes raise awareness about this stuff because for every one of them there are hundreds of amateur athletes dealing with the same stuff. Most neurologists didn’t believe in long term concussion symptoms as little as about a decade ago until Crosby was publicly dealing with them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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