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OK, time out! We don’t need another rendition of Degeneration X. Tone down the rhetoric and stick to hockey talk.
So when do the Knights play again? Easton Cowan is really rolling at the Memorial Cup.
Did it to themselves. Stupid things bring bad results. Something like Bud Lite.
1 – 0 Knights vs Medicine Hat.
I wish I gave a shit about any of the four remaining teams.
Just wanna see this shit season end and get to the draft day deals.
I wish I gave a shit about any of the four remaining teams.
Just wanna see this shit season end and get to the draft day deals.
Yeah, once the Leafs are done, it’s the official beginning of summer. I really haven’t watch much of the remaining two series. I am watching the Memorial Cup, due to Easton Cowan and his skills development in big games. The Hunters are really top notch hockey experts. It wouldn’t be shameful to wish that both of them could some day find their way to becoming GM and Head Coach in Toronto. Knights hockey seems to teach solid forechecking and defensive responsibilities. All of the games have been close, but London seems to find a way to win. Hopefully, they can win it for the OHL.
The Cap needs to get fixed.
Rantanen’s 12M in Dallas equates to about $15.75 in Canada. Yes, RCA’s may soften the tax blow (although the player would have to take residency in the US when they retire, they’d have to park 50% of their income into the RCA during their career ….And, RCA’s are under legal attack by CRA right now) but if I’m a high earning player there’s so many reasons to head south.
Canadian kids/residents have it the worst from a tax perspective. Matthews, Knies ..can use US residency and bonuses to come out nicely but JT, MM ..can’t escape.
At smaller salaries ..no biggy. But at 10M+ the tax gap has become waayyyyyy too big a difference. After tax dollars probably creates more problems then it solves but surely they can move to a luxery tax or have some kind of flat tax discount (5%) or whatever.
Canadian teams, the Rangers, and some others are at a ~15% disadvantage on the Cap. Imagine these teams having even 5% ($5M) back in the pot. That’s another middle six forward or top 4 dman. Or reverse that, imagine Florida without the ability to add Jones and Marchand b/c they don’t have the cap space.
Frank Seravelli on Sportsnet this morning said the leafs have been gauging interest in marner with other teams since last summer. No team wanted to a trade unless it came with an extension. Apparently, leafs were looking for a deal they liked and then were going to approach marner. He also said that he has spoken with several players who have been in the “orbit” (his word) of the core 3 and in the “orbit” of other top players in the league and he was told that the core 3 just dont work hard enough, seem complacent and dont seem to want it as much as others. That seems to fly considering what we’ve seen the past several years.
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I wish I gave a shit about any of the four remaining teams.Just wanna see this shit season end and get to the draft day deals.
The oilers are flying, hoping they win it all. Get McDavid his cup.
Frank Seravelli on Sportsnet this morning said the leafs have been gauging interest in marner with other teams since last summer. No team wanted to a trade unless it came with an extension. Apparently, leafs were looking for a deal they liked and then were going to approach marner. He also said that he has spoken with several players who have been in the “orbit” (his word) of the core 3 and in the “orbit” of other top players in the league and he was told that the core 3 just dont work hard enough, seem complacent and dont seem to want it as much as others. That seems to fly considering what we’ve seen the past several years.
Ya, I find Seravelli pretty ‘dramatic’ so I think that’s likely more opinion then fact BUT, I agree …Leafs need an alpha or two in the mix.
Even Florida has Barkov and Reinhart (people have doubted both have “heart” over their careers) but they surround them with Bennett and Tkachuck types.
Gotta have the right mix.
Poor Tree had about 6 weeks on the job before Marner’s NMC kicked in so this is a Dubas reality. Although Tree did lock in Nylander when, in theory, he could have moved on from him instead. I know 88 had a very productive year …but remember how he played from October-January last season? He hounded the puck every shift …he was arguably the best player in the NHL for long stretches of time …we haven’t seen that since he autographed that very expensive paperwork.
Change is needed.
this site is so hard to use, I dont know if its someones post or the post someone is replying too. why tf doesnt the quote work
this site is so hard to use, I dont know if its someones post or the post someone is replying too. why tf doesnt the quote work
– Senstrolltwo
Yeah, there’s alot of manual involved in replying/quoting someone. Hopefully this gets improved in the near future because it could be way more user friendly! 🙂
For example, I had to copy/paste your quote, highlight it to quote it, add your name and then start replying.
i have no interest in doing that much work to post – SensTroll
I don’t like it either, but it’s a small price to pay not to listen to the wild conspiracy-laden political diatribes that hijack threads and go on for pages and pages and pages. Also the random bans for no reason. Site admin who doesn’t know how to use a spellchecker, less yet operate the admin interface of a 30-year old piece of forum abandonware.
The quote thing is a PITA, but I can live with it and I hope they fix it.
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