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Elliotte Friedman
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Hearing Nikolaj Ehlers has informed the Jets he will go to free agency on July 1Door not closed on Manitoba, but will test the market
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A mildly grumpy old man not yelling at kids to get off his lawn said:
he was on the same team as likely blackhawk choice frondell. i mean, if someone with the name mans goos says a guy is the goods, you have to believe it
I keep seeing lots of mock drafts with Frondel #2.
Not sure if they are just trying to get clicks / traction or something, but seems interesting.
Pat said:
we’ll see I guess, the league gets this kind of thing wrong more often than not imho lol.
I was pretty frustrated with so many days between some playoff games – often 3 days (not between series, between games).
I get there are scheduling conflicts and the like, but that seems to add a lot of time to this year’s schedule.
Noticed it more this year than previous playoffs.
osti de quotes de tabarnak…
I highly doubt they’ll start that early, I could be wrong but they’ll probably start it early enough just to incorporate the extra games, the league has been very stubborn about this.
They already said max 4 pre-season games and season to start in September…. how late in September TBD.
I don’t think they want the season to end as late/later than this year.
if they’re starting the season earlier and they’re adding games, then the cup won’t be won much earlier… lol
If you are starting 2-3 weeks earlier and add 2 games, the season will be longer in duration, but will not be extended further into the summer…
(Unless they add stupid pre-playoff play-in games).
this quoting quota is annoying lol
Yeah, would be nice to know / get error when at the limit.
I think it is 2 quotes.
meh, for me there’s too much to be improved before they should consider making the season longer, whether the math adds up perfectly or not.
While there are more games, I think they want to shorten the season length, overall, by starting in September.
Interesting:
Good summary of the market by Don Waddell:
“Right now, there seems to be a shortage of players because everybody wants players for players…It’s been a different year for I gotta be honest with you, all my years that I’ve been doing it.”
Something has got to give at some point.
Or it is gonna be a boring 2 weeks.
Per Lebrun:
More on the 84-game reg season starting in 26-27 season (reduce pre-season to 4 games max per team), the idea would be to start the reg season in last week of September as a result of shorter pre-season.
The added games likely coming within the division.82 games is more than enough, teams already have a hard time making it to the playoffs with a healthy roster… anything for more profit lol.
For a 32 team, makes sense, if you balance the schedule.
2 x 31 (all) teams = 62 games
+ 1 x 15 conference teams = 15
+ 1 x 7 division opponents = 7Total 84 games.
So you play the other conference x 2, the other division in your conference 3 times, and the teams in your division 4 times.
But that all gets screwed up again if they go to 34 teams, which they are talking about.
Per Lebrun:
More on the 84-game reg season starting in 26-27 season (reduce pre-season to 4 games max per team), the idea would be to start the reg season in last week of September as a result of shorter pre-season.
The added games likely coming within the division.Fredo stated emphatically:
I mean cap the flat lined because of Covid mainly, chances of it happening again are not likely
Agreed (and hopefully never again). You cannot plan for that…
But the current growth rate is catch up, I do not expect the cap to grow by $9-10M per year, exponentially.
And if the rumours are true, the NHL wants to add 2 more teams (Atlanta 3.0 for some reason is one of them, Houston likely the other). Will be interesting to see if they increase revenue significantly or if they are below the average revenue threshold that exists today, which might slightly impact the cap.
A Lasagna Eating Cat said:
Interesting point of view … yep, there’s give and take for organizations and players.
On 5 year terms, the AAVs would be higher, which likely would not be noticed in the next few years, until the cap starts flat-lining again.
Could also make July 1st a lot more interesting and fun again, allow terms to rebuild faster.
(Or watch a total nightmare of signings happen, just as fun, as long as it is the other team).
Playoff salary cap was a must, it was getting ridiculous in some cases.
Agreed 100% … the maximum contracts should be 5 years in my opinion.
I think there is risk more for the team on shorter contracts (except for July 1st stuff).
Players could potentially win on 5 years big time, less willing to take discounts for longer term knowing they can cash in again sooner.
Flip side, teams are not held hostage for dumb mistakes for 7 (or 8) year, especially in an injury case like Price.
Currently 7 as a UFA or 8 years signing with same team.
will reportedly change to 6 for a new team / 7 with same team.
So apparently starting in 2026…
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A playoff salary cap
84-game regular season (less pre-season games)
Shorter max term contractsWill be interesting to see how this looks, when finalized.
Playoff salary cap was a must, it was getting ridiculous in some cases.
Shorter contracts will be interesting, will make some players consider their contract situation in the next 12 months,
