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Has anyone broken the news to AA?
Now, that’s a whole bunch of cap space and nobody worth a shit to spend it on.
Well, I’m about to cut bait on this place also. There appears to be no will to moderate forums any more. Even though this forum is still small and not that busy, we are already seeing problems with blatant trolling and lack of rule enforcement. That doesn’t bode well for the day the site becomes a lot more popular. If these forums really get rolling with tens of thousands of posts and dozens of daily active posters, how will they keep up if they can’t do it already as things currently stand?
No moderation. No report/abuse function. No block or mute. Hmmm…..
I’m not getting too comfortable here. My HB days are over and my HHS days might be numbered…
Flotsam and Jetsam, No Place for Disgrace, live – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11xwnn_Ef6M
I bet he’d trade it for a Stanley Cup.
I wouldn’t bet against him getting a third Cup before he retires.
Well, if you can convince Rielly to waive and work a deal with Vancouver to take him (preferably zero retention) and get some assets in return, then I nominate you as the next executive assistant to the assistant general manager.
Blueger has a $1.8m caphit for next season and then UFA after that.
Myers has a $3m caphit until 2027 and then UFA, and he’s 35 right now, BTW.
So, you would be taking on $4.8m in cap and shooting Rielly’s $7.5m caphit into the Sun… which runs until 2030 by the way, so I hope the Canucks really really want him with no retention.
You would be gaining $2.2m in free cap. That’s a nice little piece of change that gets you another bottom sixer or #3-#5 dman.
The problem I see here is, Myers is definitely not a top pair guy. And that still leaves you without a true #1 dman, which Rielly was at least cosplaying as on the Leafs. Blueger is basically a plug and is a noshow in the playoffs, so I guess he’s a little cheaper than Kampf.
None of this solves the root issue on defense – the Leafs don’t have a rock or warhorse. They don’t have a true #1. Rielly is trying and failing. Shooting him into the Sun, but taking back almost $5m in cap on a 35 year old dman and Kampf-lite doesn’t feel like a big upgrade, although you get free of Rielly’s cap from years 2027 onward.
On further reflection, I think it might be better if Rielly gets a coke habit.
At this point you’d almost have to give Rielly away. Even if he agreed to waive (he won’t), the return is going to be scrubs and low picks unless you retain and fuck retaining on a contract like that. Send him to Utah for a 7th and a box of timbits.
Sure, the ownership could run him out of town and basically “override” his NMC by driving him out, but then you damage the team’s reputation as a destination for other players like free agents or trade targets. That’s far from ideal.
Put him in rehab, bury the caphit.
Kerrigan his kneecap and put him on Robidas Island.
Redeploy him as a 2nd pair, optimize for a reduced and overpaid role, and live with it.
That’s pretty much your options.
Is it safe in here?
Or should I apply my padded helmet first? – Sir
I’m safe, you’re safe, we’re all safe here. LOL.
I’d put Tavares in the category of: massive defensively liability, poor skating, 34-40 year old making 5-7 million getting top-six minutes and PP time with poor career playoff success. I’m going to guess; no. – Uggie
Not exactly the same, but Steven Stamkos checks a lot of those boxes. Granted, Stamkos was only 30 when he got his first Cup and then 31 on the second Cup. Not great defensively, average skater, little playoff success prior to the Cups. He was making about $8m at the time.
So… kinda…. ish.
