I missed the news that the Jets signed Anthony Bitetto
Have fun with that lol
With Cody, we went back and really studied him when Ottawa was making their run a few years ago. The last couple of years, part of it goes into the circumstances of him taking on really, really difficult assignments. When we looked at it, we said, "Okay, we can bring him in here and pair him with either Morgan or Jake or Travis Dermott when Travis Dermott is healthy, and have him with a partner that can really move the puck very effectively and efficiently. We know that he is a big, strong guy down low. We think we could make some improvements with him.
I'm sure Ottawa is hoping to do the same thing with Zaitsev and get better as they continue to grow. In Cody's case, we just felt that for someone who is 24 and not yet 25 years old, we would be able to help him continue to grow and evolve. We liked a lot of things we saw within his game even going back a few seasons and we're just trying to get him back on track. We feel he's got a lot of incentive. He's got an arbitration case ahead of him and one year before he hits free agency. We are excited about working with him and trying to make some gains with him.
Paywall, couldn't read.
14 of 18 are Eastern Conference
4 appearances by the Maple Leafs
Replace "Ceci" with "Gudbranson" and it's the same story about the latter when he was traded to Vancouver. 24 years old with room to grow and evolve, has been good in the past, big, strong, stay at home guy, put him with a puck mover (Hutton) in more favourable circumstances (not the shut down pair) and he'll succeed.
Pretty sure you and Lone are on the same page here. He's definitely not bringing up Gudbranson in a positive wayYou think Ottawa never tried that? Lol
He brought every pairing down.
ESPN: How were you able to avoid the Fortnite craze?
Matthews: I've played it. Like I said, I go through stretches were a play a lot of games, and Fortnite was one of them. I don't think it ever got to the point where I was playing all night and not sleeping. I didn't play to the point where it was affecting my life. But I would play three or four hours a day after getting home from practice. Log on and play with all the boys. But nothing too crazy.
ESPN: No, you're not from Finland.
Matthews: Exactly.
I do enjoy how Laine went out of his way to roast the Canucks about Fortnite, his game drops off a cliff amidst rumours of Fortnite addiction, and now he's being openly mocked.
"It's the way things work on July 1 — you either give the player close to what he wants or you don't get the player," Rutherford said of forward Brandon Tavev, who joined the Penguins on a six-year contract that will count $3.5 million annually against the salary cap.
"We felt so strong about Tanev that, you know, we were willing to go as far as we had to go to make sure that we got him."
I just like to imagine the Pens front office on Monday, all huddled in a conference room while a stone faced Jim Rutherford gives the Captain America "whatever it takes" speech and a giant monitor shows an endless loop of Brandon Tanev skating really hard.
That guy was not an NHL caliber hockey player. His decision making was doodoo.
Remember when Darren Dreger (aka Paul Marner's mouthpiece) said many offer sheets were coming Mitch Marner's way?
The NHL needs NBA's salary cap rules.
Remember when Darren Dreger (aka Paul Marner's mouthpiece) said many offer sheets were coming Mitch Marner's way?
The NHL needs NBA's salary cap rules.
No Gardiner for us.Montreal signs Ben Chiarot to a 3 year deal with a 3.5m AAV
I don't like this.
Chiarot to the Habs, pity the Jets could have used him but Chevy was right to only offer 2 years. The AAV is a slight overpay but the term is risky.
Nba off season is so much fun and you aren't punished for drafting well. You get exemptions for resigning your draft picks. At least allow a designated player rule where only like $1m of a players salary counts against the Cap. The franchise tag.
That's not Gardiner
Basic run down on him? Analytics Twitter is already shitting on him while other guys like Ferraro seem to really like him. Can't say I've ever really paid attention to him before.
Nba off season is so much fun and you aren't punished for drafting well. You get exemptions for resigning your draft picks. At least allow a designated player rule where only like $1m of a players salary counts against the Cap. The franchise tag.
It says a lot about a league when the only thing you're talking about being fun is the offseason. The NBA is a garbage league with zero competitive balance. You know who is going to be there at the end before the season even starts and it's fucking boring seeing the same teams make the finals 5 years in a row. The regular season doesn't mean anything and the playoffs don't matter because the same two teams steamroll through everybody.Nba off season is so much fun and you aren't punished for drafting well. You get exemptions for resigning your draft picks. At least allow a designated player rule where only like $1m of a players salary counts against the Cap. The franchise tag.
Only counting $1M of a $10M+ cap hit is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard. You're asking to be able to sign Matthews + Marner for a little over what Matthews' cap hit is now. Completely ridiculous.You get exemptions for resigning your draft picks. At least allow a designated player rule where only like $1m of a players salary counts against the Cap. The franchise tag.
This. Same with MLB.
Don't worry. With Mike Babcock returning as coach, Leafs are about to have their 4th straight 1st round exit.Can't believe Jason Spezza, Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur are gonna lift the cup as Maple Leafs 11 months from now.
The Sens will win a cup before the Leafs do if Babcock fulfills his entire 8 year deal.
True. Melnyk owns the Sens....I feel bad for Sens fans. He's like their Ballard.
Can't believe Jason Spezza, Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur are gonna lift the cup as Maple Leafs 11 months from now.
Last playoff series win 1996. 🤔🤔🤔