NHL Thread

[nah]

get st louis. iginla wasnt the piece they are missing. and i love how dougie didn't take ryder or lay out on the pass when the habs made it 5-4. he just skated a straight line into rask. looked like a 2 on none. i hope everyone apologized to rask after the game, especially the shoot out shooters.

[shinkdew]

i really hope this means the Bs get creative. go get st. louis, yandle & jagr. that's not entirely impossible.

no, but unless you're moving roster players out with years left on their contracts, it really screws up their cap for next year

doesn't Jagr have another year on his deal? I know St Louis has 2

If Chiarelli was smart he'd see if he could sucker someone into taking on Lucic's insane contract that starts next year

horton's & ference are gone next year. using capgeek's calculator, i've got the Bs 1M over w/ all 3 players on the roster next year, at this year's price (translation that means resigning jagr to 4.5M next year)

Acccording to capgeek, the Bruins only have $6m in salary space next year (the cap is $64.3m). You add back the $4m Savard is making and that gives them $10m in cap space. Yandle makes $5.5m, St. Louis makes $5.6m, which puts them over the cap, and that's without having a goalie on the roster.

[elliseamos]

i really hope this means the Bs get creative. go get st. louis, yandle & jagr. that's not entirely impossible.

no, but unless you're moving roster players out with years left on their contracts, it really screws up their cap for next year

doesn't Jagr have another year on his deal? I know St Louis has 2

If Chiarelli was smart he'd see if he could sucker someone into taking on Lucic's insane contract that starts next year

horton's & ference are gone next year. using capgeek's calculator, i've got the Bs 1M over w/ all 3 players on the roster next year, at this year's price (translation that means resigning jagr to 4.5M next year)

Acccording to capgeek, the Bruins only have $6m in salary space next year (the cap is $64.3m). You add back the $4m Savard is making and that gives them $10m in cap space. Yandle makes $5.5m, St. Louis makes $5.6m, which puts them over the cap, and that's without having a goalie on the roster.

i don't know that the calculator i was using was for next year, but looking at the numbers on the site next year currently includes Torey Krug (1.7) & Matt Bartkowski (.650). not to mention, there's no saying if peverley is part of one of the 3 deals i've mentioned (3.2M). That would make things very possible to manage.

[elliseamos]

do i pretend any of this is likely? no.
but would trading for those 3 guys be a huge splash and could be managed.

[MattA75]

i really hope this means the Bs get creative. go get st. louis, yandle & jagr. that's not entirely impossible.

no, but unless you're moving roster players out with years left on their contracts, it really screws up their cap for next year

doesn't Jagr have another year on his deal? I know St Louis has 2

If Chiarelli was smart he'd see if he could sucker someone into taking on Lucic's insane contract that starts next year

horton's & ference are gone next year. using capgeek's calculator, i've got the Bs 1M over w/ all 3 players on the roster next year, at this year's price (translation that means resigning jagr to 4.5M next year)

Acccording to capgeek, the Bruins only have $6m in salary space next year (the cap is $64.3m). You add back the $4m Savard is making and that gives them $10m in cap space. Yandle makes $5.5m, St. Louis makes $5.6m, which puts them over the cap, and that's without having a goalie on the roster.

And the cap is going down next year

[Norah]

recapping bruins' fans' night:

Pretty much how it went.

[Strat]

I am really loving this shortened season. Much greater sense of urgency (agency?) in every game. Doesnt hurt that the Wild are showing signs of being a great team and Parise and Sutter are doing everything they were hoped to do. We have solid 3.5 lines right now.

[nah]

I am really loving this shortened season. Much greater sense of urgency (agency?) in every game. Doesnt hurt that the Wild are showing signs of being a great team and Parise and Sutter are doing everything they were hoped to do. We have solid 3.5 lines right now.

strat, i love when you talk hockey and chest hair. hate when you talk downward dog and lululemon.

[Strat]

I am really loving this shortened season. Much greater sense of urgency (agency?) in every game. Doesnt hurt that the Wild are showing signs of being a great team and Parise and Sutter are doing everything they were hoped to do. We have solid 3.5 lines right now.

strat, i love when you talk hockey and chest hair. hate when you talk downward dog and lululemon.

Im a well rounded 21st century bro.

[shinkdew]

From what it sounds like, Calgary told Boston at noon that they had a deal and instead of closing it, Chiarelli went to Sully's Tap and started pounded beers.

[Peeps]

everyone is blaming the GM, but for the trade to happen jerome had to sign off on it. Boston was the front runner for sure but when he heard pitts was in on it, thats where he wanted to go so he was dealt there. if they said no, boston gives us more, i am sure he would have thumbed his nose at that and said then no trade me.

[Brainof23]

My brother plays at Yale with Kenny Agostino. I have watched or attended all of his games the last two season. He is a legit NHL prospect. He has great size and really good skill. He should probably play his senior year at Yale and will need a year in the AHL but he can have a really good NHL career. Just to draw a comparison, I would be shocked if he wasnt better than Lee Stempniak.

[Simple Torture]

recapping bruins' fans' night:

Pretty much how it went.

Yeah, this is basically accurate.

[southp]

All will be right with the hockey world when Crosby hoists the cup and then passes it directly to Iginla.
Any fan of hockey should agree with this.

[MattA75]

All will be right with the hockey world when Crosby hoists the cup and then passes it directly to Iginla.
Any fan of hockey should agree with this.

I'll be happy for Iginla, but I will never root for any team Mario Lemieux is involved with

[shinkdew]

Islanders sign Lubomir Visnovsky to a two year extension, $9.5m.

[Strat]

My brother plays at Yale with Kenny Agostino. I have watched or attended all of his games the last two season. He is a legit NHL prospect. He has great size and really good skill. He should probably play his senior year at Yale and will need a year in the AHL but he can have a really good NHL career. Just to draw a comparison, I would be shocked if he wasnt better than Lee Stempniak.

How the hell did they just beat the Gophs. G Dangit. Lucia may be on the way out after this. He has not really been able to push the gophers into greatness and have let them collapse to teams that shoudlnt be able to wipe their ass. Oh man.

Also, Ignlia being out o the west - thank you. Fucker lights the Wild up everytime we face him.

[shinkdew]

My brother plays at Yale with Kenny Agostino. I have watched or attended all of his games the last two season. He is a legit NHL prospect. He has great size and really good skill. He should probably play his senior year at Yale and will need a year in the AHL but he can have a really good NHL career. Just to draw a comparison, I would be shocked if he wasnt better than Lee Stempniak.

How the hell did they just beat the Gophs. G Dangit. Lucia may be on the way out after this. He has not really been able to push the gophers into greatness and have let them collapse to teams that shoudlnt be able to wipe their ass. Oh man.

Also, Ignlia being out o the west - thank you. Fucker lights the Wild up everytime we face him.

That's why I think Lucia was a terrible choice for the US WJC team. His team's chronically underperform in the tournament.

[Strat]

He has been fairly successful just because of the players. And he inherited a hell of a core from Woog but he has lost his way or mojo. Time for new blood.

[elliseamos]

imagine that, the Bs only muster 1 goal. awesome.

so much for iginla's plan to "play with sid."