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It was hilarious this afternoon as NFL Network had Kyle Brandt on one of their shows and had him talking up how good those unis look. Pretty sure at one point he mentioned how "clean" they look. LOL. So, sure, they're paying his salary, he'll suck it up and say they look good, but pretty sure him saying they look "clean" was a FU to his bosses.

And Krebs to the box for something that happened in the post whistle scrum. ???

Not impressed w/ Quinn on this PP. 3 bad passes and 1 horribly telegraphed shot that went over the net.

And Appleton nearly got his 2nd shorty. Georgiev with a nice push across the crease to rob him.

And Bernard-Docker gives the Sabres PP a chance to get back into it again. Nice of him to still try to do his part. 😉

4-2. Seider.

Larkin won a battle in front against Metsa. Kind of a tough ask of the kid; but if you want to eventually get a look in the show, you've got to come through in those instances.

Larkin off the post and in. Wings back on top 3-2.

And the PP actually had good movement on it. Shocking.

2 goals on 7 shots total this game. And goalie really didn't have a chance on either one that got by him.

Doan w /the PP goal. 2-2.

What a stop by Georgiev. Cross ice pass from Larkin to Raymond and he came in clean on Georgiev.

STs is what cost them. Can't be giving up shorties. Even when you get the equalizer that same PP, those hurt. Pretty sure the Sabres PP is a net 0 through 7 periods.

Not sure that this is accurate as they didn't give Krebs credit for a shot about 3 minutes into the game; but they claim the Sabres were outshot 15-4 in the 1st.

Yup. But at least the've killed off 1/2 of this one without giving up any serious chances. (And as he says that Georgiev has to make a nice blocker save.) 2 or 3 shots on the PP for the Wings. Only 1 that was dangerous. Will take that on the kill.

Why does the video graphic keep showing that Östlund has a goal but Tuch and Zucker have 0. Zucker also has 0 assists. Know what else he and Tuch have 0 of - TOI. They are NOT dressed tonight you rubes. For those that can actually watch this (or at least the "stream continues shortly" graphic they show whenever there is a stoppage), Wayne Gretzky is also scoreless as is Jim Lorentz and shockingly Josh Allen hasn't gotten on the board yet, though he's due.

Know where the Ellicott Square Building is? Well, there you are. 😉 Literally kitty corner across from the ballpark and nearly across the street from Washington Square (which I know you know where THAT is).

And even better yet if you buy me a beer. 😉

As mentioned in the PM you sent me; I joined yesterday. There's 11 teams and "Taro's Terrors" are one of them. Don't know who the slacker is; but it ain't this kid. 😉

They've ALWAYS had the deferments reflect the particular year the money is earned's NPV during the Salary Cap era. Which is why when a player actually made use of that benefit this past year it was silly that people were going nuts about there being cap circumvention. There was no such thing happening.

That won't appreicably lower the cap hit. The deferred money (if it's spelled out exactly what he'll get in years 9+) will lower the hit SLIGHTLY as for cap purposes the money would have its NPV in each of those years calculated and used in the cap hit calculation. And if it's that $1MM (or $2MM as the case may be) of today's money will be defered until later regardless of the vehicle it is parked in; then there won't be any cap savings as the cap gets charged the full face value of the deferred money. Also, realize, and expect that you do, am stating this for people reading that aren't particularly familiar with the CBA & MOUs, that the deferred money would get paid out to him in those future years regardless of his contract situation (aka whether he were still playing & regardless as to whether it was still as a Sabre or not). Other than for the look of it (hey, this guy's getting money after the contract is over, this must be circumvention; even though when you actually look at it, it isn't circumvention and every $ gets accounted for in the cap in the season it is earned) not sure why the players let the owners get rid of it. It gives guys the external discipline of living on less money than they really have and gives them a pretty significant income in their post playing years. Yes, if you have a good financial advisor you're likely better off having the money now rather than later; but a lot of these guys never went to college and it isn't always easy to figure out what advisor to trust. (All sorts of horror stories of bands, actors, and athletes getting swindled by people they trusted. They aren't the rule, but there's enough that they need to be ware.)

Contracts CAN NOT get "redone" in the NHL. Thompson is locked in through the deal and cannot sign another contract until July 1 of the last season of the deal. That contract would take effect when the current 1 expires.

Without getting traded, he can ONLY get an 8 year deal from the Sabres. And IF as a condition of running the playoff BF-LTIR rules into this season, the 6/7 rule kicks in July 1 rather than mid-September then if he walks to FA then he can only get a 6 year deal from anybody. (Expecting that won't happen; but until they finalize the revisions to the implementation of the new MOU to the CBA, it is possible.)

Yup. And, if you truly ARE the MVP of the entire league, aren't THOSE the moments you're supposed to have a huge 4th Q; rather than have it in a game you're already killing the other team?

Have been saying this for YEARS. And still to this day can't understand why the rank and file end up going along with leadership when they push hard for guys getting close to max deals and ALSO when the leadership fights so hard to keep guys that injure their brethren from getting punished. The players get 1/2 of the pie, regardless how big or small the pie is (Covid disruptions to that not withstanding). It is in their best interest to do everything possible to grow the pie and the best way to do that is to put a tremendously entertaining product on the ice. And the players don't seem to understand that when they adjust actual salaries to meet the 50% of revenue total, that they do a straight %age boost across the board when revenues come in above projections (and, pulling Covid out of the picture, they almost always end up exceeding projections). So, if HRR exceeds projections by 10%, then a $1MM player actually gets $1.1MM and a $10MM player gets $11MM. The divide between the haves and have nots actually increases even more. Granted, on those rare occassions projections don't get met, the bigger monied players take the bigger hit, but that is the exception, not the rule. And, rather than wanting to come down on the guys that cross check others in the back eventually helping to contribe to back issues for players that are extremely talented (cough, cough, Dahlin); the leaders of the NHLPA are perfectly fine with that crud. Well, when the skilled players are out of the game, its a LOT less enteraining. Not saying they should go to a checking free game; but the PA needs to care about more than simply hits that might lead to concussions. EDIT: SLIGHT oversimplication on the contract adjustment as it is the total nominal player payroll that gets adjusted to 50% of HRR. Made an assumption that nominal player payroll was close/equal to actual player payroll. But if at the end of the day player nominal payroll was under what actual payroll should be, all the players nominal salaries get adjusted by the same % so a $1MM player gets an extra $100k and a $10MM player gets an extra $1MM should nominal get adjusted 10%.