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And he'd actually have to want to sign that deal with the theoretical team that offers it. Even if he knows Toronto automatically will match it, he's probably still not going to run the slight risk of winding up in Columbus if he has an unnatural fear of cannon blasts. And the other thing we're missing in this discussion of "he'd be crazy not to take that deal" is that Toronto could possibly be playing games with how it's structured. The classic example right now is the so called lockout protection. Is that something they're not including right now? I'm sure we can come up with a long list of possibilities for why it's not as straight forward as $11 million/year, 8 years.

Carolina is probably one of those teams that does have an idiot GM though, given his history. I'm not completely sure if he had that job though when the deal was made. That organization is a bit of a circus.

Since they obviously can't release a real live bat, Pegula needs to invest some money into inventing a life-like robot bat. They should also invest in a robot Jim Lorentz, just in case they can't lure the real one away from the fishing boat.

Do you know how many of the teams are NHL-owned vs. independent ownership? I'd love to see that number, but I get the impression that it leans towards the former at this point.

4 darts? Well at least he's willing to cheat. We can work with that.

The thought of having an entire effective line out there with a combined price tag south of $5 million is an appealing one. I don't know who the third piece winds up being, but the Zemgus/Larsson combo will barely top a combined $3 million. It's pocket change at this point.

Every so often people like to suggest songs for the on ice intro. To this day, there is no better fit than the sabre dance and this anniversary is the perfect time to use nothing but that. Now I know that @SDS likes to chime in saying that kids today don't like the old stuff (and I agree), but I'd hope he'd look the other way on this one.

Nova Scotia?

If they have to use the slug, that’s a good place to put it.

Grzelcyk is a defenseman

That’s an interesting choice of pictures given how that episode ends. Fits in really well with the Trouba story

And the best part? Had Colorado let him go, he would have had to be placed on waivers before being cleared for the Calgary roster. So Calgary would have lost their draft picks with nothing to show for it.

Well he didn’t have to stay in Winnipeg. Just ask Patrik Berglund.

And no movement clause essentially equals cannot be placed on waivers

Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be looking up that one

What on earth is going on in here?

Master of the obvious

The guy made you go to Detroit. You should hate him for that.

Not necessarily. It is dependent on the previous salary. The second bullet point here spells it out.

I was trying to figure out what the deal with his t-shirt in inky's post was. So now it's half figured out. I still don't have a clue what the Ric Flair reference is.

Each time I see his name I still do a double take. I keep thinking of their first round pick from ten years ago. It's not quite Ullmark/Omark, but it'll do.

Are you guys stealing directly from the twitter comments now?

What do you mean by "the Amerks couldn't afford on their own"? It's the same ownership. Sorry if I'm missing something here.

Given that one of very few requirements for the position is age, that whole "debate" seems pretty pointless, doesn't it??

There's nothing like taking national pride from watching a bunch of american guys win a game. It reminds me of the classic moment of bruins fans chanting USA at the habs in the playoffs even though the only americans on the ice were wearing the blue, white, red (nice coincidence on the color scheme).