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I wonder how much of that is the high end players making those guys better. We lacked the high end guy for so long, it left just about everyone being asked to do far more than they were capable. We have that high end now, so this is the time for some of those mid-level guys to step up.

I love it when I "accidentally" hit those springy door stops with the vacuum. The wife is going to kill me for it at some point, but I don't care.

And doubled his entire college career output that one year with Eichel. I'd experiment for a game or two and put him on Eichel's wing, especially given the recent uptick in his play.

He bounced on and off of it throughout the year.

All of the above.

I know this isn't one word, but I feel like the thread title actually answers the question perfectly.

One school is obsessed with BC. The other is obsessed with Notre Dame. So by BC logic where they think they're on the same level as Notre Dame, I guess that does make them the same school. And as for Erod, all of this is why I still hold out hope for O'Regan. He was always a better player than Erod, he just didn't get glued to Eichel's hip for a full season.

I'm not really sure, but then again, I always confuse you with sweetlou.

You're dead to me

I don't know what's the crazier part, that they offered that role to Oldman or that he actually accepted it.

Future considerations that were actually past considerations. We're caught in a loop.

The bounceyball money is obscene though, which plays a huge factor. The NHL players don't stand to gain anywhere near as much with the series of short term deal. I really do think it mostly comes down to a team driven game vs. a player driven game. When you know that you're a player who can turn a team around all on your own, you know that short of absolute catastrophe, that next deal is out there. When you're more reliant on the rest of the team around you, it makes you think twice. Luxury taxes and contract options also make it a hell of a lot easier for the player to cash out repeatedly.

Send him to San Jose.

Has anyone other than him done this? It's hard to take it as a signal when most if not all of the other elites have gone with the max term. That's a very short list of players though. The one place where it's always going to differ from bounceyball is that one single player can't drive the game of hockey like they can over there.

Isn't pretty much every contract signing about money though? This one leaves him the option to head somewhere else if he wants out. So there is definitely motivation other than money involved here. Labeling something as 100% about money is way too extreme. It doesn't leave the room for any discussion.

I don't want to say it's 100% about the money. He could have guaranteed around 50% more money than he got. Sure there's a bigger contract waiting in five years, but there's a definite risk involved in assuming you're healthy or performing well enough to get that next contract. There's a reason why you so rarely see this move from the top players.

Somebody doesn't want to be in Toronto long term.

If by some chance they were interested in him, I wouldn't be surprised if there was something in the Fedun trade where they wouldn't bother with a claim.

It makes me wonder if he knew who didn't rake the bunker properly (at least in his mind). Then the next day he wound up in front of that guy and was leaving crap for him. I'm completely pulling this one out of my ass, but since there's no video, I might as well make stuff up.

I completely misread his info. I thought it had him listed as being in the final year. But anyway, I'd imagine he'd wind up as a part of the package. I don't know what Columbus has in system, but they'd have to throw someone in net, even if it's a temporary solution in Doug Reimer (and Florida probably eating some of his salary). It's actually the opposite. The earlier Luongo retires, it's probably better for Vancouver. Sure they get a longer cap hit, but it's much smaller in amount. Just picture him retiring in that last year. It's only a 1 year hit, but at $8 million. That would certainly railroad any plans they might have at that moment.

I'd imagine that he wants to be in Florida or nowhere at all. That's a big part of how he wound up back there in the first place. Retirement is probably the most likely option which, from what Brawndo posted, hits Vancouver the hardest.

Odd. Luongo is signed through 2022 at a $4.53 million cap hit. That would be a big combined hit for two goalies. I'm not really sure what the recapture penalty would be if/when he retires.

As long as you haven't finished the full meal yet, you shouldn't need to go find anything else.

I'm surprised they didn't just fold the disc over a couple times until it fit. That's the only way you that it would actually be thick enough (that's what she said). You know that stuff that you usually eat? It can be used to make one thing stick to another.

You'll probably have to burn the whole thing down. Fortunately, it does solve the lack of heating issue.