Sabel79

Currently under the floor at $57.6 Million... Albeit with only 14 guys counting against the cap currently

I'm backwards man, thanks for articulately explaining it, @Taro T

Yes, the cap hit stays the same based upon retirement date. Cap hit-Actual salary paid.

Anybody know if he's related to history's greatest monster? Because hell no if he is...

He will likely never play a regular-season game with the Sabres. Moving on...

And JBots is not under pressure to move money off the cap right now so he can sign Duchense to an almost certainly instantly regrettable contract this week... Or at least, if he is he should be... FIRED IMMEDIATELY.

1997, 29th... Scott Barney ladies and gentlemen! He of 27 total NHL games, 5 Goals and 6 assists for a career between LA and Atlanta. Yes, I had to look that up.

Klinsmann got hammered for trying to bring in as many Euro kids eligible for US passports as he could. Honestly, it was more a comment on the state of US soccer than anything. Until the USSF starts actually trying to grow the game properly and it stops being the reserve of the upper middle class not much is going to change/improve. Due to the weird work permit rules in Europe, it's hard for kids from here to make the jump up there. Your Pulisic's and others with Euro passports will always go because they can. Everybody else not so much, unfortunately.

CONCACAF = Confederation Of North American, Central American And Caribbean Association Football (You know, Soccer). The gold cup is the confederation championship, akin to the Euros, Copa America, African Cup of Nations (also currently ongoing), and whatever else they do elsewhere. Everybody's got one.

Yeah.... no. This bit’s been going on since the draft...

Just offer sheet Aho, already, JBots... I realize now that this is the trade thread. I’ll get my coat...

Not, I don’t think, until he actually failed to report in September, and even then there’d be a process. Berglund helped his case along, didn’t appeal, that sort of thing.

There definitely would have been a 1st round pick / higher-end prospect involved. If not both.

Serena Williams would like to have a word with you...

I dunno about anybody else, but this tournament has just about been reduced to a farce by VAR. Cameroon is rightly about to lose their collective mind right now after a goal is disallowed by a razor thin margin, which is what we were told was not going to be what it was used for to begin with. Just scrap it, already.

His cap hit was $5.25M, but that's not factored in to the current number per CapFriendly.

Vegas is $2 million over the cap before Karlsson's new deal gets added in; they have to make some moves.

You may have the opportunity to pick up Marleau at a better cap number once the Canes buy him out. I'm 98% certain this will happen. Also, 100% certian he ends up back out west, but whatever.

No, it's a majority of what they do, year-round. Players today are light-years ahead of 30 years ago in terms of size, speed, strength and dedication to maintaining all of the above. Mid 80's 90 pound bench-press Gretzky gets plowed over if he shows up today as he was then.

Devils?

And, when all is said and done, they’ll still have the World Cup in Qatar because of reasons.

Watched the game out of the corner of my eye from the pool whilst guzzling exotic drinks, but from what I can tell Chile’s goalie put on a Hasek-like performance.

Kiddo finished 2nd grade today. This does not seem possible, I swear she was getting on the bus for the first day of kindergarten yesterday, or thereabouts. Bags are packed, dropping the dog off with the Ex and then we’re off to the beach. Much needed.