shrader Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 I don’t think that CHL players going to the NCAA will be that much of an issue. The majority that will do that will wind up being the older guys who were either never drafted or went unsigned and then back into the draft already, or even aged out already. They will need to put something in place though for the rare cases that do pop up. Quote
Taro T Posted October 27 Report Posted October 27 (edited) And, forgot about a big one. Would allow teams in the playoffs to exceed the cap by 5% (but no more than that) with their top 23 guys (maybe even only 21 or 22 if they'd still be using IR to get guys that are up on the big team but not in the lineup into the lineup). Why let a team exceed the cap in the playoffs at all? Primarily because if a team is banking cap throughout the season they can "exceed" the cap at the trade deadline with their top 23 and still remain cap compliant even without any BF-LTIR shenanigans during the regular season. (It's the way a team $4MM under the cap 1/2 way through the season could add a $8MM player and remain compliant.) People wanting to force teams to be cap compliant in the playoffs forget that teams can be (and have been) compliant throughout the regular season without using BF-LTIR but still have a roster that technically wouldn't be cap compliant were the cap still a thing in the playoffs. And, no, don't expect them to do anything about the Knights or Bolts stashing players until the playoffs start with the POSSIBLE exception that they might go back to the unofficial interpretation of the cap that they used against the Sabres back in '07 - if the Sabres wanted to use Connolly (and IIRC Afinogenov too) in the playoffs they needed to play at the end of the regular season. But expect that's not likely to get reimplemented. Edited October 27 by Taro T 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 How about a shot clock or chaser player starting at the far goal line on OT shootouts? No more of this taking 2 minutes to shoot. Quote
JohnC Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 1 minute ago, PromoTheRobot said: How about a shot clock or chaser player starting at the far goal line on OT shootouts? No more of this taking 2 minutes to shoot. Has this happened? I haven't seen it. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 (edited) 4 minutes ago, JohnC said: Has this happened? I haven't seen it. I exaggerate some but it doesn't feel like I'm far off. Edited October 28 by PromoTheRobot 1 Quote
Taro T Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: How about a shot clock or chaser player starting at the far goal line on OT shootouts? No more of this taking 2 minutes to shoot. Why would that be a part of the CBA? Couldn't it simply be a modification to the rule governing shootouts? Quote
shrader Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 35 minutes ago, Taro T said: Why would that be a part of the CBA? Couldn't it simply be a modification to the rule governing shootouts? It’s another new job. Each team has one guy exclusively for that role. Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 10 hours ago, Taro T said: Why would that be a part of the CBA? Couldn't it simply be a modification to the rule governing shootouts? Frankly I didn't know where that would he decided. Don't players get some say on the rules? Quote
Taro T Posted October 28 Report Posted October 28 3 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Frankly I didn't know where that would he decided. Don't players get some say on the rules? Yes, they have representation on the rules making committee. But modifications to playing rules in large part have nothing to do with the CBA. Quote
JP51 Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 On 10/27/2024 at 9:17 AM, Darryl Shannon's +/- said: Limit the max term of contracts and maybe only two no move clauses per team. Trades and turnover are good. Allow cap room to be traded. CAP room to be traded would be terrible for us... anything that give a GM more control of the assets of the operation would be a disaster for the Sabres... I can see it now... 1 Quote
French Collection Posted October 30 Report Posted October 30 8 hours ago, JP51 said: CAP room to be traded would be terrible for us... anything that give a GM more control of the assets of the operation would be a disaster for the Sabres... I can see it now... At least they could get something for cap space, unlike letting millions sit every single year. 1 Quote
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