Just started reading, but something that struck me right off the start - sportsnet printed "#$%^", which just seemed odd.
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And if a guy says he has a better offer out there, you’ll know if he’s full of #$%^ when you get to the deadline and he still has the player you targeted.
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Another thing that jumped out at me is something everyone already knows:
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Our GM likes to have everything in front of him because as the clock winds down he wants to be able to focus on negotiating with the other GMs and not have to be juggling a lot of other stuff—what the cap issues might be, what the contracts are going forward.
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Most contending teams spend to the cap, and so far I'd say that the rich have managed to stay rich (asset-wise). I wonder if there'd be another way to spark more trade activity/a more exciting free agent period by altering how buy outs work? Instead of making a team carry a cap-hit for x-amount of time, have the penalty be something along the lines of RFA Offer Sheets. Where if you buy out a player that has "x" amount of term/money left on his contract, rather than carrying an "x" cap-hit, you have to pay for it by giving up draft picks? Maybe even allow the team to choose between paying a cap penalty or a draft pick penalty. This could help spark more activity in the summer and offer GMs some more flexibility when it comes to trades.
Fun read. I'm excited for Wednesday.