04-01-2021, 04:29 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Van Island
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100% cap circumvention. No way he is just perfectly "ready" for the first game of the playoffs. But the league will completely look the other way just like it always does.
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04-01-2021, 04:31 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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This is exactly what people said would happen.
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04-01-2021, 04:46 PM
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Franchise Player
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If Gaborik decides he wants another ring then they'll be really screwed.
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04-01-2021, 04:51 PM
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Franchise Player
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You would think that an independent doctor would need to certify if he is ready or not, if that isn't the case it should be.
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04-01-2021, 04:52 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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NHL better do something, or 1 more joke of a league example
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04-01-2021, 04:53 PM
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Needs More Cowbell
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Not Canada, Eh?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by powderjunkie
If Gaborik decides he wants another ring then they'll be really screwed.
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I was initially WTF? Then I looked it up. Lightning have $17.7M on LTIR. WTF.
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04-01-2021, 04:57 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary Satellite Community
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Scummy move, no way the NHL should allow this. But we all likely know what will happen.
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04-01-2021, 04:58 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cannon7
I was initially WTF? Then I looked it up. Lightning have $17.7M on LTIR. WTF.
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And with all of those ending they are still somehow 3.5M over the cap next season with only 15 players...a 20 man roster would put them 5.6M over.
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04-01-2021, 05:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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He legit needed surgery. It's not like he wouldn't have made Tampa better in the regular season too, and I think its safe to guess that Kucherov would rather hockey than spend months on LTIR.
Beyond that, I dont really care that much. Its not like players are going to start going to surgery just for cap reasons if this isn't dealt with.
Last edited by Itse; 04-01-2021 at 05:03 PM.
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04-01-2021, 05:03 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Itse
He legit needed surgery. It's not like he wouldn't have made Tampa better in the regular season too, and I think its safe to guess that Kucherov would rather hockey than spend months on LTIR.
Beyond that, I dont really care that much. The cap isn't that interesting.
Especially when the Flames aren't among the contenders.
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This is Tampa didn't need to be any better...there needs to be a rule or the whole thing is a joke.
Ten regular season games or no playoffs...sorry guy
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04-01-2021, 05:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dino7c
This is Tampa didn't need to be any better...there needs to be a rule or the whole thing is a joke.
Ten regular season games or no playoffs...sorry guy
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Sorry I edited my post after you quoted it, but this isnt going to be a way teams deliberately start circumventong the cap. Players aren't going under the knife for that reason.
And I'd rather see Kucherov play.
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04-01-2021, 05:06 PM
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Franchise Player
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Man that really is fortunate timing for them. What a massive stroke of luck that he will likely be ready just in time for the playoffs when there is no cap anymore. Amazing, amazing stuff.
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04-01-2021, 05:22 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Hope they get swept in the first round again.
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04-01-2021, 05:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Forsberg did it in the non-cap era. Nobody said the Avs were cheating.
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04-01-2021, 05:26 PM
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Franchise Player
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Seems like it should be easy enough to fix in the future...for any contract over $3M or players over 35 to be eligible for the playoffs a player needs to be on your cap for at least 30 days (or whatever number) in that season...
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04-01-2021, 05:26 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buff
Forsberg did it in the non-cap era. Nobody said the Avs were cheating.
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Well...there wasn't a cap...
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04-01-2021, 05:28 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2007
Exp: 
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This is good, need Tampa to continue to be good the next 3-4 years to make sure Oilers don't have a sniff at a cup
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04-01-2021, 05:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: SW Ontario
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Just assign a number of regular season games needed to be eligible for playoffs. Easy solution.
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04-01-2021, 05:33 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Saving the world one gif at a time
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This will get about as much a look from the NHL as the McDavid elbow the other night.
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