icehog3 01:12 PM 09-03-2010
Originally Posted by Eleven:
Penguins have completed the puzzle. 29 other teams should just stay home this year...
Mike Comrie
Nice pick-up by the Pens if he plays like he is capable of. Maybe the dame is why he hasn't lately.
:-)
icehog3 03:13 PM 09-04-2010
FRom ESPN.com...Kovalchuk's contract will be the last of this type:
Originally Posted by :
Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal on Friday after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts.
A source told ESPN.com's Scott Burnside that as part of the amendment, the NHL has agreed to stop looking into the long-term deals of Chris Pronger, Roberto Luongo, Marc Savard and Marian Hossa.
In exchange for allowing those four contracts and Kovalchuk's new deal to stand under the old rules, the NHLPA agreed to new regulations governing how front-loaded, long-term contracts count against the salary cap.
In the future, the salary cap hit for any contract that is five years or more in length and takes a player to his 41st birthday or beyond will be determined by the average of the yearly salaries only until the year in which the player turns 40.
All remaining years in the deal after a player turns 41 will be recalculated based on the salary of those final years of the contract, according to the source.
The two-tiered cap system will prevent GMs from signing players like Kovalchuk to long-term deals with a dramatically reduced salary at the end of the contract designed to lower the salary cap.
For example, the original Kovalchuk deal would be allowed under the new rules, but the salary cap hit would be based on the first 13 years of the deal. When Kovalchuk turns 40, the cap hit would be recalculated based on the final four years of the contract. Under the amendment, the first 13 years of the original deal would cost the Devils $7.68 million annually against the salary cap while the final four years, when Kovalchuk would almost certainly have been retired, would come with a cap hit of $550,000.
"You could still do [that deal] but you can't use the five years at $550,000 to bring down the cap hit. It's almost two separate contracts really," the source said.
While the five contracts at issue will be honored at their current values, the new agreement agreed upon on Friday will cover any new contracts.
"Getting all those deals approved in exchange for [the new regulations] is a great deal," for the NHLPA, the source told ESPN.com.
icehog3 04:11 PM 09-04-2010
Originally Posted by Eleven:
Penguins have completed the puzzle. 29 other teams should just stay home this year...
Pens signed Comrie for 500K, I wish the Hawks would have signed him rather than Pisani at the same price.
That being said, if Comrie "completes the puzzle", the Pens must have had all the pieces before that...I think the Hawks, Sharks, Wings, Canucks, Kings, Caps and all will still play.
:-) :-)
Ahbroody 08:25 PM 09-04-2010
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Pens signed Comrie for 500K, I wish the Hawks would have signed him rather than Pisani at the same price.
That being said, if Comrie "completes the puzzle", the Pens must have had all the pieces before that...I think the Hawks, Sharks, Wings, Canucks, Kings, Caps and all will still play. :-) :-)
Wait wait Wings? I kid I kid
Agreed thats why they play the games Tom. I dont know what to think of this new Sharks team or Hawks team. This season will be very interesting in the west and I dont see any team running away with it.
icehog3 09:30 PM 09-04-2010
Originally Posted by Ahbroody:
Wait wait Wings? I kid I kid
Agreed thats why they play the games Tom. I dont know what to think of this new Sharks team or Hawks team. This season will be very interesting in the west and I dont see any team running away with it.
Hawks, Sharks, Kings, Wings, Canucks are all definitely in the mix, Mike.
Eleven 06:43 AM 09-07-2010
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Nice pick-up by the Pens if he plays like he is capable of. Maybe the dame is why he hasn't lately. :-)
I will keep my fingers crossed that she doesn't 'Tony Romo' him
:-)
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Hawks, Sharks, Kings, Wings, Canucks are all definitely in the mix, Mike.
Holy crap, a Wings fan, Sharks fan, and Blackhawks fan actually agree on something.
:-)
icehog3 10:44 AM 09-07-2010
Originally Posted by 357:
Holy crap, a Wings fan, Sharks fan, and Blackhawks fan actually agree on something. :-)
Gonna be a great season in the West!
:-)
Ahbroody 12:21 AM 09-08-2010
Originally Posted by 357:
Holy crap, a Wings fan, Sharks fan, and Blackhawks fan actually agree on something. :-)
I dont think we agree on placement in the West
:-), but I do believe it will be one kick ass year. I think the Sharks Have a strog chance of winning the west for the 3rd year in a row, but wouldnt be suprised to see the Canucks swipe it. As for LA I said last year its a great young team as is PHX. They can catch fire and do a lot a damage.
ahc4353 07:18 AM 09-08-2010
Don't know if this has been discussed (searching on my phone sucks).
Dave Kolomatis signed a 3 year deal with the Kings. This is the second D man (John Carlson Caps) from my sons organization to go pro.
Maybe there is hope for Mitch yet!
:-)
icehog3 07:57 AM 09-08-2010
Go Mitch!!
:-)
Ahbroody 08:30 AM 09-08-2010
Originally Posted by ahc4353:
Don't know if this has been discussed (searching on my phone sucks).
Dave Kolomatis signed a 3 year deal with the Kings. This is the second D man (John Carlson Caps) from my sons organization to go pro.
Maybe there is hope for Mitch yet! :-)
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Go Mitch!! :-)
:-) that would be awesome.
Ahbroody 01:45 AM 09-10-2010
Too funny found out the NFL season started today when I got to work. Didnt even know.
Is it hockey season yet?
icehog3 08:19 AM 09-10-2010
Training camp in 1 week!
:-)
jmsremax 08:41 AM 09-10-2010
Just my tickets in hand today!
:-)
Here's to the '10-'11 season
:-)
Ahbroody 09:19 AM 09-10-2010
got mine also this week. Selling half my season. Too hard with work and micahs hockey to make that many games
jmsremax 10:53 AM 09-10-2010
Originally Posted by Ahbroody:
got mine also this week. Selling half my season. Too hard with work and micahs hockey to make that many games
I hear ya...I split it amongst some friends because the cost of each game is quite high when you add in the beers before, during, and sometimes after.
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