Hockey Randomness

Postby **Jim** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:12 am

That's an interesting theory actually...their only real RWer is Blake Wheeler...so Kessel would really be a good get for them and Bryan Little plays a very similar game to Nick Bonino...I think they would definitely kick that idea around unless they had a very specific return in mind (i.e. a LHS d-man)

Probably could have gotten Hall from Edmonton.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:13 am

Oh yeah, that would have made sense...I wonder if they went down the road on that at all...

Postby **meow** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 12:16 pm

Tough situation for everyone involved, but I don't know if fighting at teammate is the answer.

Postby **Algernon** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 4:07 pm

no respect for players that cant protect themselves like MacArthur.

get him the **** out, doesn't deserve and nhl paycheck

Postby **meow** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 5:19 pm

m'kay

Postby **MR25** » Mon Sep 26, 2016 6:38 pm

Be careful not to cut yourself on that edge.

Postby **Lelldorin** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:23 am

I wanted MacArthur on the Pens when he was at his best

Postby **Jim** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:47 am

Current teams can offer 8 year deals, new teams only 7. Players tend to like to get that 8th year. You can extend someone when they are in the final year of a deal, ie: someone who's contract ends summer of 2017 you can extend for 8 more years now.

You currently have a RFA on your books, or a UFA that you are looking at. Can you sign them to a one year deal today, then tomorrow extend them for 8 more years? essentially giving them a 9 year deal?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:49 am

No. You can not negotiate a one-year deal until January of the year in which the contract takes effect...

You could, in theory, wink-wink, nudge-nudge anything in the world, including this, but it's too much of a risk for a player to get hurt and never cash in on that...so much so, that no player with any agent worth his salt would allow that...

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:03 am

It's only the pre-season, but it amuses me that the Flyers played two games last night and were shut out in both.

Postby **Jim** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:08 pm

No. You can not negotiate a one-year deal until January of the year in which the contract takes effect...

Um... what? I don't understand the January thing.

Trouba is a RFA right now. Russell is a UFA right now. Obviously they can both sign a 1 year deal today. Are you saying that since this is the year that the contract took affect an extension is not signable until January? Is that what you meant?

Marchand was able to sign an extension now, even though under contract, because his current contract was not a 1 year deal?

Last year the Pens signed Cullen to a 1 year deal. Rutherford would not have been able to extend him for another 1 year until January...?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:18 pm

Sorry for being unclear...

Let's say a player signs a one year on, say, 7/27.

7/27/16 - Player X signs 1 year deal.
7/28-12/31 - May not negotiate an extension
1/1-6/30 - May negotiate an extension

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:59 pm

Postby **meow** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:05 pm

What player didn't have a PMP 5030 Coffey curve growing up?

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:07 pm

What player didn't have a PMP 5030 Coffey curve growing up?

No joke, that's actually the only stick I ever used.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 8:08 pm

Calling all WWE fans (@Kicksave). Skip to 5:20 and enjoy:

WWE's Jim Ross calls World Cup Final

He's got his Cup ring on, for God's sake!

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:25 pm

Calling all WWE fans (@Kicksave). Skip to 5:20 and enjoy:

WWE's Jim Ross calls World Cup Final

He's got his Cup ring on, for God's sake!

The Jim Ross stuff never gets old

Postby **columbia** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:47 pm

After all of these years, ESPN still has Tyler Kennedy listed at C; Yahoo had him there well after he left the Pens.

http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3339/tyler-kennedy

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:51 pm

Yeah, most of the league is a center according to most of the sources...the best forwards play center, so you play center in junior, you get drafted as a center and it sticks...I don't believe Tyler Kennedy has lined up at center for any NHL games in his career, a career that I've seen almost every shift of...

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:07 pm

a career that I've seen almost every shift of...

Postby **columbia** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 2:10 pm

Yeah, we need to pitch in send a card and maybe some chocolates.
No need for that sort of self-torture.

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:32 pm

https://twitter.com/bryzgoalie30/status ... 52640?s=09

Postby **Craig** » Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:33 pm

Postby **mikeenike** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 9:33 am

After all of these years, ESPN still has Tyler Kennedy listed at C; Yahoo had him there well after he left the Pens.

http://www.espn.com/nhl/player/_/id/3339/tyler-kennedy

I saw Tyler Kennedy in a mall in San Jose once.

That's all I've got.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:57 am