Hockey Randomness

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 12:24 pm

Chara is eligible for bonuses...but I haven't looked at their cap at all...

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 2:36 pm

Oh...I see...yeah, I'm not sure what's gonna happen exactly...but if anyone can figure it out, it's Lou...

Postby **King Colby** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 3:08 pm

Unrelated to Chara, but are they good?

Losses of leddy and Eberle are not ideal. But, they do get Lee back. Beauvillier is going to have a huge year. And they still have a pretty solid 1-4 centers

Postby **shmenguin** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 5:26 pm

Same, right? Regular season try-hards who can muscle some teams out of the playoffs in early rounds but can’t compete with the ability of tier 1 teams who aren’t as soft as the pens.

Postby **Jim** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:11 pm

Take away Boychuk's $6M.

Postby **MR25** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:37 pm

I *think* (but could be wrong) that Capfriendly is already taking that into account, because they do have projected LTIR listed.

Again, this is also not taking into account either Parise or Chara contract numbers, because the Islanders have yet to release them.

Postby **King Colby** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:37 pm

The only team they "can't compete" with is Tampa, whom beat them 1-0 in game 7. Very uncompetitive series...

Postby **faftorial** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:57 pm

The quality on the ESPN app doesn't look that great, but I do need to tweak the picture settings, as my Sony TV apparently uses the "App" setting, and not the "App (Video)" setting that I have configured for Netflix, etc. I'll subscribe in October and figure I can always drop it and sign up for CI again if it is that bad.

It looks like you'll need to get ESPN+ since you don't have satellite/cable.

NHL Center Ice still exists for cable and satellite subscribers. NHL.tv, the streaming only service, no longer exists as an a la carte purchase. It is now bundled into ESPN+. For marketing purposes, it makes sense to call it "NHL on ESPN+".Jul 30, 2021

https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... l+exist%3F

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 6:59 pm

ESPN+ streams using the ESPN app.

Postby **nocera** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:04 pm

I only subbed to ESPN+ for a few tennis majors but didn’t notice any issue with picture quality.

Postby **faftorial** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:05 pm

I also saw something about there being a "hockey only" version of ESPN+.

Postby **Jim** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 7:07 pm

I *think* (but could be wrong) that Capfriendly is already taking that into account, because they do have projected LTIR listed.

Again, this is also not taking into account either Parise or Chara contract numbers, because the Islanders have yet to release them.

The $4.5M listed for LTIR gets the $86M total to $81.5M cap.

Add up the totals: F $53, D $15.3, G $9 = $77.3M, + $1.4 Hickey + 1.3M overage = $80M +$6M Boychuk = $86. But basically they are looking at the $80M area total w/23 on roster.

Postby **shmenguin** » Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:44 pm

The only team they "can't compete" with is Tampa, whom beat them 1-0 in game 7. Very uncompetitive series...

Their absolute maximum potential. They lose to us in 5 or 6 with league average goaltending. The caps would eat their lunch. Boston…I don’t know what happened there besides horseshoes being crammed up their butts. At no point did they look like a well rounded contending team.

Postby **nocera** » Mon Sep 20, 2021 1:22 am

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:07 pm

Re: Rinaldo leading like an anti-vax rally...

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:19 pm

Explanation? lol, that was already covered, dingus.

Postby **MR25** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:25 pm

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:28 pm

Re: Rinaldo leading like an anti-vax rally...

Translation: You’re no where close to good enough to be worth the headache.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:35 pm

A++

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 1:47 pm

Postby **shmenguin** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:13 pm

A lot of teams are doing the official “we’re all vaxed” release.

Which means there are some real shitheels on the pens, because this is a team that would post such a thing if it were true.

Postby **nocera** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:14 pm

It's Malkin for sure. I bet he has Sputnik and that's not recognized as being fully vaxxed.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:24 pm

At our rink, we have a "you must be vaccinated" to come in policy. Just flat out. No exceptions, no write-offs, no pretend religion stuff...

When we distributed that to our future opponents, one team just went "nah, we're not coming then" and another team make a stink on our league call and then emailed us privately and said, "hey, why don't you come down to Delaware instead of us playing any games in NYC."

Yeah, ok...we'll get right on that...or, maybe, be a good leader and not promote anti-science nonsense...

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:37 pm

Postby **shmenguin** » Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:38 pm

Komarov seems like a guy who eats a bowl of germs for breakfast.

…but the trash can of the league is vaccinated. Every club who isn’t should feel bad.