this could be a really good deal for a contending team that wants to shed a bad contract.
lecavalier/m.richards/b.richards?
Bob McKenzie says the Sabres are in the market to buy 1st round picks:
http://iphone.tsn.ca/tsnpodcasts/TD_...ger_June12.mp3
Check around the 8:30 mark.
McKenzie says assume that there is a team with a $5mil per year player on a multi-year contract.
They trade him to the Sabres along with a 1st round pick in exchange for Buffalo's 2nd round pick. Buffalo can choose to hold on to the player or use a compliance buy out.
According to McKenzie Tim Murray is shopping that option to any team interested.
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this could be a really good deal for a contending team that wants to shed a bad contract.
lecavalier/m.richards/b.richards?
http://flamesnation.ca/2014/1/14/the...e-beat-the-cba
None of the above, as it turns out. Burke was just working the system. The Leafs acquired Kolzig as part of a package deal (there were other minor pieces going each way) knowing full well he’d never play for them. But the injured goalie was still owed hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the Leafs agreed to write the checks if the Lightning threw in a fourth-round pick in the 2009 entry draft. In essence, Burke had bought a draft pick.
If it isn't AGAINST the rules, than it isn't cheating. Circumvention is just another word for outsmarting everyone else before they could circumvent you...
Bottleneckers (12/16 in 2022)
16 team, points only. G: 2-W, 4-SO.
Top 9F, 4D & 1G . Keep 15, Max 23
F: J. Robertson, J. Hughes, Tavares, Lafreniere, Cozens, Newhook, Teravainen, Domi, R. Strome, Laine, Rossi, Raymond, Holtz, Perfetti
D: Bouchard, McAvoy, Morrissey, Heiskanen
G: Vasilevskiy
14 team Fantrax H2H keeper league
G, A, P, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW, - W, Gaa, Sv%, Svs
C - Crosby, Tavares, Kopitar, Toews
LW - Hall, Giroux(C), Vrana, Gaudreau
RW - Pastrnak, Kane, Stamkos(C), Kubalik
D - Burns, Murphy, Morrisey, Cernak, Whitecloud, Chiarot
G - Mrazek, Campbell, Brossoit, Greiss
Bench - Middlestat, Wennberg, Perron, Olofsson, Schwartz, Atkinson, Yama
Exactly. The Leafs had a deal in place to buy out Lecavalier for the Lightning in exchange for a pick (unknown what it was) so the Lightning could sign Lecavalier again. It never made it past the league office, as they modified the rule to say that the player could not sign back with either of the two teams in that situation. Mind you this situation is different as the Lightning wanted to bring Lecavalier back, but it's similar, and I'm curious to see what Bettman would do if this situation arose.
Good move by Buffalo, if they can pull it off. They will then get a player who hopefully is motivated to get out of Buffalo, so plays well so they can trade him next year for another upgrade somewhere.
and they get a first rounder - win, win
Piranha Hockey League est 1990 - Oakley Doakley's - 16 teams
Pts only W=2 OL=1 SO=3 Auction Draft
WHL - est 2016 Expansion - Glasgow Kiss - 24 teams
25 pro players / 10 minor league players
G,A,+/-,PPP,SOG,Hits,Blk,PIM,FOW, W,Sv,GA,SHO
Interesting proposition by Buffalo to say the least. Hard to say what Bettman may do in a situation such as this, but, for Buffalo at least, it is hard to argue that they aren't trying to improve their team.
Assuming the league allows this to happen one team that should take a long look at it is the Rangers.
Their 1st rounder is going to be 29th overall and they only have 1 compliance buyout left.
They have Nash left at $7.8M for the next 4 seasons and Richards left at $6.7M for the next 6 seasons.
Ship off the Rangers 1st and Richards for the Sabres 4th (you'd have to do more than 1st for 2nd as the Rangers 1st is practically the Sabres 2nd). Dump Richards and buyout Nash.
Now you've bought yourself $14.5 million in cap-space and don't have a single really bad contract on the books. You have a great goalie, a solid D-core and some up and coming forwards coming off a Cup Final appearance. If you could sign some smart free agents you might be on to something.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
the Rangers 1st round pick for this draft and the next belongs to TB
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR
Heck, couldn't they buy 2 picks and keep one contract to stay above the cap floor, that would give me a good chuckle.