A good time to link to the great Ovechkin Backstrom commercial. Here's hoping his body isn't broken enough where he can't lead a fulfilling civilian life.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/o...ce-commercial/
I have to think it’s also most likely for good.
https://x.com/baileyajohnson_/status...5NaU2ouo3loIww
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
A good time to link to the great Ovechkin Backstrom commercial. Here's hoping his body isn't broken enough where he can't lead a fulfilling civilian life.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/video/o...ce-commercial/
I hope he can make it back and be the guy who gets the primary assist when Ovy breaks the record!
Even if he is a 4th line PP specialist at that point.
If he's done, then that's a shame but what a career.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, Brink
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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Hard to see this not being all she wrote, even if for now they're saying it's just this season.
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Seems pretty clear Backstrom is done with NHL hockey and is for all intents and purposes retired.
When his press release was sent out he carefully did not say "retired" because he is owed $9.2 million for 1.9 more seasons and retirement means no pay.
So yeah, he's done an will collect $18.4m and then have a retirement announcement.
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
Knit picky but his salary to finish is contract is:
2023-24: $5m signing bonus, $5m salary
2024-25: $6m signing bonus, $2m salary
So he could retire July 2nd 2024 and making $16m, and forfeit $2m in salary.
I get the push to try to play, and it's def what you want a player to do, but sucks he couldn't see this in the offseason and the team could have used that money. However, they can now be the money dump team for trades to get some assets.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
He's had a great career. Sad to see it end like this. If Ovie gets the record, I was envisioning his main man Backstrom having the primary assist.