carpandean
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I actually thought that it was a funny joke.
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"... and those stupid psychology tests that you had everybody take." "Everybody?" "What, so this is what this is all about? Because I didn't take your test? Fine, you want me to take your test, I'll take your test. Is that what you want?" "No. I wanna see the kid in the net who wouldn't take the test."
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I don't believe that's correct. Signing bonus are also included in the cap hit calculation (see Vanek's cap hit, for example), and if you were to add the $4M signing bonus to the $6M (and likewise for last year's $5M bonus), you'd end up with a $6M cap hit. If, instead, the the $6M numbers for last year and this year include the signing bonuses, you get the $4.5M cap hit that he actually has. I believe that his actual salaries for last year and this year are $1M and $2M, but with the signing bonuses paid on July 1 both year, his total compensation for each was/is $6M. If so, then he might be tradable on July 2nd. :thumbsup:
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Trading is shortly after the awarding of the Stanley Cup. UFA's only become UFA's after July 1st. So, unless they're your own players (or you trade for their rights), you have to wait until then.
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Final charts are up as well as the year in review (below). Interesting to note that, despite their big push, this still ended up being the worst Sabres' season since the lockout. Also, the playoffs line that I use (93-point pace) ended up just one point from 8th place.
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As I suggested in another thread: Foligno-Ennis-Stafford Vanek-Coho-Brown Leino-Roy-Pominville Gerbe-(Gaustad or the like)-Kaleta McCormick Brown (from LA) is a fantasy upgrade from Tropp. He gives you the physical presence and scoring that that line needs, plus it drops Pominville into the slot where everyone wants a 25-goal scorer. The fourth line is a decent energy and/or checking line that could also swap up when needed. It's a start, but there are some other changes that I'd be happy to see Darcy make to it.
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Charts are updated. Sorry for the gap. I would have sworn that I had done it just a few days ago. Edit: I missed my 7,000th post ... wonder what it was ... probably the one about Miller and the softies.
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And you can add the fact that going out and banging bodies takes far less adjustment or figuring out of teammates or systems than trying to center a scoring line. I was actually thinking that after I posted. Regardless, it's a common move around the league, not just in Buffalo.
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They didn't say that he was better suited for the wing. They suggested moving him to wing to help him get his groove back by letting him focus on offense with less responsibility in his own end. It's a very common move for young centers, but that doesn't mean that they stay at wing for their careers. Look at Ennis. He played center in Portland, came up and played wing for a while, and has now been moved back to center.
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It looked like my 93-point line was going to be way too high this season, but it's come back down as Washington has brought 8th place to within 1.39 points of that pace.
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Meh. James Neal was a far more seasoned player when he came over to Pittsburgh last year and he did very little there. This year, he's only got 30G, 65P in 68GP, and was just given a 5 year, $30 million contract. It does take time to learn your teammates, especially for skill players. Add to that, the extreme travel log and the increased ice time (prior to last night), and it's not too surprising that he's not producing yet. He's basically a rookie, who hasn't really practiced with his team. The raw skill is there, you can see it at times, but he wasn't brought in to be the solution this year; he was brought in to hopefully be a long-run solution. I'd like to see him produce on this stretch run, but next year is when I'd actually expect to see production. It's not a TSC vs. SAK things, but rather the realization of what they really traded for (basically, a prospect) and the realities of deadline deals.
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Just think, in the 2008 draft, we could have selected Erik Karlsson and John Carlson instead of Tyler and Tyler. Now that's a pairing that would have really messed with RJ.
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Two out of eighth through 66 GP, after being within one through 65 GP. However, 8th is going up two more points to 72 points through 68, so they have to win tonight just to maintain that gap.
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Thanks a lot K-9, you just blew out my sarcasm meter. Those things ain't cheap, you know.
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By that same token, if he's successful, isn't it too early to say that he wouldn't have been equally successful here?
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They followed last season for a few games from that point, then went 0-4-0 over a stretch where they were 3-1-0 last year. Since then, the ups and downs over the last 16 games or so have matched up really, almost scarily, well. That's the deja vu feeling that you've been having (at least the current one.)
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A Washington loss in their next (64th) game will make things very tight for 8th. Sabres would be 3 out through 64 GP, Toronto would be 4 out, and Winnipeg would be 1 out (also having banked two points over games 65-66.) A Washington win would definitely give them some room, even with Winnipeg having the two banked points. I'm feeling too lazy to acknowlege that the Rangers are 21 points ahead of 8th by changing the scale on the axis.
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At least with a CA, it's somebody else who kept it from being an A. Stafford turned his own G into a CG.
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Is it a good sign that Hodgson looks like a young Liev Schreiber, who played Sabretooth in X-Men Origines: Wolverine ...
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Actually, because his contract is increasing in salary, the "paid" cap hit to date has exceeded the paid salary to date. A buyout actually corrects for this. As a result, while Roy's payouts over the next two years would be $1.833M, his cap hit next year would only be $0.333M.
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Kassian has 322 TOI this season, recording 3G and 4A. In his first 322 minutes TOI, Hodgson had 4G 4A. :nana:
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Turris to have hearing with Shanahan for flying elbow to the head of Corvo:
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There's a party in the cellar now. While the playoffs chart makes it look like it's been due to the bottom teams climbing, the EC points chart shows that it's clearly been the 7-8-9 teams (ignoring the division leader bump) falling off. If those teams go back to playing average hockey, the bottom will fall off again.
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So was Darcy's fax machine. Neither does Darcy's fax machine.
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I am. :thumbsup: They did gain some ground over this stretch. At the worst, they were 12 points out of 8th, but through 53GP, they will be either 8 or 9 points out, depending on how Florida does in their 53rd game (a regulation loss, puts the Sabres 8 out, while anything else leaves them 9 out.) Just for reference, at this point last year (53GP), they were actually just 1 point out of 8th, having climbed from 10 points out. Also, for reference, NJ was 16 points out of 8th at this point last year, climbed to within 4 points out, then fell off again.
