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http://oxforddiction...n/english/spelt - nope, i got it right DR already said they don't care about burning a year of his contract on a shorter season - if he can play, he plays. What were Lindy's comments that implied he would be sent down if he is ready?

Wow brutal. You pay the player 100% of his salary this year, take the cap hit for this year, pay them 1/3 or 2//3 remaining the contract (as applicable) (but you get no cap hit next year) and the player can sign somewhere else and collect that salary. But I think it is the right call, players should not be stopped from playing for a contract the owners/gms offered them. I think it should be called the Glen Sather ATM rule

It doesn't really happen because there is no incentive to do it. They either match the offer easily and are pissed at you, or you sign a player to a contract that overpays them so much the other team cba to match (a.k.a. the Vanek). Very few players are worth losing 4 firsts for - Shea Weber is one of the exceptions. 5-6.7mil is a first, second and third - he is definitely worth that, but colorado will just match and anymore than that and you are way overpaying (even that price bracket is overpayment). Plus if they agree to sign him, they then can't trade him

I'm shocked they risked Hickey on waivers, should have traded him IMO. NYI is grabbing every D-man available, maybe if they steal enough one of them will actually want to play for them :P

Most people attempt to explain their position, and I have no problem with that, even if i disagree with it. He didn't even try. I called him a moron for calling me a school yard bully. I understand why people might be upset about Hecht resigning, but to say this will cause young players to be cut from the line up and cite history as the evidence is unfounded and ridiculous Good point on Brennan, hadn't thought of it that way - cheers. Visnovsky never wanted to be an Islander, he asked to have the traded vetoed when it happened and got denied. He has a contract to honor and so I don't respect him on that front. He is annoyed that he was traded even though he has a no trade clause (kicks in this season), but he chose to take more money and have a NTC kick in later, he could have negotiated for less money and an instant NTC. Not to mention, I struggle to see him refusing to play if the Rags have his contract, so I don't think his refusal is principle based, i think it is Islander based In other news, 6/9 D-men contracts end this year with Brennan and Weber on RFA contracts and the other 4 (Pardy, Regehr, Leopold and Sulzer) UFA. This does mean our top 3 are retained, which is important and we do still have a wealth of prospects (McNabb, Pysyk, Mccabe etc.)

I think Myers is our only right handed D. I like those lines. Kaleta - Hecht - Gerbe would also be a pretty legit shut down line to settle the game a little if things were getting out of control

Teams want defense, but the asking price is too high at the moment and I think some GMs are hoping to steal people through waivers on Thursday/Friday. If we do trade, I would like it to be with Detroit and I would like us to get Helm. He is like a young Hecht - solid defensively, great on the PK, 2nd/3rd line centre. But I think it is most likely that we trade for picks if we do trade

Tell me what young player has been kicked off the team because of Jochen Hecht? Tell me what young player is unlikely to get ice time this season because of Jochen Hecht? Perhaps Hecht won't make the team? What have you been smoking? You think Hecht is worse than Ellis, Kaleta, Scott, Mccormick etc.? I called your claims "ridiculous" (spelt correctly) because they have no basis of truth in them. What young player has ever been kicked off this team for a vet? Not to mention Lindy is the one who coached/trained the current vets. Yeah Hecht may end up on the second line, I hope not, but he might - it all depends on who is injured i guess. He is a solid NHL player who will not hurt this team in anyway, he is also dirt cheap. P.S. Telling someone to shut up is hardly bullying, nor is it a particularly juvenile thing to say when faced with a moron. P.P.S Calling you a moron is perhaps bullying

Peters is hilarious! Must be fun having him back near the ice Watching the scrimmage stuff - i forgot how good Leino was in the corners at not getting knocked off the puck. Leino's puck possession with Ott's space making skills and Grigs shooting skills could be a scary line - especially as a third line

Oh shut up, if you are going to have such ridiculous claims at least have evidence for them.

I'm excited to see Coho and Grigs play. These players sound to be pretty damn good. Leino - Grigs - Ott sounds like an awesome line, got the two vets helping the new guy and clearing space for him to move

Brian (Bryan?) Murray said he has been looking into acquiring a veteran D-man through trades but said the asking price is too high at the moment.

Bob Mckenzie described him as showing Norris trophy calibre play but not consistently, so I think the hype is justified at his age

My question was: Hi, where's the link to upgrade to Game Center Live if you already subscribe to the vault? Helpful agent Julio B. said: It will be 49.99 for the season. Packages will be available later today for purchase at http://gamecenterlive.nhl.com

Zemgus is injured. Possible concussion

Do the Amerks have enough bodies to fill the roster now?

At 18, this is probably the best time to suffer a concussion (physiologically), he is young enough that he could recover quickly and with almost no change to his game. But hopefully it is a facial fracture or something more bone related :/

I would rather have the better player, you cut some slack for prospects but not much. If Brennan can't beat an average NHL defeseman coming out of his prime, when he (Brennan) is coming into his prime, then he should be resigned to accepting that he is a 5/6-AHL level D-man. He has had 5 years of training camps to impress and make it to the NHL, he has been given his chance to impress and every year the same criticism was levelled at him - improve your defensive game. Either way, Leopold is a decent 3/4 pairing guy, so I would rather have him than Brennan as I think Brennan's ceiling is average defenseman with a good shot and I think Brennan would get more in a trade atm (at the deadline leopold would probably be more valuable)

Yeah, I'm not writing him off and I would prefer to see him play before we trade him (if we trade him). However, I don't think it would be a tragedy if we did trade him, DR/LR/scouting have seen him play, so if they do trade him I'm sure they know best. He is young enough to make it. But he has to play well this season, our defense is good, but it isn't stunning, if he can't leap frog Pardy/Weber/Sulzer to get that 6th spot, then i don't think he makes the NHL. If a prospect if good then they shouldn't struggle too much to crack the top 6 of an NHL team.

True, but it is unusual for a player to get his first taste of NHL life at 23, then go on to become a solid NHL talent. Most prospects have played more than 11 games in the NHL when they are nearly 24 (presuming they ever make it to the NHL). At the moment he is most comparable to Mancari - an old prospect before he saw the NHL who tore up the AHL

Firstly, why don't we see how Grigs plays before we hail him our savour. He might not be ready. Offensively he might be okay, but we also need a player who can play defense and not be a liability on the ice (hence why 3rd line and PP minutes is a good idea). Secondly, Luke Adam was ruined by Lindy, he was demoted off the top line because he sucked, he was demoted off the second line because he sucked, he was demoted off the third line because he sucked. These are guys my age we are talking about; LukeAdam still sucks in Rochester, i really struggle to see how 3 months with one coach can completely ruin you as a player/human. The fact of the matter is that Pommers and Vanek were amazing last season, a chimpanzee could be stuck between them and be leading all rookies in scoring. I will wait to see how Grigs plays before i yell at Lindy for ruining him. Also, Hecht was brought in because we currently have 12 non-injured forwards, including Grigs. He was brought in for reliability and depth. It is that simple. Brennan wasn't that amazing in the NHL last season - he wasn't that bad either, but he isn't exactly a top pairing. He is pretty old for a 'prospect' and it has taken him a while to even get into this position for pushing for a roster spot (5 years). I'd be shocked if we could get a first for him. Again, I'd like to see him play before i pass too much judgement, but to me he has always felt like Gragnani - everyone loves him because he can score, and everyone was saying he would be our next superstar, then people re-watch him play and realise his defence is dodge and actually he isn;t that amazing on offense. Now Brennan is better because he has a grittier edge to him, but I'd still like to wait a little while before we start yelling at Lindy for not giving him 25+ minutes a game

Well, they would save actual money by trading him and retaining half his salary. However, they don't have to keep half of his salary - they can keep anywhere between 0 and 50%. But Shrader is right, if Pegula didn't mind spending 5.5 million for no reason, and Montreal wanted another buyout and cap space this season, and were willing to give up a good prospect/player for saving money/extra buyout/cap space then you trade for Gomez and the good player, tel Gomez to stay in his Montreal house (away from the Sabres) and move on. But i think they are happy enough to just sit him this year

His contract is 5.5 this season, but his cap hit is 7.5 - so, if i am right, if we traded for him, it would cost Pegula 2.75 for this year, it would cost Regier 3.7ish for the next two years (unless we used our buyout). It would be cheaper overall for the Canadiens to trade him for a 50:50 split, than to keep this season, because next year his contract is cheaper so it would be 50% of 10 mil (5 mil) rather than 5.5mil. But we would have to trade for him, now we could probably get him for 'future considerations' because we would save them money and they would get cap relief this year. However, it would also mean they had half his cap hit next year, when the cap is lower, (presuming we the team that traded for him don't buy him out) so overall it is more damaging for them to trade him. Now it comes to us, aside from the fact that he is a soft forward, something we have in surplus. He had 11 points in 38 games last season, Hecht had 8 points in 22 games. Hecht threw 14 checks in 22 games, Gomez threw 11 in 38 games. Hecht is known to be responsible defensively, Gomez is known to be an offensive forward with a little cheating on D. So to sum up: we would pay almost 4 times more to have a forward who was less physical, less offensive, less defensive, knew less of the team, has more off ice issues and would be a burden on our cap next year. I'll pass

Yes, but why would they trade him to us? He is also not as defensively sound as Hecht.