TrueBlueGED Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Sabres unprotected list: Matt Moulson. Rest TBD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) It'll be interesting to see if a team can "protect" a certain amount of salary, or if the expansion team can "draft" a certain amount. Or both. It'd be an interesting equation for the expansion team, do you draft a few higher value players and fill in with FA, or more cheaper, already in the NHL players. Yeah, I'd imagine that on top of the number limit, each team would have a some sort of salary cap for what could be protected. How RFAs who haven't yet signed a new deal would factor into that is a major complicating factor... that or guys who have signed a new extension but it doesn't take effect until the following offseason. All interesting stuff to think about. Has any of the salary cap leagues held an expansion draft while the cap was in place? Edited December 8, 2015 by shrader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted December 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 (edited) Custance: Under expansion draft plan presented to executive committee, there would be minimum requirements on how much salary has to be exposed. League believes that the ability to expand and do an expansion draft would override any no-trade or no-move clauses. Will work w/PA on that. Edited December 8, 2015 by Hoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Custance: Under expansion draft plan presented to executive committee, there would be minimum requirements on how much salary has to be exposed. League believes that the ability to expand and do an expansion draft would override any no-trade or no-move clauses. Will work w/PA on that. He's too grumpy to work on that today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 He's too grumpy to work on that today. He said PA, not pA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Vegas as an expansion team and Quebec as a relocation site (Florida, Carolina, Arizona) makes sense to me. NHL would like to be 16 in the east and west, but would have to wait for a Pacific Northwest group to step up to the plate. The hefty expansion fee may be scaring a potential owner off or they are willing to play the waiting game on a relocation. There would still be an imbalance between east and west, especially if Arizona relocates. I think Quebec is different, not a pure expansion, but righting a wrong. They should be more competitive immediately in this scenario. They would rather pay for a relocation, like Winnipeg, than the full expansion fee. Vegas would prefer that option as well, but may not be able to pull it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) https://twitter.com/AnthraxJones/status/674709765759610880 Edited December 9, 2015 by PromoTheRobot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Andrew Peters (yes that one) on twitter: NHL announcing relocation to Las Vegas for 16-17 season? Carolina Hurricanes maybe? Sounds like he's hearing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 St. Louis is moving to LA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted January 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 St. Louis is moving to LA. LOLOL imagine if they took two teams from STL in one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 LOLOL imagine if they took two teams from STL in one year. And they have to play somewhere else while they build an arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Las Vegas Bandits :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 "NHLPA has been informed that Quebec City is excluded from the NHL expansion" - @GeorgesLaraque #919sport #lnh #ch #habs #hockey #nhl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 "NHLPA has been informed that Quebec City is excluded from the NHL expansion" - @GeorgesLaraque #919sport #lnh #ch #habs #hockey #nhl Unbelievable. All that public money just flushed. What a freaking waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Unbelievable. All that public money just flushed. What a freaking waste. I am staunchly anti-expansion and still I feel bad about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 I am staunchly anti-expansion and still I feel bad about this. Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 (edited) Yet another reason sports league's should be banned from acquiring public funding for these stadiums outside of a strict limit... And the money they do get within that limit should be required to be paid back by the team over the period of the first lease. But I do believe the league is going to secure QC for relocation efforts. Edited March 7, 2016 by Hoss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 "NHLPA has been informed that Quebec City is excluded from the NHL expansion" - @GeorgesLaraque #919sport #lnh #ch #habs #hockey #nhl Looks like Vegas. My bet is it's more about the Canadian dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Looks like Vegas. My bet is it's more about the Canadian dollar. Is Seattle still in the mix? Good call on the currency issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Unbelievable. All that public money just flushed. What a freaking waste. The Carolina Quebecois Nordiques Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Yet another reason sports league's should be banned from acquiring public funding for these stadiums outside of a strict limit... And the money they do get within that limit should be required to be paid back by the team over the period of the first lease. But I do believe the league is going to secure QC for relocation efforts. Well, the state/federal/provincial law is an interesting idea, but I think it will always come down to elected officials making decisions based on personal political priorities -- i.e. whether pushing through public expenditures will gain them votes vs costing them votes. It's also hard to see federal legislators getting interested enough to push this through at the federal level, since almost all of the cash is state and local. As for relocation -- why would the NHL be more inclined to give QC a relocated team as opposed to an expansion team? If the economics aren't there for an expansion team (which is most likely the reason they are getting passed over now), why would they be any better for a relocation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Freeman - the league will want to have a city ready (with a stadium) so they can threaten relocation of struggling teams in order to guarantee public funding for said struggling teams. It's a game the leagues like to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Freeman - the league will want to have a city ready (with a stadium) so they can threaten relocation of struggling teams in order to guarantee public funding for said struggling teams. It's a game the leagues like to play. This is certainly true, but the NHL already has this hammer in both QC and KC -- and without making any promises to either. There is no reason for the NHL to make those promises, because the NHL knows that at least QC will eagerly snap up a relocation team whenever the NHL decides to allow it to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkman Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Looks like Vegas. Without know many of the deets, I have no idea how this is going to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Without know many of the deets, I have no idea how this is going to work. Poorly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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