2018 NHL Off-Season Thread

[Jason]

Tyler is gonna get $11m/year.

Stars should be able to get it for less. Maybe $10 million per year.
With the tax stuff. Say for same as Kucherov

[wonko80]

Do they factor property taxes in to these? Most players end up buying houses where they play, right?

[slaps]

Tyler is gonna get $11m/year.

Stars should be able to get it for less. Maybe $10 million per year.
With the tax stuff. Say for same as Kucherov

It's not just the actual cash received. The AAV is important for status and NHLPA reasons.

[slaps]

He looks completely wasted:

[Troy McClure]

Here's the bargain signing of free agency.

[ToddM]

Unless Connor McDavid is going to the Blues this season, that's a waste of $1.7 million.

[Jason]

[ScubaSteve]

Not French enough?

[ToddM]

Scores too many goals.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

I'll take him.

[slaps]

Just a reminder that we could have had Pacioretty, but we took Ladislav Nagy instead.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Fake gnus.

[slaps]

Tremendous trolling from the NHL shop:

[Knives Out]

Pacioretty will end up with the Sharks because I hate him and them. Perfect fit.

The Sharks also have tons of cap space and were supposed to get both Tavares and Karlsson (plus every notable UFA) according to their fans.

[cdanew]

Fleury signs a 3 year/$21 million extension with Vegas. He was great this season, no doubt. Wonder how that contract will age?

[B Kat]

Seems like a risk, but he’s probably being paid for his winning personality, with Vegas thinking he may be in a backup role in that last year.

[slaps]

Fleury signs a 3 year/$21 million extension with Vegas. He was great this season, no doubt. Wonder how that contract will age?

Link ---> The NHL Still Hasn't Figured Out How to Pay Goaltenders

[Troy McClure]

Fleury signs a 3 year/$21 million extension with Vegas. He was great this season, no doubt. Wonder how that contract will age?

Is Vegas in an odd spot where they're not going to use all of their cap room in the near future? Makes me wonder if they're willing to give him a stupid contract just because he's a fan favorite.

[cdanew]

Fleury signs a 3 year/$21 million extension with Vegas. He was great this season, no doubt. Wonder how that contract will age?

Is Vegas in an odd spot where they're not going to use all of their cap room in the near future? Makes me wonder if they're willing to give him a stupid contract just because he's a fan favorite.

That's entirely possible. It will be interesting to see how Vegas fans react to a struggling goaltender or a struggling team. Wonder how long the honeymoon lasts - probably longer than most with the goodwill they built up this year.

[ToddM]

Ovechkin continues to be amazing:

https://deadspin.com/alex-ovechkin-real ... 1827449545

[Knives Out]

Ray Emery drowned in Hamilton, ON.
He was swimming with some friends at a yacht club, went for a dive and never resurfaced. Police found his body later in the day. He was 35.

[ScubaSteve]

What was he doing jumping into the harbor at 6am?

[Knives Out]

Not to speculate but prolly the capper to a night of partying?

That Russian trainer can show up to the funeral and finally put a hat on his body now.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

He was apparently wearing all his goaltender equipment and couldn't get out.

Ok, not really but in my mind that's how I pictured it. It was like Frederick Barbarossa going on crusade.

[wonko80]

He was apparently wearing all his goaltender equipment and couldn't get out.

I laughed and then felt guilty about it.

[ToddM]

Same.

[B Kat]

Paging Brother 2099.

[SaintAngerBH]

His death is weird. It looks like he dove off his friend's boat and just never came back up. How far above the water is the deck of that boat and how shallow is the water where he dove in?

Very strange.

[slaps]

He's Canadian, so he was genetically obligated to say "sorry" to every fish he touched on the way down, which sapped all his oxygen.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

His death is weird. It looks like he dove off his friend's boat and just never came back up. How far above the water is the deck of that boat and how shallow is the water where he dove in?

Very strange.

It's surprising how often this exact story happens, though.