2023-24 NHL Season Thread.

[Shaani]

Some details to the P.K. Subban deal:

Collective bargaining agreement be damned, the 25-year-old said he would've signed for 20 years if he could have.
[...]
Next season and in 2015-16, Subban will make $7 million. He'll get $11 million in 2016-17 and 2017-18, $10 million in 2018-19 and 2019-20 and $8 million in 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Source: http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...Canadiens.html

[Rennadrel]

Well, Montreal can enjoy not having any cap space for a couple of years. Man, I can't believe that between Price and Subban they have 13-17 million a year in cap space used up. Price has a cap hit of 6.5 and Subban going from 7 to 11 in two years. They better hope the cap goes up by 10 million in two seasons, they are gonna have a hard time signing players.

[Armourboy]

Well, Montreal can enjoy not having any cap space for a couple of years. Man, I can't believe that between Price and Subban they have 13-17 million a year in cap space used up. Price has a cap hit of 6.5 and Subban going from 7 to 11 in two years. They better hope the cap goes up by 10 million in two seasons, they are gonna have a hard time signing players.

Thats really not that bad, Rinne and Weber combined are at about 14 million and have been for a couple of years. We certainly aren't in cap hell, we just can't get people to take our money :P

I'm guessing Doughty and Quick are in about that range as well.

[draynay]

Doughty is a $7 mil hit and Quick is $5.8 mil

the sport has reached a point where I just knew their cap hits and didn't need to look them up

[Zeoni]

Well, Montreal can enjoy not having any cap space for a couple of years. Man, I can't believe that between Price and Subban they have 13-17 million a year in cap space used up. Price has a cap hit of 6.5 and Subban going from 7 to 11 in two years. They better hope the cap goes up by 10 million in two seasons, they are gonna have a hard time signing players.

his cap hit is 9 always. so they have 15.5m between 2 elite players. that's not actually too terrible tbh. You guys got 15 tied into double dion and the Phil comparatively. they have to sign gallagher and galchenyuk next season but for the most part the Canadians are pretty impressively managed. Every one else has term and cheap deals. I dont imagine plekanec will get a bigger paystub in a couple years either.

[Rennadrel]

Yeah but the Kessel contract is worth every penny for a guy who in the top 10 in scoring and games played the last 5 years.

[Nazrark]

Yeah but the Kessel contract is worth every penny for a guy who in the top 10 in scoring and games played the last 5 years.

People take dumb penalties with Subban. So he works as an instigator. That being said, Subban also takes some dumb penalties as well. Subban also comes up with big goals or big assists when it counted last year. And where did Kessel disappear to when it counted? The contract for Price is worth it considering he is one of the best goalies in the world.

Edit: But to be fair to both teams, at least we don't have 3 players taking up 27 million in cap space like the Pens.

[draynay]

And where did Kessel disappear to when it counted?

How often are there Maple Leafs games that count?

[Zeoni]

http://hockeygraphsdotcom.files.word...pg?w=615&h=481

pretty interesting graph

Kick em while they're down, atta boy

[Elgefar]

As if the Philly blueline woes couldn't get any worse, and then Timonen gets diagnosed with blood clots. To replace him if he is out long term is not going to be easy.

[Nazrark]

I was unaware that Philly had a blue line. I was under the assumption they placed pylons on the ice beforehand.

[Shaani]

I was unaware that Philly had a blue line. I was under the assumption they placed pylons on the ice beforehand.

Give them some credit. At least the pylons are blue.

[Greeney]

As if the Philly blueline woes couldn't get any worse, and then Timonen gets diagnosed with blood clots. To replace him if he is out long term is not going to be easy.

I think they picked up Del Zotto because of this occurrence. At least they aren't paying him a lot, so dumping him wouldn't hurt them that badly. He's also still young and has time to redeem himself.

his cap hit is 9 always. so they have 15.5m between 2 elite players. that's not actually too terrible tbh. You guys got 15 tied into double dion and the Phil comparatively. they have to sign gallagher and galchenyuk next season but for the most part the Canadians are pretty impressively managed. Every one else has term and cheap deals. I dont imagine plekanec will get a bigger paystub in a couple years either.

Yeah, I think Canadiens will be fine only because Gallagher and Galchenyuk will be RFA. Pacioretty will be cheap through his prime. Eller and Desharnais have fair salaries.

People take dumb penalties with Subban. So he works as an instigator. That being said, Subban also takes some dumb penalties as well. Subban also comes up with big goals or big assists when it counted last year. And where did Kessel disappear to when it counted? The contract for Price is worth it considering he is one of the best goalies in the world.

Edit: But to be fair to both teams, at least we don't have 3 players taking up 27 million in cap space like the Pens.

Definitely agree about Price. Subban's a good player and I'd be happy to have him for 9 mil, but I think there are several defencemen that would deserve more in the open market than Subban.

Also, when it came to the semi-finals against the Rangers, I kind of felt like Subban was trying too hard to carry the play single-handedly at times leading to some costly turnovers.

You can say that Kessel disappeared down the stretch, but I will say he was the only player who I saw that seemed very angered about how bad they were choking. In addition to that he's making a lot of bold statements lately about how the Leafs will do well next year. Not something I would have the guts to do right now if I were on the Leafs, but hopefully it'll make him feel more accountable for the team's overall success.

As for the Pens contract it depends how you look at it. The only real contract to ridicule there is Letang who's still a good puck mover even if he's no Suter. Malkin's contract at 9.5 isn't terrible as he's an elite player. Crosby's 8.7 is practically a bargain.

http://hockeygraphsdotcom.files.word...pg?w=615&h=481

pretty interesting graph

Kick em while they're down, atta boy

I would say that's pretty good for Phaneuf, especially finishing the season with a plus. Looks awful for Gardiner though.

[Shaani]

Since there is so little news about the NHL currently, here some article that was published on The Hockey News:

Comparing Sidney Crosby with other legends at age 27

Happy birthday, Sid the Kid.

Hard to believe Sidney Crosby turned 27 Thursday. It feels like we were just watching him light it up with the Rimouski Oceanic and pop the water bottle behind Jose Theodore as an 18-year-old rookie.
[...]
Here’s a look at what Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr and Alex Ovechkin had done at the same point of their careers: the season in which they were 27 for Game 1 in October.

(For clarity’s sake, we’ll call any goal-scoring title the Rocket Richard Trophy, including those that came before the award existed).

Link: http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/co...nds-at-age-27/

[Armourboy]

Ready for hockey to get rolling again. Since I became a hockey nut, the start of football season just doesn't have that same allure.

Everyone down here is going nuts because NFL preseason started, I'm just meh, I'm waiting on hockey!

[Nazrark]

Ready for hockey to get rolling again. Since I became a hockey nut, the start of football season just doesn't have that same allure.

Everyone down here is going nuts because NFL preseason started, I'm just meh, I'm waiting on hockey!

We've got what, 2-3 more weeks until we start to get down to things.

[Deleted]

Ready for hockey to get rolling again. Since I became a hockey nut, the start of football season just doesn't have that same allure.

Everyone down here is going nuts because NFL preseason started, I'm just meh, I'm waiting on hockey!

Same here. Both me and my GF are going crazy having to wait There will be many tired work hours this season now that she is almost as crazy about NHL as me

[melodramocracy]

Same here. Both me and my GF are going crazy having to wait There will be many tired work hours this season now that she is almost as crazy about NHL as me

GF is also anxious for the next season to start. For whatever reason, it takes me about 10 or so official games to really start getting into it, not sure why (and I pay zero attention to pre-season matches). The first bunch of games always seem rusty for a lot of teams, etc.

[Shaani]

Oilers sign third-overall pick Leon Draisaitl to entry-level contract

Source: http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...-contract.html

Not a surprising nor a very big news, but since there isn't much going on in case of NHL right now, I thought I'd post it anyway.

[Zeoni]

Anyone here enjoy the nhl games? 15 looks pretty awesome so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOsSx9NCgVE

Also travel miles for all the teams for 2014-2015 (hover mouse above logo to see)

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/555882469295915008