Dubbedinenglish
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Cats change up San Antonio staff, Weber now assistant and VP of hockey ops. Horachek new coach.
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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT| Celebrate Good Times Come On
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Wha?
He never said they weren't going to buy him out.
A report came out and said they WEREN'T going to and he just said "We have not made a decision yet".
KingHenrik30
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KernelPanic
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Is it just me or the philly writers are being kind of dicks right now? yeah sure he will be making millions in the next decade and no one will feel sorry for him but the guy still just lost his job, show some professionalism.
Acting like a bunch of school girls picking on the new foreign exchange student.
Acting like a bunch of school girls picking on the new foreign exchange student.
I don't really care all that much about the Canucks, but I think it will work
Torts can do some magic in his first 2 years with a new team
They've hounded him for awhile, frankly I hope he bounces back this season, Brazil seems like a decent guy albeit a little eccentric
I meant regarding Bryz. I know he'll happily lie when it suits him, eg Pronger's flu-like symptoms.
gaming_noob
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Oh alright. My bad. I thought he flat out said Bryzgalov wouldn't be bought out.
Btw, Bryzgalov's Capgeek page is down. Too many people finding out how much is owed :lol
KingHenrik30
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The relationship he had with that media was worse than Tort/Brooksie
KingHenrik30
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I realized that after, but still, sad Jeff Carter
KernelPanic
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They're still paying for it financially. Snider will be eating EasyMac for a while.
The buyouts are there because the cap is dropping, the NHL can't lower the cap and not give teams options to get under it.
Yeah, sad Jeff Carter, who ran to Sea Isle City and sulked for like, 3 days.
Doesn't put any effort into playing for Lumbus and gets traded to LA to be with his BFF Mike Richards.
The cap is variable though and is always in danger or dropping if the situation warrants it so GMs shouldn't be signing these stupid deals. Their own fault for doing it. I have no sympathy for them as they signed these cap-circumventing type deals in the first place.
finaly someone who agrees with me on that
the cap fluctuation is part of the game and the GMs should've been aware of it before signing dumb deals expecting the cap to go up every year
KernelPanic
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I have no sympathy for them either but I really blame the NHL more for leaving such loopholes in the system in the first place. Teams will do anything to win, the only way to stop such things is put rules in place.
As for cap fluctuation, it might go down or up a little bit but not by several million.
They are projecting $1B in increased NHL revenues over the next several years, I bet teams are already planning for cap to go up.
Fata1moose
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People give the gaming press a hard time for being unprofessional, not objective, etc...But I think the whole of journalism is a joke. They don't take the objective perspective they are supposed to, their coverage is full of personal motives, it's pathetic. Hell I once told Kiszla of the Denver post he knows nothing about Hockey and he called me fat and stupid and went on a rant about other people saying the same thing for the next three days.
yankeehater
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I just heard the news. I am so fucking happy right now. Enjoy the KHL Bryz!
KingHenrik30
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Good luck with that!
KernelPanic
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The KHL didn't even want him during the lockout no ?
They don't need your sympathy. But more pragmatic people agree that the compliance buyouts make perfect sense and are fair given the extenuating circumstances.
Dubbedinenglish
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yankeehater
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I thought he did join a KHL team for a little bit but couldn't beat out the goalie they already had. Maybe I am remembering wrong though. Hard to check on my phone.
I don't get why they think they have grounds to appeal. That penalty was for the original 17-year contract, $102 million contract that lasted till Kovalchuk was 44 and only paid him $550,000 in each of the final five years. They deserved to lose picks for that, as well as face recapture penalties when Kovalchuk retires with years left on the only slightly less ridiculous 15 year contract he ended up with.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/news/story?id=5569258
They are stupidly trying to make the mistake of not giving up the last years 1st go away
Brodeur is likely gone after this year unless he decides to retire this summer. Last year wasn't a good year, the devils got annihilated.
They need to rebuild somehow.
OriginofHysteria
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Lololol. They know that they are in a rebuild phase now.
Also, still no link on that goalie girl? I am disappoint.
Crazymoogle
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Flyers boughtout Bryz? Damn. That's a big paycheck for nothing. DiPietro dollars
T.M. MacReady
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Would any team take a chance on Bryz at this point?
KernelPanic
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There is plenty of "normal" goalies on the market, I don't see why they would.
gaming_noob
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They drafted a bonehead with last year's pick: Stefan Matteau
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The only team that might take a chance on him is Phoenix.
Dubbedinenglish
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Add "released by his team in the playoffs"
............ So weird.
But honestly, I'm kinda looking forward to it. Not just because it'll be entertaining. We need somebody to wake our team up. We have like... 2 more years in our window, and that's basically the "wake-up" window for Torts before the players start hating him anyway. If we win a cup during those 2 years when he should re-invigorate them, good. If not, he'll be gone before all the players hate him anyway and we'll bring in somebody more suited for rebuilding.
Bring it on, I say.
CrazedArabMan
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Quoting this because it's true after the Bryz buyout.
Holland!! You aren't suppose to post what you are going to do in the offseason on message boards!!
Crazymoogle
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I was just thinking Phoenix needed an older goaltender with a worse playoff record.
Man, sorry yotes fans but that team can't move to Quebec City fast enough
or watch him stink it up and buy him out next year
That would make me vomit if he did something that stupid.
brucewaynegretzky
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No more buyouts left....
a regular buyout :>
eklund suggests flyers arent going after luongo anyways and we know he gets his information from holmgrens teat