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And then there are some of those bonus clauses for the ELCs. I don't know the specifics on those, but I'd imagine they'd have to prorate anything with a games played component.

It's time to take out the old forging pen and push back those return dates for certain players.

Yeah, but Sobotka could be too. Seriously though, just imagine the LTIR implications that could actually pop up for certain teams.

Gary Coleman

I need to go back to the first season now, but I feel like Larry hasn't really aged much. He's always looked like the old guy. I'm sure I'll realize how wrong I am the second I cue up the first episode. Lewis has aged a ton though (wasn't there a recent health issue?). Out of curiosity, I just looked up both of their ages and they're identical. Lewis was born 3 days before LD. Lewis is really showing those 72 years far more than David.

She's been dead for like 25 years now. So they've been covering this thing up for that long?

It seems like a natural spot where they split the center duty a bit over what's left of the season. It doesn't need to be 50/50, but test out Kahun for a small portion of that time. If they do in fact have chemistry, that chemistry will be there regardless of who is at center.

That bit was very Murray Goldberg. I just caught the episode last night and it lived up to the hype from this thread. John Hamm had the LD routine down perfectly. It kind of makes me wish they actually would make that movie/tv show.

I can't picture them ever agreeing to it. They get watered down so quickly if they allow players to go. And just imagine the case where one team is loaded up but then they get raided repetitively due to this rule. They're going to be incredibly pissed. And you can't just setup a rule where a team can only lose X number of players because there's no way to decide which of the NHL teams gets their guy and which doesn't. And there are already fees for the NHL teams if they keep and 18-19 year old player.

Right, he's too young for the AHL. He would need to be 20 years old before 12/31/20 in order to go to the AHL. His 20th birthday is 2/9/21. The other option is that he's allowed to go if he has already played 4 seasons in the CHL. He only has 3. He does have one extra season where he played only 3 games plus 12 in the playoffs. That one doesn't seem to count since everything has already said he's not AHL eligible.

To be fair, they had already crumbled by the point those other teams were gearing up for the stretch. I don't think rubble can crumble.

Please listen to the interview. I don't know whether or not it will give you some clarifications on your two points, but it's definitely better than just basing your opinion on a couple twitter excerpts.

And I can definitely see a scenario where a guy doesn't want to be the one to pay the bonus purely out of spite. And that Ristolainen video upthread? That was hilarious.

If one organization is willing to accept it, that doesn't mean that they all are. If it was in fact something that Pegula didn't want on his team, he's entitled to that opinion. It's a whole different world than the early 90s. Personally, I think this thing is overblown here, but I could see it being a sour point with a front office. From a PR stance, I'd bet a team was much more concerned about Kane's accusations, but the build your own drive through was going to catch their eye too. @plenzmd1, yeah, that Horton stuff always bugs me. When was a statue put up? I haven't been in that arena in probably 10 years at this point.

So it's Bieber?

Post-season amputation

Murray's last team was regularly dressing Cody Franson, Justin Falk, and Taylor Fedun. Guhle was the only d-man in Rochester who at this point has any potential NHL career in his future. There should be at least three now (to be fair, the most promising guy in Rochester, Borgen, was a Murray pick)). So yeah, the blue line is in much better shape today than it was then. And like I suggested, if I'm building a team, I personally think that it needs to start from back to front. This isn't meant to be some screaming endorsement of Botterill because it's not. Whoever is doing the job next year, they just happen to have a little more to work with than Botterill did on day 1. With as bad as they've been for so long now, the gains have to start somewhere, no matter how small they are.

I wouldn't say no eye for NHL talent. He can spot it on the blue line. He's the bizarro Murray in that regard, all D, no F. Honestly though, I think the team is left in a better spot moving forward with that approach than with Murray's. The next GM is going to have an easier time moving forward with the cap space and a solid blue line foundation.

I think you may have the right show but the wrong character. Gary's not looking too good these days.

I think it's a dumb change but I understand why they're doing it. They opened the door to trouble with the replay rule, but rather than fix that, they're just going to change other rules.

I thought it was people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.

I hear it's magical.

The thing with Lehner that sticks out to me is that if he's some sort of super goalie now, why is he already on his 3rd team in 2 years? Vegas has 2 more years of Fleury at $7 million, so come July it'll be 4 teams in 2 years. It has to make you wonder.

It really doesn't matter how well he's playing if it's a close game. He's capable of these moments on every single play. I'd say he's prone to them. And there's definitely been more than just those two stick swipe goals, I'm just not the type that can ever reference the exact game.

Seriously, they can't even get the damn code right in that picture?