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The Devils have been one of the most successful NHL franchises for the past 20 years while going through several different owners in that time. I am not all the worried about this guy meddling around Lamoriello.

Just provide deep pockets, sit back, and let the hockey people continue making this a winning franchise.

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Was listening to the radio this morning, Keith Jones seems to think that this guy will try and move both the Sixers and Devils to Seattle.

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Pens hired Jacques Martin as an assistant coach today. My first thought: Insurance. If Bylsma messes up in playoffs again, we have his replacement right there. Hopefully he instills some fundamentals and defense that the team has been missing.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zss3F7odDwo

nom nom nom nom

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Why is that a story? Fuck off, ESPN

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Crosby is not a model citizen. Clearly I echo Jacob Davis' sentiments.

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pretty much this.

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It's news cause that's the world we live in now.

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12 days until Wings single game tickets go on sale. I'm gonna try and see if I can the Lidstrom retirement game but my guess is most of those are going to be snagged by season ticket holders. If I had to only go to one game next year that would be it.

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I'm getting nervous with the Leafs situation. They have under 5 million to spend and they have neither Kadri nor Franson signed. They both will not sign for a 2.5 million dollar deal and I don't know how they plan to go about this. TSN has Kadri at a charity golf game yesterday and he said there has been NO movement at all on his contract negotiations. This is not okay. They are going to desperately need Kadri this year and Franson was clutch for them down the stretch and through the playoffs.

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Are they under contract for the 2013-14 season? If so then you should be okay, especially with the cap supposedly going up again for 2014-15

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Toronto will probably backload their deals. I assume both of them are RFAs and the chances of them being offer sheeted is zil.

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They are not under contract for this upcoming season. I would not be worried about it otherwise. If they don't not come to terms here with some kind of bridge deal (as they can't afford anything otherwise) I expect Franson will be shipped out. That will be a fairly large blow to the back end.

The problem is that Toronto has a boat load of NHL (not great but still NHL) talent on their back end. So it's tough to see how it will all unfold.

Phenauf - Gunnaron
Gardiner - Liles
Fraser- Ranger
Brennan

Franson( RFA)

Liles seems to have fallen out of favour with Randy.

The issue is that without Franson on that first pairing PP unit they lose a boat load of scoring.

Of the two, Franson will be traded before Kadri. Kadri is their shoe in second liner to start the year.
What was originally a whole lot of cap space this off season has turned into a whole lot of cap frustration.

Without Kadri they are a hurting unit down the middle as well.

JVR - Bozak - Kessel
Lulup - Kadri(RFA) - Clarkson
Mcclement - Bolland - Kulemin
Orr - Colborne - Mclaren

Take Kadri out of there and it goes from a very skilled top 6 to a very weak top 6.

At this point, seeing as no one wants Liles, Leafs included, they are stuck in a cap limbo. Some arguments were to spent up to the %10 overage they can during the off season, not carry 23 players on the roster and hopefully someone needs a D-man (Liles) early enough on in the season. But it's a bit of a quandary for Nonis who has bought himself into a corner here.

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Sorry for the double post.


It doesn't have so much to do with the money. The Maple Leafs have tons of that to throw around. it has everything to do with available cap space. They have under 5 million in cap space. As far as I know, if you back Load a contract that only affects money owed - not annual cap hit.

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And back-loading deals doesn't do what it used to do anyways. You can't have the gap like you used to. Plus with a short-term deal that both would get, you can't make the average drop much either way.

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Backloading can bring down the average cap hit a bit, but yeah, with the new regulations in place you can't have the huge drop-offs in the final years that typically brought the cap hit down. It would minimize it, but not by much.

I think if the Leafs had to pick someone, I agree they stick with Kadri. He's the potential to be a marketable star, and we all know what teams do for top-6 forwards who have one good year! I'm a fan of Franson, but that's usually how the cards fall in the NHL. I'm guessing that throws off our Phaneuf for Stastny deal... although maybe we can work something out for Franson? I'm willing to consider high picks in order to get some sort of defensive help. Or... maybe we can keep Phaneuf in play for a return that won't affect the cap much? Phaneuf is so streaky, but I'm kinda wanting a more veteran presence on the Avs blueline right now. Let me know if you want to discuss more and we'll see what we can make happen.

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You want some forward help too? Mikael Samuelsson is yours. Late round pick is ok for me.

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I'm not sure I would take him even if you dumped him bound and gagged at the back entrance of the Pepsi Center.

Now Kronwall... there's someone we could chat about. Although taking on anyone who's worn the winged wheel leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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:lorraine:lorraine:lorraine

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^ Sorry Chris. :hug

And with Montador signing in the KHL, this must be a really difficult time for you right now.

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If he's healthy he can score you some goals. But that's probably not going to be the problem for the Avs.

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Yeah goals won't be hard to come by. Unfortunately, the same will be true for any team who happens to be PLAYING the Avs, and that's what needs to be addressed.

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Nashville really doesn't want Chicago fans at their games:

http://www.section303.com/preds-gett...ago-fans-51051

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Looks like I'll be planning a trip to Denver in November. Anyone want to join me?

http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=680080

Ants NHL thread meet-up to celebrate the career of one of the best crease clearers of all time?

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Uwe Krupp? Having trouble keeping it in your pants on this one?

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Huge boner still. May need to call a doctor.

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If an erection lasts longer than 3 hours, it's because Adam Foote's # is getting retired.

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Well, if a naked guy ends up running out on the ice to hug Adam Foote and shake Seth Jones' hand, we'll at least know who it is.

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these idiots in Nashville. now they have me looking into skyboxes for my huge group of people coming down. We'll have to drink all their beer now. idiots.