He gets laid in the comics all the time.
- mayorofangrytown

Robin doesn't count.

He gets laid in the comics all the time.
- mayorofangrytown

Well that's a relief. His night job seems like it can get awfully frustrating.

You felt like Flyersgod does in San Francisco?
- PhillySportsGuy

He gets laid in the comics all the time.
- mayorofangrytown

I've honestly never read a Batman comic, just seen the movies.

I mean for 35+ and retiring. I don't understand why they can't just let Pronger retire with some dignity instead of dragging this thing out for years.
- PhillySportsGuy

Pronger is free to retire at any time. But why would he? I'm sure he's sulking in his loss of dignity while collecting 7M this year! Although I think he's earning it with his health issues.

Is all you guys did read comics and watch Star Wars growing up?

I guess I did weird poop like play sports and chase girls.
- PhillySportsGuy

I played sports and music

Pronger is free to retire at any time. But why would he? I'm sure he's sulking in his loss of dignity while collecting 7M this year! Although I think he's earning it with his health issues.
- MJL

For his last two 'seasons', he will be making very little (relativity). Yet, the team will still hope he doesn't retire so they can place him on LTIR.

I played sports and music
- Giroux_Is_God

Weirdo

For his last two 'seasons', he will be making very little (relativity). Yet, the team will still hope he doesn't retire so they can place him on LTIR.
- PhillySportsGuy

Correct, or the Flyers would face 35+ issues.

Weirdo
- PhillySportsGuy

Star Wars blows.
- mayorofangrytown

let the hatred flow

I played sports and music
- Giroux_Is_God

i played sports and watched star wars and star trek eat it

Pronger is free to retire at any time. But why would he? I'm sure he's sulking in his loss of dignity while collecting 7M this year! Although I think he's earning it with his health issues.
- MJL

He should have the choice to retire without hurting the team if he chooses. Also, he's not making 7M every year. He'd actually (likely) be making more in the last 2 years of his deal if he retired and became a coach.

Correct, or the Flyers would face 35+ issues.
- MJL

So its time to petition the league.

I mean for 35+ and retiring. I don't understand why they can't just let Pronger retire with some dignity instead of dragging this thing out for years.
- PhillySportsGuy

He wouldn't retire till his salary dropped down to $575,000 anyway. Not if he had any sense. So he'd still be on the books this season and the next one.

Marc Savard hasn't retired and he wasn't signed to a 35+ deal. But it obviously makes more sense for him to keep getting his regular salary from the Bruins than retire and give up that money or deal with getting it through insurance.

He should have the choice to retire without hurting the team if he chooses.
- jmatchett383

Can't happen that way. Then teams would be paying and signing players to contracts that would pay them boatloads of money outside of the system. And skewing the players share. It's what the salary cap is all about and why there was a lockout.

Star Wars blows.
- mayorofangrytown

x2

I've honestly never read a Batman comic, just seen the movies.
- jmatchett383

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the movies.

He wouldn't retire till his salary dropped down to $575,000 anyway. Not if he had any sense. So he'd still be on the books this season and the next one.

Marc Savard hasn't retired and he wasn't signed to a 35+ deal. But it obviously makes more sense for him to keep getting his regular salary from the Bruins than retire and give up that money or deal with getting it through insurance.
- Feanor

I know, but what happens when pronger reaches the last two years? He should be able to retire without hurting the team.

He should have the choice to retire without hurting the team if he chooses.
- jmatchett383

The stupidity of the LTIR two-step the Flyers (and other teams) have to do with Pronger, who is obviously never coming back, is beyond question.

So its time to petition the league.
- PhillySportsGuy

For what?

He wouldn't retire till his salary dropped down to $575,000 anyway. Not if he had any sense. So he'd still be on the books this season and the next one.

Marc Savard hasn't retired and he wasn't signed to a 35+ deal. But it obviously makes more sense for him to keep getting his regular salary from the Bruins than retire and give up that money or deal with getting it through insurance.
- Feanor

Insurance is very likely paying Savard (and other injured players) anyway.

The stupidity of the LTIR two-step the Flyers (and other teams) have to do with Pronger, who is obviously never coming back, is idiotic.
- johndewar

I hope this doesn't come of the wrong way. But if the Cap is understood and why these rules are in place, it's not idiotic at all.

let the hatred flow
- 2Real

Insurance is very likely paying Savard (and other injured players) anyway.
- johndewar

Very possibly. An NHL team is only required to insure it's top 5 contracts.