Is Panarin eligible for rookie of the year? Gretzky was not as he had played a year of professional hockey in the WHL. Panarin is 24 and has played multiple years in the KHL, which is also a professional league. Have rules changes since then? I believe McDavid should be rookie of the year anyways. Amazing what he's doing in this league. It's no longer a high scoring league and he's putting up over a point a game at 18/19 years old!

They do have a new GM and coach . Good ones . Now they need to change the core as some of these players need a change of scenery.
- Maximum Signal

Chirelli (sorry Sp?) is good but Boston even showed that once you are at the top you don't have very long to flounder around to try to stay there... Oilers are a completely different puzzle and it will be interesting to see if he can piece it together.

McLellan on the other hand i was never a fan of and felt like he fumbled a great team in San Jose... They are still pretty securely in a playoff spot without him which is where i feel they'd be with him true test comes playoff time

Eruption in 3.....2......1
- Havic3814

http://youtu.be/z_lwocmL9dQ

never saw that overzealousness, but...


you are right from your side, I am right from mine. it's just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind.
- Michael Pachla

Had to go listen to this song after this post.

ROR could play Wednesday against Montreal.

Is Panarin eligible for rookie of the year? Gretzky was not as he had played a year of professional hockey in the WHL. Panarin is 24 and has played multiple years in the KHL, which is also a professional league. Have rules changes since then? I believe McDavid should be rookie of the year anyways. Amazing what he's doing in this league. It's no longer a high scoring league and he's putting up over a point a game at 18/19 years old!
- phaneuf4norris

not sure if this is a real post. anyways- you have to be younger than 26 on sept 15th of your rookie season. panarin is eligible. i would rank it mcdavid, ghost, panarin, then everybody else. panarin is having an incredible year, but im still taking points off for being 24 and playing with kane.

http://youtu.be/z_lwocmL9dQ
- dadeadhead

That was a long time ago.

That was a long time ago.


- Der Kaiser

Ah, but what a ride .........

That was a long time ago.


- Der Kaiser

WOW

http://youtu.be/z_lwocmL9dQ
- dadeadhead

Idk why but i was really hoping for "Final Countdown" o wells that was good too

WOW
- cabin

What hell and back looks like ..............

Chicago is going to be in some serious cap issues next season. 15 players signed @ 64 mil and Panarin's deal is for the rookie max with performance bonuses. Meaning they'll be more in the 66 mil range.

Chicago is going to be in some serious cap issues next season. 15 players signed @ 64 mil and Panarin's deal is for the rookie max with performance bonuses. Meaning they'll be more in the 66 mil range.
- dadeadhead

I think they have someone else with bonuses too...they're gonna be in some bad shape, but they'll likely just fill with scrubs and probably find someone to (finally) take on Bickell.

I think they have someone else with bonuses too...they're gonna be in some bad shape, but they'll likely just fill with scrubs and probably find someone to (finally) take on Bickell.
- stashu

And they just signed Kruger to a 3 mil per extension. 1 point in 33 gp.

What hell and back looks like ..............
- fastek

At 61 he looks the part of what being a rock star does to you.

At 61 he looks the part of what being a rock star does to you.
- cabin

I'm in ...........

I think they have someone else with bonuses too...they're gonna be in some bad shape, but they'll likely just fill with scrubs and probably find someone to (finally) take on Bickell.
- stashu

Any word on what the cap will do next year? If they have to drop some guys I'm willing to listen.

foligno, bailey, ennis, larsson, girgens, fasching


they need to figure out which 3 or 4 they keep moving forward and ship the other 2 out of town for upgrades
- homiedclown

Keep Bailey, Fasching, possibly Larsson

I think it's actually debatable that they are doing this on purpose.
- fastek

I took that standpoint for the past few years thinking that Edmonton's management has just been incompetent, but I can't hold on to that viewpoint any longer. I never seen a team in the history of sports amass a plethora of offensive talent and yet refuse to address the defensive side of the sport. Plenty of top-notch defensemen have been traded in the past 3 years and Edmonton, and lord knows has had the currency to land some of them, yet nothing to land some of them. Maybe I'm wrong, but if Edmonton gets a top 3 pick in this draft and doesn't trade it for defensive help choosing to select another offensive player, than undoubtedly right.

Any word on what the cap will do next year? If they have to drop some guys I'm willing to listen.
- Zschalberg

12/7/15:

The NHL's salary cap for the 2016-17 season could go up approximately $3 million, Commissioner Gary Bettman said at the Board of Governors meeting on Monday.

The salary cap for the 2015-16 season is $71.4 million. It increased $2.4 million from 2014-15 to 2015-16.

"We gave them a very, very, very rough projection on what the cap could conceivably be next season, which will be somewhere between where it is now and up $3 million, in that range," Commissioner Bettman said. "That will depend on a variety of factors."

Among the factors that could come into play are the accuracy of the preliminary reports, the value of the Canadian dollar and the possibility of the NHL Players' Association initiating its five percent escalator to further raise the cap.

I took that standpoint for the past few years thinking that Edmonton's management has just been incompetent, but I can't hold on to that viewpoint any longer. I never seen a team in the history of sports amass a plethora of offensive talent and yet refuse to address the defensive side of the sport. Plenty of top-notch defensemen have been traded in the past 3 years and Edmonton, and lord knows has had the currency to land some of them, yet nothing to land some of them. Maybe I'm wrong, but if Edmonton gets a top 3 pick in this draft and doesn't trade it for defensive help choosing to select another offensive player, than undoubtedly right.
- sskkoo1

Detroit Lions and their constant WR drafts

2002 QB (Harrington) 3rd overall
2003 Charles Rogers 2nd overall
2004 Roy Williams 7th overall
2005 Mike Williams 10th overall
2006 LB
2007 Calvin Johnson 2nd overall
2008 T
2009 QB (Stafford) 1st overall

12/7/15:

The NHL's salary cap for the 2016-17 season could go up approximately $3 million, Commissioner Gary Bettman said at the Board of Governors meeting on Monday.

The salary cap for the 2015-16 season is $71.4 million. It increased $2.4 million from 2014-15 to 2015-16.

"We gave them a very, very, very rough projection on what the cap could conceivably be next season, which will be somewhere between where it is now and up $3 million, in that range," Commissioner Bettman said. "That will depend on a variety of factors."

Among the factors that could come into play are the accuracy of the preliminary reports, the value of the Canadian dollar and the possibility of the NHL Players' Association initiating its five percent escalator to further raise the cap.
- stashu

Interesting. I had heard, and perhaps it was longer ago than this, that it could either stay where it was or even decline. If the cap does go up 3 I'd be even more inclined to go for a particular free agent.

Any word on what the cap will do next year? If they have to drop some guys I'm willing to listen.
- Zschalberg

Canadian dollar has rebounded to around 76 cents . I would say it stays about the same.

Interesting. I had heard, and perhaps it was longer ago than this, that it could either stay where it was or even decline. If the cap does go up 3 I'd be even more inclined to go for a particular free agent.
- Zschalberg

I was shocked too. Definitely makes a Stamkos signing more palatable, as well as "decreases" the cost of O'Reilly.

I took that standpoint for the past few years thinking that Edmonton's management has just been incompetent, but I can't hold on to that viewpoint any longer. I never seen a team in the history of sports amass a plethora of offensive talent and yet refuse to address the defensive side of the sport. Plenty of top-notch defensemen have been traded in the past 3 years and Edmonton, and lord knows has had the currency to land some of them, yet nothing to land some of them. Maybe I'm wrong, but if Edmonton gets a top 3 pick in this draft and doesn't trade it for defensive help choosing to select another offensive player, than undoubtedly right.
- sskkoo1

It seems like that organization has the Darcy Regier disease regarding its forward talent. Apparently NO return is good enough for Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, or Eberle. No matter how much losing they do, they refuse to part with any of them. It would be interesting to see how those guys perform with a change in scenery.