Holding huge chunks of contract on so many players is a dumb idea.
- Larsson_fan

Typical douche bag response, name calling.ok 2nd grader...
Depends on definition of dumb.
Is it better to hold these bloated contracts for term on guys who contribute zilch every Night? Cause that is the option.

I’m proposing taking you medicine for next year and free up cap space and spots for more productive players to see the roster.

Ok, your turn.

See how maturity works..try it, come on stretch yourself.

especially since you can only do it on 2 guys


Edit: i guess it's 3
- Sabresfan-365

You guess right! Oppsy daisy
Ne t time before revealing ignorance, check it out, lol.

But hey, let’s sit on our hands !

i wouldn't hold salary on the longer term deals. tends to hurt you long term like a buyout would.

Could do it for bogo and pommer cause of the term, likely get some value for it.
- Sabresfan-365

I should have stated for one year...which makes doing so problematic for a guy like Okposo obviously...hence why growing a prospect in to make it more palatable...not sure it would work but worth a test drive.

Griffith on waivers

You guess right! Oppsy daisy
Ne t time before revealing ignorance, check it out, lol.

But hey, let’s sit on our hands !
- IonSabres

i read it in a sbnation article, seemed relatively reliable.

You're right though, very lazy of me not to double check the source. If only ryan callahan could have taught me otherwise.

I should have stated for one year...which makes doing so problematic for a guy like Okposo obviously...hence why growing a prospect in to make it more palatable...not sure it would work but worth a test drive.
- IonSabres

from capfriendly:

"and also retains the percentage of the cap hit until the contract expires"

I don't think you can choose how many years you retain. I think it's just the percentage you retain over the duration of that contract.

Leafs retained a small percentage of kessel's deal, but that's applied every year for the rest of the deal.

Gotta say, lovin’ my new 65” LG OLED 4K tv...awesome picture, great features, perfect size for family room...70” would be at the outer limits, but nothing remotely comparable.

who has a stream for the game?

i read it in a sbnation article, seemed relatively reliable.

You're right though, very lazy of me not to double check the source. If only ryan callahan could have taught me otherwise.
- Sabresfan-365

Callahan type, in terms of leadership, playing style, dedication, doing the ugly work than wins...Agreed at 32 his point production isn’t there anymore, but has averaged 0.5+ over his career...
The point was a younger version of him, not sure who that is, maybe you know?

from capfriendly:

"and also retains the percentage of the cap hit until the contract expires"

I don't think you can choose how many years you retain. I think it's just the percentage you retain over the duration of that contract.

Leafs retained a small percentage of kessel's deal, but that's applied every year for the rest of the deal.
- Sabresfan-365

That eliminates Okposo then, welp we found our $7.5m 4th line RW, lol.
Actually, hope he continues to get better, given the debalacle contract having him on the 3rd might be the reality of it.

Callahan type, in terms of leadership, playing style, dedication, doing the ugly work than wins...Agreed at 32 his point production isn’t there anymore, but has averaged 0.5+ over his career...
The point was a younger version of him, not sure who that is, maybe you know?
- IonSabres

is the game even played that way anymore? Everything has shifted towards puck possession/movement, speed, skill. The whole grind em down game is more or less dead.

Defensive d-men used to be shot blockers, bruisers and fighters. Now it's guys like Lindholm and Manson. Puck movers, smooth skaters good sticks. you look around the best teams in the league...how many callahan types do they have if at all?

That eliminates Okposo then, welp we found our $7.5m 4th line RW, lol.
Actually, hope he continues to get better, given the debalacle contract having him on the 3rd might be the reality of it.
- IonSabres

There's a decent chance compliance buyouts are added at the next lockout so there's that too.

new blog

for realsie

What happened to KC though?
I thought they were a “lock”
But if they lose today,
SD would only be 1 game behind them
There’s a scenario where SD wins the division & we get in over KC for one of the WC spots
That would be weird

Of course,
we’d have to win some more games...