Jeremy Laura: Detroit and Columbus wrap up the series and the season with back to back

This looks like a job for Lee Iacocca because it’s not Gary Bettman.
Agree this summer will unfold a lot of Hockey news.

This looks like a job for Lee Iacocca because it’s not Gary Bettman.
Agree this summer will unfold a lot of Hockey news.
- Tee56

Holy crap, i haven’t heard that reference in a decade!!

The owners and players are going to have to work together. No more Bettman and Fehr at the microphone. Just lay it all down and figure this thing out. Changes are coming, and to have the least amount of damage everyone has to give a bit

Public sentiment is that the rich owners need to give it all to the poor players and bring back raffling off a car every game to get the fans back. They could give a coupon out for $50 off every $200 spent on NHL merchandise during the summer months. That amounts to 1 jersey.

Smith coming up from GR to taxi, but may figure into this game. I have not seen word if Sveth is off the Covid list or what??? So this might be Smith's game.

Public sentiment is that the rich owners need to give it all to the poor players and bring back raffling off a car every game to get the fans back. They could give a coupon out for $50 off every $200 spent on NHL merchandise during the summer months. That amounts to 1 jersey.
- HenryHockey

Roughly 2.16 billion in salaries were paid out. (72%). 8% is being repaid. The entire league may have done less than 2 billion in revenue. That would mean that the players made more than 100% of the incoming revenue. Yeah, some owners have deep pockets for sure. But, those numbers are really bad

Roughly 2.16 billion in salaries were paid out. (72%). 8% is being repaid. The entire league may have done less than 2 billion in revenue. That would mean that the players made more than 100% of the incoming revenue. Yeah, some owners have deep pockets for sure. But, those numbers are really bad
- Jeremy Laura

Oh, I certainly agree. But the PR is in the player's favor.

Roughly 2.16 billion in salaries were paid out. (72%). 8% is being repaid. The entire league may have done less than 2 billion in revenue. That would mean that the players made more than 100% of the incoming revenue. Yeah, some owners have deep pockets for sure. But, those numbers are really bad
- Jeremy Laura

Once again the league turns into younger players with smaller dollar contracts. The veterans new contracts will need to be incentive based. Incentive based is not a bad thing. I’m getting off base but Baseball should be all incentive based with a base salary. (Did i cover all the base’s)

I know a lot of people are saying the billionaire owners need to just eat their losses, but as a CPA of over 20 years, I can promise you they won't. Once people get to billionaire status, it's all about winning and they don't accept financial losses, and they don't keep unprofitable businesses. Martha Stewart went to prison for $15k, which is like 15 cents to us regular people.

I suspect we're going to see veterans pay the price, similar to what happened when the salary cap came in. Teams will get younger and veterans will be out of a job. Covid isn't going away anytime soon and governments could care less if businesses or sports league survive or not. If the government of Ontario doesn't care about hockey, American politicians will care even less. Hockey is going to feel the effects of the past year for at least a generation.

Once again the league turns into younger players with smaller dollar contracts. The veterans new contracts will need to be incentive based. Incentive based is not a bad thing. I’m getting off base but Baseball should be all incentive based with a base salary. (Did i cover all the base’s)
- Tee56

Not only that, but young contracts have a way different buyout. If a young guy gets a sizeable raise, buyout is only 1/3. DeAngelo will probably get bought out and because of age loses 2/3 of remaining money. For vets, I don’t mind incentive at all. The young high paid guys screwed up the system for guys who made it to UFA. That’s the internal gripe

I know a lot of people are saying the billionaire owners need to just eat their losses, but as a CPA of over 20 years, I can promise you they won't. Once people get to billionaire status, it's all about winning and they don't accept financial losses, and they don't keep unprofitable businesses. Martha Stewart went to prison for $15k, which is like 15 cents to us regular people.

I suspect we're going to see veterans pay the price, similar to what happened when the salary cap came in. Teams will get younger and veterans will be out of a job. Covid isn't going away anytime soon and governments could care less if businesses or sports league survive or not. If the government of Ontario doesn't care about hockey, American politicians will care even less. Hockey is going to feel the effects of the past year for at least a generation.
- bluelineenforcer

The Pegula family were some of the biggest spenders in hockey. After last year they dropped their Women’s team and fired 30 office personnel. After this season…. That being said cheaper owners (or groups with way less $) are going to slash deeper

The Pegula family were some of the biggest spenders in hockey. After last year they dropped their Women’s team and fired 30 office personnel. After this season…. That being said cheaper owners (or groups with way less $) are going to slash deeper
- Jeremy Laura

Does this mean they send Jack packing??? Along with KO to save big dollars??? Do they hope that the dollars out will be twice as much as the dollars in??? Only a few teams can facilitate such a trade! (licks chops)

Does this mean they send Jack packing??? Along with KO to save big dollars??? Do they hope that the dollars out will be twice as much as the dollars in??? Only a few teams can facilitate such a trade! (licks chops)

- HenryHockey

The “chatter” became a focus on Reinhart. His switch back to center invigorated he and his teammates. Eichel will be another Ryan O Reilly. He’ll flourish elsewhere, so get as much as you can for him.

I was just thinking about this last night. Tyler Seguin, in my mind, had a much better start because he was in Boston than Hall did in Edmonton. He was able to learn the game and not carry a franchise. Hall looks fantastic in Boston. Chiarelli traded both guys and they both ended up (the #1 and #2 pick) in Boston. That is some weird coincidence. This younger generation had way too much put on their shoulders. Everyone thought they would “speed up the rebuild” and get the team into Stanley Cup contention. Buffalo has to start over again. If Edmonton and Toronto weren’t in the Canadian division, they would probably be out, or bounced first round again. Insane mismanagement over the last several drafts of these high picks

Another quick reminder. I was using the NHL app to watch games. I went ahead and cancelled my subscription, and I can still watch everything for free. If you haven’t tried streaming before go to NHL.tv (or look it up). You could watch every game tonight it looks like

The “chatter” became a focus on Reinhart. His switch back to center invigorated he and his teammates. Eichel will be another Ryan O Reilly. He’ll flourish elsewhere, so get as much as you can for him.

I was just thinking about this last night. Tyler Seguin, in my mind, had a much better start because he was in Boston than Hall did in Edmonton. He was able to learn the game and not carry a franchise. Hall looks fantastic in Boston. Chiarelli traded both guys and they both ended up (the #1 and #2 pick) in Boston. That is some weird coincidence. This younger generation had way too much put on their shoulders. Everyone thought they would “speed up the rebuild” and get the team into Stanley Cup contention. Buffalo has to start over again. If Edmonton and Toronto weren’t in the Canadian division, they would probably be out, or bounced first round again. Insane mismanagement over the last several drafts of these high picks
- Jeremy Laura

With BS doing well w/o Jack, I would say trade him this summer! He did not have his surgery yet, and some evn report that he might not. But yeah, they need to get what they may for him and include KO in the deal to clean out salary. Skinner and his contract are untradeable.

Vrana over Mantha.
Another W in the trade column for Yzerman.
not even including the draft picks either.

Happy for JV!
Total tank job by Blue Jackets.