I love the cap related butthurt.
- Feds91Stammer

No butthurt here man haha...maybe if Pens lost to them in playoffs maybe a little...but zilch butthurt. It wasnt illegal what they did...it still gave them an unfair advantage though haha, cant deny that.

They cheated... they don't deserve it. And while people will argue it fits within league rules, to me its the equivalent of a guy doing steroids and not getting caught. Kucherov = Lance Armstrong.

Frankly, as far as I am concerned, they are the *asterisk* champions.

*2019 - Covid lockdown bubble champs
*2020 - Cheat the salary cap champs.

Go Habs!
- MacPatty

So much butthurt in the morning. What a beautiful thing.

No butthurt here man haha...maybe if Pens lost to them in playoffs maybe a little...but zilch butthurt. It wasnt illegal what they did...it still gave them an unfair advantage though haha, cant deny that.
- MattStrat

Calling it shady is definitely a form of butthurt.

So much butthurt in the morning. What a beautiful thing.
- Feds91Stammer

I'm not sure why you think that is butthurt? I have no hurt over the situation whatsoever, I just laid things out how I see them. On the contrary, I think you are the one who is butthurt over everyone calling out Tampa for being shady.

Calling it shady is definitely a form of butthurt.
- Feds91Stammer

Nah, man. You can recognize something for what it is and be free of emotion about it as I am regarding this.

It almost seems like you get butthurt about anyone talking negatively about it or Kuch...

I'm not sure why you think that is butthurt? I have no hurt over the situation whatsoever, I just laid things out how I see them. On the contrary, I think you are the one who is butthurt over everyone calling out Tampa for being shady.
- MacPatty

And you see things through butthurt tinted lenses.

Nah, man. You can recognize something for what it is and be free of emotion about it as I am regarding this.

It almost seems like you get butthurt about anyone talking negatively about it or Kuch...
- MattStrat

Lol nope. The crying about the cap gave me rooting interest for this playoffs.

And you see things through butthurt tinted lenses.
- Feds91Stammer

The only thing I see that looks like butt are your posts. Get over it, your boys cheated and its working for them.

Lol nope. The crying about the cap gave me rooting interest for this playoffs.
- Feds91Stammer

Weird.

You've always kinda come off as being horny for Tampa for years around here anyway.

His post literally said nothing about game 1.
- Feds91Stammer

Game 1 just confirmed my suspicions on what I already expected would happen
- TheGame316

So yeah. Wrong.

Weird.

You've always kinda come off as being horny for Tampa for years around here anyway.
- MattStrat

When Yzerman was the GM and I lived in Tampa sure. I couldn’t have been more indifferent last playoffs.

So yeah. Wrong.
- Rinosaur

His original post is what I was referring to.

When Yzerman was the GM and I lived in Tampa sure. I couldn’t have been more indifferent last playoffs.
- Feds91Stammer

Why haven't you changed your name yet you weirdo.

Why haven't you changed your name yet you weirdo.
- Victoro311

Who said I haven’t already?

Why haven't you changed your name yet you weirdo.
- Victoro311

Haha he calls Stamkos a mental midget so maybe Feds91MM lol

It’s pretty convoluted but the easiest way to put it is if the cap is 80m and the teams current cap is 79m. You place a 3m player on LTIR you actually only get 2m in relief and have to work under a 79m cap now. It gets more complicated when talking about activating someone and placing someone else on LTIR. The way the calculation works is why you will see those paper moves to manipulate the figure before putting someone on LTIR. It also cripples cap flexibility in terms of making trades.
- Feds91Stammer

Thanks for the explanation.

I essentially punted the ability to make a trade in my scenario, which may be another point for not doing it.

I'm still not sure I fully understand. I was guessing if you put another player on LTIR before Malkin cane back that would still keep you under the cap while adding him you'd be cap compliant. I think I'll just take your word there is something in place to prevent that and stop trying to understand it lol.

Thanks for the explanation.

I essentially punted the ability to make a trade in my scenario, which may be another point for not doing it.

I'm still not sure I fully understand. I was guessing if you put another player on LTIR before Malkin cane back that would still keep you under the cap while adding him you'd be cap compliant. I think I'll just take your word there is something in place to prevent that and stop trying to understand it lol.
- Tojo.

Just going to use round numbers to see if I can explain how it might work specifically in your scenario. 80m cap. 10m cap hit for Malkin.

So you make sure you’re at 80m before Malkin goes on LTIR to get the full 10m in relief.

You bring in a 7m goalie. Now you have a cap hit of 77m with an 80m cap. That goalie gets hurt but because you’re not at the full cap you only get 4m in relief. So now you’re at a cap hit of 70m with a 77m cap and don’t have enough room to activate Malkin. You also don’t have the cap to activate Malkin before the goalie goes on LTIR.

You can really only take advantage of LTIR like that if Malkin would miss the entire season which is possible depending what exactly he needed to have surgically repaired.

And just like Kucherov was skating for a while Anders Lee was skating for NYI for a while now but was nowhere near ready to be available for their playoff games.

Who said I haven’t already?
- Feds91Stammer

Can you only do it once?

Can you only do it once?
- Victoro311

Lol I was referring to alt accounts. I don’t think you can change your username

Lol nope. The crying about the cap gave me rooting interest for this playoffs.
- Feds91Stammer

It's no different than the Yankees paying to win championships.

Lol I was referring to alt accounts. I don’t think you can change your username
- Feds91Stammer

Barnaby did it. He used to be Orpik. Or maybe he just made a new account. IDK.

Barnaby did it. He used to be Orpik. Or maybe he just made a new account. IDK.
- Victoro311

I’m sure he just created a new account.

Maybe it’s time for a Tatar90Veleno account.

Just going to use round numbers to see if I can explain how it might work specifically in your scenario. 80m cap. 10m cap hit for Malkin.

So you make sure you’re at 80m before Malkin goes on LTIR to get the full 10m in relief.

You bring in a 7m goalie. Now you have a cap hit of 77m with an 80m cap. That goalie gets hurt but because you’re not at the full cap you only get 4m in relief. So now you’re at a cap hit of 70m with a 77m cap and don’t have enough room to activate Malkin. You also don’t have the cap to activate Malkin before the goalie goes on LTIR.

You can really only take advantage of LTIR like that if Malkin would miss the entire season which is possible depending what exactly he needed to have surgically repaired.

And just like Kucherov was skating for a while Anders Lee was skating for NYI for a while now but was nowhere near ready to be available for their playoff games.
- Feds91Stammer

I think I got it now thanks. Good explanation.

Malkin for the whole year wouldn't work. Expected recovery timeline I saw was miss around 2 months of the season. Even if they could, I wouldn't try keeping Malkin out all year on a fake extended recovery because they might not even be a play-off team if they did that.

RNH oilers 8 years 41 mill. 5.125 per

So yeah. Wrong.
His post literally said nothing about game 1.
- Feds91Stammer




Game 1 just confirmed my suspicions on what I already expected would happen
- TheGame316



So yeah. Wrong.
- Rinosaur

No, you're wrong

You claimed I based it on 1 game

"confirming my suspicions" implies a thought process previous to the game, (Montreal is a worse version of the Islanders, and since the Islanders struggled to score against Tampa, MTL should have the same problem) the game itself just confirmed what was previously suspected

The statement "Tampa in 5" could have been made at any point prior to the game

MTL is a worse version of the Islanders is accurate to anyone who's been watching the playoffs. (Defensive system, relying on goaltending and opportunistic forwards) Islanders have a better defensive structure and are more physical than MTL. Brayden Point himself said that the Islanders gave them no room out there

Price might steal a game, or the forwards might have a breakout game is what I said

MTL's best chance to win the series was to win game 1 against a tired TBL, then have Price steal a game and hopefully get to a situation where it's 3-2 for Tampa entering game 6 in Montreal. Then MAYBE, anything can happen

Since that didn't happen, and Tampa just handled them easily AFTER finishing a tough 7 game series against the NYI, confirming what I expected PRIOR to the start of the series, I don't see MTL winning more than 1 game, so

"Tampa in 5, This series is gonna suck"