GARTH: Ovechkin, NHL Stars Will Represent In Toronto

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GARTH: Ovechkin, NHL Stars Will Represent In Toronto
- garth

Sure makes you roll your eyes with these owners. How stupid are they about getting into these bidding wars with UFA's & the Weber debacle. Surely Bettman saw the damage this potentially had to the Owner image & their negotiation leverages. I suggest they look at a combo Cap/Luxury tax. The parity in the NHL is so good it's frustrating owners who want to spend to win. So let these guys spend, just tighten the rules so everyone can co exist happily.
Split the Revenues equally 50/50, enough is enough, the $$$ are outrageous.
Put the cap at some agreeable number, for example 60 mill. Put the floor at 40 mill.
Then let teams give players signing bonuses that do not count against the cap but go into the luxury tax category & hammer those teams hard with a high tax. The luxury tax then gets split between the teams that operate at 85% or less of the cap. What ever portion a team that is eligible to receive a % of the luxury tax will be required to use 50% of that toward their player salaries & their floor will be increased the next year accordingly.
Change the rule for RFA's in that a team cannot offer a bonus on an offer sheet to a restricted free agent, so we avoid this Weber fiasco. You can only bonus UFA's & players that a team has the rights for & are resigning or extending their contract.

Surely there are some creative ways to help all these greedy parties to roll like little piggies in all their money without stopping hockey & punishing the fans.

Garth...

Just listening now and he does sound that he is Alex daigle. And has his story right.
- evatnorth

some one needs to call daigle and up ask him if it's him

Let's look at this summer closer and where the Sabres as an organization. Also the mind set if this site?

- I strongly feel they will trade Ennis (he would be signed by now).

- They have been trying to get that #1 center
(Stastny) all summer, also looks like they are indeed looking at Edmonton's center's.

- Ennis is very overrated on this site. If Ennis gets u Bobby "Freakin" Ryan, u do it yesterday!

- Ryan 50/50 coming to Sabres.

- Sekera has been traded a 100 times!

- Pysyk or McNabb, who would you trade? Who brings more to the table for the future of the organization?

- the Sr's of this site, have become very frustrated with the non-sense going on and have stayed away let myself. (I respect many of you)
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Captain Rivet

And others

Let's look at this summer closer and where the Sabres as an organization. Also the mind set if this site?

- I strongly feel they will trade Ennis (he would be signed by now).

- They have been trying to get that #1 center
(Stastny) all summer, also looks like they are indeed looking at Edmonton's center's.

- Ennis is very overrated on this site. If Ennis gets u Bobby "Freakin" Ryan, u do it yesterday!

- Ryan 50/50 coming to Sabres.

- Sekera has been traded a 100 times!

- Pysyk or McNabb, who would you trade? Who brings more to the table for the future of the organization?

- the Sr's of this site, have become very frustrated with the non-sense going on and have stayed away let myself. (I respect many of you)
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Cabin
89
Homie
Nhp
Pario11
Indiansabrefan
Gerbe
Goose
Captain Rivet
jochfr (I'll be the next to take a break from this site)

And others
- Irish 14

Fixed.

Fixed.

- jochfr

The combination of little hockey news and sub par commentary has made it a tough summer in these parts for sure.

The combination of little hockey news and sub par commentary has made it a tough summer in these parts for sure.
- Gunner Staal

Gunner, I like what you bring to the site!

Fixed.

- jochfr

Joc, I like the Avatar! So yes, you have moved up the scale on this site!

Let's look at this summer closer and where the Sabres as an organization. Also the mind set if this site?

- I strongly feel they will trade Ennis (he would be signed by now).

- They have been trying to get that #1 center
(Stastny) all summer, also looks like they are indeed looking at Edmonton's center's.

- Ennis is very overrated on this site. If Ennis gets u Bobby "Freakin" Ryan, u do it yesterday!

- Ryan 50/50 coming to Sabres.

- Sekera has been traded a 100 times!

- Pysyk or McNabb, who would you trade? Who brings more to the table for the future of the organization?

- the Sr's of this site, have become very frustrated with the non-sense going on and have stayed away let myself. (I respect many of you)
Rapper
Cabin
89
Homie
Sabresfandan
Nhp
bOsOo1
Pario11
Indiansabrefan
Gerbe
Goose
Captain Rivet

And others
- Irish 14

I'm famous

Let's look at this summer closer and where the Sabres as an organization. Also the mind set if this site?

- I strongly feel they will trade Ennis (he would be signed by now).

- They have been trying to get that #1 center
(Stastny) all summer, also looks like they are indeed looking at Edmonton's center's.

- Ennis is very overrated on this site. If Ennis gets u Bobby "Freakin" Ryan, u do it yesterday!

- Ryan 50/50 coming to Sabres.

- Sekera has been traded a 100 times!

- Pysyk or McNabb, who would you trade? Who brings more to the table for the future of the organization?

- the Sr's of this site, have become very frustrated with the non-sense going on and have stayed away let myself. (I respect many of you)
Rapper
Cabin
89
Homie
Sabresfandan
Nhp
bOsOo1
Pario11
Indiansabrefan
Gerbe
Goose
Captain Rivet

And others
- Irish 14

New goal in life is to get on this list...

Sure makes you roll your eyes with these owners. How stupid are they about getting into these bidding wars with UFA's & the Weber debacle. Surely Bettman saw the damage this potentially had to the Owner image & their negotiation leverages. I suggest they look at a combo Cap/Luxury tax. The parity in the NHL is so good it's frustrating owners who want to spend to win. So let these guys spend, just tighten the rules so everyone can co exist happily.
Split the Revenues equally 50/50, enough is enough, the $$$ are outrageous.
Put the cap at some agreeable number, for example 60 mill. Put the floor at 40 mill.
Then let teams give players signing bonuses that do not count against the cap but go into the luxury tax category & hammer those teams hard with a high tax. The luxury tax then gets split between the teams that operate at 85% or less of the cap. What ever portion a team that is eligible to receive a % of the luxury tax will be required to use 50% of that toward their player salaries & their floor will be increased the next year accordingly.
Change the rule for RFA's in that a team cannot offer a bonus on an offer sheet to a restricted free agent, so we avoid this Weber fiasco. You can only bonus UFA's & players that a team has the rights for & are resigning or extending their contract.

Surely there are some creative ways to help all these greedy parties to roll like little piggies in all their money without stopping hockey & punishing the fans.
- Kevin R

yes i think the cap needs to be lowered.

I'm famous
- CaptainRivet

Almost Famous was a good movie.

Let's look at this summer closer and where the Sabres as an organization. Also the mind set if this site?

- I strongly feel they will trade Ennis (he would be signed by now).

- They have been trying to get that #1 center
(Stastny) all summer, also looks like they are indeed looking at Edmonton's center's.

- Ennis is very overrated on this site. If Ennis gets u Bobby "Freakin" Ryan, u do it yesterday!

- Ryan 50/50 coming to Sabres.

- Sekera has been traded a 100 times!

- Pysyk or McNabb, who would you trade? Who brings more to the table for the future of the organization?

- the Sr's of this site, have become very frustrated with the non-sense going on and have stayed away let myself. (I respect many of you)
Rapper
Cabin
89
Homie
Sabresfandan
Nhp
bOsOo1
Pario11
Indiansabrefan
Gerbe
Goose
Captain Rivet

And others
- Irish 14

Yup .... i agree with everything youve said.

- ennis shouldve been signed a month ago if he was going to stay!
- gagner or stastny they are looking to replace Ennis
- once you get gagner or stastny you trade Ennis ++ for Bobby Ryan

and bam you have a solid team to compete for a playoff spot!

You have no idea where O'reilly and the Avs are in contract negotiations. They could be very close to a new deal.

Bottom line is, he has nothing to worry about until an offer sheet is signed. The season isn't expected to start on time, and even if it does, he has plenty of time to get O'reilly signed. It could be a 1 year deal if they aren't ready to keep him long term for big coin.

Not to mention signing a vet like Jiggy, who's in the twilight of his career and is very happy with the Avs by all account, to a 1 year extension doesn't really take much time or effort. I can't imagine Sherman allocated that much precious time away from O'reilly to Jiggy.

Hopefully I just saved you some brain cells next time you find yourself in a similar conundrum and wanna bash your brain against various, inanimate objects.

Not to be a Richard, but you guys speculate quite a bit in these blogs.

Ryan 50/50 coming to Buffalo? He's not even on the market. People like Garth just have you convinced he is by writing a blog about him recycling the same 10 facts regarding his situation (which hasn't had a new development in almost a month and a half) and inserting a new team as a possible destination.

Tyler Ennis definitely being traded? Because he hasn't been signed yet? Were about to enter another lockout. Doesn't really mean anything. Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Michael Del Zotto, Dmitry Kulikov, PK Subban, Jonathan Blum, Matt Martin, and Cody Franson are no different from Ennis in that they are RFA who also have yet to sign. Are they all being traded too?

CH-YEAH! REPRESENTIN' THE NHL UP IN THIS BIATCH!

Almost Famous was a good movie.
- Pierceme69

Pierce,
You have always been solid here!

Let's look at this summer closer and where the Sabres as an organization. Also the mind set if this site?

- I strongly feel they will trade Ennis (he would be signed by now).

- They have been trying to get that #1 center
(Stastny) all summer, also looks like they are indeed looking at Edmonton's center's.

- Ennis is very overrated on this site. If Ennis gets u Bobby "Freakin" Ryan, u do it yesterday!

- Ryan 50/50 coming to Sabres.

- Sekera has been traded a 100 times!

- Pysyk or McNabb, who would you trade? Who brings more to the table for the future of the organization?

- the Sr's of this site, have become very frustrated with the non-sense going on and have stayed away let myself. (I respect many of you)
Rapper
Cabin
89
Homie
Sabresfandan
Nhp
bOsOo1
Pario11
Indiansabrefan
Gerbe
Goose
Captain Rivet

And others
- Irish 14

Everyone is frustrated with this site because nothing is going on to talk about... Everything is non sense every day.. so people get frustrated easier not just people that have been on the site longer.

Not to be a Richard, but you guys speculate quite a bit in these blogs.

Ryan 50/50 coming to Buffalo? He's not even on the market. People like Garth just have you convinced he is by writing a blog about him recycling the same 10 facts regarding his situation (which hasn't had a new development in almost a month and a half) and inserting a new team as a possible destination.

Tyler Ennis definitely being traded? Because he hasn't been signed yet? Were about to enter another lockout. Doesn't really mean anything. Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Michael Del Zotto, Dmitry Kulikov, PK Subban, Jonathan Blum, Matt Martin, and Cody Franson are no different from Ennis in that they are RFA who also have yet to sign. Are they all being traded too?
- mochoson

Really Richard!

It's my opinion, go to your exciting Thrasher site!

Everyone is frustrated with this site because nothing is going on to talk about... Everything is non sense every day.. so people get frustrated easier not just people that have been on the site longer.
- JVince11

Vince,
Agreed!

Not to be a Richard, but you guys speculate quite a bit in these blogs.

Ryan 50/50 coming to Buffalo? He's not even on the market. People like Garth just have you convinced he is by writing a blog about him recycling the same 10 facts regarding his situation (which hasn't had a new development in almost a month and a half) and inserting a new team as a possible destination.

Tyler Ennis definitely being traded? Because he hasn't been signed yet? Were about to enter another lockout. Doesn't really mean anything. Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Michael Del Zotto, Dmitry Kulikov, PK Subban, Jonathan Blum, Matt Martin, and Cody Franson are no different from Ennis in that they are RFA who also have yet to sign. Are they all being traded too?
- mochoson

Facts have no place here. They are all being traded.

Not to be a Richard, but you guys speculate quite a bit in these blogs.

Ryan 50/50 coming to Buffalo? He's not even on the market. People like Garth just have you convinced he is by writing a blog about him recycling the same 10 facts regarding his situation (which hasn't had a new development in almost a month and a half) and inserting a new team as a possible destination.

Tyler Ennis definitely being traded? Because he hasn't been signed yet? Were about to enter another lockout. Doesn't really mean anything. Ryan O'Reilly, Evander Kane, Michael Del Zotto, Dmitry Kulikov, PK Subban, Jonathan Blum, Matt Martin, and Cody Franson are no different from Ennis in that they are RFA who also have yet to sign. Are they all being traded too?
- mochoson

I said I strongly feel Ennis will be traded (IMO), no where did I say definitely?