***---__Official 2013/14 NHL Season Thread__---*** (legit edition)(*******s welcome)

[Mac_xX]

Calgary has 12 mil in cap space with the cap going up next year. Don't think they're worried about burning a year off of his ELC. Unless he wants to jump ship after his ELC is up.

The Flames need upgrades at almost every position, they need all the cap space they can get.

[Grozzy12]

Wings PP looking unreal. But it is the Flyers.

[cadetduke]

So I got demoted to Lake Erie in LFL. Playing with Paul Stastny and Hejduk. Just played against the Grand Rapids Griffins and Zetterberg is on the team.

What the fck is going on here? Led the Avs in points through 5 games, demoted and now I'm playing with other NHLers that got the shaft for being good also.

Edit: NHL continuing their anti Blues ways with retarded penalties. Let's call a high sticking penalty from center ice when no contact was even made.

Edit 2: Just heard Halak hasn't given up and even strength goal since opening night, let's keep it up brah.

[biggoron]

Sid = GOAT

[Pensfan0129]

Hatty to the GOAT SIDNEY CROSBY

[cadetduke]

I already got the over in the Pens game, just need them to hold on.

As editing this Blues score awww yeah, have the over though, need 1 to push, 2 more to hit.

ATM Toronto could be my only loss, have them in a two team parlay with the Bruins.

Wife staying at her moms since her dad is in a 2-day fishing tourney, whole house to myself.

Edit: Hawks need to put this sh!t away. Got 3U on them, my big play of the night. And with uverse I can't even watch the damn game.

[Gymboree]

So I got demoted to Lake Erie in LFL. Playing with Paul Stastny and Hejduk. Just played against the Grand Rapids Griffins and Zetterberg is on the team.

What the fck is going on here? Led the Avs in points through 5 games, demoted and now I'm playing with other NHLers that got the shaft for being good also.

Edit: NHL continuing their anti Blues ways with retarded penalties. Let's call a high sticking penalty from center ice when no contact was even made.

Edit 2: Just heard Halak hasn't given up and even strength goal since opening night, let's keep it up brah.

Halak is the best goalie in the NHL.

Ovi and company about to go 1-4, Avs are molesting them. Washington on that Philly time.

[amikaelmorris]

bernier is a monster

[amikaelmorris]

shoulda held that dubnyk

[whiskeysticks]

Kaner, makin it look easy.




Somebody test the entire Avs team for PEDs. F'n crazy start to the season.

[biggoron]

Frisky nisky!

[cadetduke]

Lord jesus Pitt

[Gymboree]

The Flames need upgrades at almost every position, they need all the cap space they can get.

There projected cap space without the cap increase this off season is 33 million, I think that will suffice.

[amikaelmorris]

Kaner, makin it look easy.




Somebody test the entire Avs team for PEDs. F'n crazy start to the season.

srs

they stank up the joint all last year

[Pensfan0129]

Fukk yeah. Crosby showed up and their power play played phenomenal. 3 pp goals

[Pensfan0129]

3 on 1 for the maple leafs to win in ot. Stay sucking Edmonton

[UberSuper]

Haha yes Leafs/LOL Oilers!

[amikaelmorris]

3 on 1 for the maple leafs to win in ot. Stay sucking Edmonton

the nuge thinks diving works better than giving up 3 on 1s

he was mistaken

[Jattfusion]

damn that win by the leafs.. fukinn trollingggg at its best lol

[awwmad]

lupul with a clutch goal late in the 3rd.

feelsgoodman.

[cadetduke]

Playing another LFL game during intermission.

Ryan Kesler on the Comets. Seriously, what the fck is going on with this game?

Edit: Leafs win while I'm playing. Won that parlay I see. 7-0 so far, 3 bets to go.

[HoLeeFuk]

http://www.wimp.com/unbelievablegoal/

[raptorsfan10]

lol at the oilers

[Pensfan0129]

http://www.wimp.com/unbelievablegoal/

This is new, fresh, exciting


Still a sick goal tho

[cadetduke]

http://www.wimp.com/unbelievablegoal/

How many fcking times is someone going to post this sh!t?

[amikaelmorris]

http://www.wimp.com/unbelievablegoal/

wow!!!

[tudge]

Any predictions for the Calder trophy winner this season?

[cadetduke]

Bah, King Henrik in net now.

[cadetduke]

Tarasenko going to be so good some day, has that vision and desire to score. That concussion screwed up his whole season last year. May retire my signed Boyes jersey for his jersey one of these days, I mean I'm still wearing a Boyes jersey for fcks sake.

Edit: lol at the Reaves 10 feet out slapshot instead of a wrist shot.

[UberSuper]

Monohans been unreal, but if they keep him with the team for the season I'm going to lol so hard. The Flames are not going to compete this year, they're riding a high right now but the team isn't good. Killing a year of Monohans ELC for a failing season would be a terrible, terrible move. You want to have him for when they expect to compete in the next 2-3 years.

If it were a closer decision with less things on the opposite side, then the ELC sliding a year might matter more but you're way overemphasising it in this case. That would matter when cap space would be an issue when the guy's ELC expires, which is completely not the case here. As the other guy said, we aren't projected to be tight for cap space when his ELC ends. Also, nowadays there's a trend in the league for fairly reasonable bridge contracts like for Subban and Franson.

Yes, the team is shallow right now in depth all over but there's only much cap space you can possibly use because you can only get so many free agents to willingly sign on a rebuilding team. The prospect pool is looking not bad and a lot of the spots will be filled from within. If the team is looking to really beef up the roster to compete through free agency as soon as 2-3 years from now as you say, it will be due to a bunch of young guys performing well on their ELC's and the cap still won't be even close to an issue. Bottom line, in basically all scenarios him looking for big money after his ELC is not going to hurt the team's salary structure. We don't have a bunch of stars to pay and we aren't going to find a whole bunch at once through trades or free agency overnight. Maybe they're somewhat biased as Canadian broadcasters but I've heard probably like eight out of eight hockey analysts agree this view too.