The NHL Thread

Oh ya, McDavid was spotted (supposedly) at a local mall here and everyone is in a tizzy, omg he is signing with the Leafs, LMAO.

Umm he is here on summer holiday visiting family and talking extension with Edmonton is most likely.

Huge if true

Reports unconfirmed that Tavares has signed 4 years for 4.38 million a year with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Edit:

Confirmed

Dobson to Habs, signs 8 x 9.5M

Waiting to see what Habs gave up

is he good enough for that contract?

My initial reaction is not loving it, but Habs reddit seems pumped.

feels like charlotte overpaying an injured gordon hayward 120 million over 4 years because they didn't think they could attract a better player for the same amount of money

great deal for the Leafs .

yeah was thinking that's a huge bargain, must really want to play there because at that rate i'm pretty sure most teams would have signed him

Trent Frederic is gonna make half a million less than Tavares for twice as long

Its why the Oilers are in the mess bad signing after bad signing and letting good young talent go

Here are the details about Tavares' contract. You should watch Dangles' latest video, lol. We're cheating like other teams before deferred is illegal, MUAHAHA.

Tavares contract:
Year 1, $1M base salary, $4.5M signing bonus
Year 2, $1M base salary, $4M signing bonus
Year 3, $3.7M salary salary
Year 4, $1.8M base salary
Plus $2M signing bonus deferred payment payable 5 years after the end of the contract.
The deferred payment part lowers the cap hit from $4.5M to $4.38M
Full NMC in Years 1-2
Modified NTC, 5-team list, in Years 3-4

tavares has the worst representation i stg. signed that idiotic $33m/6 deal for his 2nd contract that covered his prime years, probably lost out on tens of millions in earnings over his career. maybe he's like me and dgaf, once you have ~$100m who care really

dobson move seem ok. solid player overall, i assume he'll qb their 2nd pp unit behind hutson. solid insurance there. and $9.5m today is like 6-7m from before with the way the cap has gone up. look at it as a % of the cap to figure out exactly, guessing it's ~fine. depending on what it took to get him. but it's hard to get good dmen, so

More breaking news:

Sam Bennett has re-signed with the Panthers for 8 years with an $8 million AAV.

That makes Florida a favorite to repeat will see if they can lock in the other two

Stuck with the ESPN feed of the draft. Talking about NYC market as THE ENGINE OF THE WORLD when this guy was drafted by the Islanders is pretty funny

Gonna bail after the Bruins pick

I can see Marchy running it back with the boys. Ekblad probably gone.

lol rassling

Shut up Roenick

A bunch of names and Gary's mug every 3 minutes.

kill me.

Let's see which oversized yank the Bruins reach for here

Sadly was a great pick and was made by Happy Gilmore.

I wasn’t thrilled with Finau making the Mammoth pick, let me tell you.

But, hawt hockey moms and guessing what 80s movie each kid is from always fun.

Monctoon

I see Gary hired Ron MacLean's writers.