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Players who sign multi-year contracts when they are age 35 or older (calculated on June 30 of the season the contract begins) count toward the cap under all circumstances, regardless of where (or if) the player is playing. The only cap relief is $100,000 from the player's cap hit if he is assigned to the minors after the first year of the contract. A buyout — either ordinary-course or compliance — can also reduce the cap hit.

this is a tad bit off topic, but how did boston manage to get Charas cap hit in the final year drop from 6.9 to 4mil? http://capgeek.com/player/216

I'm sure Bettman would

I'm sorry, curling? Whendo they run in curling, throw balls at 90+ miles an hour (straining shoulders, elbows and other joints) Not saying you have to be a linebacker to play baseball, but is definitely more grueling and physical than curling...

who wants to get the cup from bettman? really? Some weasily little troll that 90% of the players and fans hate feels it his time honoured duty to hand off the cup... he never even knew what hockey was before coming to the nhl... anyone have the video, I could only find him handing off the conne smythe (awarded to the most childish player)

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=675002&navid=nhl:topheads

The TSN.ca Rating is an efficiency rating based on per-game statistics including goals and assists -- weighted for strength (ie. power play, even, shorthanded) -- plus-minus, hits, blocked shots, giveaways, takeaways, penalty differential and faceoffs. (Stats are listed in this format: G-A-PTS, +/-, PIM, GP). Generally, a replacement-level player is around a 60, a top six forward and top four defenceman will be 70-plus, stars will be over 80 and MVP candidates could go over 90. Sidney Crosby finished at the top of the 2013 regular season ratings with a 93.65. dats got a 79.96 rating, and Z with the 78.13... according to tsn dats and Z are just top 6 forwards, not even stars, let alone anywhere near Crosby's 93.65...

Chicago and Boston final... Right, two teams that haven't won in a while...

Agreed but he does fall done to healthy scratch on the depth chart, unless somehow helm becomes our second line center and andersson stays third center

yup. Take what I said, and make it seem like I said something completely different. I said filppula should be taken a 1-2 year deal, because no team worth their jerseys are going to sign flip for 5.5/year for 7 years after one of his worst career years. The only teams that will aren't teams that are playoff bound anyway. Filppula has every right to go to free agency, but he should decide whether he wants to be on a cup contender or be the next federov

we get a guy who LOVES to shoot and score goals, and is willing to put hard work into the holes in his game and we are going to low ball him? but we are content with sammy and cleary at 3mil? and quincey at 3.775?

5.5, 7-8 years, no thanks he had ONE season worth that. Where does he get off trying to bully the organization that picked him 95th overall and took the time and money to develop him into a top 6 player? He should be content with signing a 1-2 year deal with the wings for 3.5-4 million and prove himself then.

nope, If I was able to I would join you in the drunken festivities

run and gun baby. Who needs defense anyways? It is over rated, put 5 forwards on the ice and Bryz, and watch the magic happen!!

This is terrible news for 29 nhl teams, I think a lot of players (especially Rinne) are crying

now you're just grasping lol

but flip will certainly be pissed lol, give brunner 3.5 and let flip walk if he won't take less than 4, simple as that

5 years 10 million!!

that is what tootoo is, but for whatever reason babs kept tootoo on a leash most of the year, which is what he would do with a "real enforcer" too

well last year, prior to December 6 he registered 2 goals on his first 4 games, then went 20 games without a goal. then scored 10 goals in 13 games, then 5 goals in his last 19 games. he only scores goals that are basically empty netters. at least 10-15 goals last year were wide open, he even said so himself in an interview. so this year aside, sammy scored 10 more goals in his last 4 full nhl seasons than Hudler 81 goals for sammy, 71 for huds. So to Hudler is better, or anything of the like is ridiculous, Sammy was a good replacement for huds at a discount, no one could have predicted that many injuries for him, bert or helm, so stop making him out to be on some kind of pedestal compared to sammy please

I beg to differ, we wouldn't be the softest in the league, maybe in the west. Either way we shouldn't buy tootoo out

Tootoo better get more ice time nextseason.

don't kid yourself, hudler is just as useless as Sammy

Our (young) team only got better as the year went on, and will continue to improve next year, considering we were one win away from conference finals in a rebuild year I am not too upset. I say let the roster be almost the same and see where Z, Dats, Brunner, Franzen, Nyquist, Tatar, Deke, Smith, Kronner, and big Rig can take us next year, then make some decisions.As of now, we potentially have a very very good roster in the making, no need to rush it, even if we only do OK for a couple seasons, I am ok with that

So much for that lol http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Evgeni+Malkin+signs+eight+year+million/8520839/story.html