ogreslayer

 

I have no idea where you're getting your numbers (9,2m, what?) and his cap hit is 5.275m and the contract comes off when he retires, but I'd sure be happy if Hossa is bought out (which probably won't happen) and we can sign him.

That's a big NOPE.  I suggest you read up on the new CBA.  There's a provision that's been affectionately called the Roberto Luongo Rule which is for penalizing teams that signed players to long term (7 years or more), back diving deals.  If a player retires before the term of the contact is up, the cap benefit (the excess of salary over actual cap hit in years it was greater) is counted against the cap equaly over the remaining years of the contract if the player retires or jumps to a different league before the contract is up.  In Hossa's case, the Blackhawks benefit is only realizing a cap hit of $5.275m a year for the first 7 years of the contract while paying Hossa $7.9m in actual salary.  That means if Hossa retires before the end of the 2020-21 season when he's 42 years old, the Blackhawks have $18.375m in cap hit they have to take in equal measure over the remaining years of the contract.  If it's 2 seasons, that a cap hit of ~$9.2m. 

And yes, the same rule applies to Mule, Hank, & Kronner who have cap benefits of $8.3m, $12.9m, & $4.5m respectively.  Where it's a little easier to swallow in the Wings' case is that none of them are signed through the age of 42 though.

Really good tool if you don't want to run the numbers manually: http://www.capgeek.c...layer_submit=on

Am I the only one who doesn't like the NBC broadcast mostly for Emerich?  I can't stand the way he talks and the odd phrases he uses.

Doc might DRIVE! to your house & waffle board you in the face if he saw this.

(So am I the only one who listens to Doc broadcasting & thinks about him talking like that in everyday life?)

You can make it a drinking game....

 

Shot for subtle interference or similar talk

 

Sip of Canadian beer for waffled away or spiked back in

 

Bite of Little Caesars Pizza Pizza when the D-l-o talks between the benches about some obscure moment in time 5 years ago

 

2 shots when Crosby is mentioned.

 

Not only entertaining but a good drunk can be had 10 min into the game!!

Yes, booze does help.  A liquored up game of Edzo Bingo is always fun:

http://www.edzobingo.com/

Hank's gonna make up that penalty with an empty netter to seal it....please

I would like to say thank you to the leaders of the planet that Pavel traveled from to play hockey in Detroit.  Krypton was it?

Did Jimmy learn that "knock your own net off its pegs to get a stoppage" thing from Ozzie?

I won't feel comfortable until the Wings open up a 4 goal lead

Just need another Wings goal & one bone rattling Kronwalling of either Perry or Getzloaf for this game to be complete.

20th straight playoff series with a goal for Hank now right?  Perfect timing too.

The 1st and 3rd lines are playing awesome though.

Might be time to refer to the Brunner-Andersson-Nyquist line as the 2nd line

Yoda says, "To the Duck Side, you must not go."

Fear is the path to the Duck Side.  Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to pouting:

Or douchebaggery...it leads to that too...

With how badly the Duck's forecheck had the Wings frazzled in the 3rd, I want no part of White being in the lineup.

what about white ?

Might see White, Lashoff, or both.  Didn't notice it with all the other chaos going on but according to FSD, DeKeyser wasn't on the ice for the final stretch of the 3rd.  Hope he's not injured.

OK, am I the only one who wants to see Lashoff in for Smith on Saturday now?

Would have been nice to finish it in the 3rd & keep my blood pressure down, but a win's a win.  And great seeing one of the kids get the game winner.  The future is now.