petey23

With Becker's "key issues" it would seem he would have been more of a fit running for Governor instead of wanting to join the cesspool in DC

It is only starting to get interesting with regard to collectives, transfer portals, and NIL. Here are a few scenarios. Big Money School, coach indicates a player they are targeting who has 3 years of eligibility left. Collective comes up with 4-500k for the athlete and he commits to school. Player comes in and averages 4 points and 1.5 rebounds a game and by end of year is losing playing time to lightly recruited walk-on. Say coach has overvalued guys in the portal a couple years in a row and the Collective has footed the bill for these "failures"....is the coaches seat hot with the alumni not happy? Same scenario but the collective has been burned by guys coming in and grabbing the bag and then moving on to another school so since these are basically "employment contracts" they decide to structure them as 2-3 year agreements with the athletes. Coach moves on to another job or gets canned and new coach runs a different offense and brings a couple of his current players with him and does not really have a spot for the player with 2 years left on his "agreement" with the collective. Is there a buyout option?

Being a Flyer fan I was watching and one minute things were looking pretty good and then Montreal chokes away a lead against Detroit for the second time in two days. it was a real shame that Oshie getting the empty net goal and clinch the playoff spot for the Caps was that it made the penguins game tonight meaningless(sarcasm intended)

If I had to guess his initial coaching might be if any of his 4 kids under the age of 10 start playing sports. Seems like the kind of guy who will want to spend as much time with his family as possible when he is done playing.

2022-23

I believe that the numbers on Blake's contract were incorrect. Looks Like he was paid as a first rounder and burned a year on his ELC. Jackson Blake Contract, Cap Hit, Salary and Stats - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps SEASON CLAUSE CAP HIT AAV P. BONUSES S. BONUSES BASE SALARY TOTAL SALARY MINORS SAL TOTAL $2,717,499 $2,775,000 $57,500 $277,500 $2,440,000 $2,717,500 $240,000 2023-24 $905,833 $925,000 $57,500 $92,500 $775,000 $867,500 $80,000 2024-25 $905,833 $925,000 $0 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $80,000 2025-26 $905,833 $925,000 $0 $92,500 $832,500 $925,000 $80,000 Qualifying Offer: $874,125

I would be surprised if he got a game this year. They are still jostling for their playoff position. If he is healthy though he may get time with team as their Black Aces practice team during the playoffs depending on what those rules are with regard to games played and contract. According to cap friendly, his contract is more than reported. He doesn't have any playing/performance bonuses built in though. Jackson Blake Contract, Cap Hit, Salary and Stats - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps As far as NIL I think the number to keep a guy who isn't quite NHL ready would be around 80k to convince a player to stay another year as that would be equivalent to AHL salary....minus the signing bonus

Scanlan stepping down as head coach of Bemidji State Women’s Hockey program - Bemidji State University (bsubeavers.com) Do you have inside knowledge?

Carolina is on a prospect signing binge right now. They did not have an AHL affilaite this season and it has hurt their depth. They need to restock the shelves which is why they are currently trying to sign all the prospects in their system as they plan on having an AHL team again next season. "For starters, the Hurricanes currently do not have any AHL veterans signed to two-way contracts. Last season, the Canes had 10 two-way contracts, meaning they had plenty of organizational depth. Furthermore, of those 10 two-way players, four played in at least one game for the Hurricanes over the course of the season, with two of them - Jalen Chatfield and Stefan Noesen - becoming NHL regulars out of training camp. The bottom line is that the lack of veteran depth will be a big hurdle that the team will surely have to face at some point during the season. The whole point of having those AHL vets is to 1) provide some dependable culture and experience for your prospects to learn from and, most importantly, 2) have dependable players that you can call up in the case of injuries. Without those players, your options when things start to go sideways are not promising ones." They had 14 players on entry level contracts this season and had them scattered around the AHL, ECHL, and Europe. This is not ideal for continuity as most NHL teams and their AHL affiliates work hand in hand on the systems they use.

It was Blake's effective back check that led to the fluky goal that tied the game.

The Chicago Wolves are an unaffiliated AHL team. I now most teams like to have their AHL team nearby so they can more easily manipulate the Salary Cap and per diems.

If he signs with Carolina and doesn't make the team he could end up playing for 1 or a combination of these places next season. Colorado, springfield, Chicago, Wilkes-Barre or Norfolk. Carolina does not have an AHL or ECHL affiliate.

Those high school teams had some other athletes as well. The Games i watched the brothers rarely played in the paint.

Happens. I am pretty sure J.T. Miller was on campus when the Rangers who had his draft rights encouraged him to go play with Plymouth in the OHL instead.

UND does have one and I believe she works with multiple sports.

And practiced for 5

They have all played 4 years of College. I think guys enter the portal to keep options open if they want to possibly play the extra Covid year. I heard it might be tough for them to stay at CC as well due to their(school, not the players) academics as they don't have many grad school programs.

not too mention they had 3 guys in deep below the dots

Yeah. Leonard went a little Matrix on him to avoid the brunt. The intent was definitely there though.

At the risk of repeating myself. Just kidding don't care. A large portion of our fanbase believes that other colleges and universities only field hockey teams so that we will have someone to play against.

Yuck

I don't know if he can't, but he doesn't too often.

I said this a few times last year. The biggest problem we had on defense in the early season last year was our forward group.