Rich

ELC contracts are 925k. No choice. Max signing bonus is 10%. The rest has to be in performance bonuses.

Smart move by the NHL / NHLPA (assume they would have got PA approval) Look at the discussion the expansion draft has generated so far. When those lists come out, it is going to give the NHL a whole bunch of media attention and fan discussion in their off season. I know the NHL doesn't officially support / supply the salaries, but look at the discussion and media attention the cap and salary websites have generated for the NHL. Expansion draft is similar, players probably won't be thrilled about it, but it is great for marketing and drumming up interest.

For the longest time all professional sports leagues stayed away from Vegas because they didn't want the appearance of their product associated with gambling. Now that the internet has proliferated gambling so that anyone can bet on sports from the comfort of their La-Z-Boy, it doesn't have the stigma it once had.

Don't like these NCAA contract rules. In regards to the signing bonus, not much of a difference getting it now or waiting 2 months and getting it in June from a team of his choosing.

I believe so.

Interesting. I thought ELC's were always 3 years. Apparently if you are 22 - 23 you can sign an ELC for 2 years. And if you are 24 you can sign an ELC for 1 year.

Poolman was hurt for their last game Is there a rule against signing a hurt player?

The coach of the penalised team gets to decide who will sit in the box, but it has to be a player who was on the ice when the penalty happened.

What I've noticed around my section is that when people do go on cheering for too long, there are enough people "shushing" them, that it doesn't last all that long.

Anthony Calvillo Geroy Simon Kelvin Anderson Mike O'Shea Quite an impressive list going in this year.

Not at all about the sound level .... but ... I really like the idea of the drum line but they play the same beat between plays every single time. Some variety would be nice.

Yes. 14 forwards 9 Defensemen and 3 goalies. Assuming the other 4 players can be any position.

http://www.arcticicehockey.com/2016/9/7/12815208/winnipeg-jets-2016-top-25-under-25-25-luke-green Looks like he has a lot of offensive potential, but you have to wonder why he fell so far. Be interesting to see what he can do.

They did this for Copp. In the grand scheme of things, with the goofy rules for the NCAA players, you can use this as a carrot to get them to sign with your team rather than having them go to the market, it is a small price to pay. Get some cash in the players pocket with a signing bonus, let them pull in a salary for a few months

Did the IOC agree to pay the insurance?

This seems to be getting a positive response. I would credit the commish for introducing it and making it happen.

Morrissey playing the right side with all the lefty callups

I don't know if pressure if the right word here. Will he be in the market and looking? Sure. The Winnipeg sports fan and media aren't as down on Hellebuyck as you are.

Cleaned up a few posts in this thread ... its Friday. Lets all take a big breath and be happy.

It could potentially take into account all of those things and that is part of the problem with the way Dunk reports these numbers. All I've ever seen from him is pictures of portions of his spreadsheets that he sends out on Twitter without explanations as to what numbers go into them, or what his methodology is. The NFL sites that track and post these analytics at least define and tell you what and how they are calculating things. Here is a sample from an NFL analytics site: http://archive.advancedfootballanalytics.com/2012/01/temperature-and-field-goals.html What you would basically do is compare the league average of each kick for a kicker based on down, distance, (maybe temperature / wind speed) and see if overall they are making more or less then league average on each kick then add all of those up for their overall number.

For sure. I was thinking of the impact more in the states.

My understanding is that right now it is a value add. Stay at our hotel, eat at our restaurant, charge for free. If a large percentage of the cars out there switch to electric, they obviously can't keep doing that for everyone. But for now it is a good way to get charging stations out there. If a large percentage of people switch to electric cars, does this make the price of coal sky rocket? Or is there still an energy savings in the amount of coal it would take to charge a car battery vs. gasoline to power it?