Foutoire général

Ron si tu m'entends, je t'aime

l'élection du plus beau chandail ...

http://www.sportsline.com/nhl/story/10388622

votons massivement pour les BlackHawks !

J'aime pas Chicago jusqu'à leur maillot...
(sans dec... "chandail"... )

Citation :

We know the new schedule format will be the sexy story of this week's board of governors meetings at The Inn at Spanish Bay near Pebble Beach, Calif.

But there is at least one issue that could come up this week that could have a more significant impact on the game, and we don't mean why the board insists on meeting as far away from an actual NHL game as humanly possible.

ESPN.com has learned NHL general managers will take part in a conference call Monday, when they will try and come to a consensus on the pros and cons of proposing changes to the collective-bargaining agreement that would allow teams to trade players while retaining a portion of a player's salary. The hope is the issue will then get a hearing before the board of governors when they meet Thursday and Friday.

Under the current system, many GMs have complained that the possibility of making trades is near impossible because they don't have the option of eating any salary of a player they might like to trade.

The move is being spearheaded by Anaheim GM Brian Burke, who believes he will have the support of as many as 25 of 30 GMs.

"I'm with Burkie on this. I support his efforts," Tampa GM Jay Feaster told ESPN.com. "I don't understand why it's a problem [to make the change]. I really don't."

Burke believes if GMs were allowed to eat a portion of a player's salary, there would be "in excess of" 20 trades within two weeks of changes being implemented, he told ESPN.com.

"We're paralyzed. It's almost impossible to make deals, and I think trades are healthy for our business," Burke said.

Given the restraints of the salary cap, teams are often forced to make deals only on a dollar for dollar basis, which means fewer trades. If GMs had the ability to eat some of a player's salary, more players would be on the move. In theory, those moves would improve teams and provide players the opportunity to thrive in a new environment.

Beyond that, Burke believes more trades mean more buzz, and more buzz is good for everyone.

If the changes are made, there would be no effect on overall hockey revenues; the same amount of salary is paid out, just paid by two different teams. The players' union isn't likely to object such proposed changes.

The one major criticism has been the belief that the move would benefit big-market, deep-pocket teams, like Toronto, Colorado, the New York Rangers and Philadelphia, who have more financial resources to take advantage of such changes.

Burke's answer to this concern would be to cap the amount a team could eat on any one deal at $2 million and to limit the amount of "dead money" a team could have in any one season to $4 million.

That would mean if the Toronto Maple Leafs tried to move defenseman Bryan McCabe (as they did earlier this season when they asked the Atlanta Thrashers if they were interested in the high-priced defender), they could absorb a maximum $2 million of McCabe's whopper $7.15 million price tag this season. And if they tried to move any of their other bloated contracts, they couldn't exceed $4 million in "dead money."

The bottom line -- rich teams already have the ability to avoid bad contracts by sending players to the minors unless a player has a no-movement clause. New Jersey GM Lou Lamoriello buried $5.7 million in salary after the lockout by sending Alexander Mogilny and Dan McGillis to the AHL. The money was paid by the Devils, but didn't count against the cap. Piffling away that kind of money is a luxury many teams don't have, but that's life.

Also, teams currently end up eating half a player's salary if a player is put on waivers and claimed when the team calls him back up on re-entry. Burke's proposed changes would give teams more control over their own assets.

Take Burke's situation a week ago when he put netminder Ilya Bryzgalov on waivers. He was claimed immediately by Pacific Division foe Phoenix (with whom Bryzgalov promptly won four straight games, including a victory over the Ducks). If Burke was able to eat some of Bryzgalov's remaining $1.33-million salary, he almost certainly would have found a taker in a trade and more than likely sent Bryzgalov out of the Western Conference.

Some GMs complained to ESPN.com that they haven't been able to get this topic on meeting agendas. Following Monday's conference call, expect the governors to have a golden opportunity to gauge the pros and cons and suggest that commissioner Gary Bettman take a good, hard look at making a change that seems certain to benefit players, teams and fans alike.

et sur le même thème:

Top cap-strapping deals in the NHL

j'avais jamais percuté le nombre de bons centres qui portent le # 19:

Sakic
Spezza
Thornton
Richards
Zajac
Gomez



(et pi Yzerman, dans un passé récent)

(sans compter ceux que j'oublie)

Gomez ? Bon ?

tu remarqueras quand même que je l'ai mis après Zajac


(je me suis dit que sinon, tu allais m'en vouloir)

Nan mais en vrai... lorsque Gomez était pas mauvais il avait le 23.

jle défends pas, parce qu'il m'est indifférent.

mais, il lui faut ptête un peu de temps pour s'adapter chez les NYR
(bon, OK, là, il commence à prendre son temps)
(et son salaire ne plaide pas en sa faveur)


en tous cas, je l'ai vu jouer 2 fois (seulement) cte année: il n'a pas perdu sa vision du jeu...

Nan mais en vrai de vrai... le Gomez des Rangers est exactement le même que le Gomez des Devils : inconstant, génial, feignant, surdoué, il choisit ses moments...

A NJ il a fait deux gigantesques saisons (sa première et son avant dernière) et un paquet de bonne voir très bonne... Mais aussi talentueux soit-il, il n'a jamais été le meilleur joueur de NJ (et même si on exclu de la liste un certain gardien)

C'était écrit d'avance que Gomez allait décevoir ! Surtout avec ce montant... Comme c'est écrit d'avance qu'il va se réveiller d'ici quelques temps (Et il sera là lorsqu'arriveront les playoffs... aucun doute là dessus) (et c'est ça le plus important ptet)
Mais JAMAIS ... JAAAAAAMAIS (à mon avis), il ne fera une saison où il méritera ses 10 millions !

Gomez à ce prix je le voulais pas à NJ.
Gomez à plus de 5M je le voulais pas à NJ.

De tout nos gros départs c'est bien celui dont je m'fous le plus (Niedermayer et Arnott me manquent nettement plus)

Parise's better !
(et il a presque le 19)

moustic a écrit:

Parise's better !

ça, c'est clair.

c'est un de mes deux chouchous à NJ.

(avec White)

Ils sont pas nombreux à comprendre l'impact d'un White dans un line-up mais je savais que tu étais meilleur que la moyenne !

(pi on a qu'à voir la série de victoire depuis son retour)

Citation :

My name is Shanna Westbrook and I'm a Buffalo Sabres fan. I live in the DC area though and am actually a Buffalo transplant. My husband is from DC and is a HUGE Caps fan. And through his affection for the Caps, he managed to turn my 7-year old daughter into a Caps fan as well. She loves Alex Ovechkin. My son, Parker, however is a Sabres fan like me. Anyway, we were in attendance at last nights Sabres-Capitals game and were lucky enough to meet Alex after the game. Well, under the circumstances, lucky isnt the correct word. Let me explain.
My daughter Lindsay was diagnosed not too long ago with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. It was ridiculously hard news to take since we never saw that particular diagnosis coming. Both of my children play youth hockey and have for years. At first it didnt slow her down much at all but now, thanks mostly to chemotherapy and other meds, she's so tired and sick all the time that she just cant play anymore. So to make up for the loss of hockey in her life (and it's a shame because she was so good at it) my husband has been taking her to Capitals games, and when she's too sick to go, we all watch the games on TV and it lifts her spirits tremendously. And ours too.
Now to make a boringly long story a little shorter, I'll get right to my point. My husband's business partner has a friend in upper Caps management and he arranged for Lindsay (and us too) to meet with Alex after the game last night as a surprise to Lindsay. My husband made up this ridiculous story for her when she questioned why we were still at the arena when the game had ended, lol. She's a smart girl but she never saw this coming. But when Alex and some other guy(I'm not sure who he was, public relations maybe, but he was informing Alex about Lindsays cancer) walked in the room her little jaw dropped and she just stared at him. He came over to talk to her (he called her sweetheart) and she was just speechless. Then all of a sudden she just started bawling, a little overwhelmed maybe. And what Alex did next was totally unexpected. I moved over to go comfort her and hopefully get her to talk to him but Alex beat me to it. He sat down on a bench and set her on his lap and just held her in his arms. I couldnt believe it. At that point, I started crying as well, lol. After she calmed down, they just started having a conversation like they've been best friends for years. She told him about how she plays,or played rather, hockey and he gave her a few tips, lol. She told him about how she had a chemo treatment that morning and she wasnt feeling too well and he gave her another hug. Then he taught her how to say "I love you" in Russian. That was...interesting lol. They just talked back and forth for a while. A lot longer than I thought actually. And before he left and we went home he gave her an address and told her she could write to him anytime she wanted and he'd make sure he'd get it. I think it may have been a fan club address or something. I cant imagine it'd be his personal address. He even gave her a "special" nickname: Lulu, lol. I asked him why Lulu, and he said because he likes that name, lol. He's a funny guy. And even with his semi-broken english(it's getting much better though) it was just an unbelievable night. I just wanted everyone to know what an AMAZING guy we have here in Washington. I've never had an experience quite like that one.

gentlemen

Je dirais même c'est putain de cool sarass !

un mec bien

Les deux ambassadeurs de la NHL sont des mecs bien en dehors de la patinoire

Sid aussi...
En vidéo

respect...

c'est quoi "Rbk" sur la casquette ???

Spoutnik a écrit:

ça, c'est clair.

c'est un de mes deux chouchous à NJ.

(avec White)

(lèche cul! )

(c'est seulement que tu le remarques ??!!)

jube a écrit:

c'est quoi "Rbk" sur la casquette ???

tu déconnes, ou bien ?

jube a écrit:

(c'est seulement que tu le remarques ??!!)

(je me disais aussi... son classement ne me paraissait pas si honnête que ça...)
(déjà cette magouille pour obtenir la plus belle équipe de la NHL)
('y a des gens malhonnêtes j'vous l'dis!)