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2020-2021 NHL Thread

CarltonTheBear

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Kicking off the thread for next season with a pretty big injury update:

https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1316106515519021061

Marchand is out until mid-January, Pasta out until mid-February.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Kicking off the thread for next season with a pretty big injury update:

https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/1316106515519021061

Marchand is out until mid-January, Pasta out until mid-February.
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That's a shame
 
Arn said:
Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?
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The way the infection/transmission rates are trending at the moment I wouldn't cling to that as being even remotely a firm date.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Arn said:
Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?
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I wouldn't say either of those are set in stone but yes that's the NHL's current position.
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I think I overheard on one of the pods, that they were thinking it'll be a 60 game condensed schedule.
 
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
 
Hobbes said:
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
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Price is too much by himself, so Allen at 2.8 isn't bad lol.
 
Hobbes said:
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
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Especially considering, before this past season, Allen had been . . . well, bad for a number of years. Most of his career, he's been a below average goalie. Was that because he couldn't handle the workload as a starter? Sure, maybe, but I'd want to see that before I signed up for more years with him on the roster.
 
Guilt Trip said:
Hobbes said:
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
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Price is too much by himself, so Allen at 2.8 isn't bad lol.
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Yeah, it's an interesting approach. I don't think ideally you pay that much for a backup unless it's a platoon situation or you're at least giving the guy 30% of the games; and if that's the case, you're paying Price way too much.

I'm guessing Bergevin is concerned about Price staying healthy, and wants to have a guy that conceivably keep the team in it over potentially long stretches - whether Allen's career is trending towards Schnieder or Halak, we'll have to see.
 
Frycer14 said:
Guilt Trip said:
Hobbes said:
Habs extend Jake Allen for another 2 years at $2.875 M...added to Price's $10.5M that's nearly $15M for next season and more than $13M for the following to just for their goaltending. That seems like...um..a LOT  :o
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Price is too much by himself, so Allen at 2.8 isn't bad lol.
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Yeah, it's an interesting approach. I don't think ideally you pay that much for a backup unless it's a platoon situation or you're at least giving the guy 30% of the games; and if that's the case, you're paying Price way too much.

I'm guessing Bergevin is concerned about Price staying healthy, and wants to have a guy that conceivably keep the team in it over potentially long stretches - whether Allen's career is trending towards Schnieder or Halak, we'll have to see.
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Compressed season and all, maybe you're right in that he's insurance for Price's inevitable injuries.
 
There are a lot of good hockey players still unsigned:

https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/free-agents
 
Frank E said:
herman said:
Which GM, in his current tenure, has signed AND bought out the most players?
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Poile?
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Great selection, just by statistical likelihood. Poile has been with the team since its inception, 1997. Capfriendly shows they have bought out 9 players in totality (hi Dicky!).

That's probably the highest raw total for any one tenure, but a pretty low rate, considering how many signings he has done (296). Lou Lamoriello comes close during his Devils tenure.

The really fun one is Brad Treliving who has signed 141 contracts and 6 buyouts already. Chris Tanev and Jacob Markstrom might not be far behind if he still has a job.
 
https://twitter.com/SinBinVegas/status/1316475760580857856

This isn't a big surprise, but in response to a question about Vegas having to play against Nate Schmidt this season Vegas' owner seems to let slip that there are discussions about having a Canadian division.
 
If there is a Canada division with no border crosssing, it can't be an 82 game season... can it?

That's average of like 13 games per opponent
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Arn said:
Season is due to start 1st January, right? Full 82 game schedule?
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I wouldn't say either of those are set in stone but yes that's the NHL's current position.
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Realistically speaking I don?t think anything is going to be much different pandemic wise come January. That being said, how is the nhl going to handle cross border games? The Canadian government already set the precedent with the jays. So I don?t see a viable solution to a full non bubble season.

Edit: I didn?t see that tweet you posted before I wrote this.
 
Deebo said:
If there is a Canada division with no border crosssing, it can't be an 82 game season... can it?

That's average of like 13 games per opponent
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This might be optimistic (or even very optimistic) but I would guess that the hope is maybe half way through the season or something either the government will allow the border to open for more people or maybe just the Canadian teams will be allowed to cross the border and come back after playing in the U.S. for like a month or something. That'll obviously be very difficult to plan for though since there will be no guarantee at the start of the season it'll be allowed.

In any event, an 82 game season definitely feels unlikely.
 
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