Around The NHL 2023-24

[bustamente]

56 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

We could have had Jesse P for min wage! https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/penguins-sign-forward-jesse-puljujarvi-to-a-two-year-contract

Not exactly he had signed a PTO with the Pens AHL team and they decided to sign him to an NHL contract

[FrostyWinnipeg]

38 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Not exactly he had signed a PTO with the Pens AHL team and they decided to sign him to an NHL contract

True. Always liked Jesse P. He just needed ageing. Plus it would have been cool to have the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pick that draft year

 

[Goalie]

On 2/4/2024 at 1:57 AM, SpeedFlex27 said:

Quebec City as well. 

Nope. No corporate support there 

[SpeedFlex27]

3 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Nope. No corporate support there 

When you compare Winnipeg to QC is there a big difference? 

[Goalie]

4 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

When you compare Winnipeg to QC is there a big difference? 

Corporate support. that’s why salt lake can make it worK and Quebec can’t. Omaha tho, that’s the one where you go really huh, Omaha over Quebec. Crazy. 
 

perhaps the cdn dollar and 25 percent of the league having no trade clauses to Canada tho also. Growing the game. Would the game grow more in Q city or Omaha. 
 

I personally feel Quebec City is more for maybe relocation. Same with salt lake. Just because expansion gonna cost billions and Quebeccor don’t have billions. 
 

Q city best bet, hope Atlanta gets a team again. Cuz Calgary and Winnipeg say thank you. 

Edited February 6, 2024 by Goalie

[FrostyWinnipeg]

20 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Corporate support. that’s why salt lake can make it worK and Quebec can’t. Omaha tho, that’s the one where you go really huh, Omaha over Quebec. Crazy. 

Omaha has four Fortune 500 headquarters though which is one less then Utah and 1 more then Quebec and the ones in Quebec are all MTL area based. 

I wonder if Warren likes hockey? 

 

[Noeller]

US TV.... That's all that matters to them re expansion. 

[TrueBlue4ever]

11 hours ago, Noeller said:

US TV.... That's all that matters to them re expansion. 

Which is why Atlanta is getting a third look. And why Houston is always mentioned. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

5 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

Which is why Atlanta is getting a third look. And why Houston is always mentioned. 

Good for Atlanta though. No hate. Quebec can wait for them to move

 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/john-tavares-cra-tax-fight-8-million

[JCon]

3 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/john-tavares-cra-tax-fight-8-million

Hope he loses. Otherwise, all contracts will be made up of primarily "signing bonuses". There's tax avoidance, legal, and tax evasion, not legal. This would be tax evasion, IMO. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

 

[JCon]

Just now, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Those are gaudy, but somehow they work! 

[iHeart]

They remind me of the Snak Trap logo

[kelownabomberfan]

4 hours ago, JCon said:

Hope he loses. Otherwise, all contracts will be made up of primarily "signing bonuses". There's tax avoidance, legal, and tax evasion, not legal. This would be tax evasion, IMO. 

and the flip side of that coin, no players will want to sign with Canadian teams.  There is that too.

[JCon]

3 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

and the flip side of that coin, no players will want to sign with Canadian teams.  There is that too.

That's the league's problem. No more welfare for millionaires. 

[bustamente]

Players get a big enough bump getting paid in US funds living in Canada for 6 months out of the year

[kelownabomberfan]

1 hour ago, JCon said:

That's the league's problem. No more welfare for millionaires. 

ok but don't cry when the Jets move to Des Moines

[JCon]

Just now, kelownabomberfan said:

ok but don't cry when the Jets move to Des Moines

The NHL won't move out of Canada. You can handle bonuses in collective bargaining. 

[FrostyWinnipeg]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/katz-group-launches-court-battle-with-edmonton-homeless-organization-over-5-million-donation-1.7109439

[Mark H.]

On 2024-02-07 at 5:21 PM, kelownabomberfan said:

and the flip side of that coin, no players will want to sign with Canadian teams.  There is that too.

Stuff like this is why the CFL is the only pro league that I still watch.

[SpeedFlex27]

On 2024-02-07 at 7:35 PM, JCon said:

That's the league's problem. No more welfare for millionaires. 

What do you think of Connor McDavid winning a million dollars the skills competition at the NHL All Star weekend? With all the homelessness & people lining up for food banks & just the general struggle we're all having today as a society, wouldn't it have been better for McDavid to have won the money & then donate it all to the charity or charities of his choice? What a great gesture that would have been. I mean. the guy is already making millions. Does he really need the extra money? How much is too much?

Edited February 10, 2024 by SpeedFlex27

[bigg jay]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

What do you think of Connor McDavid winning a million dollars the skills competition at the NHL All Star weekend? With all the homelessness & people lining up for food banks & just the general struggle we're all having today as a society, wouldn't it have been better for McDavid to have won the money & then donate it all to the charity or charities of his choice? What a great gesture that would have been. I mean. the guy is already making millions. Does he really need the extra money? How much is too much?

He talked about potentially donating it, during a post-event press conference.  He was going to take time to figure it out. Said there are a lot of good options, he just hadn't put too much thought into it yet.

[FrostyWinnipeg]

36 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

He talked about potentially donating it, during a post-event press conference.  He was going to take time to figure it out. Said there are a lot of good options, he just hadn't put too much thought into it yet.

Lot of "potential" there.

Edited February 10, 2024 by FrostyWinnipeg

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, bigg jay said:

He talked about potentially donating it, during a post-event press conference.  He was going to take time to figure it out. Said there are a lot of good options, he just hadn't put too much thought into it yet.

Glad to see McDavid's not just pocketing the money & keeping it himself.