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Matthews was generally able to produce without Marner during the regular season in prior years. I do not know about his defensive prowess without Marner in those years. The above stats show a significant decline in defensive ability last year with another significant drop in xGAR this year. The...

Or watch Kung Fu the Legend Continues where Gilmour helped Detective Caine while he was undercover as a hockey player. Although I think Gilmour was ignored after the Ancient told Caine that he needed to skate slowly.

I would think that things would have to be extremely bad for him to demand a trade. Like the owner shooting his dog that his wife bought before she passed away. That sounds familiar.    Edmonton will want at least a young 1st line C in return and not another rebuild. Mathews + Johnsson or Kappy. 

I see no issue with naming Tavares in terms of time commitment with having a family. His wife does not work. Having a family can help mature a person. He is less likely to be out boozing and getting into trouble. For all we know his wife might love to go out to charitable events and would...

The tax situation is not as clear cut as Florida vs Ontario income taxes.  There are ways to save mentioned in the Forbes article. They apply to Tavares but some of which could apply to Marner especially since he got most of it in bonus money.  Point reportedly got a good chunk in bonus but not...

I never understood the argument that he would come here for a year well under market value, play healthy and then next year make his money.  Unless he suddenly starts playing on the top PK unit his minutes are going to reduced. In the unlikely event that he was told he was going to play on the...

I coached all my daughters teams for five years. Coaches can be jerks too. In a novice tourney final the other coach purposely picked dark jerseys knowing I only had dark. They also had white. The tourney president made us borrow jerseys because we were 1st. The rules were not clear on that...

I do think that players may be more influenced or concerned by what the players in the same dressing room are getting paid rather than the player 500 miles away.  Similar to how I would feel with someone at work compared to someone in the same position at a different business.  Which makes the...

Your right.  My apologies.  Kane was also more interesting than Marner due to those criminal charges he had with the cab driver.

Kane had 28 points in 22 games in the playoffs the year he was signed to the extension.  He was a big part of that cup win. Does that not have significant value compared to regular season points?    Nash was a goal scoring beast leading the NHL in his second year.  Not so much on points...

He will have the same RFA status next year as this year. No arbitration rights and leaf property. 

By no means the perfect meet down the middle but there is usually give and take with each offer.  Sometimes it doesn't work that way of course.  I have never negotiated a sports contract. I have negotiated employment contracts for clients but not many.  Most of my experience is negotiating a ton...

Part of me wonders if a little of what is going on is the agent not wanting to be perceived as caving as he apparently did with Gaudreau. Having such a reputation can have a negative impact in future negotiations. If the reports are true that Nylander's agent is stuck at $8 million I have to...

i don?t think hockey fares very well on difficulty in winning. I don?t follow soccer and don?t really understand it but the UEFA Champions League has a ton of teams just competing to get into the league. That seems much harder than hockey. In baseball you have to play far more games to win...

I agree that a late 1st is probably a reasonable example of what you might get for Gardiner. I would not want to give up our 2nd best defenceman for a 30% or so chance of an NHL player in 3-4 years.  I think the time to accumulate prospects by trading away good roster players passed when the ink...