Registered: Jul 2005
Location: Oak Ridges, ON, Canada
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Originally posted by stren
this is the best news since the lockout ended that other time about a month ago
Here here, happy to see it come back. Although what would make me more happy is having both Goodenow and Bettman fired for taking so damn long.
Still, not liking the idea of shrinking the golie equipment and shoot-outs, I think way too much pressure will be on the golies, and games just might lose thier intensity and suspence when you see scores like 8-5 and 10-4 or even 7-6. Those 2-1 and 3-2 games will always be the most entertaining.
Well at least Movie Night in Canada will be back to good ol Hockey Night in Canada come Fall
Jul-13-2005 22:03
joinT
haussnob
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: always futurebound....
quote:
Originally posted by MarkT
my understanding was that rookies face potetially FAR less pay because of more limited incentive and signing bonus options. The way around it before was to pay a low salary and throw a ton of money at them in the form of a signing bonus.
24% salary rollback on remaining years...i.e. if you were slated to make 1 million next year, now you're making $760,000...or am I misunderstanding this point?
i believe now there is a minimum salary for rookies.. so they don't get as big a signing bonus, but their salary is much increased.. a little more even around the board..
as for the 24% rollback.. i could've misunderstood.. it sounded to me like it worked the other way..
Jul-13-2005 22:06
TheVrk
Mediterranean Canadian
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Windsor, Canada
Bout FUCKING TIME
Jul-13-2005 22:11
cono_sur
v i n t a g e ' 7 7
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: cellar
quote:
Originally posted by TheVrk
Bout FUCKING TIME
+1
Mind you, I am doing quite well without hockey in my life. Creates time for other things.
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Sports Discussion Forum - NYC
now I don't have to wait for ron artest to go nuts to see fights on sportscenter
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[11:58] Bas //: fuck he's hot
Jul-13-2005 23:42
mr. poopyhead
pho king guy...
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: mississauga, ontario
without a red line, how will icing be defined? or is the icing rule completely gone?
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Jul-14-2005 00:23
Endgame
Supreme FunkyHouse Addict
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by mr. poopyhead
without a red line, how will icing be defined? or is the icing rule completely gone?
I'm guessing they'll adopt the International Hockey Federation rule of things, which is to still have a red line, but not to use it for offides:
quote:
Another big factor in making the Olympic games quicker than those in the NHL is the no-touch icing rule. Icing is called automatically when the puck is dumped in from beyond centre. This gives the game more time in the attacking zones, and can give a team as much as 45 extra seconds that would otherwise be spent chasing the puck. Try telling a team down by one with 45 seconds left that the game is over.
Icing will still exist...but the red line will be ignored for the purposes of two-line passes.
i.e. if you're in your own end, you can pass to someone who is up ahead of the red line (previously an illegal two-line pass if I've got that right).
this should, in theory, help reduce the netural zone trap because defenders will have to hang back more to protect against that type of long pass or risk a lot more breakaways. Either way, it's theoretically good news for skilled skaters.
edit: no-touch icing would be great too.
Jul-14-2005 00:31
Pett
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
nice! bout time
Jul-14-2005 00:42
verndogs
GET THE TANK!
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Sports Discussion Forum - NYC
quote:
Originally posted by MarkT
Icing will still exist...but the red line will be ignored for the purposes of two-line passes.
i.e. if you're in your own end, you can pass to someone who is up ahead of the red line (previously an illegal two-line pass if I've got that right).
this should, in theory, help reduce the netural zone trap because defenders will have to hang back more to protect against that type of long pass or risk a lot more breakaways. Either way, it's theoretically good news for skilled skaters.
edit: no-touch icing would be great too.
i like
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[11:58] Bas //: fuck he's hot
Jul-14-2005 01:40
Tiesto4Life
I am alive
Registered: Mar 2005
Location: waiting for my flight back home to Ibiza
