Nobody talks about it, but Arizona bringing Jaskin from overseas at $3.2M with a M-NTC is hilarious.

They should be more focused on paying their bills on time

Imagine if it's Jaskin's contract that made them broke.

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— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 9, 2021

Hockey? On Sportscenter???

Suprised they didn't mention Lebron

Gotta reach the cap floor somehow lol. He’s been a pretty solid KHL player for a few years so that was probably market value in Russia, and they’d need to convince him to come back and were probably hoping to farm a free pick from it at the deadline. It’s gonna be hilarious when there’s rumours about him in the leadup to the deadline, and then he goes for like, maybe a 7th, probably not even, because Arizona can’t afford to retain on him lmao (they need to retain half on Kessel to make him affordable for contenders and that’s their 3rd retention slot) and nobody will want Jaskin at full price.

It actually might be

The Arizona Department of Revenue have filed a tax lien notice vs the company that owns the Coyotes for more than $1.3M in unpaid state and city taxes.If the Coyotes don't pay by Dec. 20, the team may be locked out of its home arena.Great reporting from @KatieJStrang. https://t.co/n3LwMZfRLh

— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) December 9, 2021

Are Katie Strang and Rick Westhead just tag-teaming the biggest stories in the hockey world this year? They've both been on fire lmao. Emily Kaplan and Frank Seravalli have had noticeably great years as well. Obviously the rest of the regulars (Friedge, LeBrun, CJ, Dreger, most Athletic beat writers) have been pretty solid as well, but I think those 4 have done some outstanding reporting this year, particularly the first two.

Guys like Arthur Staple, Michael Russo, Kevin Kurz are also good reporters
The most interesting guy is Kevin Weekes. He's either hit or miss

Coyotes statement: “We have already launched an investigation to determine how this could have happened and initial indications are that it appears to be the result of an unfortunate human error. Regardless, we deeply regret the inconvenience this has caused...

— Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) December 9, 2021

Houston Paysbillsontime > Arizona Cap dumps

anyone else find it absolutely crazy the St. Louis won the cup 3 years, 2019 feels like it was a lifetime ago

Yeah those are some of the higher end Athletic guys. Russo especially seems to put out a ton of excellent stuff, but honestly most of the guys are so good I just kinda included them in that umbrella category lol. I'm really not a fan of Kevin Weekes, he definitely has connections, but he seems like more of a mouthpiece than an insider. The good insiders vett their information (except for Dreger in the whole Marner saga lol, lost some respect for him then), but Weekes seems to just repeat stuff, which is why he's sometimes right and sometimes so blatantly wrong that you can't take him seriously (e.g. Tkachuk/Eichel thing lmao). I also like Garrioch as a Sens fan, he usually has a lot of good stuff on the Sens beat, I feel like a lot of markets don't have guys on the beat that compete with the Athletic guys (just because they have a great eye for talent and the money to recruit the best writers lol), but Garrioch is one that hangs in there and provides good content.

Didn't I mention that in part 3 or 4 lul

I had a feeling it was way to much

So if they can barely afford what they got now how the **** do people see Matthews joining them lul. His bonus money alone would equate to how much they are currently spending on their entire team lul and they cant even afford that


Moving on from that I think it's time for Bettman to realize Arizona ain't sustainable. Moving the team to Houston should cut costs and increase revenue. But let's be honest he would rather see the team go bankrupt and collapse than do that

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— NHL (@NHL) December 8, 2021

whoa

Hits to the head aren't legal. It's the responsibility of the the player throwing the hit to ensure it can be/is done in a clean manner, i.e not delivered to the head. It's good advice to keep your head up for your personal safety; having it down doesn't mean guys are permitted to run it through.

I don’t feel like arguing with you all day, I have more important things to do. This will be my last post in this conversation. We’re on complete opposite sides of the fence and obviously won’t reach a conclusion.

I’m leading you to show how your point of “trouba has no suspension” is invalid because the DoPS sucks.

I’ve actually watched both hits multiple times thanks. I’m not some douche who argues over smt he knows nothing about

You can’t blame jones, no player is perfect, and the play here is to do what JK did, most guys will do that. Trouba hits with an upward motion both times which you can’t do.


Yup. Totally no head right square in the chest. All JK and NMs fault here. Troubas innocent.

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— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) December 8, 2021

Now we need the pads that say “Pads”

I will be posting power rankings tomorrow. If you have any idea of where your favorite team is let me know

Imo the Mack hit is much cleaner than K one.

Both there isn’t an intent to hit the head but Trouba is choosing to lay these guys out. These hits used to happen all the time (a lot dirtier).

I wouldn’t suspend Trouba but he knows his numbers being taken down (hell I think Nathan said he’s/ the team have taken Troubas number to the media down after the game).

That Mack hit is shoulder to shoulder in your still.

After slowly scanning through it - they’re both CLEAN hits within the rules. But the argument I think you’re bringing up (which Mike Johnson is discussing now on TSN);

SHOULD THE HIT BE LEGAL?

But as Mike Johnson said, they are clean hits. Just not “fun” for the other team at all.

But Trouba is not targeting the head or jumping up (he’s following through with a push not a dirty play).

Personally I watch those hits and say ; if that happened to me I’m pissed but idk if I can actually say it’s dirty.

I’m not saying you’re Flat out wrong but I do think you’re wrong say Trouba is hitting the head or hitting upwards. Because Trouba hitting upwards would be NOTICEABLE he is a big dude and that force/ movement would be seen. He’s leaning and both feet are on the ice.

Just like how Trouba isn’t innocent - these players aren’t free of blame. I get that whole argument above already happened but you can’t say looking down at the puck and the second JK looks up your still picture is taken. But in that whole sequence prior Trouba commits and JK looks up at the last second. As a NHL player you’ve probably been told 80,000 times growing up keep your head up and be aware. They put themselves in bad situations. Doesn’t mean Trouba doesn’t have more blame - but you can’t scream at a rattlesnake for biting you when you put yourself in it’s area. Yeah the snake is to blame for almost killing you - but you’re also at fault for not being more aware/ wise.

I agree. It's questionable, not dirty, but totally avoidable. I don't think head is main point of contact, but blaming it on the recipient of the hit isnt really fair, and that was my point more or less.

I agree with you saying the K hit was worse than the macK hit. It's not all head, but the head is hit. Concussions are a big, big deal and guys should be more aware of it. Some guys never return to normal after a concussion which is super unfortunate, and IMO players should be more conscious of trying to hit shoulder. and avoid contact with the head

The last time this happened, two teams merged. Maybe Buffalo and Arizona can just merge.

Buffalo would legit be a sick squad with a merger. What happens for cap though?

Well when 2 teams merge, there's usually a dispersal draft so the team wouldn't be super stacked

No idea since that merger happened in the 1970's. That would be an issue.

Are they would need is Keller and jacob and maybe there best goalie. And maybe some depth guys