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Forum: NHL TradesFeb. 2 at 3:26 p.m.
Thread: (MTL/WPG) - Monahan for 2024 1st (WPG), 2027 3rd (WPG)
both Wayne Gretzky and Eric Lindros 'technically' garnered 5 1st round picks in trades. the Gretzky trade involved 3 1sts directly.

Gretzky (along with Krushelnyski and McSorley) netted 3 1sts (89~ #18 Jason Miller, 91~ #20 Martin Rucinsky and 93~ #16 Nick Stajduhar) plus former first round picks Jimmy Carson (86, #2) and Martin Gelinas (88, #7) and $15M from LA in 1988.

Gretzky also returned a 1st to LA when he was traded to STL in 1996 (97~ #15 Matt Zultek)

the Eric Lindros haul from Philadelphia brought Quebec 2 1sts (93~ #10 Jocelyn Thibault and 94~ #10 Nolan Baumgartner) plus 3 former 1st rounders in Peter Forsberg (91, #6), Kerry Huffman (86, #6) and Mike Ricci (90, #4), plus Ron Hextall and Steve Duchesne and $15M in cash in 1992.
Forum: NHL SigningsAug. 5, 2022 at 8:16 a.m.
Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 28, 2022 at 9:34 p.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Ethan Bear (1 Year / $2,200,000 AAV)
why would Ethan Bear worry about a mere $200K?

well... the current level of escrow in the NHL is 17.2%, so he'll actually only get paid about $1,821,600 (what actually gets returned to him at the end of the year remains to be seen)

assuming for a moment that he will be subject to US Federal tax and NC state tax (if he were subjected to Canadian taxes, they'd likely be higher or at least as much, anyways)

he'll be subject to the highest tax bracket at the federal level (37% on any amount over $539,901+, and about an average of 22.5% on the rest) or roughly $595,705, leaving $1,225,895

he'd also be subject to NC state tax (5.5%) of about $100,200, leaving a net of approx. $1,125,695.

and that is of course before he pays out any actual living and travel costs.

so yeah... probably worried about that $200K... (since it thus represents 17.76% (oh the irony, USofA) of his net...)

especially as the Govt is taking nearly half of it right off the top...