I agree I don't see Ferland giving up that easily, not so much the money but rather this is who he is.

Who knows, the Canucks might trade him for a 6th or something in the off season. Some one would take a flyer on Ferland for such a low entry. Since also it doesn't impact the cap if he retires, it's enticing for a team who won't ever play to the salary cap.

How is it gonna fuck the Canucks? Wouldn’t he go back to ltir? Retire get paid and Canucks lose the cap hit?

You go into the season with him penciled into your top 6, he plays 10 games and then goes back into LTIR and you’re scrambling to sign a replacement as opposed to having the cap hit available to you to sign whoever you want as a free agent in the summer.

Yes i agree. I thought it's another cap recapture penalty...lol

If a player retires, he no longer gets paid. That's why most players that are injured continue on the long-term injured reserve. For most players, their contracts are insured (at least the majority of the contract is insured), so it only costs the team, in terms of real money, the insurance premium and whatever percentage of the contract isn't insured ... and, of course, whatever they're paying the player(s) to replace him.

In the offseason, a team can go up to 10% over the salary cap, but must be compliant on day 1 of the season (20- to 23-man roster). To be placed on LTIR, the player must be on the NHL roster, so his cap hit will count towards the day 1 compliancy and he'll count as part of the 20- to 23-man roster that day.

The other tricky part is that maximizing the cap relief from LTIR as the team only gets relief for the portion they exceed the salary cap up to the player's cap hit.

apparently we're still in the mix for Simmonds, at the cost of a D prospect

Not Woo, Rafferty or Juolevi please!

JT for Prime Minister!

got a point at least! toffoli didn't look entirely out of place. just needs a few games to get in sync with the boys.

found it funny how Toffoli was in a bunch of scrums defending teammates.......... by himself

Maybe Pearson didn't give him the memo: We don't do that around here :smug:

I kid, I kid lol..

looking forward to hear eriksson + 3rd for simmonds tomorrow morning

^ You're going to wake up very disappointed...

Heard on 1040 the Simmonds deal is not happening due to good news on the Boeser front. SeemsGood

Simmonds deal hasn't worked out because of cap issues. This likely means JB hasn't been able to offload the players he wants to dump.

Hey, that rhymes........... you’re a poet and ya didn’t even know it.

The Marlies' zamboni driver is in net for the Hurricanes and the Leafs are still losing 6-3.

damn, that's crazy

Maple leaves cant even capitalize. Lol

Man that’s devastatingggg for the leafs, they’ll never live that down

did he have to drive the zamboni during the intermission? :lol

That guy now has an NHL win
hah

Hey, zamboni drivers are like the Van Houtte Master Roasters of hockey.

First blood.................... woo hoo............. I wanna see a Canuck grab the rodent by the tail and slam him into the end boards.

Well, that didn't take long............