Driving Play

The Blog with Three First Lines - Discussing everything hockey. Tweets from @Triumph44 and @chasew12. Contact: drivingplay at gmail dot com

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Whether a contract is one-way or two-way has nothing to do with waiver eligibility (tweeting this in order to pin it)

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@JFreshHockey Are you talking REM re:me?

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@JFreshHockey Columbus series broke brains, I think teams would've been well served to throw out the results from 2020

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Shocked that there was no offside review on the STL-VGK game-deciding goal, sure looked like Vegas was offside because the puck carrier lost possession

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@JFreshHockey this doesn't preclude that

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@AGretz allen is not the solution to their goaltending problem, he is merely a body for this year and maybe a backup next year

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@CJTDevil you're not appreciating the fact that the Devils risked incurring bonuses on to next year's cap, that concern is gone if they don't pick up substantial money today

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@EvolvingWild NBA gets Friday night - most Fridays have limited slate, only busy one is typically day after American Thanksgiving

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ESPN has learned nothing in broadcasting hockey for two years now. Why would you get close in on a penalty shot?

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Finally got the 0 (it'll probably be a 1 when I reload)

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Karlsson wasn't traded for a 1st. The Penguins traded a 1st for the Sharks to take on Hoffman, Rutta, and Granlund. If the ballast weren't in the deal, Karlsson would likely be dealt for nothing (and rightly so)

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A first-round pick can get you either Tanner Jeannot or the literal Norris Trophy winner. Good league.

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@camcharronyvr oh absolutely - philadelphia's front office is way too leaky - but I believe this deal was nixed by the league b/c deangelo had been on carolina's reserve list and he couldn't be traded back there with retention

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@camcharronyvr I don't think speaking to insiders killed this one, and I don't think they lost any money by doing this; they were probably trading DeAngelo w/ max retention

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Tony DeAngelo being bought out twice in the span of two years is beyond funny. He's not even that good!

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Puckdoku Game 10 - 9/9🏆:

6 Uniqueness
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https://t.co/zpVx8Ub6Jm

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@jas_155

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Puckdoku Game 9 - 9/9🏆:

82 Uniqueness
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I blow myself up most days going for something too obscure but I don't think anyone's beating an 82 today

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@Z_A_Kline esp with those two franchises, yeah

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@wingingitmotown I don't think so. It's obviously extremely unusual for players to be put on waivers at this time of year and I don't really know why it would be done

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I'd be concerned that the NHL would make such contracts onerous in the next CBA, e.g. that a player over 40 signed to a 3 or more year deal cannot be placed on LTIR

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"I hear that Tampa’s last offer to Killorn was eight years at a $2.5 million AAV, which is $20 million total..."

From @PierreVLeBrun. I don't know why more teams don't go wild on term in order to get the AAV down on players like this

https://t.co/qAkaXXETqP