Phil

I block blatant dishonesty (esp MSM) & exceptional stupidity.

[Phil @philbert53]

@joeyratway @Wolfie2567 @SportsSturm I think that's about where I'm at. I think they're a playoff team.

I don't think they've got a run of any length in them.

[Phil @philbert53]

@joeyratway @Wolfie2567 @SportsSturm Mix in the fact that Duchene is 35 and Benn is 37, and the chances of us having our entire top 9 at any given time is pretty slim.

Which is what we've seen the last couple of years.

[Phil @philbert53]

@joeyratway @Wolfie2567 @SportsSturm The issue is that multiple key players have demonstrated that at his point in their careers, it's extremely likely they'll be injured for an extended period of time every season.

Particularly Seguin and Hintz.

I think assuming the Stars will be healthy is a bad assumption.

[Phil @philbert53]

@RobertTiffin In what dreamland are we living in that we're assuming Hintz and Seguin are both going to be healthy in the playoffs?

[Phil @philbert53]

@usatodaysports She really tried to connect Caitlin Clark to Emmett Till.

That's a real thing that got published in a newspaper.

[Phil @philbert53]

@RCPolitics They nominated Graham Platner as their candidate for US Senate.

They are, in fact, very stupid.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SportsSturm Yea, we wouldn't have been able to afford that.

[Phil @philbert53]

@cdrsalamander Brown's one of the idiots who advised POTUS to abandon US citizens to the Taliban.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SterlingStrange @RobertTiffin And I put zero words in your mouth. You replied to an article about the Werenski trade falling through by saying that the Stars were crashing hard and it was Benn's fault.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SterlingStrange @RobertTiffin They could have gotten to $13M regardless of Benn's contract.

Trade the low hanging fruit (Boosh, Faksa, Steele), sign Benn (or his replacment) for league min, sign Bourque to a $2M bridge deal. Voila, $13M in cap space.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SterlingStrange @RobertTiffin You really think Nill would make Robo the 2nd highest paid player in the league if he had an extra $2M sitting around? I seriously doubt it.

And again, that has absolutely nothing to do with Werenski's decision.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SterlingStrange @RobertTiffin In what world does Jamie Benn's current status have anything to do with Robos contract negotiation or Werenski's desired trade destination?

[Phil @philbert53]

@jaybobo11 @FriedgeHNIC "tell everyone else to low ball him"

Yea, that's highly illegal and teams would be in giant trouble for attempting that.

[Phil @philbert53]

@JuroKral $13M is as high as they can go and still be cap compliant. He reportedly wants $14M.

Going higher requires them trading one of Harley or Johnston.

Anyone else either doesn't make enough against the cap to help or has a NMC/NTD.

[Phil @philbert53]

@JuroKral It's not a matter of stomaching. They only have a certain amount of cap space. Offloading Lubyushkin, Faksa and Steel and getting Benn at league minimum probably gets you to $13M for Robo.

[Phil @philbert53]

@RobertTiffin @seanshapiro I mean, if he's turning down 8x$15M, he's going to start running into issues with the number of teams willing/able to trade for him and pay him.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SportsSturm @ShortHandedZS It's the highest cap in history, of course the payments have come up across the board.

What he's asking for puts him in line w/Panarin & Pastrnak, based on the size of the cap at time of contract. Roughly 13 to 14% of the cap.

And well below guys like McDavid & MacKinnon.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SportsSturm Hes Hintz without the consistent injuries. Same age, same production, same 2 way play, very similar cap hits.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SportsSturm So $14M to $15M puts him on the upper crust of elite winger contracts, in line with Panarin and Pasta but above guys like Rantanen and Kaprizov.

And definitely below the elite Tier 1 centers.

[Phil @philbert53]

@SportsSturm $15M (14.42%) puts him at Panarin money.

McDavid (16.67%) and MacKinnon (15.27%) are at notably higher percentage hits.