Tyler Sawatzky

[Sid 🇨🇦 @NHL_Sid]

Bouchard was +3 at 5-on-5 tonight against Florida with 3 assists.

Just to update on Willis' post below, that means the Oilers are now up 15 to 7 in goals (+8) with Bouchard on-ice this month. Without him, they're down 7 to 28 (-21!!).

[bcurlock @bcurlock]

What a set of switches!!!! Wholly Mama.

[MoneyPuck.com @MoneyPuckdotcom]

Top lines in the playoffs by expected goal %. (At least 50 monutes played together 5 on 5) https://t.co/3qd1ufVXHS

[Aaron Hector, R.F.P., CFP, TEP @AaronHectorCFP]

UHT
Bare Trusts
Capital Gains Inclusion Rate

[Canadian Tax Guy (Mohammed Al-khooly) @CanadaTaxGuy]

BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!

Yes, it does mean all the trouble people went through to trigger the gains may have been premature.

But this is helpful in dealing with all the uncertainty going on right now.

Important to remember this increase may still never actually happen.

[Canadian Tax Guy (Mohammed Al-khooly) @CanadaTaxGuy]

When someone asks me whats happening with the capital gain tax…

[Taylor Lewan @TaylorLewan77]

This is a rookie mistake that every dad should avoid, always hover over everyone as they open their gifts and try to catch the wrapping paper before it hits the ground.

If you're sitting down as a father while presents are being unwrapped, you're wrong.

Comfort is the enemy of growth.

[Adhi @OilerAlert]

This video is so unbelievably hype. #LetsGoOilers

https://t.co/PtbGyx4ebV

[Sid 🇨🇦 @NHL_Sid]

Draisaitl has now been on-ice for 18 of Edmonton's 22 goals playoff goals thus far (82%).

[Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer]

Most Points/Per Game in NHL Playoff History
(Minimum 50 GP)

#1. Wayne Gretzky: 1.84
#2. Connor McDavid: 1.62
#3. Leon Draisaitl: 1.62
#4. Mario Lemieux: 1.61

[Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer]

The @EdmontonOilers Leon Draisaitl led the 2022 Playoffs with 25 assists...and the 2023 playoffs with 13 goals...
He has 20-30-50 in 28 playoff GP in the last two playoffs.

[Mark McGrath @MarkMcGrathCFP]

The more you learn about investing, the higher the probability you end up as an index investor.

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Los Angeles Country Club is one of the world's most exclusive golf clubs.

• $250,000 initiation fees
• No celebrities or social media posts

And they use a 45-year-old tax loophole to save $80 million annually.

Here's how it works:

LACC sits on 320 acres in the heart of LA.

It's one of the country's nicest (and strictest) country clubs.

They don't allow celebrities to join, and every new member is handed a 1,000+ page rulebook.

LACC Rules
• No shorts (tailored pants only)
• Sport coats in the clubhouse after 6 pm
• No changing shoes in the parking lot
• No headphones, earbuds, or athletic clothes
• No photos or videos of the club on social media

Members can also only make phone calls from their parked car or a phone booth in the locker room.

And the club is so exclusive that many of the world's best players are seeing it for the first time this week.

Rory McIlroy, for instance, hasn't paid for a round of golf in 20 years. But he had never played LACC before this week's US Open, so he says he prepared by watching videos of the course on YouTube.

Still, the craziest part about LACC isn't its $250,000 initiation fee or its 1,000+ page rulebook.

The craziest part about LACC is its real estate.

The 320-acre piece of land sits smack dab in the middle of Beverly Hills — between the famous roads of Sunset Blvd, Wilshire Blvd, and Santa Monica Blvd.

The land alone is reportedly worth $8 billion, making it the second most valuable piece of real estate (not developed for housing) behind Central Park in NYC.

But here's the craziest part...

An $8 billion assessed land value would typically mean hundreds of millions in property taxes alone.

But LACC only pays $220,000 in annual taxes.

This is because of two rules:

1. LACC is owned by its members and registered as a non-profit. So they benefited when California voters passed a ballot in 1960 that lowered the value at which officials were allowed to assess non-profit golf courses.

This non-profit rule also applies to other LA-based golf clubs, like Bel Air Country Club, Brentwood Country Club, and Wilshire Country Club.

2. Then, in 1978, voters passed Proposition 13. This new law rolled back the assessed land value to its 1975 level and more or less froze that value in time.

So even if the market value of the land tripled in value, the property's assessed value can only grow by 2% a year or the rate of inflation, whichever is lower.

And Proposition 13 also capped property taxes at 1% of assessed value (vs. the previous average of 2.67%).

So, in simple terms, Los Angeles Country Club would be paying about $80 million (1%) in annual property taxes because its land is worth $8 billion-plus.

But because of these two laws enacted more than 45 years ago, LACC’s land is currently assessed at just $22 million, and they only pay $220,000 in property taxes.

LACC Tax Breakdown (estimates)
• True value of the land: $8 billion
• Assessed value of the land: $22 million
• Annual property tax savings: $80 million

Now, Proposition 13 wasn’t put in place specifically for golf courses — its true purpose was to protect homeowners who are older, retired, and living on fixed income from payment shock when their property values dramatically increase over a short period of time.

But given the financial savings it has provided exclusive golf clubs over the years, it’s no wonder why Los Angeles Country Club wants to keep things exactly as they are.

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[Adhi @OilerAlert]

For all those people saying it’s now “open season on the Knights” don’t forget that different teams are held to different standards.

If Nurse did that to Eichel, Edmonton would have to give up a 3rd rd pick to Vegas.

[Shepmates @shepmates]

THE BATTLE FOR ALBERTA…

[Dimitri Filipovic @DimFilipovic]

Leon Draisaitl round 1 mixtape

[Woodguy @Woodguy55]

This assumes SJS retains 30% (they retained 34% on Burns) Final hit to EDM is $6.9MM.

I don't understand how getting a 3rd team to retain 10% is "impossible" according to many hockey writers.

Easy? No. Impossible? Far from it. It just costs assets to get done. (2/2)

[Woodguy @Woodguy55]

If a 3rd team retains 10% of Karlsson's salary the actual dollars in the next 4 years are: 1.15, 1.1, 0.9 and 0.75 (+ a bit from this year, ~$.700) ~$3.9M total

What's the market cost for retaining $3.9 over 4 years?

TOR paid a 1st to CAR to take $4.00 actual on Marleau. (1/

[Minnewasta Golf @MinnewastaGolf]

The golf course and driving range will open for the season this Thursday at noon! Weather permitting...

[Minnewasta Golf @MinnewastaGolf]

The golf course will open May 4th. Also in the link below is a video of what social distancing golf will look like. This was made with the permission authorities by the Head Pro’s from Minnewasta, Winkler, Carman and Steinbach.

https://t.co/pXlyoYX0jk