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No room for him with all the extensions...

I remember when the North Stars played the Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals and Jaromir Jagr appeared to spear one of the North Stars players (I can't remember who) and no penalty was called and for the rest of the broadcast Al referred to him as "Jaromir Jagr, King of the Spear!"

I recently watched the Spano saga that occured with the Isles in the mid 1990s, and back at the time the NHL put in place numerous rules and procedures to avoid such epic laughable failures in the future. It's not at that level but Bettman & co. clearly didn't their due diligence when they gave control of the franchise to Meruelo. And let's be honest: Meruelo and Gutierrez were chosen not because they were successful and competent businessmen, but only because they were Hispanic, so that the League can serve that as an example and show the world how inclusive and careful about minorities they were, and that backfired in their face. Selecting people as a function of the origin, skin color or language spoken (and not as a function of who they are and what they have accomplished) is never a recipe for success... This is very bad and sad because now some people makes the simplistic link Latino = incompetent, which is untrue and has the exact opposite effect of what was initially looked for. The League screwed up until the very end of this story.

Yes , remember when they bought out Leclair and another big contract and then they signed that slug on skates Vinny LeCavalier to a five year five million dollar deal. They were and still are morons, maybe just to a lesser extent.

I've never said they should play hardball, ever. Pay them what they're worth. pay them what they earn. Stop paying them for Gee maybe if we grossly overpay Hayes he'll grow a spine and break a sweat. Look at the looooooooooooooooooong list of bad contracts this team has given out....it's ridiculous. Every year we talk about buyouts and getting out from under these stupid deals, just to sign more of them. Meet the new boss.....

The funny thing is that Meruelo isn't even the worst owner in the league's history.

Ya, thank God they're getting rid of those bad contracts so they can make room....for more bad contracts.

Lets see, they're still paying Bryz NOT to play, they're paying Peterson to NOT play in the NHL and they just re-upped Fedotov for 2 years at $3.25 million for putting up some of the worst numbers I've seen in the NHL. Why doesn't Comcast just get an incinerator for their money?

There is much truth in what you say. But he is competent (I think last year was his best) and versatile. What's sad is that looking over the last 15 years or so of first rounders, you could argue he rates well. He's been reasonably healthy. He does represent the team in the community. And he tries. Granted, he is no game changer. As my mom would have said, "In the Kingdom of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is King."

Meruelo being a worthless piece of garbage is an euphemism... https://theathletic.com/5439189/2024/04/24/arizona-coyotes-alex-meruelo-utah-nhl/?source=targeted_email&campaign=9670025&userId=6665247

Salt Lake City Canyons...?

That is a good point of the optic of Michkov...but still there is nothing wrong with negotiations rather than just handing him the money but i guess when Cal Peterson sucking up 3.8 million for 2 more years i guess it isn't a big deal.

If the window is open, someone push his azz out! If no one is available, I’ll do it

Humperdink Lives.

I’m pretty confident he’ll be GM and turn the franchise around…..after rebuilding it

Future Laughtons? The one we have presently is bad enough. This is like clearing the way for the future Holmgrens

At this point, I would take almost anything to reduce/eliminate the profound Toronto-centric nature of hockey coverage across the Dominion (not that such a thing would be assured by this move)...

https://www.thefourthperiod.com/pagnotta/amazon-joining-canadian-broadcast-game-next-season#google_vignette TORONTO, ON — The NHL is growing, that much is clear. Technically, we’re now at 33 franchises; one of them just happens to be inactive. But beyond the product on the ice, the broadcast game is also evolving north of the border. Multiple sources have confirmed that Amazon has retained the Canadian broadcast rights from Rogers to air Monday Night Hockey on their platform during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, the remaining two years of Rogers’ current 12-year agreement. Financial terms are not known, though Rogers’ deal with the NHL was for $5.2 billion. Amazon has long expressed interest in expanding its NHL footprint and sources have confirmed they already started planning how their broadcasts will shape up next season, though talent has not yet been considered. They have first dipped their toe in League waters with its AWS/NHL partnership as the League’s Official Cloud Infrastructure Provider. Amazon also produced “All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs.” Bell, which previously owned the national NHL rights in Canada before Rogers swooped in, had dipped their toe in the waters and had conversations about retaining partial rights, again. Bell owns TSN and RDS. There is a possibility they re-engage in a year’s time when the full Canadian rights deal nears its expiration. The idea is for Rogers and Amazon to piggyback off ESPN and TNT’s formats, and splitting/sharing the national broadcast rights will be the goal for 2026-27 and beyond. Though some logistical items with the NHL are still being finalized, Amazon has already commissioned a documentary-style behind-the-scenes show featuring a dozen “main cast” NHLers, believed to include William Nylander, Leon Draisaitl, Quinn Hughes and David Pastrnak. There will be additional NHL player appearances throughout the series beyond the primary individuals, however, with Jeremy Swayman entering the Pastaverse in some form. The production company that created “F1: Drive to Survive” is putting this program together – and that, by itself, is very exciting. Amazon’s strategy is complimenting its live game broadcasts with supplementary content, such as this new BTS documentary, and I suspect they will look to build off that with more. Come for the game, stay for the content. It is unclear how fans will react to another sport moving part of its national broadcasts to a streaming network, but we will hear more about Amazon’s new venture into the Canadian NHL broadcast rights in the near future.

True, but it's still just cap space. If the Flyers were at a point at which they needed space because UFA1 is coming out, then that's one thing. But that's not where they are. After next season they drop Atkinson, Johansen, and Petersen. They also get TDA's buyout space back. That's $15M right off the top. I'm not "happy" with the contract. I just don't see it as a harbinger of doom.

Legendary voice of the Minnesota North Stars and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Al Shaver died of a sudden illness at the age of 96. I've seen a lot of people share their memories of his play-by-play over the years. Hearing him say, "He Shoots, he scores!!!" is probably my earliest memory of hockey. What are your memories of Al Shaver and his broadcasts?

Yes, but Peterson's deal brought in tangible assets. He was a means to an end. IF Fedetov flops, its not the same thing asset wise, its just a bad contract.

Danila Yurov won the Gagarin Cup with Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Although according to Russo, it sounds like the Wild are not planning on having him come over until AFTER next season.

I will always have this….