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Forum: NHL SigningsHier à 17 h 39
Sujet: Carolina Hurricanes signed Maxime Lajoie (1 Year / $750,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Healthy scratch multiple times in the reg season and playoffs, playing Smith over him, and listening to Friedman's comments about the relation yeah no there was a rocky relation between the two. Things could change but from the looks of things if Bear struggles again could see him sitting in pressbox more than last year in which we may see a move to get him out or he rebounds. Its a wait and see but if he plays his offside I got a feeling a move is more likely</div></div>

As I said in my original point, he wasn't healthy. He injured his ankle against Calgary in Raleigh in december, and had shattered bone fragements in his foot. He needed surgery to have them removed, and an injured Bear wasn't a better option than a healthy Brendan Smith. Friedman's comments on Bear are from before the teams exit interviews, and it came to light that Bear was dealing with both an ongoing ankle issue (yes, he did his exit interview on crutches with a boot) and he suffered with long term covid. There's no evidence of a rocky relationship. When it comes down to how people feel about each other, Friedman is speculating, so take it with a grain of salt.
Forum: NHL SigningsHier à 17 h 26
Sujet: Carolina Hurricanes signed Maxime Lajoie (1 Year / $750,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>There was a rocky relation lul

Article even said right after he signed <strong>"Bear dealt with some injuries in 2021-22, and he also slipped out of favor under head coach Rod Brind'Amour"</strong> and the fact Carolina allowed him to talk to other teams showed they were looking to move on but nobody thought he was worth what Carolina probs was asking for so he chose to sign instead. Either way being a healthy scratch multiple times is not a good look</div></div>

They also let DeAngelo talk to other teams... and Trocheck... and Niederreiter... that wasn't anything to do with moving him. It's to allow him to find a deal he thinks he's worth if it's out there. They did the same thing with Nedeljkovic, and that proved to be the right decision. There's no evidence that supports the idea of a rocky relationship with Rod. Bear was unhappy he wasn't playing. Rod said he didn't want to risk the injury even more. Both sides want the same thing at the end of the day. Hardly a relationship that doesn't work. Don's quotes saying "Adjusting to a new team and system can be challenging for a young defenseman... We are confident Ethan will be able to take another step in his development this season" back the idea that the organization have no issue with this player.
Forum: NHL SigningsHier à 16 h 41
Sujet: Carolina Hurricanes signed Maxime Lajoie (1 Year / $750,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Bear's tricky. I feel with his already unstable relation with the coach why make things worse by playing him on the left when you didnt trust him to play over Smith. Idk to me I feel there could still be a move to be made where Bear could be traded for a LD of similar caliber. Or maybe Bear works out who knows.</div></div>

He trusted Bear over Smith, and there's no rocky relationship between Rod and Bear.

Bear suffered from long term COVID and couldn't get back to what he was before that. He was playing on the first pairing before that. In the playoffs, he was left out of the lineup for Smith, but he had an ankle issue. He did his end-of-year presser with crutches and an ankle boot. He couldn't walk, let alone play. If he gets back to being what he was before Covid, he's going to be fine, wherever he plays. His issue is that if he can't, Gardiner probably is the better option.
Forum: NHLven. à 15 h 39
Sujet: List of players we voted as bad signings
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>capsfan2121</b></div><div>at the time it wasnt the best idea with how they where at the time.
wilson for example wasnt worth it now its a great signing</div></div>

Wilson was risky, but even for what he was at the time, it wasn't a bad deal. Was it great? No... but he wasn't overpaid. A little player generous. But even then, that's one of them. Vasilevskiy was a bonafide starter when he signed that deal. Slavin was an elite 1LD when he signed his 8 year deal (although Carolina were not great, he was a sensational player at the time, that hasn't really changed). Andersen was coming off a season where he was forced to play through an injury and was going into a defensively sound system as opposed to a run and gun Toronto team. Like... I get why the Kreider contract, or Zucarrelo, or Bobrovsky would be seen as bad. But others here just astound me.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 12 h 30
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 47
Sujet: Opening night
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>spockrock</b></div><div>Your last sentence is a good point.

The Canes front office looks at every option. I don’t think they would have allowed Gardiner to have missed any formality such as a year end physical that would have disqualified him from being bought out. They likely would have wanted to ensure that the buyout option was available to them if they needed it.

Now there’s some healthy speculation on my part. But I wouldn’t be surprised at all if that actually was close to them making sure all options are on the table for them.</div></div>

Well, having missed the end of year physical wouldn't disqualify him from being boughout. He, in theory, could do it at this very moment to be buyout eligible. If he wasn't physically able to do the end of year physical (which is the point of this rule, to keep players who retire injured from getting screwed over in a salary cap world) then he would in theory be able to do it now if he needed to. Now, he'd have to agree to it and the team couldn't make him do it because he'd be aiding his own buyout, but it is an interesting situation.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 44
Sujet: Not difficult
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>spockrock</b></div><div>I’ll assume what I assume and you keep assuming what you do.

One could conceivably argue that the fact Waddell said Gardiner was “cleared to play” on 6/2 is indeed evidence of him clearing a year end physical. Again, just saying…no evidence that “his doctors” weren’t Canes’ doctors or whether or not their opinion clearing him would count towards his official qualification in terms of passing a physical…argument can go either way.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>vikhodush</b></div><div>Who knows? That’s my point. Don’t think anybody on this site or cardiac cane can say definitively one way or the other.</div></div>

At that point, the team hadn't done the exit interviews, which they do after the year end medical. He may have done a medical to be cleared at that point, but it wouldn't be the one that made him eligible for a buyout. That's my understanding at least. Again if anyone smarter than me wants to drop in and correct me conclusively, I'd appreciate it. I'm not trying to create sh*t here, just trying to understand.CC is a FanSided account so they know nothing, but it does raise questions.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 31
Sujet: Not difficult
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>spockrock</b></div><div>He’ll have doctors’ opinions and the Canes’ doctors will as well. Im sure there has been discussions between the two, if they even are separate entities. The player is not going to get surgery or doctors opinions that aren’t sanctioned by the team. If he went rogue, his contract status would be in jeopardy.

You say I’m using denial. Back at ya bud. Again, until it is definitively stated that Gardiner in particular is NOT eligible for a buyout, I’m going to assume he is and the option is on the table.</div></div>

Being cleared by an independent part to return that the Canes allow him to (there would be a LOT of backlash if the Canes didn't let him get his own surgery of choice done, look at Buffalo) is not the same as being cleared by Canes doctors. On top of that, even if he is cleared by Canes doctors, that doesn't mean per se he's done the physical.

Until it is reported that he is buyout eligible, I have enough here to believe he isn't.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 21
Sujet: Not difficult
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>spockrock</b></div><div>Who says Gardiner didn’t get a yr end physical?

Don’t you think the Canes would have a say in how he was rehabbing and how his surgery was conducted?

Show me where it is defintively stated that it wasn’t Canes doctors who cleared him to play?

The only concrete information we have is that Gardiner “has been cleared to play”

Again, you’re making assumptions based on blanket statements. I’m making an assumption in the opposite direction.</div></div>

Look at Waddells end of year press conference. He says definitively that HIS DOCTORS cleared him to play and SENT OVER the files that would have allowed him to return to the ice. Me thinks if it was simply Canes doctors, it wouldn't have been so complex. You're trying to use denial as a weapon here.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 20
Sujet: Opening night
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>vikhodush</b></div><div>This is all speculation. It’s unclear if he took it or not. Cardiac Cane (which isn’t a great source) said he wasn’t in Raleigh all year but that’s not true. I’m not saying I know whether or not he passed a physical or not, I’m just saying it’s unclear and nothing has been confirmed so I wouldn’t be surprised either way.

And based of of GMDW comments yesterday it seems as if they’re looking at that as an option if necessary so that makes me think he did have a physical and is eligible to be bought out in the second window after Lajoie arb.</div></div>

CC isn't a great source, but it's a secondary source. The source here is PuckPedia, which is a reliable source. CC is just stating it. PuckPedia having also liked that tweet makes me think that it's come straight from the horses mouth here.

I digress, Gardiner wasn't in Raleigh after he was cleared to return... right? He's not been there since the end of the playoffs unless I'm missing something. So he cannot have done a year-end physical if he's not been there... Just because the buyout window will open doesn't mean they use it. Waddell also stated the fact they could run a roster without a buyout. Said it would be tight but doable.
Forum: Armchair-GMven. à 8 h 14
Sujet: Not difficult
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>spockrock</b></div><div>There haven’t been any major changes to the buyout rules since then. The only changes to the CBA since 2016, when Wisniewski was bought out, not 2012, have been pandemic related.

You can argue injury semantics all you want. I’ve shown you where a player on LTIR at the end of a prior season was bought out the following summer.

I’ll believe Gardiner is not eligible to be bought out when I see it a clear reason why. So far, blanket statements from questionable Twitter accounts just ain’t cuttin it for me.</div></div>

Your loss, but there's something you forget about Wisnewski... he STILL would have had to do a year end medical to be boughtout. Gardiner hasn't done it. Usually, players do their medicals on the last day of the season. Gardiner still hasn't done it. Feel free to ask some of the CapFriendly mods... see what they say, I'm telling you what PuckPedia says.

Oh and it's a questionable account, but the tweet is liked by PuckPedia, and I'm taking that as a sign of verification.
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