Triumph Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 9 minutes ago, thecoffeecake said: The exact opposite is going to happen. I've said this before, but with salary inflation, Zajac's deal is already not looking so bad. Another few years it'll look significantly smaller with even greater salary inflation and an increasing cap. Besides, the guy had over 40 points and led the team in assists this season. Forget the non- superficial skills he has, he was a serviceable offensive piece. And for a guy that's supposed to need talent around him to succeed, he had a decent year on a pretty untalented team. The salary cap has increased 3% since Zajac signed his deal in January 2013. So, no, his deal is still looking bad. Zajac had a good year for him offensively, but he played 20 minutes a game. I don't think he can sustain this kind of offensive production going forward plus he's just an offense-killer in general. He's without question a useful player and on a good team he'd get 16 minutes a game and would be a shutdown center, but the Devils are a 30th ranked offense in part because they give him 20 minutes a game. Zajac is going to get worse. He already had a catastrophic season where he scored at a 4th line rate despite playing 19 minutes a game. While I don't think that will happen again in the near future, it's a harbinger of things to come. Expecting him to repeat last year's production is foolish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmann422 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Triumph said: The salary cap has increased 3% since Zajac signed his deal in January 2013. So, no, his deal is still looking bad. Zajac had a good year for him offensively, but he played 20 minutes a game. I don't think he can sustain this kind of offensive production going forward plus he's just an offense-killer in general. He's without question a useful player and on a good team he'd get 16 minutes a game and would be a shutdown center, but the Devils are a 30th ranked offense in part because they give him 20 minutes a game. Zajac is going to get worse. He already had a catastrophic season where he scored at a 4th line rate despite playing 19 minutes a game. While I don't think that will happen again in the near future, it's a harbinger of things to come. Expecting him to repeat last year's production is foolish. Yeah the deal definitely isn't good, but fortunately it shouldn't really hamstring us as I don't expect to be near the cap in the next few years. Perhaps in the last 2 years of the deal when henrique is ufa and we'd (hopefully) have some young kids that need raises it could be a problem but even then cammalleri would be coming off the books to offset that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I fully endorse this move. I think Vegas will be sold out for years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellOnICE Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I definitely want to make a weekend out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 On 06/24/2016 at 1:27 PM, Triumph said: The salary cap has increased 3% since Zajac signed his deal in January 2013. So, no, his deal is still looking bad. Zajac had a good year for him offensively, but he played 20 minutes a game. I don't think he can sustain this kind of offensive production going forward plus he's just an offense-killer in general. He's without question a useful player and on a good team he'd get 16 minutes a game and would be a shutdown center, but the Devils are a 30th ranked offense in part because they give him 20 minutes a game. Zajac is going to get worse. He already had a catastrophic season where he scored at a 4th line rate despite playing 19 minutes a game. While I don't think that will happen again in the near future, it's a harbinger of things to come. Expecting him to repeat last year's production is foolish. Top end centers get paid more every year, meaning comparables on his contract are fewer top end centers than 3 years ago, and that trend will continue through the duration of his contract. And I didn't say anything about the salary cap between 2013 and today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I did a piece for New York Puck on this round of expansion. Definitely shouldn't have edited at 2:00 am. https://newyorkpuck.com/2016/07/09/why-the-nhl-made-a-mistake-with-this-round-of-expansion/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 They're about to unveil the logo and name for the Vegas team. Big event going on out there- it's on NHL Network right now.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 The Las Vegas Golden Knights.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralliart90 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, MadDog2020 said: The Las Vegas Golden Knights. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Sounds very...... generic............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonDreads Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Vegas Golden Knights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil Dan 56 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Looks like a team that was made up for Any Given Sunday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Could be worse.. like the Desert Knights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralous Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) Between the NHL shutting down any gambling references and the Owner's ties to Army, this was never going to be a great one. I would have gone with Silver Knights, since Nevada is the Silver state, but whatever. I will say that the logo kinda sucks. I've seen a lot of concepts on the internet that blow the real one away. Edited November 23, 2016 by Lateralous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralliart90 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 How they came up with the name and logo https://www.nhl.com/news/c-283981522 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicomo Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunninWithTheDevil Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Awful. Was still hoping for Desert Wanderers but a man can dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasunow Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 From a design stand point, it really is a cheap shot to quickly alter a logo and claim it's superior then the original. You really never know how much work and research goes into creating that logo. I really don't mind this one but it's nothing spectacular either. I really dig the "V" for Vegas as the opening in the helmet. That being said, if your team name has the word "GOLDEN" in it, can you please make it GOLD colored and not a rustic, subdued, almost tan color? The colors are just kinda drab and when you think of Las Vegas, bright and vibrant colors come to mind. This reminds me of the "Vegas Gold" that Pittsburgh used for all those years that was a pale gold color (ironically enough, "Vegas Gold" was the actual name of the color) . Look how much more striking the Pens jerseys are now with the bright yellow, putting aside the actual design and nostalgia factor. Anyways, wish they would brighten those colors up. Who knows, maybe it'll look more dynamic on the jersey they end up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteau#32 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 Better than Desert Knights, or Dessert Knights. Surprised they didn't try to work the map of Nevada into the shading of the mask. Or the did, and I just don't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBRIAIN17 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I think golden was the closest they could come up with in name to remind people that Vegas is a gambling destination without an obvious gambling reference. (Like anyone needs to be reminded) But I agree meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 While the name is just alright, the logo is actually much better than I though it would be. Does kind of remind me of an Arena Football League or XFL logo, but still miles better than what I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglejelly Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I guess its better than Golden Shower. A City that has 2 words its name shouldn't have a team name that has 2 words as well. The whole name is more loke a sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masked Fan Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 I fudged with the logo a bit. I'm very mediocre at this stuff, but you'll get the idea. I'd drop the name to Vegas Knights and adjust the logo to make the sides of the shield resemble hockey sticks. I dig the V in the logo and still think it works with my tweak. Who do I send this to to get PAID!$! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelastonealive Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 39 minutes ago, eaglejelly said: I guess its better than Golden Shower. A City that has 2 words its name shouldn't have a team name that has 2 words as well. The whole name is more loke a sentence. Honestly, I think that's why they dropped "Las" and are going just Vegas Golden Knights. i love the logo, not fond of the name. I feel like in 6-10 years they'll be the Las Vegas Knights, which is what everyone is going to call them anyway. (Still say Vegas Aces would have been awesome.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck the Duck Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 20 minutes ago, thelastonealive said: Honestly, I think that's why they dropped "Las" and are going just Vegas Golden Knights. i love the logo, not fond of the name. I feel like in 6-10 years they'll be the Las Vegas Knights, which is what everyone is going to call them anyway. (Still say Vegas Aces would have been awesome.) Supposedly they had trouble getting trademarks and/or copyrights on the Knights name, and that's why they needed to added Golden to it. The owner wanted Knights and/or Black Knights, but couldn't secure the legal rights to the names and had to move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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