"That does seem to happen" Pittsburgh Penguins. Crosby should be worth max cap, Malkin shoulda been worth close to max cap, they took 8.7 and 7.1 to get cups home and the team used that space to get a team The penguins are the absolute template for how to do it

Strudwick, being from Edmonton, playing for the Oilers should know all about what made the 80s Oilers team great, and, conversely, what brought on the decade of darkness for that Oilers team. The hard salary cap means a hard choice; everyone gives a little for the overall good of the team, or you have virtually zero chance of ever winning the Stanley Cup. Jason was never a star player and thus not a big salary player. Still, the money he earned playing hockey far exceeded what even the most skilled tradesmen and oil/pipeline workers make in Alberta for their entire careers. We all know any pro athlete's career is much shorter than the length of a tradesman's or accountants career. But even an average NHLer like Struddy far out-earns what almost all other careers earn for their practitioners who work three times as long to earn anywhere from a little to a lot LESS money. If you earn $3 million after taxes in your first six years playing in the NHL (I suspect thus is below league average but let's call it a reasonable estimation) and you invest half this money prudently (anyone who can't live well off a half million dollars a year when they're in their early to mid-twenties has a serious problem and needs counseling) that individual should be set up for their retirement. They will still need to work to support themselves through their adult life to around the age of sixty or so, but that's like almost everyone else alive. Now, if you hang around the league another half a dozen years, you'll have another $1.5 million to add to your investment portfolio. That would likely allow you to retire from work by age 55. That's far better than 95% of the rest of society. By that time you're around 37 and gave to work less than 20 more years. The thing is, in today's NHL, if your career lasts 12 years or longer, you've likely averaged better than $900,000 per year, otherwise you'll likely have had a much shorter NHL career abd will have to work until retirement age like the rest of us. The point of all this is to show that those star players who are unwilling to take that "hometown discount" are far more interested in personal monetary greed than they are interested in winning a championship for their team, teammates, themselves, and most especially for their long suffering fans who, by buying tickets, over-priced drinks and food, and overpriced team merchandise, enable the players' lavish lifestyles and line the team owners' pockets. To the Oilers' credit, most of their players are willing to take a haircut on their maximum available earning potential to stay with the team in hopes of winning the Stanley Cup. NHL hockey, above all, is a business, which often makes its dealings and machinations very mercenary in nature. Witness Wayne Gretzky et al, Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, Cujo, and countless others through the years. Frankly, it's just the Oilers luck to finally find an owner with deep pockets and who grew up an eternal Oilers fan, that the NHL decided to bring in a hard salary cap. The Oilers finally have an almost endless pile of cash and now they're forced into a salary cap situation. But this is the world we're in and no team wins without most or all of their players making some personal financial sacrifice. One thing, it makes the off-season far more interesting.

Edmonton's third line is set with Henrique taking his spot when they traded for him and resigned him. There is no room for him in the top 9 and Edmonton needs a bit of cap room.

Jeff Jackson is crushing it.

They still haven’t traded away their biggest problem all of last season. Darnell Nurse. He’s their highest paid defenceman by a long way, but most of the time he looks lost in front of his own net.

Panthers and Tampa are whole teams of players taking discounts...that is why they win.

former agent jeff jackson knows who the dumb gm's are

Carter savoies brother! And struddy is an absolute gem 💎

Struddy looks like he wants to slowly slink away … Jonas is sending him Morse Code eye blinks …. “Don’t you f’n leave me here”

LCBO deemed a necessity during Covid but they can go on strike? Unreal trade for the Oilers today! Foegele unfortunately was not wanted in Edmonton. His good year priced him out of the team and the signings they made kind of pushed him out.

How do these guys have a show??

Does it ever occur to these guys that the reason Foegele went to LA is because the Oilers told him that they weren't signing him again. Like I have no strong feelings on the fact that he is gone, but maybe LA was the best chance he had to win.

from Buff, kinda like the trade Savoie is nowhere close to being NHL ready given his size and weight. and Mcleod will fit in perfectly on the 3rd line here in Buff and get more ice time than he would in edmonton.

Sabre fans aren't happy with this trade. Geez. Never got to see what he could do on the NHL level with Buffalo. Oh. He'll get a cup next year.

Imagine being one game from the Stanley cup and then getting sent to buffalo…

Skinner, Savoie, Henrique ambassador. Struds is head of player development and local scouting

Not a confusing trade at all. This was a great trade for both teams. Edmonton got young offense and more cap space, and the Sabres got speed and defense. It’s a great trade if you don’t look at it one dimensionally.

mackinnon wasn't underpaid, he was a very average player for his first 4 years.

The pain that lives in Hayes is real.

McLeod is a 4th liner, great value trade for the Oilers. McLeod creates no offense at all as a centerman, he only created offense when he played wing with Draisaitl. The Oilers replaced him as third line center because McLeod was not good in the role. Bad scouting by Buffalo if they think McLeod is a good third line center. Speedy 4th line player.

I can’t wait to see what Henrique will do this season

The Overdrive coaching wars over Matt Savoie lmfao

Teams, not stars, win cups. As many people as possible out-playing their contracts is the recipe for success

"why would Leon take a penny less than Matthews?" Because he wants to WIN! So I hope he takes less than Matthews..

Shoutout Saskatchewan 100,000 lakes

I wish David Perron was a Canuck, every team needs him in the locker room.

Crosby and MacKinnon took discounts and won cups. It's a thing.

Can you clowns stop talking about the Leafs and get on with the trade. Poor Struddy. God TSN sucks!

To suggest that Savoie would be expected on the opening night roster for Buffalo shows a tremendous amount of Torontonian ignorance. The guy is not (yet) a center at the NHL level from what he’s shown, and they clearly value McLeod enough to see him as a good fit on the 3rd line for them. When you look at the pipeline for Buffalo, you have your true centers in Ostlund, Wahlberg, and now Helenius. That’s it. On the wings you have Kulich, Benson, Rosen, formerly Savoie, a couple Russians, and then guys that are still super young like Quinn and Peterka who ideally play another 8 years here. They simply traded a guy at a position of strength who is valuable enough to gain a piece that helps the roster, who is still not NHL ready quite yet. It’s an overpay in a vacuum but if the Sabres play even a single playoff game next year nobody in Buffalo will really care. I think they see a lot of Jeff Skinner in Savoie where they’re not exactly believers in small, not strong guys who rely on agility over speed. With skilled linemates that speed from McLeod is going to play dividends, and Lindy has always emphasized a tough, speedy 3rd line that can still score.

Savoie fell down the Sabres’ prospect rankings. With his size and injury history, there’s likely even a couple R2 picks more important to what they are trying to build. Local reporter mentioned they were shopping Savoie, so this wasn’t even a case of EDM counter-offering. Big names aren’t waiving NTC to come here, and Adams sort of playing Moneyball and Fantasy Football. They have a plethora of talented prospects, and needed help in other areas now.

Likely able to get top 4 forwards and top 3 D for 63M If cap pushes 100 can make it work for remaining 13 if they keep winning

Want to win a Cup? Play and suffer for Buffalo, get traded and win. Here's a good trivial question: How many Former Sabres have won it all?

Buffalo GM must be down syn. Savoie has extremeee potential

Why do Hayes and Jonas have shit eating grins the whole time. Are they high

How is Kessel your OG leaf? Im a 98 and Phil is a mid TML player definitely way more OGs to reference

Every year it becomes harder and harder to be a Sabres fan

hayes says it right. you out perform your contract, not that you were underpaid

Boys his agent said those words not Draisitle

I love how this Struddy guy says "I don't believe in a home town discount. It's this type of thinking that makes the world suck. Yep, every last penny is more important than having to upend my life and leave a place that I'm happy at.

Paying 2 players of a combined 30 mil is insane - more insane of the players (hockey players are a unique bunch - the majority of them are team-oriented type of person) accepting them … if they really want to win a championship … which I’m sure they do … there’s a reason Sidney Patrick Crosby (on the Mount Rushmore of hockey & STILL playing) has 3 CUPS …

It's a spot open. They have a bunch of guys signed. If Kane can be healthy of course. It's also 1.2 mill roughly of space.

Did Craig Berube come out and say that people have been mispronouncing his name for the last 30 or so years? I grew up in Philadelphia and followed his whole playing career. Also his coaching career when he was an assistant and later on the head coach of the Flyers. Never once did I hear his name pronounced "ber ROO bay". It's always been "ber ROO be"

Thousand islands lol . Not lakes.

The oilers lack toughness. The are fast but they haven’t been able to stay away from the rough stuff.

Arviddson and Skinner is also insurance to maybe trade Draisaitl because he becomes too expensive???

Leon's best chance to win a cup is staying in Edmonton. If he is thinking he was underpaid, he is on his way out of town.

no sound yet

It's early. I get it. It's going to be McDavid's turn. Two number 2 pics for theirs. (Jack and Sammy not to mention Ekblad s number 1 pick). My two cents

It must be a money/cap thing.

When Leon signed, it was considered a huge overpay, good for the Oilers to sign a long term contract and believe in a player.

Holland traded two second round picks and Sam gagner for Andreas Anthanasiou.

Nothing confusing here? Two teams addressing needs? No need for speculating WTF?

Sucha good trade for the pilers this new GM is soo good

Oilers need to sign Drai and Bouchard after next season...this season is their ONE chance. People can pretend it's not true but it is, even if they both sign that is probably 13+ and 9+ on a team with no cap to begin with.

Hayes knock it off 😂🇨🇦

The 2 guys on the right would never win anything as a GM because they would pay their star players max contracts. Look at Tom Brady, took less money than he deserved and won 7 rings. The difference between making $70 million and $60 million is insignificant when you get that high in salary. You could take the max contract and never win a cup or take less and win cups.

Trading speed is hard 😂but a jack rabbit no problem ✔🇨🇦

Leafs should of kept kadri and never signed Tavares , they needed D b Not goal scoring

Listen boys Strudy is secretly AH's agent. To be honest Strudy wanted AH in Edmonton for 2 years

Awful trade for the Sabres.

sabres found a player without a no movement clause and overpaid for him, pretty simple. sabres is so screwed on the open market compared to good/tax teams.

If Draisel and McDavid get max contracts, they will win nothing forever. Just look at Toronto!

Buffalo is small, need some size.

I truly don’t get it for Buffalo. Cut Skinner but literally don’t even attempt to get better? They are thin on the blue line but yeah let’s trade one of our best prospects for McLeod. They need a true blue line or Goalie!! They could have gotten McLeod for at worst a 2nd round pick. Screams of the Oakland A’s organization right now.

Jonas is the biggest 🤡 you’ll ever have on this show

Adama is in over his head. This trade is horrible for the Sabres.

Kevyn Adams needs 3 weeks in a mental ward.

The problem with McLeod was...I didn't like the way he played hockey.

Excited to see if Jonas will be able to "GET" any of hockey moves this time.

Sidney Crosby agrees😂🇨🇦🔥🇺🇸

Lmao I like how Hayes was saying are we sad to lose Foegele, you know we didn’t want to keep him right. So happy to see Foegele and McLeod gone, Oilers fans who hated Holland are literally over the moon right now 🔥 I find Hayes is so annoying, useless laffs fanboy and I love hearing him cry like a baby lol

Goal@way

Blah blah blah we’re talking about the leafs again, it’s not worth listening to these guys!

Need today contribution too many prospects

Toronto Sports Network. It’s no question why we all have our own in every other city.

Sid wants to lift the cup again 😁🇨🇦🇺🇸

Is Jonas on the spectrum ? Paying guys less to spend the money on other players to create a good team never happens ? Look at the teams who have won the cup recently , no one is making over ten million and they spend the rest on good depth players. How does this guy have a job ?

Can you please replace Jonas with Frankie? Like Permanently? “Maybe this maybe that, what if! What if!” You can’t claim to be right when you are literally talking about theories. Absolutely insufferable.

Leafs core are an embarrassment to hockey

Savoie is a 5'9 forward who WON'T play in the NHL this year. Buffalo needs to make a push for the playoffs. Call it confusing if you want, but he wasn't going to be a better option than either Thompson or Cozens. Not for another 2 seasons, minimum. And if you're going from a 5'11 center to a 5'9 center on your third line (your "physical" line) that's not a great option either. Savoie WOULD be an upgrade over Lafferty, but they're invested in him. And he has a defensive side to his game. If Edmonton wants a guy for 2-3 years from now, Savoie would be great. But scoring goals isn't something the Oilers struggled with 🤷 Personally, and this comes from someone who has seen Savoie play dozens of games, I think this is ACTUALLY a better trade for the Sabres.

Trade Odog for Struddy and Henrique

Feel like savoie is a flip coming later

tsn talking about the leafs again, nobody cares about those first round losers

Need a little less Leafs talk, fricking Toronto guys. There is a world outside of Toronto. Maybe try talk about some teams that actually can win.

NO GUARANTEED CONTRACTS. If you don’t live up to your contract you’re FIRED.

LFG matt Lavoie 😂✔🇨🇦

Jonas is annoying.

Deadly TITLE to trick into listening for 10/15 minutes of this brainfart guy talk about Leafs and their bs when clearly struddy wants to talk about the trade that happening DURING LIVE AIR

Buffalo ripped them off

Edmonton’s glaring problem… defence! What did they do instead bolster their offence! Did you guys just sign Kyle Dubas as your GM?

Hayes needs to cut the shtick, unbearable to watch

What dopes. They know nothing. LOL

Hayes is a muppet

Peg-Buf-Edm what a trio of cities for Savoie lmao. Buddy is gone to LA the second he hits FA.

TRADE HOPKINS! He won't get in front of the net to get the dirty goals like Hyman, he doesn't show up in playoffs but he's still worth a little bit right now!

Brain dead Adams

pro athletes take home about 35% of their contract value. So, Marner gets paid about 3.5 million dollars in his pocket per year. Do that for someone on the lower end, you make 4, you keep 1.

What’s even worse than the trade itself is that 80% of my fellow Sabres fans love this trade and our hailing Mcleod as the new savior in Buffalo. A total embarrassment. 😢

That's the worst trade. We got rid of bottom 6 speed. Jackson garbage

These guys are slacking. Took 8 minutes this time to make it about the Leafs.