Alumni in the Pros - November 2007

[Jacob '06]

[quote redhair34][quote Al DeFlorio]Moulson taking a regular shift tonight against the Sharks in LA and seeing time on the power play.  +1 on the night through the first period, but no goals or assists so far.  Two shots on goal at even strength and two blocked shots.[/quote]

According to the folks on the Kings board at HF, he drew two penalties.  He must be turning some heads.[/quote]

Yeah he looked pretty solid out there tonight. The Kings couldn't put 2 passes together to save their lives, or they would've been much more in that game. It seemed Matt was on the "defensive forwards" line with Handzus for a lot of the game, but he still managed to generate some offense.

[crodger1]

I know there is another thread, but Moulson was sent back down to Manchester.  According to speculation by the LA Times it might be in part due to the salary cap:

[EDIT: Note -- I don't understand how it would impact the salary cap.]

Kings' Moulson sent to minors
November 5, 2007

Matt Moulson's first trip to the NHL was a brief one, as the Kings sent the 24-year-old forward back to their minor league affiliate in Manchester (N.H.) on Sunday.

In two games with the Kings, both against the San Jose Sharks, Moulson had one goal, which came in his NHL debut Friday. He was called up from Manchester on Thursday.

The move was made for two reasons: to create salary cap space down the road and because the Kings don't play again until Saturday.

-- Lisa Dillman

http://www.latimes.com/sports/hockey/nhl/kings/la-sp-kingrep5nov05,1,585566.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-nhl-kings&ctrack=1&cset=true

[redhair34]

Matt's on a two-way contract.  They have to pay his NHL salary for every day he is on the roster (which contributes to the salary cap). His AHL salary doesn't count against the cap.  So they save money and save cap space.  Don't be surprised if he is called up again later this week (unless they are making a trade--but I doubt that).  Then again, they could be bringing up someone else.

[Jacob '06]

[quote crodger1]I know there is another thread, but Moulson was sent back down to Manchester.  According to speculation by the LA Times it might be in part due to the salary cap:

[EDIT: Note -- I don't understand how it would impact the salary cap.]

[/quote]

Every day a player is on the NHL roster, his salary counts against the salary cap. Since the Monarchs don't play until Friday, and the Kings don't play until Saturday, they are just symbolically sending him down to get his salary back on to the Monarchs tab, and I'm guessing they'll call him back up on Saturday. I'm pretty sure the Kings are still down Ivanans and Calder, so they will need him for Saturdays game.

Edit: redhair beat me and said the same thing by a few seconds

[KeithK]

[quote Jacob '06]Since the Monarchs don't play until Friday, and the Kings don't play until Saturday, they are just symbolically sending him down to get his salary back on to the Monarchs tab, and I'm guessing they'll call him back up on Saturday.[/quote]
If that's true (and it sounds very reasonable) then it sucks for Moulson, who gets "symbolically gypped out of some money.  Then again, when you're getting a chance to play in the NHL you can't really complain too much.

[redhair34]

I've heard from a reliable source that Matt will be called up in time for the King's next game on Saturday.  This suggests that the move was for cap reasons.

[Josh '99]

[quote Jacob '06]According to the NHL.com rosters it looks like Moulson is actually getting in the game tonight despite not even practicing with the team yet. Unfortunately Douglas is out tonight because the Sharks signed Sandis Ozolinsh today and he is playing.[/quote]What a waste.  Ozolinsh was washed up two years ago.

[AnneDVM]

He doesn't get the NHL salary, but they do get "travel pay" every time they go up and down, so I've heard that they don't mind bouncing back and forth a bit.  I don't know how the two $ amounts compare, but at least there's some compensation for having to fly across the country multiple times...

[Roy 82]

[quote KeithK]
If that's true (and it sounds very reasonable) then it sucks for Moulson, who gets "symbolically Romansched out of some money.  Then again, when you're getting a chance to play in the NHL you can't really complain too much.[/quote]

Fixed your post.

[redhair34]

[quote AnneDVM]He doesn't get the NHL salary,[/quote]

Didn't realize that...thanks for the correction!

[ugarte]

[quote Roy 82][quote KeithK]
If that's true (and it sounds very reasonable) then it sucks for Moulson, who gets "symbolically Jewed out of some money.  Then again, when you're getting a chance to play in the NHL you can't really complain too much.[/quote]

Fixed your post.[/quote]
Now we've got it.

Edit: Fixed the subject line for Kevin.

[Avash]

Cook and Vesce update -- http://cornellbigred.com/News/mhockey/2007/11/5/mih_cook-vesce.asp?path=mhockey

[Cornell95]

Can I offer a suggestion that it may be worthwhile to edit the subject line in long threads like this?  Really interesting stuff, but by the end of the month these get really long and if I am skimming to catch up it would be nice to know where the break news items (Moulson scores first NHL goal!) were compared to the more mundane

thanks!
Kevin '95

[whatthe?]

[quote ugarte][quote Roy 82][quote KeithK]
If that's true (and it sounds very reasonable) then it sucks for Moulson, who gets "symbolically Jewed out of some money.  Then again, when you're getting a chance to play in the NHL you can't really complain too much.[/quote]

Fixed your post.[/quote]
Now we've got it.

Edit: Fixed the subject line for Kevin.[/quote]
Are you f'ing kidding me?  I'm afraid I don't see your "humor".

[KeithK]

[quote whatthe?][quote ugarte][quote Roy 82][quote KeithK]
If that's true (and it sounds very reasonable) then it sucks for Moulson, who gets "symbolically Jewed out of some money.  Then again, when you're getting a chance to play in the NHL you can't really complain too much.[/quote]

Fixed your post.[/quote]
Now we've got it.

Edit: Fixed the subject line for Kevin.[/quote]
Are you f'ing kidding me?  I'm afraid I don't see your "humor".[/quote]
Personally, I'm more offended by "subject line for Kevin" than anything else.

For the record, "gypped" is in the dictionary (I checked to make sure I was spelling it right).  The corrections are not.