This Kevin Boyle guy must be pretty good

Why would you sign Sbisa to such an awful contract. Gross.

Pretty good team, but two concerns:
1. Since Kase and Monty had breakout seasons this year, it would be better to pay a little more for long term deals since they haven't shown consistent play. If they continue this play for the two years on your contracts, they'll require a much higher salary than they would get now.

2. I'd shuffle the lines a bit. If you wanna help Steel and Terry develop, they should be put on scoring lines with good players to ease them in. A 4th line role isn't their style of play. Also, for the young prospects, it would be better to give them playing time in the minors than have them scratched as backups.

I see your point, but do you want to give out multi-year deals to players with one year of relative success? How many years would you give each? To me I think bridge contracts should be given before consistent success has been shown. The reason I kept the prospects up is because there are going to be injuries, and I figure these guys will probably spend most of the year with the Ducks, but yes, makes no sense to sit in the pressbox, but couldn't they also be lost on waivers if they're sent down?

I can see multi year deals being a risk if it's a player in his late 20s or 30s who had a breakout year after being inconsistent for a few years prior, but with young players like Monty and Kase, it's very likely that they will continue to improve (or at least remain stagnant), so it's not too big of a gamble.

As far as waivers go, players on entry level contracts can be sent up and down without having to clear waivers for a year or two (I'm not exactly sure how the duration is determined. It might be a number of NHL games played and could vary from player to player, but waiver exemption definitely is a thing.). This allows teams to test out rookies without worrying about losing them.

I understand how waivers work, Roy and Kossila's entry level deals are up, not sure they'd pass through, probaby good enough to be picked up by someone.

I thought you meant the new guys like Steel and Terry. Even still, most teams usually sign an extra expendable player to play as a backup, like what Derek Grant and Marcus Petterson were supposed to be last year. This way they have a backup without risking waivers. There are also emergency loans which can be used in the case of an injury, which exempt the player from waivers as long as they are returned as soon as the injured player is healthy. Roy and Kossila can be used as replacements, but will still get playing time in the AHL.

I understand the 13f/7d role. Didn't realize Roy and Kossila signed entry level deals at 23 and still had a year of waiver exemption.