Quoting: Hockeygoalie53
So, in the first line of your explanation you say that any moves the Isles make need to account for giving Barzal, Pulock and Toews their extensions next year... but then you go and make a trade that hinders that and leaves the Isles with roughly 15m (after CAP increase) to sign all 3??
It's going to take at least 20m (10m for Barzal, 6m for Pulock and 4m for Toews) to sign all 3... at least 2 to 3 other moves will need to be made in the offseason to accommodate the increases and your trade for Saad.
Honestly, I'd rather just move Bailey up to the Top line to play with Barzal and Eberle... gives that line a playmaker to feed pucks to Barzal (with his new shoot more attitude) and Eberle (a natural sniper) and have Lee move down to play with Nelson and Wahlstrom (let the kid figure it out playing 2 Vets in Lee and Nelson) and have dal Colle play with Brassard and Komarov (dal Colle played well on the third line last year)... all this to let the team grow and let some of the younger guys grow and learn at the NHL level (Wahsltrom looks like he should be here to stay), as opposed to swinging a trade that's going to hinder us from signing the big 3 in the offseason.
You definitely make great points.
I know you saw my Isles 2020-21 thread, so you saw I did make additional moves to get some cap space. I also think Saad is a better pickup than say, Jason Zucker, because his contract expires by 2021-22, giving them room to re-sign Beauvillier and Pelech. This also helps by losing Hickey's future years and cap hit in the minors, which is more of a hindrance than I realized when I was making future teams. I know it seems a bit contradictory with Saad, but it does end up working out.
I'll address your Barzal post in the other thread. Toews will make a little more than $4M, he's becoming a $5M+ defenseman, and he's too old to keep him into restricted free agency.
The lines you put out make perfect sense. I like the lines I put out, but honestly, this team can have any combination of anything and I think it can work out. I trust Trotz in that sense.
Make sure to check out the 2021-22 thread too, it helps put these moves into perspective.
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