Holland would be dumb to pay Ennis that much. How does he get more money than Ethan Bear? AA likely doesn’t get more than a qualifying “show me” contract, and Benning would become a UFA if he was offered that. He may still agree to that though, given the circumstances, and I don’t think you’re off there value wise.

Lastly, and I feel like I’ve said it a thousand times, Kris Russell only goes to OTT if he agrees to. If you were finally on a top 10 team in the league and had a partial NTC, would you opt to go to Ottawa???

Edit: and I didn’t even see that Talbot signing. There’s 0 chance he signs here for 2 million after having a pretty successful season in Calgary

I'd say Bear gets a tad bit more, but I'm not sure what he's worth (3-4M?). Ottawa needs a sweetener for that deal to work, 4M doesn't get off that easy.

Ottawa just might do the Russel deal because he's still a quality veteran that can eat some minutes, and only costs 1.5 million in real money.

Oh, I guess he's not a dump after all. I assume his bonuses have been paid, taking off half of the contract.

The contract projections are based on Evolving Wild's contract projections which have been deadly accurate. I had Talbot taking a discount to stay in Alberta for family stability and because the flat cap is going to force AAVs down. Russell will be an asset to Ottawa or Florida trying to save some cash during the pandemic.

why the hell would you trade for a goalie then just put him in the AHL
AA> Anderson
way too much for ennis
too much term for benning

Bonuses were paid July 1st. $1.5M is all that is owed to him for the final year of his contract.

That's a no from the Jackets. The only reason anyone is giving any thought whatsoever to Anderson leaving here is because of his asshole of an agent. Guess who represents Athanasiou?