Modifié 18 sept. 2020 à 0 h 15
Quoting: hoshii96
Podkolzin's still on his KHL deal until '22.
As for the Myers deal, why don't you just switch him with Eriksson? Same cap hit, might have to add, but Myers is still a decent top 6 dman. You can save money there by just keeping him and trading or releasing Troy Stetcher.
Did Podkolzin extend recently? He contract was up at the end of this KHL season, reports on VAN radio was he is likely to sign at the end of it and join VAN near the end of the year. Maybe his contract status has changed recently.
I agree Myers is a decent bottom pair and currently more valuable to the team than Eriksson, it’s looking at the long term picture here. If I’m giving up an1st to dump it’s for Myers, he carries the cap hit for 4 years Eriksson only 2, they could use that large cap to hit to improve a defence that needs work.
Also I think Eriksson will be much easier to move next year when he’s only got 1 year remaining and owed almost no real money. I’m hearing lots of reports that multiple teams will try and be at the cap floor because of the financial pinch. If Eriksson is owed little real dollars but has a higher cap hit, I think there are teams that would take him for a low cost NEXT year, so why give a 1st plus to move him this year? Seems like bad asset management, get rid of the 6million X 4 years #5 D man that’s not going to improve but may regress.
Also based on the price difference I would rather have Stecher as my bottom pair RD. Myers intangibles may be better (although Stecher is a good leader), but there both decent #5’s that can fill in on the middle pair, difference being Stecher is younger and likely won’t regress, plus he could be signed for less than half the cost.