Quoting: drewjenkins
OK I'll go with it.
Kotkaniemi: bridge deal ($5,000,000)?
Gallagher: some sort of deal ($7,000,000)?
Danault: dealt somewhere (last years best overall center gone)
Tatar: Either dealt somewhere or let walk (last years top scorer gone)
Armia: gone unless he’s takes under 2mil (last years best 3rd liner gone)
Lehkonen: Probably taken by Kraken (solid middle 6 winger gone)
Hudon: who actually f ing cares (fair enough)
Mete: we will see how he does ($2,000,000)?
Backup: Primeau on ELC ($800,000)?
Total = $15,000,000 spent on 4 players.
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** You now have $12,000,000 in cap-space left and 10 more players needed for a 23 man roster ($1,200,000 per player).
** Your center ice is now made up of = Kotkaniemi - Suzuki - Poehling (non of which are proven top-6 centers at this point).
** You're missing your top scorers from the last 2 years (Domi + Tatar) and your top 2-way forwards from the last 2 years (Danault + Armia)
** Price + Weber + Petry will all be 1 year deeper into their mid to late 30's .
** The 10 new guys will have to average close to league minimum salaries.
Fair enough. You make some good points
I see Kotkaniemi taking 3,500,000 on a two year bridge, RFA expiration. That frees up 2,000,000
Gally takes 6,500,000 for 5 years makes the most sense to me. Pay cut for the Habs. Frees up 500,000 in cap
It actually depends. Danault said that he didn't want to be a 3C, so IMO the best option is to have him as 1C for 1/2 more years to allow KK and Suzuki to develop there, then deal him.
Toffoli replaces him. With KK and Suzuki blossoming, 30 goals is a realistic possibility
I like how Evans is developing. Hopefully he can replace Armia
Losing Lehky hurts me a lot. Agree with you there
2.000,000 seems fine. Maybe for 3 years
800,000 is right
So now there is 14,500,000 in cap space
Caufield should come next year with his 925,000 ELC
Juulsen with his new 700,00 contract should make the top six
Poehling, we will see. Hopefully 3C potential
Guhle will take a while
Romanov will come with 925,000
Ylonen might make the team next two years
Not nearly as bad as you have made it out to look but still a cause for concern