You can't resign your RFA's, now you want to take on Pacioretty as well. Great cap management!

How's Vegas going to afford Stamkos full $8.5 mil cap hit while retaining $1.5 mil on Patches? Doesn't work cap wise for Vegas.

Canes were making plans for Stamkos, presumably. Not sure how it would work though.

yeah, vegas is in enough trouble...and you cant just LTIR Johnson.

No one wanted Johnson on waivers, so I think it'll cost a good youngster. Earlier I proposed Johnson and RFA RD Cernak (I don't think he signs for just 1.5mil for 1 year when hedman, macdonaugh and sergachev get big bucks for long term) to Philly for a 2nd, prospects Wyatt Wylie and Isaac Ratcliffe and a bit more.

I think cernak gets about 2mil or more for say 3 years, hes what PHI needs, but for TB it brings in two good prospects, a 2nd and maybe another pick, but creates over 7mil in cap.

Doesn't mean Stamkos wont still get dealt, but it allows cirelli and sergachev resignings, also allows a UFA pickup on defense for 2-3mil, ceci, vatanen kind of pickup

Yea that TB deal is fair

As I have said both Gourde and Stamkos were asked to waive NTC .. not sure on Mc Donough but certainly possible..

This HAS to be done .. Stamkos isn't going to happen now with Vegas .. it done.