Quoting: KDow88
"Strict" or Frugal?? I get what you mean, but with guys like Necas, Jarvis, Suzuki, Geekie(RFA) knocking on the door, that means LW looks more like Svech, Teuvo, Nino, and roughly $29m to spread out b/w Svech, Bean, Ned, backup G, plus the bottom 6 F and 3rd line D pairing to round out the roster.. I'm not saying they're desperate to move somebody, cause they can very well could sign some bridge deals and what have you, but, with Nino likely to play on the 3rd line this coming season I can see his value dropping more as the year goes on- ex: right before Carolina acquired him from Minny type season...
I meant strict. Our owner is frugal off the ice, but he spends to the cap. I don't think he cares if he is spending 8 million on Dougie or 5 million on Nino and 3 million on another player, as long as that player is deemed worth it by the team.
LW is currently Svech, Nino, Foegele, and ???. Teuvo doesn't play LW very much with us. Geekie and Jarvis are both RW. Suzuki is a center that could transition to LW but is most likely not making the main roster next year.
If we need to move someone for cap space it will be Gardiner, who was out most of last season with an injury. Nino is worth more to us as a player than a 5th and a prospect.