Modifié 22 sept. 2021 à 13 h 31
Quoting: jnowariak
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it’s almost guaranteed Fiala will be moving at the deadline. Probably Greenway as well, they just happen to be the odd guys out.
Zuccarello changes to a 10-team NTC after this season. My gut feeling is that Guerin tries to move him and Greenway while holding onto Fiala and Dumba.
That contracts a little high, but after another year with Kaprizov next to him, he shouldn't be too hard to move. Biggest obstacles are going to be that contract and his age, but it should be doable.
Then it just becomes a question of who else to move out. Dumba or Greenway. Top 4 defenseman or middle-six powerforward. No question, you keep the defenseman. Besides, I think Guerin tries to hold onto Dumba just because he's a prime candidate to be willing to take a massive team friendly deal and pay cut to stay on the team on his next extension.
I think Guerin did what he did with Fiala this year only because he wanted to keep him hungry. Fiala has steadily improved bit by bit every year he's been here, and we know he wants to stay long-term. But at this point he's still too inconsistent for both the fans and teams liking, so what does Guerin do? Kid wanted and expected a long-term contract and pretty hefty pay raise to go along with it. But instead Guerin takes
him to arbitration to both drive down his price and in order to get him into camp on time, and ultimately signs him to a one year prove it deal. Fiala probably comes in this year pissed off and very likely and finally puts it all together, just as Guerin intended.
Unless he absolutely has to, I'm not so certain Guerin moves Fiala until he can't move two of Zuccarello, Greenway and lastly Dumba first.