Quoting: Imagine875948
Just to see (Cause i dont think its a bad idea) what would the pens need to add to make it fair?
Quoting: TheLamb9
I dont think the fairness is what matters but maybe a mid rnd pick or something. Flames have too many guys to sign this off season so I dont see them wanting to add another rfa. Im assuming Kapanen will want at least a small raise which Flames cant afford at the moment.
His QO is only 874K. But he has arbitration rights. He won’t get the 3.2M he gets this season though. I would say he gets 2.2M-2.75M.
I like J.Välimäki. I’m a fan. But in what world do Pens need another LHD.?? They are paying three LHD 4M plus and long term(Dumoulin, Pettersson, Matheson). And their top prospect, PO-J has already proved he’s NHL ready in his NHL PT. Pens can’t even find much PT for him though.
And you can see it even on capfriendly. Literally every teams fans have posted a trade trying to acquire Kappy. If a fraction of real life NHL GMs are interested then Pens are gonna be able to negotiate and pick the best offer.
Is Kappy in the doghouse, yes. But he is undeniably talented. It’s why the Pens traded a 15th overall pick and a “B”/“B-“ prospect for him just a year and a half ago.
He’s a .5 -.75 PPG player even playing poorly. That’s a good “floor”. Let him get hot for acouple weeks and he’s a 20 goal scorer again.