Nice team, why not. Better to sign any GOOD rw, but Vanek suits also good.

A hair over the salary cap even after you send another 3 guys to the AHL.

Trade Gorges? TOR and COL are desperate to grab any NHL D for as cheap as possible because that's a win to them.

If you remember Gorges did not want to go to TML and was traded to the Sabres. But I would like to move him, I just do not know what would be a fair trade.

Vanek and Pominville are close friends, they both had good seasons last year (48 and 47 pts respectively), playing only 14 minutes a game. I would love to see them on the same line again with a left hand center (Girgensons).

Similarly Moulson and Okposo are good friends, I think playing on the same line. #1 PP and 20 minutes a game, Moulson would excell.

I do not know if that is enough for Trouba, I want to balance out the left/right defense, McCabe, Scandella & Antipin on the left and Ristolainen, Trouba and Bogosian on the right.

thanks for the feedback, Larsson, Girgenson and Lehner (11 pts, 16 pts and 23-26 w/l) have not done much to indicate they should be given any significant raise. I doubled all three of their current salaries, What do you think a forward who scores less than 20 pts and a GK who has a losing record should be paid (not $6,000,000)? Then show me another player in the NHL who would double their salaries with those performances the previous year. You maybe correct about Beaulieu (I increased his salary by 150%) but I need evidence for the other 3. I will let next year deal with the salaries, I think this team, because of the depth with the 3rd and 4th lines, and the improved PK, defense and back up goal-tending, could compete for a cup.

You are probably correct about the length of the contracts, I was lazy.

As for the cap next year, Gorges, Deslauries, Falk and Josephson are gone. Kane may be as well, Trade Bogosian and I have just created $12,000,000 space, probably enough to sign Eichel and Reinhart.

I was actually looking for comments about the Trouba trade if it was sufficient to bring him to Buffalo, but you did not comment on that.

Everyone just going to glare over the fact that that trade is impossible. WPG says no. Those salaries are also terrible. Larsson Girgensons Lehner Gionta and Vanek are all getting way over paid... why even bring Gionta back

thank you for your feed back. I agree I am over payed all 5 that you mention just so no one would say I was underpaying them. IMO Larsson, Girgensons, Lehner and Vanek would receive only small reises. I am bringing back Gionta to give Buffalo depth and a really solid 4th line. I was looking for someone to comment on the trade. Two questions regarding the trade, what do you think it would take to bring in Trouba and do you think WPG would trade Meyers back to Buffalo instead of Trouba? I thought WPG was shopping Trouba and I was thinking that they needed a L-D so I put in Beaulieu and added the 2nd and prospect.