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Frankyhabs

Frankyhabs
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Forum: Mock-Draft2 août 2019 à 0 h 11
Sujet: My Top Ten
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Frankyhabs</b></div><div>Your right we will have the luck to see them play at the U20 ! You seems to know your stuff so I respect your opinion then. Still Raymond was amazing at the U18. Lafreniere, Byfield and Lundell + Raymond/Holtz and I havent talk about Askarov next year draft will be insane (in MTL my town + :) )</div></div>

This draft is going to be one for the ages. Incredibly excited for it, especially as a sens fan. First time in a while there's actually reason to get excited about being terrible, now that we don't have the pick from the Duchene trade looming overhead like the last couple of seasons. We've got our pick, and likely the best odds in the lottery, and 4 other picks in the first round including another 1st.

The draft may be in MTL, but it's Ottawa's draft all the way
Forum: Armchair-GM1 août 2019 à 20 h 12
Sujet: Lets buy out Alzner now
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MGK</b></div><div>Did you check the buyout calculator? He's essentially buyout proof. Even if you buried him in the minors the next 2 seasons it's still better than buying him out this year or next. (not that you could buy him out this year since the window has closed)

Only thing you can do is trade him for another bad contract.</div></div>

I wouldn't say buyout proof. If Alzner stays healthy and there's no way of actually trading him without giving a 1st + or whatever, buying him out next season or in 2021 is still a possibility that's digestible.

MTLs biggest contract management year in recent history will be 2021. It's the year of the Seattle expansion draft + major contract renewals will be due to <strong>A LOT</strong> of roster players. (Gallagher, Danault, Kotkaniemi, Poehling, Tatar, Petry, Lehkonen, Armia, and a few more.)
So the year you want to save the most cap from Alzner's contract has to be in 2021. (next year with only Domi, Mete, and Juulsen to worry about, Habs could still afford Alzner at a sizable cap hit.)

Here are the options imo with dealing with Alzner:
Keeping Alzner in the minors for the rest of his deal (until 2022) still has MTL absorbing $3.55mil in salary cap per year, saving them roughly <strong>$1mil</strong> in cap space a season.

Buying Alzner out next season (2020) would give a cap savings of <strong>$2.7mil</strong> in the 2021 season. the only negative of doing this is the $4mil cap hit next season, but that's almost the same as the $3.55mil cap hit MTL would already have for just keeping him in the minors. other than that, it would cost MTL about 800k for 2 more seasons after 2021, but if the cap is tight at that point, it would only cost MTL from keeping a depth player at most, so no biggie.

Buying Alzner out in 2021 would give a cap savings in 2021 of about <strong>$2.3mil</strong>, with a cap hit of $1.2mil the following year, but that's it after 2022.


So if Habs are looking for the most cap flexibility in 2021, buying him out next season makes the most sense. but a buyout in 2021 is still doable.
Forum: Armchair-GM1 août 2019 à 15 h 5
Forum: Armchair-GM1 août 2019 à 13 h 9
Sujet: Mikael Granlund
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Frankyhabs</b></div><div>I think your evaluation is wrong here. Grandlund is a clear top 6 forward in his prime. Nashville will give him a second chance for sure with maybe Duchenne. Fabbro will play on the second pair with Ehkolm they dont need a 3rd pair guy. (habs fan here) Maybe a Nashville fan could give us his thought but in my modest opinion Nashville easily declines.</div></div>

I completely agree that Granlund is a legit top-6 forward in the NHL, and it's definitely not a bad idea to give him a second chance with Duchene. However, I'm a firm believer that things just don't work out for players and teams sometimes. No rhyme or reason, it just happens. Seems like Granlund looked out of place in Nashville and this gives them a way to bring in value for a guy like that while also bringing in a player that can help them out. Hickey obviously doesn't HAVE to play with Fabbro. Their defense can be:

Josi-Ellis
Ekholm-Fabbro
Hickey-Santini
Forum: Armchair-GM1 août 2019 à 11 h 47
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Forum: Armchair-GM31 juill. 2019 à 15 h 52