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Matthew Hendrickson
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Forum: Armchair-GM28 juill. 2022 à 19 h 22
Sujet: Adding Some Parts Moving Bad Contracts
My thoughts were as follows: Anaheim has to make cap floor for next year, and you have an aging Shattenkirk who isn't going to be the guy to propel you into a playoff spot any time soon. You take on Zucker, who does have a decent potential upside if he can stay healthy. Pens get Shattenkirk to try and replicate the Justin Schultz effect and deploy him in specific situations would be a bonus. The real goal is to get that roughly 2 mil in cap space, as well as move Petterson to fill in their lower lines with guys who are low risk - high reward. Pens would only be paying for Shattenkirk for a year and if it doesn't work he can go to the market. Boyd is under 2 mil and if he just has to be average to add to the Pens lower lines. Picking up Sonny does about the same thing as Boyd, only with a much better upside. And if you really wanna get crazy with it, you can swap out Sonny Milano for Paul Statsny by offering him somewhere in the $3.25 mil range (which is an over-payment admittedly) for a guy who can provide center depth if needed. And all this adds to the biggest point - this is a team in win now mode. Next year, they potentially look at having $20 mil worth of space and with their main stars locked up. You can take the risk of bringing in the older guys like Shattenkirk, since their contract is on the way out. Anaheim and Arizona both get something they can use, a decent forward/defenseman and, more importantly, players who can get them to the cap floor while still being effective.