mouser
Business of Hockey
Based on past history of projections and PA use of the escalator, take this announcement as a projection of a ~$85m cap.
Better than a reduction.Based on past history of projections and PA use of the escalator, take this announcement as a projection of a ~$85m cap.
They will 100% pick up him without any retention, they'll give us a good pick even.I'm not sure anyone picks up Stastny without retention....
Nosek is the one foward UFA I think we'll part with, don't see a future for him on the team. I doubt any of the RFAs will get significant raises, maybe a few 100k per guy, Stephenson maybe 1-1.5M.I don't think Engelland will be back (retirement). Ambivalent about Reaves return. Lehner would be nice, but at what cost? Merrill probably not back. Nosek is about the only UFA guy I would like VGK to re-sign.
And how big a raise will those RFAs get?
I'm not sure anyone picks up Stastny without retention....
They will 100% pick up him without any retention, they'll give us a good pick even.
Nosek is the one foward UFA I think we'll part with, don't see a future for him on the team. I doubt any of the RFAs will get significant raises, maybe a few 100k per guy, Stephenson maybe 1-1.5M.
With our enviable expansion draft position,
There could be some pretty good players available in trade by teams looking for some extra room.
That’s said, if Lehner feels like Cegas is ok for him going forward to succeed in hockey and personally, I’d think keeping him (1a-1b). as Fleurys heir would be a pretty big pickup
Incorrect. Flower had a .919 sv% and was real good before his dad passed away. To say he wasn't playing well before his dad passed away is just plain wrong.Fleury hasn’t even been good THIS season, even earlier in the season before his father passed away. In the next 2 years he is going to be older and could easily decline even more.
If our plan is to pray that Fleury doesn’t look older, and hope he doesn’t get banged up despite probably overusing him again, that sounds riskier to me than keeping Lehner.
We don’t have anybody to replace Fleury if things go wrong. And with Lehner, he can fix a major issue this team has and keep the window open to compete for titles much longer.
Incorrect. Flower had a .919 sv% and was real good before his dad passed away. To say he wasn't playing well before his dad passed away is just plain wrong.
All depends on what the PA agrees with. Not sure how it works, but apparently higher cap will increase their escrow withholding, so it is expect to be on the lower end.I think I would still budget for a 84.5M cap, as these projections seem high.
All depends on what the PA agrees with. Not sure how it works, but apparently higher cap will increase their escrow withholding, so it is expect to be on the lower end.
An article in the Athletic says these numbers are impossible and that the cap is likely to be below even the low end of their numbers.
Not sure about that, it was the NHL that announced that range.
Scenario: Fleury’s not playing well in the playoffs and gets yanked for Lehner. He does well and let’s say gets the team to the third round. Do you offer him term and money and start shopping Fleury?
An article in the Athletic says these numbers are impossible and that the cap is likely to be below even the low end of their numbers.