Luigi Lemieux
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That would be cool to see Malkin + Stamkos on a line.Dubas will sign him and we put Malkin at wing, we love our old guys.
Eh Stamkos is a winger now.Dubas will sign him and we put Malkin at wing, we love our old guys.
How much is he willing to take? Many contending teams font have th hr space to pay him 5M+. Thodr that fo. Only have 24/25. If he drops more teams come in.No contract, pending free agent. He’s had a heck of a run, but do we think this might have been it and he moves in this offseason?
How much can he make on endorsements alone playing in huge Canadian market though?
Hagel's new contract essentially eats all the increase in cap from 2023 to 2024.If he takes the Geno contract, with the cap going up they can keep him while still having the cap space to round out the rest of the roster.
So they're not forced to move on from him. It probably comes down to what the alternate options look like.
Hagel's new contract essentially eats all the increase in cap from 2023 to 2024.
If Stamkos takes a deal at less than market value - not sure if this creates enough space for the Bolts to upgrade the rest of the roster as needed.
Malkin should be a winger now too.Eh Stamkos is a winger now.
Tampa Bay Lightning Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary CapsI would absolutely take him if he signed for like 3 yrs at 7 mill. Pavs type of contract.
He would 100% fix the PP
ya i dont see why they wont.
Well it depends what kind of upgrades we're talking about. If there's something juicy available that requires a lot of cap space, then decisions have to be made.Hagel's new contract essentially eats all the increase in cap from 2023 to 2024.
If Stamkos takes a deal at less than market value - not sure if this creates enough space for the Bolts to upgrade the rest of the roster as needed.
I think the target to offload is Anthony Cirelli. His $6.25M as a 3C is costing us way too much space. Trade him, and somehow find a way to offload Sheary and you've got $8.25M to work with, along with whatever Stamkos would make less than his current contract.Tampa Bay Lightning Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
If you look the changes for next year - the Bolts locked up Hagel long term but his cap hit increased by $5M which "consumes" the increase in cap for next year. Stamkos is the only significant contract this is rolling off without a major trade. The other guys who were rolling off all need to be replaced, and they were making about the league minimum so there isn't any relief coming there.
IMO - the Bolts need to signficantly increase the depth of the team, and not sure if signing SS at let's say 3 year and $5.5M AAV creates enough cap space to upgrade the roster.
Signing with Sharks might be a good idea, since he could get flipped to a contender with salary retainment. He could play for a contender while getting paid more money than a contender could afford.Would love to have Stamkos in San Jose if we land Celebrini. I would be willing to pretty much give him any contract he wants since that's probably what it would take to get him to seriously consider the Sharks at their current state even with a #1 pick like Celebrini.
Agree that would be 2 good moves if the Bolts could somehow move Cirelli and Sheary without taking any salary back. Just IMO, but Brisebois would be a hero if he could make that happen, especially with Cirelli who has 7 years left on his deal.I think the target to offload is Anthony Cirelli. His $6.25M as a 3C is costing us way too much space. Trade him, and somehow find a way to offload Sheary and you've got $8.25M to work with, along with whatever Stamkos would make less than his current contract.
The core members of this team are 34, 33, 30, 29, 28, 25, 25. By the time Cirelli is better than Stamkos, the door is all the way shut. Trade him, sign Stamkos, retool the depth guys, and try to give these guys 1 or 2 more runs.
The remarks were quite the opposite to that effect today.People are saying that the Lightning are all but ready to toss him to the curb - where do you get this feeling from? Has he or their GM made any remarks to that effect?
...has accomplished so much already, and has been accomplishing so much for so long, for him to play arguably the best two months of hockey of his career because it started around the trade deadline and he carried it into that series against the Panthers, for him to do that at the time when our team needed it most was incredible. You were all able to to see how he led on the ice. What is hard to see is how he also elevated his leadership game off the ice. Last summer, for various reasons, a lot of leadership left our team and nobody in our group raised their leadership game more than Steven Stamkos did to fill that void and that is harder for me even because I am not in the locker room, I am not there to see but that’s the case. We have a saying in our organization. I think it was coined by our CEO Steve Griggs. I am going to give him credit regardless. We strive for excellence with humility. Steven Stamkos has always represented excellence with humility and never more so than these past few months. The aim is for him to continue to play on a contending Tampa Bay Lightning team going forward.""I briefly met with Stammer when we landed after Game 5. I spoke with his agent yesterday very preliminary to see everyone's schedules and see how quickly we can get to this. It is obviously a priority to see if we can get this done.
"Q: "Is there any doubt in your mind that you can resign him?""I am very hopeful."
...that type of thing. Kuch is making $9.5. That is probably grossly underpaid in terms of what guys are getting now. Vasy. Pointer with 40 or 50 goals every year. You look at Matthews. What did he sign for? $13.5 or something? Heddy is making under $8 million. That is grossly underpaid if you look at what he has done. That is what everyone has done here and that is why we have had the success and that is the way it has been for this organization. I think that that in itself is a testament to management in how they want to build a team and, first and foremost, the players for wanting to do that and accept that and allow the management to go out there and build a roster to compete for the Stanley Cup. I think that's just always been the way it's been here"
Anyone thinking Cirelli is a 3C don't know hockey. Finished top 5 in selke 3 times in his first 5 yrs in the NHL. Won 2 Stanley Cups carrying the 2C...his value isn't in the numbers, ask any coach/GM and player, they will tell you his value.I think the target to offload is Anthony Cirelli. His $6.25M as a 3C is costing us way too much space. Trade him, and somehow find a way to offload Sheary and you've got $8.25M to work with, along with whatever Stamkos would make less than his current contract.
The core members of this team are 34, 33, 30, 29, 28, 25, 25. By the time Cirelli is better than Stamkos, the door is all the way shut. Trade him, sign Stamkos, retool the depth guys, and try to give these guys 1 or 2 more runs.