News Article: Inside Ken Holland's challenge of rebuilding the Red Wings on the fly

[JohanFranzenstein]

Cap savvy people: how badly does buying out Ericsson hurt us short term and in the long run?

 

[Ezekial]

Cap savvy people: how badly does buying out Ericsson hurt us short term and in the long run?

https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout_calculator/jonathan-ericsson

This is buyout now, if we buyout next year it's 1.4 for 4 years.

 

[Winger98]

I'm not sure if I understand this Mrazek thing completely? All I heard that he has attitude problems. He played 1 bad season and now he sucks?

I think Holland knew Vegas probably wouldn't take him, and was willing to take the risk to send a warning shot that he's not indispensable. I think we hold onto him, and hope that Mrazek knuckles down and becomes the goalie he's expected to be.

 

[njx9]

Cap savvy people: how badly does buying out Ericsson hurt us short term and in the long run?

This issue is that it doesn't help the team in any way, shape, or form. There's no reason to spend any money in FA this season, and we're no longer in a position to take on other team's bad deals for value, due to KH's propensity for signing his own awful deals. Best to just wait it all out - the team isn't going to compete for anything in the meantime anyway.

It's not one bad season, he's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde incarnate. Half of his nhl starts are terrible, half are good.

But he is way too young even still to throw in the towel on him like KH has seemingly done, Coreau sucks, I don't see what management sees in him.

And he, demonstrably, has very little value. Why move him now? Let him play next year when Howard inevitably gets hurt and then sucks afterwards. Worst case, he's still awful and still worthless.

Saw HSJ mention Girardi as a target.

What a stark condemnation of KH's ability to manage players that would be.

 

[PortoMarco]

I'd give signing Yakupov a shot.

 

[BinCookin]

I'd give signing Yakupov a shot.

mmm i think at this point, he is a lost cause.

id only agree to a two-way deal on Yakupov. If he kicks as in AHL, only then give him a shot at NHL.

 

[Winger98]

mmm i think at this point, he is a lost cause.

id only agree to a two-way deal on Yakupov. If he kicks as in AHL, only then give him a shot at NHL.

I was looking at Mikhail Grigorenko and Brandon Pirri.

 

[Henkka]

I would sign Sam Gagner with a short-term deal. Guy did score 50 points with 13min ice-time at last season. Adds a handness. Then trade Nyquist/Tatar out.

Career points per game:
Nyquist 0.61
Gagner 0.58
Tatar 0.56

 

[Winger98]

I would sign Sam Gagner with a short-term deal. Guy did score 50 points with 13min ice-time at last season. Adds a handness. Then trade Nyquist/Tatar out.

Career points per game:
Nyquist 0.61
Gagner 0.58
Tatar 0.56

I was figuring someone would be willing to go bigger on Gagner after the season he just had. I wouldn't be surprised if he circles back to Columbus.

 

[Reddwit]

I would sign Sam Gagner with a short-term deal. Guy did score 50 points with 13min ice-time at last season. Adds a handness. Then trade Nyquist/Tatar out.

Career points per game:
Nyquist 0.61
Gagner 0.58
Tatar 0.56

He's going to want a multi-year deal after the season he just had, and with how often people complain here about Nyquist/Tatar being questionable defensively and soft on the puck, Gagner would earn the ire of folks here.

 

[Henkka]

He's going to want a multi-year deal after the season he just had, and with how often people complain here about Nyquist/Tatar being questionable defensively and soft on the puck, Gagner would earn the ire of folks here.

Yep. Offence would be the same, but

A) you add a handness
B) trade Gus/Tats to strengthen other areas

We have no righties to fix our handness problems on the PP.