sjsharks92
Shark Tank Commander
I will be absolutely furious if Vegas is stupid enough to take Dustin Brown in the expansion draft. His contract has almost single handedly ruined the Kings.
I wouldn't help a rival get out of a bad contract.
I would be fine with Brown with some +'s added for incentive.
I could actually foresee Jaromir Jagr signing a 1-year contract there, would he be a good candidate?
By 2017? I mean I wouldn't mind it but I doubt he'll put up good numbers. Plus I'd imagine if he goes to one last team he's probably gonna try to take a depth role on a contender.
Luongo was captain in Vancouver.....
May be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the NHL changed the rule after that not allowing goalies to be captains anymore.
Picture this...
Vegas wins the Stanley Cup in their third or fourth year.
Bettman comes out onto the ice to hand the Cup to the captain. Everyone is cheering. He makes a short speech about the successful year and blah blah blah expansion teams being competitive out of the gate with this model. Gives a few thanks to everyone, as he normally does.
Finally, he looks over to the Vegas squad, who are all smiles.
"Dan Girardi, come give Vegas their first Cup!"
Has a nice ring to it, right?
[sup]But in all honesty, I don't see Vegas having a captain in their first season. Maybe a few alternates.[/sup]
Also, though: Ryan Callahan! He went from 28 to 10 goals this last season and if he's closer to the latter than the former next season, then the Lightning aren't gonna protect the then-to-be 32-year-old's 5.8 mill per *** contract, and Vegas can have him under contract for its
both are true but he's also captained a team to 2 cups
which is what the vegas people will take into consideration more than anything
I was thinking that
1. Marleau hasn't much chance of re-signing in San Jose because of teammate/organization issues they've had in recent years.
2. Marleau would be a skilled UFA next summer: still has world class wheels and has still been valuable on special teams (playing a regular shift on the 3rd line last year must have burned him).
3. Vegas can promise him a top-6 role and offer him the 'C' (for at least the first year) to be the first-ever captain of the franchise. Patty was an NHL captain for 5 years.
4. Vegas is not that far from San Jose and Patty would likely take a 2-year $10 million deal to become the Vegas captain (word was that he was willing to waive his NMC to go to Anaheim or LA so maybe Vegas as a UFA next summer would attract him).
Can't send them back to their original teams until after the first season on the ice, if I remember correctly. I'm not seeing that in the FAQ thread though, I'll have to double check.
I'm 95% sure if we draft a guy from the Penguins (for example) that guy can't go back to the Penguins until January of the following year.