I honestly don't see Hedman getting 8.5 for multiple reasons.
Hedman seems like the most humble dude ever, only playing for 2 teams his entire life. I think he takes a hometown discount.
I don't see him signing for the same amount as the captain.
If you look at this list:
http://www.generalfanager.com/leagueleaders?position=D&shoots=Both&team=all
8.5 would put him at the 2nd highest paid D man in the league. Is he really the 2nd best Dman?
I think he comes in around 7.
Carle's buyout is 1.83 for the next 4 years so we save 3.66 this year.
How do we get another 900k in savings? We currently have 10 forwards signed and 3 RFA's to go so 13 forwards to start the year. Callahan is hurt so 12 and most likely Richard up so 13 again. There's no reason to bury Condra and have no extra forwards. Even if we buried him for Richard we only save 300-400k the difference between the savings of burying Condra and Richards caphit.
The addition of Droid makes Killorn expendable to some extent. I don't want to lose him but he's a 40 point guy and a guy that performs in the playoffs. We would need Callahan and Stamkos to make up for that in the playoffs or a signing to help out on the bottom 6. Our top 2 lines right now are fine if Killorn stays but I'm not sure how he does unless Carle is out and possibly Flip.
I can see Killorn taking 4m. Buying out Carle, trading Flip and the inevitable trade of Bishop so it seems, would let us keep that forward group in tact. Then, Garrison comes off in a year and Coburn could be traded later on.
7.75 is cheapest think hedman goes for hes compared to doughty would not shock me if heddy won the norris this season
I have a feeling this could be our most busy day in a couple of years.
I fear nothing happens lol
Any chance Matt Martin gets a look? Love that dude!
Me too. Although, I have to say, some sick side of me wants to sign Brett Connolly just to say we did it.
Can't really do anything though until someone gets traded/bought out. Clock's a-tickin.
Possible lineup assuming we trade Filppula and do not re-sign Marchessault
Drouin-Stamkos-Kucherov
Palat-Johnson-(who knows)
Killorn-Namestnikov-(who knows)
Paquette-Boyle-Condra/Brown
Brown can temporarily slot into the 3rd line but truthfully that's not going to be good enough going forward. And with Callahan having a 5 month rehab I sincerely doubt he's gonna be at full strength for the majority of the year. You don't just suddenly lose 5 months of preparation and strength and become an asset. We could be looking a year-long "down year" due to his recovery. We need to set our goals high this year and stop the whole, "We just wanna get back to April" mentality. That toxic approach had about as much to do with this year's failures as anything else.
1 GOOD singing in free agency or at least a trade deadline acquisition would do wonders for us.
7.75 is cheapest think hedman goes for hes compared to doughty would not shock me if heddy won the norris this season
only need 20 players for cap considerations than can play with money of callahan etc.. dont need 23 which we will have
I WANT CONDRA off the books id want him off the books secondary to carle only
nesterov might be next guy i want gone but he gets more time
i think killer will sign for like 3.75 tops so id like to keep him
Any chance Matt Martin gets a look? Love that dude!
A guy like Martin might do wonders for our bottom 6. Him and Boyle would be a ***** to play against. We need a big body anyway.
Brett would be good for more scoring depth. Don't know how much he wants though...
For those who are more familiar with the farm, how do they view Point? I understand his junior accomplishments but do they look at him as someone who might replace TyJo if necessary? Don't know if they have comparable skill sets but they are about the same size.
For those who are more familiar with the farm, how do they view Point? I understand his junior accomplishments but do they look at him as someone who might replace TyJo if necessary? Don't know if they have comparable skill sets but they are about the same size.
Any chance Matt Martin gets a look? Love that dude!
Would love him on our 4th line. I think we need a banger on the team since Gudas was traded
What if we have an injury someone needs to be called up to replace them. If it's long-term we can LTIR 5hem and get cap savings but a day to day one we'll need a replacement who's cap hit we'll need room for. If we go on a West coast trip I see it extremely unlikely to bring only 20 players. Burying Condra doesn't save us enough and he can be useful, he was later in the year last season.
At least this sounds good, hopefully it will be as pain free as possible:
condra was a failure its time to give kids a chance id be shocked if we have injuries again by the time we need another winger point couldnt come up hes that good right now a leader
richard is much better then condra I want him on the roster im all for marchy over condra too despite his lack of good defense