Offseason Thread vol. XI - Friend of a Friend Edition

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Love the edition name.

 

[Quo]

Mods are slippin.

"False hopes and broken dreams edition"

There is no "edition" in the thread title.

Sweet Enola Gay people. Y'all can't give me two seconds can ya?

 

[Xspyrit]

I really want Lecavalier, would upset losing Spezza partially, and maybe more in the next few years...

looks like vinny is owed 6mill this year in actually dollars, sounds like a turn off for ownership.

What about?

Greening vs Lecavalier

No salary retained.

Flyers get out of cap hell. Sens get the better player that will only cost 2 mil more per season

Next 4 years Lecavalier will cost 16.5 in salary
Greening will cost 6.950 for the next 3 years.

That's spending 10 Millions in the next 4 years but you get an upgrade and also have a full additional year of service

If they retain salary, that will cost a better player than Greening

Yeah, I'll only take on an NHL player if they'll take all our junk that has no chance of success AND retain money, too!!!!!!!!

People always want the best case scenarios... no surprise why so many of them are always disappointed/frustrated.

 

[BonkTastic]

Vinny @ 2M/ year

That's not even possible.

 

[Marty Straka]

so since the 2M has been paid... that means he would make 4M,4.5M,3M,3M and thats including whatever salary bonuses he has left. It's quite sad the only way we get this deal done is with Salary retained when we have over 18Mil to spend.

 

[God Flower]

BTW, Vinny has a NMC, would he even waive to come here? Didn't he turn down MTL for Philly? Does he want to play in Canada?

That's a good question, but he definitely didn't look too happy stapled to the bench in the playoffs this year, so leaving Philly might be an option for Vinny.

 

[coladin]

I always liked Vinny, hell of a lot more than Legwand.

Please no Stewart, another player that always leaves you wanting more.

Vinny would really help what we need most. Big center. Can play tough, with leadership, still filthy when the opportunity arises. I think he would enjoy playing here.


MacArthur-Turris -Ryan
Michalek-Lecavalier-Chiasson
Hoffman-Zibanejad-Stone
Greening-Smith-Neil

Not bad...two good PP lines too

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Is there somewhere I can go, or will someone explain the salary retention method in how it works with the cap? If a team keeps a portion of the salary, does it go against their cap?

 

[Marty Straka]

I really want Lecavalier, would upset losing Spezza partially, and maybe more in the next few years...



What about?

Greening vs Lecavalier

No salary retained.

Flyers get out of cap hell. Sens get the better player that will only cost 2 mil more per season

Next 4 years Lecavalier will cost 16.5 in salary
Greening will cost 6.950 for the next 3 years.

That's spending 10 Millions in the next 4 years but you get an upgrade and also have a full additional year of service

If they retain salary, that will cost a better player than Greening






People always want the best case scenarios... no surprise why so many of them are always disappointed/frustrated.

Philly already paid his 2Mil signing bonus for this year.. so he's only owed 14.5mil over 4 years which averages out 3.625mil per.

 

[sensfan25]

If Prince doesn't want to be here, and him making the NHL on Ottawa seems like a long shot then trading him for someone who could help would be great

Stewart though.... Not too excited about that possibility



Lecavalier since he would likely cost less. Losing Prince might not hurt Ottawa but it could hurt Bingo and Bingo being successful is something I consider important for a cap floor team

I would welcome Stewart with open arms, he is a legit top-six player. He was playing in Hitchcock's "offense is evil" system. Put him on a team like Ottawa and 25 goals should be a shoe-in. He is only 26 and not to mention is big, which Murray really likes.

 

[BonkTastic]

Is there somewhere I can go, or will someone explain the salary retention method in how it works with the cap? If a team keeps a portion of the salary, does it go against their cap?

From Capgeek:

How Do Retained Salary Transactions Work: A FAQ

 

[Big Papi]

I'm sure this has been posted, but just in case, Prince was pulled of the ice and went in to see BM 30 minutes ago, and has not returned...BM has though

 

[SelleckStache]

The conversations for Stewart would be really funny to listen to if they are happening. I'm sure TM has been called a ****-sucker more than he would have wanted to these past few days.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

From Capgeek:

How Do Retained Salary Transactions Work: A FAQ

Wow I havent been to capgeek in awhile, they've gotten a lot fancier since their days in the beginning. Thanks.

 

[BonkTastic]

Wow I havent been to capgeek in awhile, they've gotten a lot fancier since their days in the beginning. Thanks.

No problem, PS.

 

[HockeySens]

nothings happening

 

[BonkTastic]

@SunGarrioch
Lecavalier has four years left at $4.5 million. #Sens don't want that whole contract and the Flyers don't want to eat $2 million.

 

[Goat Boy]

nothings happening

I know! I want to do something, dangnabbit! But all I can do is stare at HF repeatedly pressing refresh.

 

[Super Cake]

@SunGarrioch
Lecavalier has four years left at $4.5 million. #Sens don't want that whole contract and the Flyers don't want to eat $2 million.

Well, that sucks.

 

[BigRig4]

I know! I want to do something, dangnabbit! But all I can do is stare at HF repeatedly pressing refresh.

I've been doing that way too much this past week

 

[Marty Straka]

@SunGarrioch
Lecavalier has four years left at $4.5 million. #Sens don't want that whole contract and the Flyers don't want to eat $2 million.

I really don't understand how we can afford an average of 3.625mil for Lecavalier.. WE ARE 18 MILLION DOLLARS UNDER THE CAP FFS!

 

[Super Cake]

I really don't understand how we can afford an average of 3.625mil for Lecavalier.. WE ARE 18 MILLION DOLLARS UNDER THE CAP FFS!

Come on now, you must know why we really can't afford him.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

I really don't understand how we can afford an average of 3.625mil for Lecavalier.. WE ARE 18 MILLION DOLLARS UNDER THE CAP FFS!

It's not a matter of cant.

 

[Fandlauer]

Nothing more will happen. I'm not down on the Spezza trade, I thought given the circumstances we got a decent return. I'd be surprised if this isn't the lineup we start the season with. We will be a bubble team, hopefully Andy can stand on his head again and we will get to see a round or two of playoffs. All that "we have a big trade in the works" talk is just to appease the angry masses. People will forget about it in a week or two when nothing happens.

 

[HSF]

we can afford it..we just dont want to.


Seems like there are 29 other teams who agree