Confirmed with Link: [PHX/WSH] Erat & JMitchell for Klesla, Brown & 4th '15

[Blades of Steel]

cant beat halak, join em? id take halak over neuvy all day long.. glad erat is gone, he got his wish, we removed a player that didn't want to be here, 3 more to go.

 

[Monsterrain]

Who knows. She's not very good with polysyllabic words like "interesting."

She stinks. Follow vogs.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Ok now that we've cleaned house, I would like to see a meaningful acquisition that will help push this roster further. Well done George.

 

[MiKE5889]

Assuming that CapGeek is correct, we would actually be able to fit Halak in under the cap if Neuvy went the other way. With Kuznetsov signed at 900k we would be left with 92,251$ worth of cap space.


CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Dustin Penner ($2.000m) / Nicklas Backstrom ($6.700m) / Alex Ovechkin ($9.538m)
Evgeny Kuznetsov ($0.900m) / Mikhail Grabovski ($3.000m) / Troy Brouwer ($3.667m)
Jason Chimera ($1.750m) / Marcus Johansson ($2.000m) / Joel Ward ($3.000m)
Eric Fehr ($1.500m) / Brooks Laich ($4.500m) / Tom Wilson ($0.894m)
Jay Beagle ($0.900m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Karl Alzner ($2.800m) / John Carlson ($3.967m)
Rostislav Klesla ($2.975m) / Mike Green ($6.083m)
Dmitry Orlov ($0.690m) / John Erskine ($1.963m)
GOALTENDERS
Braden Holtby ($1.850m)
Jaroslav Halak ($3.750m)
BUYOUTS
Jeff Schultz ($0.000m)
LTIR
Jack Hillen ($0.700m)
Aaron Volpatti ($0.575m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2013-14 crunched using simulation date of 2014-03-04)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; BONUSES: $610,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $92,251

 

[895]

I like this deal if only because Erat is gone. Klesla...is not an upgrade.

 

[4thTierSport]

She's a dolt.

No she is not. Caps save some money if Klesla is assigned to Hershey. Per sk8.

 

[Brian23]

Would have to think they'd send Orlov down for Hillen, which is a sad day for us. Also missing Carrick on that list. He'd be in Erskine's spot.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Alzner-Carlson
2LD-Green
Klesla-3RD (Orlov?)

 

[Brian23]

Alzner-Carlson
2LD-Green
Klesla-3RD (Orlov?)

I think KLesla is 2LD or remain in AHL. Don't see him be the 3 while we've got Hillen and/or Erskine here.

 

[hb12xchamps]

Hillen activated off of LTIR.

Alzner-Carlson
Klesla-Green
Hillen-RD

 

[Langway]

Meh. Brown sounds a bit interesting. Caps have what, @ $3 mil in cap space now?

Back of the envelope I think it's more like $1.75M but that could be eaten up rather quickly just by recalling Klesla and signing Kuznetsov.

 

[msrulo]

I do not want Halak. He gives me nightmares. Going after Tim Thomas would be beneficial.

 

[Capitlols]

Klesa is a solid 3rd pair guy, assuming they play him there.

 

[PuckBuddy]

So. Basically, the same deal rumored to have been in the works a month ago, but now with less pro-rated cap space?

Whatever, it's over.

 

[butters8814*]

Getting rid of erat is great, kesla is better then erskine and carrick combined

 

[Kcoyote3]

Forsberg for:
Klesla
Latta
Brown
4th

Not ideal, but GM may have saved some face here. Still have no idea why the deal was made in the first place.

 

[peterthegreat12]

Can anyone explain to me how this trade is a good thing? GMGM traded for a guy who makes 2.9 million that is relegated to the minors. I understand his contract expires this year but now to me this creates a situation where they can't improve the team.

Also, how do they have any cap room left? My math is bad but: Penner (2 million) + Klesla (2.9 million) > Erat (4.5 million). How does that work? (I know everything is pro-rated at this point in the season)

 

[Corby78]

as much as I hate gmgm, both these deals are solid IMO. Not earth shattering, but we gave up nothing of significance outside erat who wanted out. We created cap space and gained a nice prospect and a top 6 wing.

 

[peterthegreat12]

as much as I hate gmgm, both these deals are solid IMO. Not earth shattering, but we gave up nothing of significance outside erat who wanted out. We created cap space and gained a nice prospect and a top 6 wing.

I'm confused. How did we create cap space if we took more $$$ back than we pushed out?

 

[rt]

I'm surprised we gave up Brown. I liked him. Good luck.

 

[g00n]

Well who the hell knows if this pans out but it had to be done. GMGM dug a hole and just had to get out of it. Erat did not help his cause or the team by making his demands public and killing GMGM's leverage. McPhee was lucky to get any value at all.

 

[trick9]

I'm confused. How did we create cap space if we took more $$$ back than we pushed out?

Klesla buried in the minors saves about ~900k.

 

[Holtbyisms]

I feel like as ungodly awful as our D is they'll almost have to play Klesla. That means some other things need to happen. Positioning ourselves for something bigger tomorrow?

 

[OviTaughtMe]

Wait so is Klesa going to actually play for Caps at some point?

 

[KevinM]

Didn't Phoenix waive Klesla earlier in the year and no one picked him up? That might be slightly disconcerting.