Sam Reinhart? Ol Elliotte Friedman is saying he may become available later in year. no idea on the fit or cost (prob way too high). Thoughts?
Hyman is NEVER leaving Matthews' line.Matthews Nylander Kadri will be our C depth going forward. Pretty sure you'll see
Matthews-Marner Nylander-Kapanen and Kadri-brown as our staples on the top 9. Fill in the left side with vets on short term deals chasing cups and rookies on ELC's. Aaltonen-Hyman makes for a legit skilled 4th line which Babcock loves to have.
Sign Mikael Backlund if he hits FA
Hyman - Matthews - Nylander
Marleau - Kadri - Marner
Johnsson - Backlund - Brown
Martin - Aaltonen - Kapanen
Sam Reinhart? Ol Elliotte Friedman is saying he may become available later in year. no idea on the fit or cost (prob way too high). Thoughts?
We will not be paying the top 27 million. At most will be around 22.5 million. Which leaves you the 4.5 million to sign a 3rd line center.
Not to mention the cap has continuously gone up year after year and will continue to. And dead contract money falls off our cap next year for Gleason and Cowan for about 2 million. Not to mention Moore, Fehr, Polak, and Marincin all come off the books for about 4.25 million combined.
In total with all the UFA's we have next season we will have about 27 million to spend at the 75 million cap. Lets say it goes up 2-3 million. We have about 30 million.
That is plenty to resign what we need to and the big 3. Personally I can see Komarov, JVR and Bozak all coming back at discounted deals to keep the team together.
No reason for Bozak to make or expect to make more and less then Kadri (4.5) amd Komarov no more and less then Brown (2.1). I can see Lamoriello getting them both signed for 6 million. The wildcard is JVR and if we can get him to buy in at a lower cost.
Time will tell but we have enough cap space to maneuver with. Remember Hainsey and Marleau come off the books in 2-3 years which we can backload young guns contracts for. We will be fine.
We're all just talking based off potential. Fact is that Marner still has 155 regular season games (minus injuries) to play before he needs an extension. A LOT can happen to a really young player in that time frame. If he hits his expected ceiling, he's absolutely on par with NylanderI honestly do not think that Marner will get any more then what Kadri got on his first deal. What has Marner done that Kadri hasn't? I can see Matthews getting 10.5, Nylander getting 6.25, and Marner getting somewhere between 4.5-5.5.
I really do not get why people are thinking Nylander and Marner are at par. Two very different players. Marner is fantastic don't get me wrong. But these players are all going to sign their first contracts after entry level ones. I do not put Marner at par with players like Monnahan, Gaudreau, Mackinnon, etc...
How can anyone at this point. He plays PP great, but is a defensive liability and has lots to grow. I do not see him on this next contract making over 6 million. I don't, sorry.
Yeah... Except for the fact that Mikael Backlund played Selke level D last year (4th in voting) - whereas Tyler Bozak is barely passable defensively.If your signing Backlund I would rather keep Bozak. Same player for the same cost.
People sound convinced that Nylander can transition to C.
I'm not convinced.
I think he will stay a winger.
backlund is better than bozak.If your signing Backlund I would rather keep Bozak. Same player for the same cost.
People sound convinced that Nylander can transition to C.
I'm not convinced.
I think he will stay a winger.