Gniwder
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Rodrigues?
Note: It's Eklund
Note: It's Eklund
Speculation: So...what's next?
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Rodrigues?
Note: It's Eklund
Throw it out then. Also Rodrigues had a single year scoring 40+ points. I don't think Detroit would go after him unless Fabbri and/or Zadina are on their way out.
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Why are people still giving this bum any attention? He is just making shit up, the only difference between "Eklund" and a random hfboards poster is that this dude actually made his own site.Rodrigues?
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Gniwder
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Because Rodrigues has to go somewhere?
The Wings' bottom 6 is just a collection of misfits and warm bodies, any of which can be traded or even waived with no long term implications.
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Honestly, do we have any more room for bottom 6 guys? I think we are all filled up. Rodrigues only had the hot start with Crosby out and a boat load more ice time and then went back to normal once Crosby returned.
First 35 GP, 15 goals, 15 assists, 30 pts
Last 47 GP, 4 goals, 9 assists, 13 pts
Total 82 GP, 19 goals, 24 assists, 43 pts
Is what I am reading true? 11 teams still over the cap by $1.5M or more. We still have $9.25M? Whats the plan to take advantage of that?
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Gniwder
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I know, but that means he still has more skill than any of the current bottom 6, because you could put any of them with Malkin and they still can't score.
All depends on the price but I think he's more intriguing than Suter ($3.25M), Sunqvist ($2.75M) or Erne ($2.4M salary, $2.1 AAV), all of which are gonna be gone after this season anyways. If he was bigger, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Probably not a good fit only because he'd be playing with Suter, and that would be a Charmin line.
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Rodrigues would mean that guy like Givani Smith will to Griffins via waivers.
That's what will happen, if you add an extra player like Rodrigues.
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Wings still have a bit over 8M in cap space. If you were in Mr. Yzerman's shoes, how would you weaponize the cap space? I think the roster for next season is set, but who are the targets as in teams/players you would go after? Shouldn't it be fairly easy to get a cap dump player with a pick from some of the teams that are struggling with the cap. What kind of offers would you send to teams, which are like "realistic" and could happen?
Edit: OBV the ball is more in the court of the teams who are struggling to get under the cap, and that is a huge leverage for Yzerman, but do you have any "offers" you would put out?
Edit: OBV the ball is more in the court of the teams who are struggling to get under the cap, and that is a huge leverage for Yzerman, but do you have any "offers" you would put out?
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For me, i would pursue trying to get Konecny from Philly, he has always been one of my favorite non-wings player. It's hard to explain why, i just really like the dude. And yes i know TK isn't a cap dump type of player, but i just wanna see TK Larkin Raymond as the top line for the Wings.
Nils Lundkvist would be a nice get for Joey Veleno. Match made in heaven. They want a young bottom 6 center and I'd love to have the RHD to pair with Edvinsson.
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Um... Johansson?
Or wait... Which A Johansson is the righty? The 20-ish year old or the 18 year old?
Its the younger one and he can replace Hronek when ready. Also a lol, I posted and then saw an article by hockey writers.
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Albert Johansson is a LD drafted in 2019.
Anton Johansson is a RD drafted in 2022. He's at least 3 years away from the NHL.
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That's why I said "at least". Right now he's a project pick that's had a good preseason but that's it.
Capfriendly hasn't factored in LTIR, most are compliant when you do that math.
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Think Florida, Toronto and Edmonton are over the cap in real numbers. They should do some moves to have compliant rosters.
Yeah, looks that way. FLA is like 3.3 mil over, probably looking into moving Hornqvist but they're running low on trade bait, that Yandle buyout is hurting them this year. TOR is about 1.5 over and could technically ditch a guy like Kampf and be compliant but they are hurting for depth. EDM is about 400k over after LTIR but same issue with depth.
I'd kick tires with Kenny (although EDM can possibly get under the cap with a short roster) but would be slower to help TOR or FLA out.
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My guess is someone is hurt that hasn't been announced for Toronto. This close to the season and there hasn't been much talk about the Leafs being over and that is with Sandin still to be signed. My guess is Sandin gets traded early in the year, and someone is starting on LTIR.
