leeroggy
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- Jan 3, 2010
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Just wanted to get this started as a placeholder.
Right now, according to CapFriendly we have 14 and 2 IR roster players under contract for next year at a combined hit of about $ 48 million, Ladd and Hickey on IR and we have Beau and Dal Colle as RFA's on top of that:
Ladd $5,500,000 IR
Bailey $5,000,000
Clutterbuck $3,500,000
Cizikas $3,350,000
Komarov $3,000,000
Martin $2,500,000
Johnston $1,000,000
Barzal $863,333
Boychuck $6,000,000
Leddy $5,500,000
Hickey $2,500,000
Pulock $2,000,000
Pelech $1,600,000
Mayfield $1,450,000
Toews $700,000
Greiss $3,333,333
What makes this summer so strange is the trade-off between how much we improved in the standings while most of us think that without an upgrade on our natural goal scoring that can fit into Trotz's system we are probably limited on how far we can go in the playoffs playing 2-1 games all the time.
Lehner
Lee
Nelson
Eberle
It seems like the last 3 are struggling right now and are hurting their FA contract worth and if the team loses in the 1st round they could maybe be cheaper to sign than we thought 2 months ago, but they are ALL at a point where we know what we are getting if re-signed. There's no more upside likely in production.
So, let's start the discussions here at some point about how we might look like. Cap should probably go up a few million more next year.
Pros:
The defense looks set already for next season at a very affordable rate and if we get a surprise in Training Camp we could have an ability to deal from strength.
The defensive system will be fully in place going into the summer so we don't have a learning curve there.
It looks like a deep draft so we'll likely have a decent shot at a player who can help down the line. But our growing depth in the system means we could possibly move up if a player we really like starts to fall.
Cons:
Goal scoring is a problem even if we adjust for the way we are now a defense-first team. Very few of the players currently can create their own scoring chances. And in the system we really don't have much of that, even if we count Ho-Sang.
2C is still a massive void and with Barzal's faceoff percentage we need the 2C to help out Cizikas on that.
*****
As we get further into the season and the playoff push maybe some of these decisions starts to solve themselves. God forbid we go on a losing streak and slip out of the playoffs but that would likely make some of these decisions on re-signing players pretty easy.
Right now, according to CapFriendly we have 14 and 2 IR roster players under contract for next year at a combined hit of about $ 48 million, Ladd and Hickey on IR and we have Beau and Dal Colle as RFA's on top of that:
Ladd $5,500,000 IR
Bailey $5,000,000
Clutterbuck $3,500,000
Cizikas $3,350,000
Komarov $3,000,000
Martin $2,500,000
Johnston $1,000,000
Barzal $863,333
Boychuck $6,000,000
Leddy $5,500,000
Hickey $2,500,000
Pulock $2,000,000
Pelech $1,600,000
Mayfield $1,450,000
Toews $700,000
Greiss $3,333,333
What makes this summer so strange is the trade-off between how much we improved in the standings while most of us think that without an upgrade on our natural goal scoring that can fit into Trotz's system we are probably limited on how far we can go in the playoffs playing 2-1 games all the time.
Lehner
Lee
Nelson
Eberle
It seems like the last 3 are struggling right now and are hurting their FA contract worth and if the team loses in the 1st round they could maybe be cheaper to sign than we thought 2 months ago, but they are ALL at a point where we know what we are getting if re-signed. There's no more upside likely in production.
So, let's start the discussions here at some point about how we might look like. Cap should probably go up a few million more next year.
Pros:
The defense looks set already for next season at a very affordable rate and if we get a surprise in Training Camp we could have an ability to deal from strength.
The defensive system will be fully in place going into the summer so we don't have a learning curve there.
It looks like a deep draft so we'll likely have a decent shot at a player who can help down the line. But our growing depth in the system means we could possibly move up if a player we really like starts to fall.
Cons:
Goal scoring is a problem even if we adjust for the way we are now a defense-first team. Very few of the players currently can create their own scoring chances. And in the system we really don't have much of that, even if we count Ho-Sang.
2C is still a massive void and with Barzal's faceoff percentage we need the 2C to help out Cizikas on that.
*****
As we get further into the season and the playoff push maybe some of these decisions starts to solve themselves. God forbid we go on a losing streak and slip out of the playoffs but that would likely make some of these decisions on re-signing players pretty easy.
