Which team has worst salary cap situation?

[VoluntaryDom]

You guys are stacked with talent. The fact that Sergachev, Palat, Johnson aren't even in your top-7 players is amazingly good.

palat and johnson are garbo lol

 

[Deficient Mode]

Guess the Red Wings era of owning this distinction is over this summer. Vegas and Toronto will likely have to sacrifice a good player to fit under the cap. Tampa probably won't. Pittsburgh and Edmonton won't. I went with Vegas as - unlike the others - they are currently definitely over the cap and still have Karlsson and Gusev to sign. Obviously it's a good problem to have, unlike Edmonton's cap problems.

 

[Bobby Terrance]

gourde aint complementary tbh

.. .you think gourde is a core piece?

 

[Bobby Terrance]

Anyways, it's like saying golden state has cap problems. Ya the leafs obviously haven't won anything yet, but it sure feels better to worry about keeping good players as opposed to ditching dead weight.

 

[Krewe]

.. .you think gourde is a core piece?

How are core pieces defined? Top 5 players? top 10? top 15?

Gourde is a solid second liner and one of our top 10 players.

 

[Bobby Terrance]

How are core pieces defined? Top 5 players? top 10? top 15?

Gourde is a solid second liner and one of our top 10 players.

Ya but you guys are clearly going after EK.
I think he would be expendable if push came to shove.

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

1. Kucherov
2. Hedman
3. Point
4. Vasilevskiy
5. Stamkos
6. McDonagh
7. Gourde?

Sounds about right to me

Imagine having Steven Stamkos as your 5th best player...

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Imagine having Steven Stamkos as your 5th best player...

i have stammer 3rd for us tbh

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

i have stammer 3rd for us tbh

Stamkos as your third best player is still insane..he had like 96 points this year?

 

[Balthazar]

Vegas have no cap room at all (as in $0) and William Karlsson is without a contract. They also need 3 additional contracts on top of that. Even if they manage to unload Clarkson's contract somewhere else it won't be enough.

New GM was left with a shitty situation.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Edmonton.

Because they're the only team that's shitty on this list.

 

[bobholly39]

Do Toronto and Tampa even have any bad contracts? Maybe Callahan and Marleau - but they're not even that bad. I don't think either of those teams is in a bad cap situation - they're just overflowing with talent. That's a great thing - not a bad thing.

I voted Edmonton

 

[Yackiberg8]

Toronto’s cap situation is way overblown. Will be very happy to see Gardiner leave. Marner is going to sign something like 8 years, 9.5 mill. Dubas will figure out the rest it won’t be too difficult. Then after this year they will have room to sign a good UFA.

 

[Pyrophorus]

I disagree but then I just realized its useless to argue with you as you are biased.

Pot...meet Kettle.

 

[Paris in Flames]

Nobody should vote for anybody but Edmonton tbh.

Having cap issues and being bad > having cap issues because you have a lot of good players.

Toronto’s cap situation is way overblown. Will be very happy to see Gardiner leave. Marner is going to sign something like 8 years, 9.5 mill. Dubas will figure out the rest it won’t be too difficult. Then after this year they will have room to sign a good UFA.

It's both overblown and...not overblown. Overblown because it's realistically probably only a one year issue. Once Marleau is gone there's a lot more breathing room. It's NOT overblown because they still have to navigate this season and get some good players signed and make it work.

 

[Perfect_Drug]

How is this not Edmonton unanimously.

Every team listed is pressed up against the cap because they're contenders.
Edmonton is pressed up against the cap, while being closer to the lottery.

 

[Jtown]

Edmonton. A bad team with the worst the cap position and a sparse prospect pool. Can't think of a worst position to be in.

 

[bobholly39]

Tampa Bay has the absolute best salary cap situation in the entire league. It's not even close. The amount of talent they have signed - majority of which are to cap-friendly deals (relatively speaking) is crazy. I don't get why they have 14 votes lol.

 

[elmaco]

Toronto cant afford to sign Marner, so them.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

Only one of these teams has an imminent, significant risk of losing a star player.

 

[BruinsFan37]

OP is a little deceiving...

Vegas has no cap space and needs to sign a backup goalie;

Pitt has 3.2 mil in cap space and needs to sign 3 forwards but no major/irreplaceable talent turning UFA;

Tampa has 8.5 mil in cap space and needs to Point + 1 forward and 1 defenseman. Possible but extremely tight.

Toronto has 8.8 mil in cap space and needs to sign Marner + 1 forward and 1-2 defensemen. Will likely have to let Gardner walk and trade assets.

Edmonton has 10.8 mil and needs a brain transplant 4 forwards and a goalie. Even with the bad contracts they wouldn't be a part of this discussion without the incompetent management.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Toronto cant afford to sign Marner, so them.

If they can't its because HIS demands were too big.
A straight out "can't" reeks of hate.

 

[YakDavid]

I voted toronto due to the marner situation which will make signing players hard but I think Vegas is really being overlooked. They really don't have cap space at all and need to re-sign a couple of key players. I get that Edmonton is not in great shape but we do have our top players signed which I think is important.

 

[trick9]

Edmonton.

They are the only team that has massive salary cap issues and yet have a bad team to boot. Other teams have issues because they are stacked.

 

[Pyrophorus]

I'll make any bet you want about Marner signing more than Matthews. Literally my house.

But how will it be structured? How much of a signing bonus?
Brandon will whisper different approaches in Kyle's ears.