branmuffin17
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Updated 6/23 (After Draft)
We've gotten a lot of news on changes happening within the Ducks org over the past few weeks. Wanted to summarize things, state where our current roster is at in both players and numbers, and list expectations on various things.
I'll start with the confirmed and expected changes. Links will not be from The Athletic, as they're not helpful for those that don't have the subscription.
Goodbye Perry
Perry has been bought out. He hasn't been worth his $8.625M contract in years, but I was hoping a good offseason of recovery and strengthening from his knee surgery would do him good, and he would come back as a 50 point player again. 20 goals/30 assists isn't worth almost 9 mil, but a net front presence is something we need.
We will pay him as follows:
Kesler underwent hip resurfacing surgery in May. This means he'll likely be out the entirety of the 19-20 season at least. He will be put on LTIR at the start of the season, gaining $6.875M of cap space. His future is unknown beyond that, and he's signed through the 21-22 season.
Problem is, we won't get the cap space until the start of the season, meaning we can't make any meaningful trades or signings with that cap space until then.
Get Well Soon, Eaves
By soon, I mean sometime. Near the end of the season, Eaves had a recurrence of the illness he had over a year before, which included muscle-weakening. It's very likely he's played his last NHL game, and he's only signed through the end of the 19-20 season at a cap hit of $3.15M. He'll probably just be put on LTIR like Kesler.
Now for the new faces and those expected to make the roster for the upcoming season.
Welcome, HC Dallas Eakins
As of yesterday, Dallas Eakins is now the Ducks head coach. He is expected to herald in the youth movement, bring in a "new school" coaching style that involves communication, rolling 4 lines with short shifts, a high level of fitness, and providing an up-tempo game style that mostly looks to move the puck North whenever possible.
We'll mostly just have to see how things play out, but this is about as good of a transition for our Gulls kids as possible, and our savior Gibby is probably happy as well. Even Magnus sounds like he's bought in, per recent tweet.
Who are the assistant coaches? We'll have to wait a bit longer to find out, I guess.
Possibilities for Trade
Various names keep getting thrown out for shipping people out. Henrique, Fowler, Ritchie, etc.
Various names have been contemplated to bring in. There are too many for me to want to list. Sorry.
2019 Draft
The Ducks hold the following draft picks in 2019:
Expected Roster (my expectations and mostly likely options before any new signings)
Cap Space
So I'm including all of the above players in the below numbers except for Miller, who hasn't been re-signed at this time.
Including Kesler and Eaves, which is what has to be considered as our actual numbers against the cap until the start of the season, I have a total of $74.59M. (CapFriendly) Taking out the salaries of Kesler and Eaves, I have a number of $64.56M. Upper limit for the cap is $83M. Lower limit is $61.3M.
And that's it for now. Gotta see what's going to be happening in the next few weeks...the draft, trading Perry, possible other trades, etc. I AM excited to see the new team and new style, and curious to see how our vets fit in.
We've gotten a lot of news on changes happening within the Ducks org over the past few weeks. Wanted to summarize things, state where our current roster is at in both players and numbers, and list expectations on various things.
I'll start with the confirmed and expected changes. Links will not be from The Athletic, as they're not helpful for those that don't have the subscription.
Goodbye Perry
Perry has been bought out. He hasn't been worth his $8.625M contract in years, but I was hoping a good offseason of recovery and strengthening from his knee surgery would do him good, and he would come back as a 50 point player again. 20 goals/30 assists isn't worth almost 9 mil, but a net front presence is something we need.
We will pay him as follows:
- 2019-20: $2.625M
- 2020-21: $6.4M
- 2021-22: $2.0M
- 2022-23: $2.0M
Kesler underwent hip resurfacing surgery in May. This means he'll likely be out the entirety of the 19-20 season at least. He will be put on LTIR at the start of the season, gaining $6.875M of cap space. His future is unknown beyond that, and he's signed through the 21-22 season.
Problem is, we won't get the cap space until the start of the season, meaning we can't make any meaningful trades or signings with that cap space until then.
Get Well Soon, Eaves
By soon, I mean sometime. Near the end of the season, Eaves had a recurrence of the illness he had over a year before, which included muscle-weakening. It's very likely he's played his last NHL game, and he's only signed through the end of the 19-20 season at a cap hit of $3.15M. He'll probably just be put on LTIR like Kesler.
Now for the new faces and those expected to make the roster for the upcoming season.
Welcome, HC Dallas Eakins
As of yesterday, Dallas Eakins is now the Ducks head coach. He is expected to herald in the youth movement, bring in a "new school" coaching style that involves communication, rolling 4 lines with short shifts, a high level of fitness, and providing an up-tempo game style that mostly looks to move the puck North whenever possible.
We'll mostly just have to see how things play out, but this is about as good of a transition for our Gulls kids as possible, and our savior Gibby is probably happy as well. Even Magnus sounds like he's bought in, per recent tweet.
Who are the assistant coaches? We'll have to wait a bit longer to find out, I guess.
Possibilities for Trade
Various names keep getting thrown out for shipping people out. Henrique, Fowler, Ritchie, etc.
Various names have been contemplated to bring in. There are too many for me to want to list. Sorry.
2019 Draft
The Ducks hold the following draft picks in 2019:
- Round 1: #9 - C Trevor Zegras
- Round 1: #29 (the Sharks pick) - LW Brayden Tracey
- Round 2: #39 - D Jackson Lacombe
- Round 3: None (given to Devils)
- Round 4: #101 - D Henry Thrun
- Round 5: #132 - C Trevor Janicke
- Round 6: #163 - D William Francis
- Round 6: #186 (from St. Louis) - D Mathew Hill
- Round 7: None
Expected Roster (my expectations and mostly likely options before any new signings)
- LW: Rakell, Ritchie, Shore, Jones, Comtois
- C: Getzlaf, Steel, Henrique, Rowney, Grant, Lundestrom
- RW: Silfverberg, Kase, Terry, Sprong, Sherwood
- D: Lindholm, Fowler, Manson, Guhle, Larsson, Holzer, Mahura
- G: Gibson, Miller
Cap Space
So I'm including all of the above players in the below numbers except for Miller, who hasn't been re-signed at this time.
Including Kesler and Eaves, which is what has to be considered as our actual numbers against the cap until the start of the season, I have a total of $74.59M. (CapFriendly) Taking out the salaries of Kesler and Eaves, I have a number of $64.56M. Upper limit for the cap is $83M. Lower limit is $61.3M.
And that's it for now. Gotta see what's going to be happening in the next few weeks...the draft, trading Perry, possible other trades, etc. I AM excited to see the new team and new style, and curious to see how our vets fit in.
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