Speculation: 2022 Off-Season | Dethroned: What next?

[JTBF81]

oof, that makes a tough situation a little tougher

Yes, they are currently 933k over, but once Seabrook's ltir pools are used, it becomes 6.875-933k. If they trade Myers or buy him out, it goes to either 8.4ish or 9ish. It looks like they are planning to keep him I guess, and if so Rutta is certainly gone.

 

[Rschmitz]

We wouldn't do that to Elliott. TB would at least try to find an NHL team for him.

I just don't see any takers

 

[TampaBoltz]

Who the heck is Phil Myers?

The big defender acquired in the Ryan Ellis trade is something of an enigma.

www.ontheforecheck.com

i found this interesting on Myers

 

[Rschmitz]

Yes, they are currently 933k over, but once Seabrook's ltir pools are used, it becomes 6.875-933k. If they trade Myers or buy him out, it goes to either 8.4ish or 9ish. It looks like they are planning to keep him I guess, and if so Rutta is certainly gone.

JBB is sending mixed signals on Rutta and Myers, may just be clever bargaining chip

 

[Point21]

If JBB has a plan to buyout Myers (likely wont) he has till tomorrow at 5pm to make that happen.

 

[The Gongshow]

Malkin is testing free agency. f*** it, gimme a 1 year Malkin deal JBB! Our Russians seem to love it here!

 

[TheSchmidt]

Yes, they are currently 933k over, but once Seabrook's ltir pools are used, it becomes 6.875-933k. If they trade Myers or buy him out, it goes to either 8.4ish or 9ish. It looks like they are planning to keep him I guess, and if so Rutta is certainly gone.

oh wow i should have looked at that Myers contract more closely, didn't realize he was making that much. Seems like a no-brainer to buy him out unless they REALLY like him.

Get rid of him and they'd have plenty to get someone like CDH and a decent winger, with maybe some room left over to get Stralman or another veteran rotational RHD on a cheap 1 year.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Rakell re-signed. 6 years, $5M AAV. Seems steep to me.

 

[Stammertime91]

We aren't paying for Evgeni Malkin

We would be paying for E-ge-i M-lk-n cause he'll be out 50% of the time.

 

[JTBF81]

oh wow i should have looked at that Myers contract more closely, didn't realize he was making that much. Seems like a no-brainer to buy him out unless they REALLY like him.

Get rid of him and they'd have plenty to get someone like CDH and a decent winger, with maybe some room left over to get Stralman or another veteran rotational RHD on a cheap 1 year.

Only reason they wouldn't is because doing so adds a 633k cap hit next season, where they will likely need every last dollar. If JBB can figure the extra small hit then it does add 617k, plus the value of Myers' contract, 2.55, for an additional 3.167 million this year.

 

[JoVel]

We aren't paying for Evgeni Malkin

We would be paying for E-ge-i M-lk-n cause he'll be out 50% of the time.

You roasted me on the other thread for my Mismash pun and this is what you come up with?

And by the way you only removed only 33% of his name so your joke is mathematically incorrect too.

 

[LightningStrikes]

At what time does free agency open tomorrow? Noon ET, right?

 

[These Are The Days]

Yeah, it looks like we aren't doing shit. Like not even trading someone else. Losing Palat is gonna REALLY hurt; if we end up losing him that is

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Yeah, it looks like we aren't doing shit. Like not even trading someone else. Losing Palat is gonna REALLY hurt; if we end up losing him that is

There's no way we just let $6M go to waste with the amount of options there are in free agency. JBB will have something up his sleeve.

 

[These Are The Days]

There's no way we just let $6M go to waste with the amount of options there are in free agency. JBB will have something up his sleeve.

While true, I just don't know what that trick is gonna be with guys like Rakell taking 5*5 or whatever that was. Guys are gonna get paid this summer

 

[JoVel]

This is the 3rd off season in a row where I have absolutely no clue when free agency opens because it's not July 1st.

 

[TampaBoltz]

Yes, they have to get near the cap limit to use LTIR on Seabrook. I still think we need LD. And I still would like Rutta back. He's been a nice guy to have for $1.3M the last few years. He might think he will get better offers after a good playoffs. I would feel better with Rutta-Myers and trading Foote. Even though Foote has improved, he still makes me nervous in pressure situations. Rutta may not want to sign here now because of the log jam at RD. Idk Should be interesting

 

[Todd1a]

This is the 3rd off season in a row where I have absolutely no clue when free agency opens because it's not July 1st.

Tomorrow at 12 noon they can sign

There's no way we just let $6M go to waste with the amount of options there are in free agency. JBB will have something up his sleeve.

Many options I would not sign palat now unless he gave us a very good deal

 

[Peacefool]

Trade Foote, Howard and some picks and maybe some prospects and Myers to third part for Kane with total 75% retention. Resign Ruuta and hope for the best.

 

[Stammertime91]

That was probably one of the most obvious moves you could ever predict.

You roasted me on the other thread for my Mismash pun and this is what you come up with?

And by the way you only removed only 33% of his name so your joke is mathematically incorrect too.

I feel shame.

 

[bov]

I like Crouse, Robinson and Gavrikov as potential trade targets since we need to devote a good amount of space to the RFA situation next year anyway. Always thought of De Haan as very meh. Doesn't really interest me at all.

I am assuming Rutta is gone seeing as we have plenty of RHD under contract. Only a slight glimmer of hope that Palat re-signs. I think if Killorn was being traded it would've happened already, but you never know.

 

[Sky04]

I want Rutta back but if they're keeping Myers that's probably a sign, we already have Bogo, Cernak, Foote and Myers, no way they're going to add ~2M in cap for a 5th RHD. Plan might be to get younger on the backend? That would make Sergachev, Cernak, Myers and Foote all under 25, letting go of McDonagh (33), Rutta (31) and Bogo next season who'll be 32.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Copp isn't signing in NYR according to Arthur Staples. I bet he gets something like 7M+ AAV somewhere now, his contract is going to set a tone. Someone is grossly going to over pay there.

Well did we trade coaches?? Lol or is cooper really want his Bro on his team

This was so obvious that this was going to happened.

 

[The Gongshow]

Since JBB isn't buying out Myers and we can't realistically sign anyone, since it would have to be a 1 or 2 year deal this is the team we get next year. Idk who they call up for LD, but JBB wants the cap space for next season to re-sign players and thats it. I think he probably tried for a big splash at the TDL for a playoff run and thats about it.

 

[Stammertime91]

Well, my option for LD was bonking the Canes reporter so back to square one for that need.

I see a lot of soon to be overpaid guys and a lot of underwhelming choices.

I highly doubt JBB doesn't try to bring someone in. Certainly he can't look at our winger depth and be like yeah that looks good!...