Speculation: Arizona LTIR

[Wayfarer13]

Going through CapFriendly tonight and I see Arizona has about $23 million coming off of the LTIR after this year. Will they reload it to save money again next year and if so who would be candidates to be targeted to be added?

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[Mrfenn92]

Defense

 

[Homesick]

Book a U-Haul with AC to Houston

 

[Zonk]

Going through CapFriendly tonight and I see Arizona has about $23 million coming off of the LTIR after this year. Will they reload it to save money again next year and if so who would be candidates to be targeted to be added?

??????????? You do not understand how LTIR works. It does not save money for a team.

 

[LegionOfGloom]

??????????? You do not understand how LTIR works. It does not save money for a team.

It does when the salary is covered by insurance.

 

[Wayfarer13]

??????????? You do not understand how LTIR works. It does not save money for a team.

Sorry meant cap space to reach the floor and have insurance pick up the bill.

 

[Kaizen]

There's only a little over 13.5M in "dead" IR money coming off the books. As mentioned there's lots of room to spend some dollars on the blue line.

 

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Defense

They are still missing the Kucherov level winger

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

Welcome to Arizona Mr Price

 

[SniperHF]

They are still missing the Kucherov level winger

We're missing a lot of things. Defense is actually fixable(mostly) via money.

 

[Kaibur]

It's actually only $13.5M in dead cap from Little and Voracek. All the other guys (Hayton, Dumba, Stecher, Boyd, Kolychonok) are just injured players.

I think the Coyotes have moved on from using the cap-for-picks strategy. And with the cap rising significantly, there's probably less motivation for teams to unload dead cap going forward as well. Plus AZ already has a boatload of 2nds and 3rds and that's what most GMs want to use to unload dead cap.

The Coyotes next challenge is onboarding a bunch of young guys onto the NHL club pretty quickly and finding good vets to hold down spots while they do so.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

We’ll have to wait and see the arena situation before we know if they can use that 13 million for good players or just more cap dumping.

 

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It's actually only $13.5M in dead cap from Little and Voracek. All the other guys (Hayton, Dumba, Stecher, Boyd, Kolychonok) are just injured players.

I think the Coyotes have moved on from using the cap-for-picks strategy. And with the cap rising significantly, there's probably less motivation for teams to unload dead cap going forward as well. Plus AZ already has a boatload of 2nds and 3rds and that's what most GMs want to use to unload dead cap.

The Coyotes next challenge is onboarding a bunch of young guys onto the NHL club pretty quickly and finding good vets to hold down spots while they do so.

I want yotes to snag Will Smith from San Jose.

It’s going to be expensive but you guys have the assets to get him

 

[Petes2424]

Book a U-Haul with AC to Houston

Looks like that one’s already decided. If they’re moving, they’re going to Salt Lake.

 

[ck26]

I want yotes to snag Will Smith from San Jose.

It’s going to be expensive but you guys have the assets to get him

Why would the GM of an awful, rebuilding team give away an 18 year old who he JUST drafted 4th overall?

 

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Why would the GM of an awful, rebuilding team give away an 18 year old who he JUST drafted 4th overall?

Smith Schmaltz 1-2 punch could have been lethal

Oh well

 

[BonMorrison]

Smith Schmaltz 1-2 punch could have been lethal

Oh well

Schmaltz is a winger 95% of the time.

 

[Bobby9]

If Canucks can't afford Hronek I could see the Yotes going after him.

 

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Schmaltz is a winger 95% of the time.

Who centers then? McBain?

 

[Kaibur]

Who centers then? McBain?

When they're healthy it's Hayton-Bjugstad-Cooley-McBain but Hayton's been out half the season and Kerfoot has been playing center. They've got Geekie going pro in the fall but he probably starts in Tucson.

 

[BonMorrison]

Who centers then? McBain?

It's usually Hayton but he's been hurt most of the year. Yotes have played Schmaltz a tiny bit at C but otherwise have just been switching between all their C's to see who fits. It's been McBain, Cooley, Kerfoot, and Bjugstad.

 

[Kaibur]

I think the Coyotes are looking for a Durzi type deal where the player or their cap doesn't fit their current team's long term plans.

I could also see them being open to something like the Ghost or Stralman deals, even at lesser returns.

I think deals like the Kassian, Nemeth, Little and Voracek deals are probably no longer of interest.

 

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It's usually Hayton but he's been hurt most of the year. Yotes have played Schmaltz a tiny bit at C but otherwise have just been switching between all their C's to see who fits. It's been McBain, Cooley, Kerfoot, and Bjugstad.

When they're healthy it's Hayton-Bjugstad-Cooley-McBain but Hayton's been out half the season and Kerfoot has been playing center. They've got Geekie going pro in the fall but he probably starts in Tucson.

yeah forgot about big Barrett. Yeah you guys are fine on centers.

 

[57special]

It does when the salary is covered by insurance.

For a cash conscious team like ARI, over relying on insurance to bail you out of payments is short sighted. Like any insurance, if you overuse it, your premiums go up.

 

[Schemp]

If the Coyotes also move from Dumba, that's $16.4M. I'd expect most would go into upgrading the D and re-signing their RFA Ds. I would also expect them to move on from Zucker's $5.3, Dermott and Brown. They'll have options and hopefully, a direction...