Around the NHL XXXVI - Final Countdown: 2018 edition

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Xspyrit

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Oh I know, but it's pretty clear Sens management also never thought Zib would get to this point. With a little bit of foresight they would have realized that paying a 1B center $5.35 million to put up near PPG numbers would have been a much better investment then Smith/Greening/ect (every other 3rd liner turned 1 year scorer).

It's insane to think of what our team could look like if Dorion didn't make any moves and just drafted well to insulate the team Murray had built. It was far from perfect, but we'd be in an infinitely better spot right now.

In terms of assets, things were looking very good before 2016-17. I believe that’s what Dorion started with (sure the team went to the ECF but that was 90% Murray built)

Hoffman-Zibanejad-Stone
MacArthur-Turris-Ryan
Smith-Pageau-Dzingel
Chiasson-Lazar-Neil

Methot-Karlsson
Phaneuf-Ceci
Borowiecki-Wideman
Claesson

Anderson, Hammond

And a pretty good prospect pool (Chabot, Brown, White, Perron, Wolanin, Jaros, Dahlen, Chlapik, Daccord, Lajoie, Harpur)

2016 Senators Prospects Top 30 + Past Rankings

MacArthur unfortunately got injured and never really got back outside of the playoff run. Dorion never got a replacement for Mac (however you need a permission to spend for that, but did Dorion think Burrows would?)

He also traded Chiasson right away for a player (Sieloff) that never amounted to anything. Could have been patient with him; he’s a much better player than he was seen here, but of course you need the coaching. Could have been solid in the bottom-6. Might have not needed to trade for Burrows then.

Neil was on the verge of retirement, do you have to give a prospect like Dahlen to get a replacement (Burrows)

Lazar didn’t work out? Ok trade him for a pick and promote Colin White or Nick Paul. And spend a late pick to solidify your bottom-6 and get a Wingels. Don’t need to go as far and pay Dahlen for Burrows.

Prepare yourself to D-core changes, Phaneuf will eventually decline and you might lose Methot to the ED. Get him back. Spend an asset. Claesson was not ready and good enough for those duties, you put him in a position to fail. Same for Oduya who had a pretty solid hockey career and you threw him into the wolves in his last year.

So if Claesson and Oduya can’t replace Phaneuf and Methot, who had to pay the price with a crazy increase of responsibilities? Cody Ceci, another D-man we kinda destroyed

Chabot was about to graduate but at that point, there was already too many holes on defense.

Also, had to look for life after Andy (and Hammond who showed signs in 2015-16 that he was a flash in the pan, instead of spending assets on Burrows and Stalberg, get a young goalie with potential?

All that was prior to the Hoffman-Karlsson debacle.

Melnyk deserves a lot of blame for this downfall but Dorion kinda accelerated it drastically. It’s incredible, Murray must be so pissed off wherever he is.
 
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BondraTime

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Dubas is going to be giving Marner a big contract as well, ~40 million, long term, for 4 guys (all forwards at that) isn't a recipe for success.

Marners camp already coming out and saying that the Leafs are trying to lowball him.

To put it in comparison, those 4 guys would be making 10 million less than all of Ottawa's forwards and D are currently making, and would be making more than all of Ottawa's forwards are currently making.
 
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stempniaksen

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Dubas is going to be giving Marner a big contract as well, ~40 million, long term, for 4 guys (all forwards at that) isn't a recipe for success.

Marners camp already coming out and saying that the Leafs are trying to lowball him.

To put it in comparison, those 4 guys would be making 10 million less than all of Ottawa's forwards and D are currently making, and would be making more than all of Ottawa's forwards are currently making.

I know something will have to give when the Leafs inevitably sign Marner, but looking at the numbers right now it's insane to see how cap crunched they'll be.

~40 million on 4 forwards
~50 million on 6 forwards (+Marleau/Kadri)
~70 million on 6 forwards, 3 D and 1 G (+Andersen/Rielly/Muzzin/Zaitsev)

Would give them roughly $13 million to fill 10-12 spots (not counting Hyman/Brown who make $2+ million each and Kapanen/Johnsson who would be RFA's).
 

FolignoQuantumLeap

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I know something will have to give when the Leafs inevitably sign Marner, but looking at the numbers right now it's insane to see how cap crunched they'll be.

~40 million on 4 forwards
~50 million on 6 forwards (+Marleau/Kadri)
~70 million on 6 forwards, 3 D and 1 G (+Andersen/Rielly/Muzzin/Zaitsev)

Would give them roughly $13 million to fill 10-12 spots (not counting Hyman/Brown who make $2+ million each and Kapanen/Johnsson who would be RFA's).
All they have to do is move Nylander and Zaitsev and they'll be pretty flexible. Zaitsev might be a little hard to move but they still have some decent prospects and picks to sell him off with. Nylander should return something pretty nice and if they're as competitive as I think they'll be lots of vets are gonna be willing to sign there at a discount for a chance at a cup and to play in Toronto.
 

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All they have to do is move Nylander and Zaitsev and they'll be pretty flexible. Zaitsev might be a little hard to move but they still have some decent prospects and picks to sell him off with. Nylander should return something pretty nice and if they're as competitive as I think they'll be lots of vets are gonna be willing to sign there at a discount for a chance at a cup and to play in Toronto.

I don't think they'll be looking to move Nylander, but admittedly that would solve some of their issues. I also think Zaitsev will be pretty hard to move, I'm not sure we've ever seen a cap dump with that kind of term moved, there would need to be a team out there that viewed him as an asset and I'm not convinced there's a fit.

They are still really tight without Nylander/Zaitsev (and that's assuming they don't take any money back in those deals).

~$30(+) million on 3 forwards
~$15 million on the next 4 forwards
~$10 million on top 2D
~$6 million on goalies

Would leave them with ~20 million to sign 5/6 forwards and 4/5 defencemen.

~8 million on Kapanen/Johnsson
~$3 million a 4th line
~$3 million (Dermott/Oziganov/Sandin)
~$2 million on depth (13F/7D)

Leaves them with roughly ~4 million to sign (at least) one veteran defenceman.

Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Johansson - Mathews - Kapanen
Marleau - Brown - Kadri
Moore - Gauthier - Bracco
Engvall

Rielly - X (Pesce? Faulk?)
Muzzin - Sandin
Dermott - Oziganov
Rosen/Borgman

Andersen
Sparks/UFA

It's doable I guess, but it seems counter productive be "going for it" while going with that much youth on defence.
 

stempniaksen

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Sounds like Boyle is going to Nashville.

For a 2nd.

I know he's an entirely different type of player, but this has to set the baseline for a Dzingle return right? Thanks for setting the market Shero, I wonder if this kicks off a set of moves now.
 
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BondraTime

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Boyle obviously isn't being traded for offence, but

Boyle has 6 goals and 22 points with a 2.2 million price tag

Dzingel has 20 goals and 39 points with a 1.8 million price tag

Boyle is likely a guy teams look at as a "playoff" guy with 111 games, that has to be taken into account as well, and is incredible in the dot.
 

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For a 2nd.

I know he's an entirely different type of player, but this has to set the baseline for a Dzingle return right? Thanks for setting the market Shero, I wonder if this kicks off a set of moves now.

Here's hoping.

Dorion better be looking for at least a 1st or a 2nd + good prospect now.
 

Deku

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Boyle obviously isn't being traded for offence, but

Boyle has 6 goals and 22 points with a 2.2 million price tag

Dzingel has 20 goals and 39 points with a 1.8 million price tag

Boyle is likely a guy teams look at as a "playoff" guy with 111 games, that has to be taken into account as well, and is incredible in the dot.

Boyle is actually at 13 goals and 19 points. But I still think it bodes well for a Dzingel return.
 

DaveMatthew

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I know something will have to give when the Leafs inevitably sign Marner, but looking at the numbers right now it's insane to see how cap crunched they'll be.

~40 million on 4 forwards
~50 million on 6 forwards (+Marleau/Kadri)
~70 million on 6 forwards, 3 D and 1 G (+Andersen/Rielly/Muzzin/Zaitsev)

Would give them roughly $13 million to fill 10-12 spots (not counting Hyman/Brown who make $2+ million each and Kapanen/Johnsson who would be RFA's).

They're actually not in that bad a situation, though. Outside of Marleau, who only has one year left, they have a ton of flexibility to make trades to bring in contributors who'll be on ELCs.

Nylander, after this year, has a very reasonable cap hit and doesn't have trade protection. They can still turn around and trade him.
Kadri, at $4.5 million/season is on a great deal, and only has a 10 team NTC. If they decide to trade him, 30 teams would be interested.
Kapanen, if he can't be re-signed, has a ton of value in a trade.

If they decide to move 2 of those 4 guys, they should have no problem getting back 3-4 NHL ready young players who can step in at low cost.

They're also underpaying Rielly and Andersen.

Their worst contract is Zaitsev, and at $4.5 million for a RD, he'd garner lots of interest as well.

I think Dubas has committed to the Warriors for hockey strategy. Lock in your stars, and surround them with cheap, young talent. I think it's a good way to go.
 

BonkTastic

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Jamie Mcclennan was just on Team1200, and suggested that the Leafs probably spend more on hockey ops than they do players.

Not sure how much of that is truth and how much is exaggeration to suggest they spend a ton on front office expenditures, but it's a hell of a claim nonetheless, and a pretty good example of a line in the sand that divides the "haves" and the "have nots" in the league.
 

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Jamie Mcclennan was just on Team1200, and suggested that the Leafs probably spend more on hockey ops than they do players.

Not sure how much of that is truth and how much is exaggeration to suggest they spend a ton on front office expenditures, but it's a hell of a claim nonetheless, and a pretty good example of a line in the sand that divides the "haves" and the "have nots" in the league.

I imagine that it benefits them to spend massively when it comes to negotiations pertaining to revenue sharing.

If they were just banking obscene profits instead of ‘investing it back into the team in large numbers’ I’d imagine that the league would be more inclined to change the numbers to help the struggling teams a little more.

Might be like many government budgets, if you don’t find a way to spend it, it gets cut next year!
 

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Jamie Mcclennan was just on Team1200, and suggested that the Leafs probably spend more on hockey ops than they do players.

Not sure how much of that is truth and how much is exaggeration to suggest they spend a ton on front office expenditures, but it's a hell of a claim nonetheless, and a pretty good example of a line in the sand that divides the "haves" and the "have nots" in the league.
I don't believe for a second that they spend more on hockey ops than on player salaries.

But for a team like the Sens, they should view spending more on hockey ops as a way to spend LESS on player salaries. The more good player personnel decisions you make, the more options you have which allows you to avoid the "we have to sign <player x>" situations.
 
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stempniaksen

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Jamie Mcclennan was just on Team1200, and suggested that the Leafs probably spend more on hockey ops than they do players.

Not sure how much of that is truth and how much is exaggeration to suggest they spend a ton on front office expenditures, but it's a hell of a claim nonetheless, and a pretty good example of a line in the sand that divides the "haves" and the "have nots" in the league.

I had in "in" with one of their old executives and based on what he said this doesn't surprise me at all (well, hearing it's more than players is a bit surprising, but it's been well above $30 million in the past). They have specific "teams" as part of their management structure that I'm (pretty sure) have more people than the entire Senators front office (low bar to clear mind you).

I mean, Babcock alone makes what? 5 or 6 million/year? And I know for a fact he's not the highest earning "executive" on that team.

Would be interesting to see if the entire Sens front office (and execs and coaching staff) make as much as Babcock does by himself :laugh:
 

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You used Eichel and McDavid as comparables and he's making comparable money. You're very hung up on the term. I don't think it will matter. The Leafs might benefit from that in 5 years if they can get him on a 8 yeah deal that declines as he goes into his 30s. Maybe they won't, but I doubt they care because as I said the term of his deal will be their window. Tavares is 28 and Andersen 29. Their window is the next few years with Tavares being relatively young and having Rielly at 5M for the next 3.

Maybe they'll have a window in 6 to 8 years but that team would have to look drastically different and the Leafs really shouldn't be looking that far down the road with what they have. Win now.

Also, if they need cap relief I think they have some easy candidates to move in Marleau and Kadri. The less easy one would be Zaitsev. Then there's Nylander who could land them something great in return. I'd easily lock up Tavares, Marner and Matthews to the 35M or whatever they'll make combined. That's 3 core pieces who can basically drive your whole offense with little talent around them for around 3/8 of the cap. Pretty good use of cap space imo.

Yes I did use them as examples, they are great examples. Of course I am hung up on the term you overpay at the start to underpay at the end and buy UFA years its really not a complicated concept. Thats exactly why im using Eichel and Mcdavid as examples they bought the late years at a discount for overpaying now. Matthews is going to sign for 16 plus million when he re ups which makes it harder to fill up the roster depth with elite players in order to win cups. Players absolute primes as two way forwards appear to be 26 to 29 those are the years that they will have to sign him at a higher price point. He is 26 years old and a UFA at the end of this deal its bad timing. Why shouldnt they be looking at that point in time.... Washington and Pittsburgh just won cups with their super stars at that age the time to win is when the super stars are on their ELCS and they back end of their big contracts. Are you arguing otherwise if so please use some examples.

Marleau is not an easy candidate he has a NMC. Kadri is a bargain of a contract so it makes their team worse to unload him, so how is that an example of them winning now by getting rid of really good players? It contradicts your earlier paragraph.

Zaitsev is going to cost them assets to get rid of.

Yes you build around those players but their cap hits at the end relative to the total cap number will be lower hence when they will really be able to compete. They arent going to be getting elite players through the draft the next 6 years or so because they are going to be an elite team so when you say you dont know what their team is going to look like in 6 years you are incorrect they have their stars thats who is going to carry them.

How has it worked out for Chicago having little depth around their elite forwards? Even when they had Panarin, Kane and Toews they didnt get the job done.
 

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"According to a tax treaty between Canada and the United States, as a U.S. resident Matthews’ massive signing bonuses ($54.5M) would be taxed at 15 per cent in Canada. His salary ($3.65M) would be taxed at 53.53 per cent."

Saw this in a tweet, never knew this before. That's a massive savings on tax for Mathews by having the bulk in bonuses, not just the benefit of having it in the bank earlier. This has to be stopped though.

Not sure how we can convince the states to raise their taxes
 

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"According to a tax treaty between Canada and the United States, as a U.S. resident Matthews’ massive signing bonuses ($54.5M) would be taxed at 15 per cent in Canada. His salary ($3.65M) would be taxed at 53.53 per cent."

Saw this in a tweet, never knew this before. That's a massive savings on tax for Mathews by having the bulk in bonuses, not just the benefit of having it in the bank earlier. This has to be stopped though.

What you're missing is that the same bonus will then be taxed in the states at whatever rate applies (Arizona for example. the combined state and fed tax would be around 42%). He can then claim a tax credit for the 15% he already paid to Canada.

For the salary portion, he'd still be able to claim a tax credit, but only up to the 42% that the states are charging him, so he wouldn't pay any additional tax, but the bonus would in effect be taxed at the US rate while the salary would be taxed at the CAN rate. At least, that's the way I, as a non international taxation expert, understand it.
 

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What you're missing is that the same bonus will then be taxed in the states at whatever rate applies (Arizona for example. the combined state and fed tax would be around 42%). He can then claim a tax credit for the 15% he already paid to Canada.

For the salary portion, he'd still be able to claim a tax credit, but only up to the 42% that the states are charging him, so he wouldn't pay any additional tax, but the bonus would in effect be taxed at the US rate while the salary would be taxed at the CAN rate. At least, that's the way I, as a non international taxation expert, understand it.
Likewise, as a non-international tax expert, I don't think that quote is accurate. But I definitely could be wrong. There is a 15% witholding tax on the bonus as a compliance measure but the key aspect would be whether or not he's a resident (183 days). If he's not a resident, I think that 15% would be credited against his US tax. I wouldn't expect Matthews to be hanging out in Canada over the summer, lol.
 
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