Whar kind of discount do you think wheeler gives? He's going to be at like 7.5 for 7. Do the math. You can't resign everyone.
Don't think we lose guys like Connor and Roslovic by keeping the vets around. What we likely will need to do is sign them to bridge deals after their ELC's to keep costs down and buy some time. That pushes Connor out 3 years and Roslovic 4 years before you have to start paying them bigger contracts. By then you move guys like Wheeler, Buff and Little to free up space. The key is to be careful with NMC's and front load contracts a bit so actual salary is less than cap hit to appeal to the cap floor teams. I think Chevy can keep most of the gang together he just needs to push some bigger salaries for the kids down the road a bit.
Great post. I think positive threads will boost Little back where he was a year ago. All would be happy with that.
Actually Littles NMC has already kicked in. They added to the last year of his current contract and the first two years of his new contract so they can't trade Little for the next two years. They would have to bridge Conner or Rosslo and trade Little when the bridge runs out. For the record I like both Wheeler and Little but I like our younger players more. We will have a lot of young players gaining playoff experience this year so that shouldn't be an issue after this year. Signing aging players for big money is a thing of the past. Or it should be.
