I'm curious
I haven't seen a breakdown of what happens if EM wakes up tomorrow and declares "I don't care! I'm spending to the cap!"
Does that extra 10M(?) mean that all dead money, buy outs and raises are done, a really good team is iced, and we as a fan base can start worrying about other stuff? Can anyone break it down?
Here's what I am doing if spending money is not an issue
- Sign Stone 8 x $7,500,000
- Sign Ceci 5 x $4,200,000
- Sign Wideman 2 x $1,200,000
- Sign Paul 2 x $900,000
- Draft Svechnikov (?) and sign him 3 x $925,000
- Trade Smith and Condon for picks (retain a bit IF needed)
- Buy out Gaborik
- Buy out Burrows
My line-up :
Hoffman-Duchene-Svechnikov (?)
Ryan-Brown-Stone
Dzingel-Pageau-White
Paul-Chlapik-Pyatt
McCormick
Chabot-Karlsson
Wolanin-Ceci
Borowiecki-Wideman
Harpur
???????
Anderson
That line up cap hit is ~63 M$ with Phaneuf retention and Gaborik + Burrows buyouts. Salary expenditure is probably a bit over that but not by a ton (won't calculate) and my biggest need is a goalie. Get the best one you can on the UFA market. I am keeping Andy to have him retiring with the Sens and we all know he can rebound next year, but he's not my N.1 anymore, he is the vet to help out the younger goalie.
I'm leaving space in the budget because the following year you have Karlsson and Duchene extensions. I might trade Dzingel depending on ready prospects and how much he will be asking. Salary cap is going to be over 80 M$ so seriously I'm not too worried. PLUS, I am one year closer to a new arena downtown, which will make finances of the team much better.
I am investing in COACHING though.
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2019-20 :
Sign Karlsson 8 x $11,500,000
Sign Duchene 8 x $7,500,000
Sign Dzingel 3 x $3,000,000
Sign White 2 x $1,200,000
Sign Wolanin 2 x $1,200,000
My line-up :
Hoffman-Duchene-Svechnikov (?) (crazy talent line)
Ryan-Brown-Stone (crazy IQ line)
Formenton-Pageau-Dzingel (crazy speed line)
Paul-Chlapik-White
Batherson
Chabot-Karlsson
Wolanin-Ceci
Borowiecki-Wideman
Harpur-Jaros
Gustavsson
Anderson
That line-up cap hit is ~71.4, even with Duchene, Karlsson, Stone, Ceci, Dzingel extensions AND keeping Ryan. Bobby will only have 2 years left, easier to trade and his salary coming off the books will make it easy to extend some of the young players that progress the most (Chabot, Brown, etc)
We could even invest in the best LD possible to solidify the team's defense but that's a concept that all the team needs to buy in. And at this point, they need a new coaching staff.
This team is in a fantastic position going forward with a lot of young talent. If they can't do anything with that, it would be a real shame.