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If Dorion can convince Melnyk to go all in with the cap space relief strategy, it could shape this franchise much quicker
Absolutely. We should already have the 1st from Marleau.
If Dorion can convince Melnyk to go all in with the cap space relief strategy, it could shape this franchise much quicker
Absolutely. We should already have the 1st from Marleau.
We should trade Ceci and Anderson for whatever we can get, then take on as many bad short-term deals as possible in exchange for assets.
That's what a smart GM would do in our shoes. Have to take advantage of our cap situation.
Dunno. Why not?Why would they give us the same deal they gave Carolina?
Our cap space is only for sale if it doesn't cost Melnyk any real money.
They aren't giving up Tuch. He signed for a very team friendly deal, they need him to stay.Vegas is going to have to give away a very useful roster player for free - there's no getting around it. Further, they would no doubt vastly prefer to give that player to an Eastern Conference team. As one of the few Eastern Conference teams with cap space, we should be right at the front of the line. Give them a second back and we'll take Tuch, thank you very much...
You know the more I think about it, the more I think this wasn't that great a deal for Carolina. For $4 million, the cost of the Marleau buyout, the Canes could go get themselves a mid-range free agent who could help them right now as opposed to five years from now (if in fact the pick ever pans out.)
I dunno. I’m really not a fan of taking on bad contracts for extra picks. If people think that’s cheap of the team, I disagree. I would not have agreed to that Carolina deal if I owned the team either. For all of EM’s faults (there are lots) I don’t feel like this is a bad directive (if in fact he ever gave the directive to not buy draft picks with bad contracts / buyouts).
Why would they give us the same deal they gave Carolina?
We better be in on the players who have insured contracts, because there's no excuse from a cash perspective to not try and get those guys.It's not a bad contract for us though. If Dorion was smart and decided to deal Ceci and Anderson to whoever for whatever, he could have used Marleau's 6.25M cap hit to hit the floor, which could have actually saved Melnyk money, considering it would only cost 4M in salary to do so.
Could have been a free 1st round pick for us. Missed opportunity.