News Article: Despres/Ebbett to WBS, Bennett to ECHL, Pouliot to WHL, Letang/Vokoun to IR

[Shady Machine]

Yep. It was explained to me that Ruopp has a higher cap hit than Despres and Bennett, so calling him up gets them as close to the upper limit as possible, allowing them to maximze the use of putting Vokoun on LTIR. So there ya go.

Exactly. Someone gets it

 

[Jag68Sid87]

I think they're making the right decision re: Maatta/Despres, assuming they give Maatta nine games and Despres a wake-up call in the 'A'.

 

[MonsterSurge]

To ask again...Maatta is still with the Pens?

 

[Freeptop]

To ask again...Maatta is still with the Pens?

Yes, he is. For now, at least.

 

[cygnus47]

To ask again...Maatta is still with the Pens?

Yes, he'll probably get at least a game.

 

[Waffle Fries]

That was damn creative.

 

[cheesedanish87]

Exactly. Someone gets it

If there planning on bringing up Despres why not send him to wheeling like they did to BB?

 

[IcedCapp]

Exactly one person reads Stephen King novels.

are you praising me or making fun of me?

ANSWER WISELY...

 

[cygnus47]

If there planning on bringing up Despres why not send him to wheeling like they did to BB?

Because they probably aren't bringing him back up until Maatta gets sent down or we make a trade.

 

[eXile59]

I like how we have to pull all this cap circumvention crap so we can keep a 6th D-man making 2.5 million to suck.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I like how we have to pull all this cap circumvention crap so we can keep a 6th D-man making 2.5 million to suck.

Pretty much.lol
Niskanen is lucky Voukon got hurt.
And maybe Kobasew.

 

[Waffle Fries]

If there planning on bringing up Despres why not send him to wheeling like they did to BB?

I think they might let Maatta play a couple games and then call Despres back up. Or they were doing a straight swap with Ruopp/Despres because of roster numbers.

I don't really think it makes a difference where anyone was sent though. The roster will look different again by Thursday.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Can someone show me money wise where were at now?

 

[MtlPenFan]

are you praising me or making fun of me?

ANSWER WISELY...

Calm down there Trashcan Man, Mother Abigail ain't scared of you.

Maatta will get his 9 games, Despres will get reeducated in the A and all will be back to normal.

 

[MonsterSurge]

I have a 'fan' that is freaking out because Bennett is 'going to the ECHL'. This is hilarious.

 

[Ugene Magic]

We don't know if Letang is getting an LTIR designation like Vokoun (I'd expect not), so that greatly affects the cap situation. Bennett will obviously be back. Despres seems less likely to start the year to both get under the cap ceiling and sign Kobasew.

The key word is patience. We need to see which moves are cap shenanigans and which aren't. Remember, the goal is to be as close to the ceiling as is humanly possible before designating anyone for LTIR. That's how you get the most cap relief.

We can argue about decisions by Bylsma and Shero, but I would urge people to trust Botterill when it comes to managing a cap situation like this.

This say's it all.

 

[Crafton]

hahahaha. they think they can fit WBSimon on a bus. they're going to need a dump-truck for his fat ass.

 

[cygnus47]

I think they might let Maatta play a couple games and then call Despres back up. Or they were doing a straight swap with Ruopp/Despres because of roster numbers.

I don't really think it makes a difference where anyone was sent though. The roster will look different again by Thursday.

Nah not Despres. If it was just a cap thing he would have just been sent to Wheeling as its closer to Pittsburgh than WBS. They intend to have Maatta up until Letang is back at least.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Roster Size 23


$-546,667

Is the money we have to pay Kobasew right now i believe?
Voukon goes on LTIR and you can call Despres and Bennet back up(they are a shade under 2M combined)

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

hahahaha. they think they can fit WBSimon on a bus. they're going to need a dump-truck for his fat ass.

Have to get him as far from this team as possible before more suffer Letang's fate

 

[cygnus47]

Can someone show me money wise where were at now?

We're something like 1.99 million over the cap.

 

[billybudd]

If any junior player deserved a tryout since Kris Letang got one all those years ago, it's Maata.

 

[MrBurghundy]

We'll see how they treat Despres this year. The writing was on the wall when they decided to keep Niskanen around. If they continue to jerk him around between the AHL and then benching him for random games once he gets called back up, then you can chalk this up as another wasted year of development.

Like I said though, we'll just have to wait and see at this point.

 

[WayneSid9987]

We're something like 1.99 million over the cap.

Yea i think i forgot to add Maata's cap hit in my figures.
If you do, i think theres 1M or so to sign Kobasew to reach 2M over.

The 2 best places to be are right at the cap limit or 2M over.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I think they might let Maatta play a couple games and then call Despres back up. Or they were doing a straight swap with Ruopp/Despres because of roster numbers.

I don't really think it makes a difference where anyone was sent though. The roster will look different again by Thursday.

Yeah we will have to wait and see how long Despres is with the baby pens, after seeing how DB used Despres last year it just doesn't seem like DB is a big fan of Despres.