Zadorov, March, and Duclair seem on point. Maybe Kahkonen too given he’ll probably be a 1b next year. The others all seem like 1 year or $1m more than I would offer.The only skater that looks palatable here is DeBrusk.
I would love him on another 1 year deal. 3? Too much risk for me.DuClair would be a solid step back to speed that kills!!!
DuClair looks to be going onto his 9th team at 28 years old. That’s a major red flag that goes beyond whether his play away from the puck is bad or not.DuClair would be a solid step back to speed that kills!!!
I think this is why we tried so hard for retention on Markstrom. Gives us room to get an impact player and resign Luke. The cap increases are expected for a to happen for a minimum 2 consecutive seasons now that the escrow debt will be all paid up. Haula's contract is up when Nemec is due, if thats still not enough room for him, I can see us trying to get out of Palats last year too.It's hard to project the available cap space for NJ without knowing what the increases will be in the next few years but my guess is that the team will want to extend Luke long term and that contract is probably worth at least $8 mil per in AAV. If Nemec takes a step forward next season his extension could be fairly expensive as well. Those two alone could take up a sizable portion of any unused cap space. I'm sure the analytics folks have looked at this but I'm skeptical the team adds an impact player in the next year beyond a goalie.