Rumor: Drance of The Athletic Van - Mike Hoffman wants to go to team "x" but team "x" needs to move cap

[voxel]

Marc Staal.....

Wings were dumb but also teams had cap space back then and supposedly Wings valued him as a legit player (weird). No team has space now. I think the NHL should allow compliance buyouts.

 

[Just Linda]

Its pretty funny that the team thats the best fit for him right now both in positional need and cap situation is the Ottawa Senators.

Perhaps a sign and trade would work for them to take a bad contract + picks

 

[Mickey Marner]

But more teams will have cap space.

And more players will be free agents. This cap squeeze isn't going anywhere, teams are going to make way less money in 2020-21 than they did in 2019-20.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Flyers,Bruins or Jets.

Can definitely see Bruins especially with all their injuries in the top 6

 

[voxel]

Its pretty funny that the team thats the best fit for him right now both in positional need and cap situation is the Ottawa Senators.

Perhaps a sign and trade would work for them to take a bad contract + picks

That’s no different than team offloading a cap dump onto the Senators and team X signing Hoffman. The only diff would be Sens could retain on Hoffman and get even more value... like a top prospect.

 

[Just Linda]

That’s no different than team offloading a cap dump onto the Senators and team X signing Hoffman. The only diff would be Sens could retain on Hoffman and get even more value... like a top prospect.

No, its different, its much worse than the simpler more logical options available.

 

[BananaSquad]

I have a feeling Hoffman was gonna end up in Buffalo if Hall didn’t sign. 1 year 6M+

 

[Mr Positive]

Wings were dumb but also teams had cap space back then and supposedly Wings valued him as a legit player (weird). No team has space now. I think the NHL should allow compliance buyouts.

I disagree about compliance buyouts. It's an unfair advantage to rich owners in this environment, and the league hit them hard enough by having the owners get less than 50% HRR in the coming years by forcing the cap to stay up while freezing escrow.

Ultimately, some owners would want it but not enough to make a difference. The players probably want compliance buyouts to free up cash but they already signed onto the next CBA so there's no leverage there.

 

[SensFactor]

I bet you it's Rangers or Isles

 

[Mestaruus]

Team X is going to look real good next year by adding Hoffman.

That's true Mr KOTL. Back to Panthers I hope. All of Barky's friends are leaving .

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Maybe he has heard rumblings or he is just putting out an opinion but Lebrun had this to say about Hoffman and Canucks

paraphrasing

"Im not surprised Canucks camp once again talked to Hoffman this week, I dont know if Vancouver can make it fit, I dont think they can afford what other teams are offering right now, but i tell ya if I was Hoffman and his agent I would think long and hard about signing a bargain deal with Vancouver for a year, you come and play on that powerplay for 1 year and a 5 on 5 opportunity on top 6 with the kind of Trigger man Hoffman is, it would remind me of the deal Barrie signed and bet on himself, I would definitely think of that for Hoffman.

LeBrun: Still think the Canucks will be the next Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup

 

[Liver King]

Maybe Pittsburgh?

 

[kilowatt]

Kings would be happy to help Vancouver with their cap issues. Send Eriksson to LA... along with Podkolzin. Kings will send back Kupari or Clague if necessary.

 

[Djp]

Thomas Drance of the Athletic Vancouer who also used to be employed by the Florida Panthers says he has been told Mike Hoffman definitely has chosen a team he wants to go to. Called them team "x"

Drance then says the only problem is team "X' needs to clear cap space before signing Hoffman. Hoffman's camp has given team X a grace period before they eventually have to sign one of the other offers. Apparently Hoffman has like 5 offers from 5 different teams.

Drance strongly suggested that team "X" is the Vancouver Canucks but hasnt been able to confirm it himself.

It sorta fits the clues tho as Canucks have a need in the top 6 but also is up against the cap.

I guess if we see someone like Virtanen, Sutter, Baertschi or Roussell traded soon then we can perhaps expect a Hoffman to Vancouver signing soon.

Friedman reported yesterday that Hoffman is possibly looking at a show me deal. It would be smart for Hoffman to sign with the young offensive Canucks to pump up his stats. He would either play beside Elias Pettersson or Bo Horvat

*will post the podcast radio hit as soon as tsn 1040 makes it availbale*

Assuming it’s vancouver....

Vancouver pieces they are trying to unload have no value.

Virtanen and Gaudette are unsigned RFAs. 1 of thrm could be signed in the $2Am cap space but not both. If both signed they’d have 15F

If they try to LTIR Ferland they have Peterson and Hughes they can use against it.

If the strategize doing this...

Right now 13/6/2 with about $2Am in space
Send down Peterson and Hughes to be
11/5/2 with around $3.9M in space
Sign Gaudette to $1M
Sign/ promote 7D for $900K
12/6/2 with $2.M in space

Say Hoffman signs at $5M thry need to create $3M in space.

Trade Suter at 25% creates about $3M in space

Virtanen coukd be mived innthat deal or seoarstly with nothing on the roster coming back other than a $900K 7D

 

[Unsustainable]

Carolina makes sense

 

[spockBokk]

Carolina makes sense

Would love that. Don’t know how they’d fit Fleury and Foegele after using all their space on Hoffman, but getting him for 1 yr would be great.

 

[Zerotonine]

If Hoffman is looking to oad stats in cash in next year were the market could change for him, there are about a dozen teams ahead of Vancouver were he could play

 

[TFHockey]

Pad your stats with McDavid.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Vancouver seems like a good fit to hit some high numbers playing on the PP with Hughes and EP. Think I’d prefer Granlund but on a one year deal at a decent price Hoffman could fill a gap.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

If Hoffman is looking to oad stats in cash in next year were the market could change for him, there are about a dozen teams ahead of Vancouver were he could play

Vancouver was 4th in the league in powerplay last year.

I think Hoffman could be looking at that and thinking jackpot.

 

[jcs0218]

San Jose should sign him.

 

[FreeMcdavid]

Another little tid bit that fits this puzzle

Apparently Virtanen and Canucks have an extentsion signed but are awaiting to sign it to give Benning a couple of extra days to trade salary otherwise it looks like they will use that 2nd buyout window to move cap and buyout Sutter or Baertschi?

This might be what Hoffman's camp is waiting for?

 

[BCNate]

Another little tid bit that fits this puzzle

Apparently Virtanen and Canucks have an extentsion signed but are awaiting to sign it to give Benning a couple of extra days to trade salary otherwise it looks like they will use that 2nd buyout window to move cap and buyout Sutter or Baertschi?

This might be what Hoffman's camp is waiting for?

We will have enough for Virtanen and Gaudette by sending LE and Baertshi to Utica, assuming they’re come in at 4 total. Then the challenge of finding 4to5 million to lock Hoffman in starts. Not sure that’s even enough though, even if he wants to play here.

 

[periferal]

I bet you it's Rangers or Isles

Well I'd bet, but when he winds up on another team you can always say, "Well it was the Isles/rangers, but they just couldn't open up cap space in time so I'm not paying."

 

[Coach Parker]

Assuming it’s vancouver....

Vancouver pieces they are trying to unload have no value.

Virtanen and Gaudette are unsigned RFAs. 1 of thrm could be signed in the $2Am cap space but not both. If both signed they’d have 15F

If they try to LTIR Ferland they have Peterson and Hughes they can use against it.

If the strategize doing this...

Right now 13/6/2 with about $2Am in space
Send down Peterson and Hughes to be
11/5/2 with around $3.9M in space
Sign Gaudette to $1M
Sign/ promote 7D for $900K
12/6/2 with $2.M in space

Say Hoffman signs at $5M thry need to create $3M in space.

Trade Suter at 25% creates about $3M in space

Virtanen coukd be mived innthat deal or seoarstly with nothing on the roster coming back other than a $900K 7D

Virtanen for Lauzon.

 

[Tanknation]

It's probably Montreal and they are trying to move Tatar and Byron.

Hoffman wants to be closer to Ottawa. He wants to join the Habs. Habs looking to ship a few guys out. One being Byron to sign him.