Steve Yzerlland
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Not sure if this was already posted. Hopefully Zetterberg can go visit him in SJ with his free time and start recruiting for us.
Imo the moment the signed McDonagh their EK opportunity (long-term) went out the window. The cap space that Karlsson/Hedman/McDonagh/Vasilievsky/Stamkos/Kucherov/Point would eat up would leave the rest of their roster as close to league minimum players.I think if Tampa can clear space they could be interesting, but I am not sure they really can.
Keep believing Babcock is a coach players are dying to play for LOL.
Not sure if this was already posted. Hopefully Zetterberg can go visit him in SJ with his free time and start recruiting for us.
Yzerman is technically still employed by TB I doubt he can do this.The Wings Elite Triumverite of Z, St. Nick and Stevie Y should be all over this. Starting meow.
I think if Tampa can clear space they could be interesting, but I am not sure they really can.
The Wings will offer him a big contract and term while selling him on the new arena and my guess is Zetterberg is heavily involved in their pitch. That he committed to staying in Detroit today also shouldn't be dismissed in terms of this hopeful summer pursuit. But he does have to make it to UFA status and until that day arrives we cannot really count on it. But it is interesting, I expect us to pursue Karlsson hard if he makes it there and again we absolutely should be doing that.
Tampa has plenty of appealing contracts/players to move if they wanted to make space, problem is that most of them have NTC attached. Who would waive their NTC to leave a cup contender thats’ acquiring arguably the best damn in the game? Oh, and if they waive it to be traded they are likely taking a pay cut due to the no income tax in Florida.
Getting back on track here, our biggest carrot to Karlsson would be offering him the maximum dollar amount on his last big contract. So giving him a 7 year max deal puts you in a good position IF he's interested in making the most money. There are some ancillary things like players enjoy living in Birmingham, new arena, etc.
Trying to position us as an up and coming team would be challenging although it becomes more credible if Steve Yzerman is the GM offering him a contract and we've just drafted Jack Hughes. That's the best case scenario and I think gives us some small shot. He's also going to be able to log a ton of time and if that's something that interests him then we're a really good option.
If he's motivated to take a pay cut to play for a winner we have no chance at all. We're closer to Ottawa than Tampa. He also may look at our current blueline and be a little uncomfortable with how little talent we have. On the one hand he could feast with all of those minutes available; on the other he may not want to have so little support. He just went through that in Ottawa.
Am I the only one that wants nothing to do with him?
Am I the only one that wants nothing to do with him?
Am I the only one that wants nothing to do with him?
No idea, but he's an elite player and we currently have zero of those. You would also be offering for what would likely be the entirety of his prime as a 7 year deal would end when he's 35 or 36.
He'd likely be a 50 point guy every single year with loads of PP time. He'd be exciting to watch. I'm less interested in acquiring a centerman via UFA but we are so bad at drafting/acquiring PMDmen that I think this is a very reasonable risk. Yes he may not be the same player after the ankle fracture but we'll have a real good idea of how he looks this year on a talented roster. I think he's going to easily eclipse 50 points.
We don't have a single dman now in our roster or in our prospect pool who projects to be a 50 point dman. At best we have a bunch of 30 point guys tops.
No, you're not.Am I the only one that wants nothing to do with him?
12 mil+Assuming Karlsson has a bounceback season in San Jose, any guesses what it would take to sign him?
14 Million
Get Gator, Helm, Ericsson and Kronwall off the cap
Assuming Karlsson has a bounceback season in San Jose, any guesses what it would take to sign him?
No need. The Red Wings have at least 18 million in cap space next offseason, + whatever they would get from LTIR relief for Franzen and Zetterberg.
Their cap situtation isn't great. They also have a barren prospect pool with their best players being on the wrong side of 30. I really hope he doesn't sign long-term because they are all-in this season and will NOT be a top contender going forward.I know what you mean but what's a bounceback after a 62p in 71 games season? That's a 71 point full season for a defenseman..
Would kinda shock me if he didn't sign with the Sharks long term now. Then again he certainly doesn't owe them anything and he didn't personally sign up for the trade.
Basically I'm saying that 5 or 6 years down the road when these kids are hopefully playing great, EK will be 34 years old and likely still pretty great, but great enough for the massive cap hit it will take to sign him?