a 3.75 million dollar 4th liner...
Somebody make me a gif of that scene in Independence Day where the military nukes the alien ship, only to have them report "target remains", with no damage done. Superimpose Kunitz's face on top of the ship.
Somebody do that right now.
Yes, doesn't make sense in the bigger picture but for the rest of this season, unless we need the cap space for something else, it really doesn't matter what his cap hit is since it's the last year anyway.
When you have about 2 or 3 WBS kids who can replace his minutes at a fraction of the cost and DO everything he does better to help you win games, it certainly DOES matter.
We put Daley on LTIR too. We have like 4m in cap space to add if Fehr clears
When you have about 2 or 3 WBS kids who can replace his minutes at a fraction of the cost and DO everything he does better to help you win games, it certainly DOES matter.
No takers for Fehr at $2mil? Just seems so dang odd...especially considering the recent Burrows trade.
Would the oilers claim him? Need help on the dot - How's his speed?
If Washington had the cap space to afford him, I'd welcome him back with open arms.
Cap hit only matters if you're actually going to use it. So the fact that we do (or may have) some WBS kids who are cheaper is irrelevant. And as much as I'm not a fan of Kunitz, I'd question whether we have 1 player currently in WBS who is better then Kunitz, let alone 2 or 3.
We SHOULD be using every ounce of cap for depth and improvements...
Josh Archibald
Oskar Sundqvist
Dominik Simon
Are easily leaps and bounds better in all areas over Kunitz at this part of his career.
Not to mention OS and DS can also fil in at C if need be as well.
We SHOULD be using every ounce of cap for depth and improvements...
Josh Archibald
Oskar Sundqvist
Dominik Simon
Are easily leaps and bounds better in all areas over Kunitz at this part of his career.
Not to mention OS and DS can also fil in at C if need be as well.
Ha I can see the Caps trying to claim him to try and get into Pens heads or something.
Ha I can see the Caps trying to claim him to try and get into Pens heads or something.
Archibald and Simon are NOT currently better than Kunitz. I know most of us do not think that highly of him, but he is currently a better hockey player than either of those two. Kunitz has as many goals in the NHL as Simon does in the AHL (and only two less than Arichbald does in the AHL). These are nice young prospects who might be decent NHL players in the near future - but they're not there yet.
Sundqvist is really the only guy in WBS who might challenge Kunitz, and he hasn't played an NHL game all year, so even then it's questionable.
And again, cap space only matters if you're going to use it. IF you're not, then the fact that we could replace Kunitz with someone cheaper doesn't matter one bit.