It's not as far off as you might think,
Again, a problem that was entirely avoidable by not signing Brannstrom. This team needed a veteran RHD who would sign for less than $1.5M, they absolutely did NOT need an undersized bottom-pairing LHD getting $2M. There's your roster flexibility and cap flexibility solved in one go. Hamonic was never paid to be a full-time roster player, while Brannstrom was paid close to top 4 money. Hamonic's NMC would be completely irrelevant if they hadn't signed Brannstrom to $2M.
It's simply not true and it's been demonstrated multiple times through player interviews the value solid veterans bring in the background.
It's right on the cusp, actually. 147 players making $2M+ in a league with 32 teams, means a distribution of 4.5 per team. It's a touch higher if you remove the LTIRetired players from the list.
Nothing this current roster says about what they like or prefer holds any weight for me. They all shat the bad this season and weren't good enough. Their needs and what they value can go flying out the window.
The team didn't really need a veteran RHD, that's evident based on him being the guy that gets healthy scratched while Brannstrom is being paid in line with the role he's been playing (5th Dman getting 5th money and being used in the top 4 when injuries strike). If we needed Hamonic, he'd play over Brannstrom but he simply hasn't, even when it meant playing Brannstrom or Chychrun on their off side
That sounds like something the worst GM is pro sports would do
I mean, we had DeMelo, but Smith decided to move him to the bottom pair with boro to play Chabot with Zaitsev and Hainsey, then we got Zub with him for a year before separating them too.
You don’t need demelo when you have the chance to acquire of the leagues elite defenders. Best feet in the NHL lmao
Not sure who Kacies a Martin is, do you have a link? Assuming you just mean Jacques Martin?
You don't factor in ELCs because they don't have any true or relative contract value. It's a contract that every "entry-level" player gets, with a few minor exceptions. Real contract values, indicative of player quality or projected quality, are negotiated post-ELC. That's where a team and player negotiate the player's value to determine compensation. You know you're intentionally making a disingenuous point and you don't seem to have any problem with it.
How does this make any sense? Why would a guy who got a contract for much less money than Brannstrom be the guy who's "supposed" to be playing ahead him? Hamonic is the 7th D, so why would the team play him over Brannstrom who's paid closer to top 4 money?
Mental gymnastics? The f***ing nerve you have. The only objective way to look at it is that this team ABSOLUTELY DID NOT need a $2M LHD for the bottom pairing and this team ABSOLUTELY DID NEED an RHD to sign for $1.5M or less. Keep trying to spin it any way you want but it won't change the facts.
Keep talking about cults yet it's never the people supposedly in the cult who keep bringing up the guy's name. Remind me how that works again? Oh right, you can't because it's bullshit and only meant as a cheap way to discredit or dismiss someone's opinion. You sound like someone with some sort of derangement syndrome to me.
So Sanderson should play below Branny then because he makes less and on ELC, lol,
2 mil is what a 5th Dman makes, we didn't bring in Chych so that he, Chabot or Sanderson could play on the bottom pair so yeah, we did need a bottom pair LD just as much if not more that a bottom pair RD since we had JBD under contract.
Guys tell me what exactly DJ was doing with these kids for five years. “Keeping them positive” while Dorion making the worst moves known to man. Incredible duo
got a link? Who is Kacies?
ELCs have no real or perceived value and hold nearly zero negotiating power, hence why they are not an accurate representation of a player's true worth. It's the only part of the NHL where players exist in a closed market. Whereas, on the open market, we see a more accurate reflection of player valuations as they gain bargaining power. Also, I never said Brannstrom was a second pairing, I said he was paid on the cusp of being a top 4, which he objectively is.
So this team was better off with Brannstrom making $2M for the bottom pairing instead of shipping him off for futures and using that money for cap and roster flexibility? You keep running around in circles trying to make an insanely convoluted argument that a bottom-pairing guy making $1.1M was worse for our cap and roster flexibility than a bottom-pairing guy making $2M. Also, I never said that the decision to give him a NMC was good. I only said he had the right to ask for it given his status in the league and the fact that he most likely accepted less money for it. And the overall point I was making was that he was such a low-grade issue for this team that it's hard to imagine people being that bothered by it, given everything else that's wrong.
Dude I know you get it but are loving to pretend to be obtuse. Hamonic is no longer an NHL player and by giving him an NMC Dorion wasted a roster spot. Combine that with Dorion having no idea how to manage a cap we were stuck running Hamonic out there rather than a callup. Did Dorion overpay Brannstrom, yes he did but at least he’s an NHL 6/7 who can be in a lineup.
