Nucker101
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- Apr 2, 2013
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Easier said than done. The cost to move out the longer term cap hits will undoubtedly be higher If you can sign a top 6 capable UFA winger to a short term deal at a good price but need to move out Sutter to make it work, I think you have to do it as long as the price is reasonable. Or if you can find a deal for a top 6 winger who can fit under the cap by trading Sutter +, you have to consider it depending on the player and the "+', if the winger is good enough, I'd add Jake to Sutter to make the package more appealing or trade Jake in a separate deal and use the pick from that deal to attach to the Sutter dump packageThey CANNOT make the same mistake of moving out Sutter/Benn/Baertschi instead of Eriksson/Roussel/Beagle.
I think the former is a group of better hockey players and they only have one year left.
You eat this year still but try and get out of those other three over the next few years.
They made this mistake in the Toffoli trade when they moved out Schaller instead of a guy with multiple years.
I know this roster still has plenty of holes with weak depth, but man adding a Toffoli replacement would really give you some much needed secondary scoring support for the top line. I suspect Pearson will regress a bit this season, Horvat will need another winger on his right side to get that line going offensively.