GM Game #2 by SJS, HOCCA & JW

[MackAttack26]

RFA Re-Signings

Charlie McAvoy - 6.500/8
Brandon Carlo - 3.000/3
Danton Heinen - 2.000/1
Ryan Donato - 1.000/1
Jakub Forsbaka Karlsson - 1.000/1

Wow, McAvoy being real team friendly their imo.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Wow, McAvoy being real team friendly their imo.

I don’t think so. Makes him the 16th highest paid defenceman in the league coming off an ELC. Many of those years are RFA years and the contract takes him to 29 right in time to sign another big contract.

Seth Jones, Matt Dumba, Shea Theodore, and Rasmus Ristolainen all signed for less coming off their ELC, all with better offencive numbers.

 

[RR]

Coyotes have traded forward Richard Panik to Toronto for a 4th round draft pick.

 

[donut]

Waive Joakim Nordstrom

claim Nordstrom.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

Alex Petrovic



STL 4th 2019




Richard Panik



TOR 4th 2019

 

[RR]

have struck another deal:

To ARI -- Josh Bailey, Yannik Rathgeb
To NYI -- Christian Fischer, ARI 2019 1st (top-10 protected, otherwise 2020 1st), TOR 2019 4th

We feel we overpaid a bit but when you struggle scoring goals as we do you have to pay to get and in Bailey we've secured a consistent 50-plus-point forward. He's only 29 and signed to a reasonable contract through age 34. We also like Rathgeb. We need another RHD and think he has great potential to be at least a rock-solid bottom pair D in the league.

 

[RR]

are done until free agency. We're happy that we added some scoring in Brock Nelson and Josh Bailey, both of whom are signed for the next several years. While we don't expect their presence will move us up the standings this year, we're confident that with the addition of our 2018 1st round pick Barrett Hayton and the growth of youngsters like Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz, Jakob Chychrun, Vinnie Hinostroza, and Lawson Crouse we'll challenge for a 2019-20 playoff spot.

Our roster that will finish off the 2018-19 season:

Clayton Keller -- Derek Stepan -- Alex Galchenyuk
Brock Nelson -- Nick Schmaltz -- Josh Bailey
Michael Grabner -- Christian Dvorak -- Vinnie Hinostroza
Lawson Crouse -- Brad Richardson -- Nick Cousins
Josh Archibald

OEL -- Niklas Hjalmarsson
Alex Goligoski -- Jordan Oesterle
Jakob Chychrun -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Kevin Connauton

Anti Raanta
Darcy Kuemper

AHL Defenseman Yannick Rathgeb
NYI 2019 4th
TOR 2019 4th

OUT:
Richard Panik
Nick Merkley
Christian Fischer
2019 protected 1st (otherwise 2020 1st)
2019 3rd
2019 4th

 

[FloydFlashback]

UFA signings:

Wayne Simmonds 5yrs/$5.75 per

RFA signings:

Ivan Provorov 6yrs/ $3.5 per
Travis Konecny 6yrs/$4.5 per
Travis Sanhiem 2yrs/$1.0 per
Scott Laughton 3 yrs/$2.2 per

 

[Gecklund]

UFA signings:

Wayne Simmonds 5yrs/$5.75 per
Curtis McElhinney 2yrs/$1.5 per

RFA signings:

Ivan Provorov 6yrs/ $3.5 per
Travis Konecny 6yrs/$4.5 per
Travis Sanhiem 2yrs/$1.0 per
Scott Laughton 3 yrs/$2.2 per

Wait what? All of those RFA contracts are awful....

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Yeah I have to say there is no way Provorov would take 3.5... Sanheim I could see taking a cheap one year contract, but not 1M for two years.

 

[Dabest]

yeah provorov easily gets 6+ on a 6 year deal, id assume TK gets over 5 too

 

[FloydFlashback]

Wait what? All of those RFA contracts are awful....

Provorov on pace for a 7 goal, 31 pt season.

Konecny on pace for a 24 goal, 51 point season.

Sanhiem on pace for a 0 goal, 20 point season

Laughton on pace for 20 goal, 31 point season.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Just call us "Finland West". The Carolina Hurricanes are very excited to announce that we have acquired two, young Finnish players we feel will be big pieces for our organization going forward.

To Nashville

Michael Ferland
Brian Elliott (50% retained)

To Carolina

Jusse Saros

We are very excited to add a young, talented goaltender in Jusse Saros to the organization. We feel Jusse is ready to take on a larger role after spending years being groomed behind Pekka Rinne. Jusse also has a team friendly contract the next two seasons which will allow us to find a solid veteran to partner with him.

To Toronto

Justin Faulk
Boston 2nd in 2019

To Carolina

Kasperi Kapanen
Martin Marincin

In Kasperi Kapanen we feel we have found a perfect compliment to Finnish stars Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen Those three combined will form an all Finish top line for us for hopefully many years to come. We are sad to see Justin Faulk go after many years of solid service but we feel we have some young defensemen in Roland McKeown, Haydyn Fleury and Jake Bean that are all ready for larger roles.

 

[Gecklund]

Provorov on pace for a 7 goal, 31 pt season.

Konecny on pace for a 24 goal, 51 point season.

Sanhiem on pace for a 0 goal, 20 point season

Laughton on pace for 20 goal, 31 point season.

Provorov is comparable to McAvoy who just got 6.5 that’s really my main problem the rest might be bad but not as bad as Provorov.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Yeah I have to say there is no way Provorov would take 3.5... Sanheim I could see taking a cheap one year contract, but not 1M for two years.

Only way Provorov would take $3.5M is if it was a 2 year deal. At 6 years, he's looking at $5.5M+. Seth Jones signed for 6 years, $5.4M coming off 25, 27 and 31 point seasons. Provorov already has 30 and 41 point seasons.

I understand being an agent is a lot of work though and it's easy to overlook some contracts.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Probably done makings moves until the draft but could move Victor Rask if there is interest in the middle 6 center that has pretty consistently put up 40+ points.

 

[RR]

Only way Provorov would take $3.5M is if it was a 2 year deal. At 6 years, he's looking at $5.5M+. Seth Jones signed for 6 years, $5.4M coming off 25, 27 and 31 point seasons. Provorov already has 30 and 41 point seasons.

I understand being an agent is a lot of work though and it's easy to overlook some contracts.

I screwed the pooch on Provorov.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I screwed the pooch on Provorov.

It happens. Maybe since everyone is in agreement on this one, maybe the contract is changed from a 6 year, to a 2 year deal? Doesn't affect anything in this game but the optics so to speak.

 

[RR]

It happens. Maybe since everyone is in agreement on this one, maybe the contract is changed from a 6 year, to a 2 year deal? Doesn't affect anything in this game but the optics so to speak.

I think that's fair.

 

[FloydFlashback]

How about 6 yrs at $5.7 for Provorov. I'd prefer to lock him up longer than 2 yrs.

 

[FloydFlashback]

Provorov is 65th in scoring by Defensemen. He's 21, he has a lot to prove.

 

[Joel Ward]

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[Joel Ward]

Provorov is 67th in scoring by Defensemen. He's 21, he has a lot to prove.

He scored 17 goals last year and has been a defensive stalwart on Philly's top pair. Jakob Chychrun just got 6x4.6 with a much shorter and less impressive resume. Noah Hanifin - a defender draft within a few picks of Provorov - just got more than the 4.9 having shown less. Provorov should be coming in near $6M on a 6 year deal.

 

[Joel Ward]

Henrik Borgstrom ($925,000) - Aleksander Barkov ($5,900,000) - Evgeni Dadonov ($4,000,000)
Jonathan Huberdeau ($5,900,000) - Nick Bjugstad ($4,100,000) - Frank Vatrano ($925,000)
Dryden Hunt ($809,167) - Jared McCann ($1,250,000) - Denis Malgin ($690,000)
Derek MacKenzie ($1,375,000) - Colton Sceviour ($1,200,000) - Troy Brouwer ($850,000)

Michael Matheson ($4,875,000) - Aaron Ekblad ($7,500,000)
Keith Yandle ($6,350,000) - Travis Hamonic ($3,857,143)
MacKenzie Weegar ($900,000) - Mark Pysyk ($2,733,333)

Roberto Luongo ($4,533,333)
James Reimer ($3,400,000)​

Scratched: Alex Petrovic ($1,950,000), Michael Hutchinson ($1,300,000)
Injured: Vincent Trocheck ($4,750,000), Jamie McGinn ($3,333,333)
Cap Space: $4,730,358

No Trocheck, no Hoffman. Vote Panthers last in the Atlantic!

Alexander Ovechkin ($9,538,462) - Evgeny Kuznetsov ($7,800,000) - Tom Wilson ($5,166,666)
Jakub Vrana ($863,333) - Nicklas Backstrom ($6,700,000) - T.J. Oshie ($5,750,000)
Andre Burakovsky ($3,000,000) - Lars Eller ($3,500,000) - Brett Connolly ($1,500,000)
Dmitrij Jaskin ($1,100,000) - Chandler Stephenson ($650,000) - Devante Smith-Pelly ($1,000,000)

Michal Kempny ($2,500,000) - John Carlson ($8,000,000)
Dmitry Orlov ($5,100,000) - Matt Niskanen ($5,750,000)
Brooks Orpik ($1,000,000) - Christian Djoos ($650,000)

Braden Holtby ($6,100,000)
Pheonix Copley ($650,000)
​

Scratched: Nic Dowd ($650,000), Madison Bowey ($1,000,000)
Cap Space: $1,449,039

We did nothing because we didn't need to do anything. Vote Caps 1st in the Metro!

 

[Peter Griffin]

Teuvo Teravainen [$2,860,000] - Sebastian Aho [$925,000] - Kasperi Kapanen [$863,333]
Valentin Zykov [$675,000] - Sean Couturier [$4,333,333] - Andrei Svechnikov [$925,000]
Jordan Staal [$6,000,000] - Victor Rask [$4,000,000] - Jordan Martinook [$1,800,000]
Brock McGinn [$887,500] - Lucas Wallmark [$675,000] - Phil Di Giuseppe [$750,000]
Warren Foegele [$746,667]

Jaccob Slavin [$5,350,000] - Brett Pesce [$4,025,000]
Calvin de Haan [$4,550,000] - Roland McKeown [$745,000]
Haydyn Fleury [$863,333] - Trevor Van Riemsdyk [$2,300,000]
Martin Marincin [$800,000]​

Jusse Saros [$1,500,000]
Petr Mrazek [$1,500,000]

Cap Space= $23,584,168
​

Made some changes we feel better balance our team going forward and possibly help us compete for a playoff spot this season.

Jason Zucker [$5,500,000] - Eric Staal [$3,500,000] - Mikael Granlund [$5,750,000]
Zach Parise [$7,538,462] - Mikko Koivu [$5,500,000] - Mika Zibanejad [$5,350,000]
Jordan Greenway [$916,666] - Kevin Hayes [$2,587,500] - Charlie Coyle [$3,200,000]
Marcus Foligno [$2,875,000] - Joel Erikson Ek [$894,167] - Eric Fehr [$1,000,000]
J.T. Brown [$687,500]/Matt Hendricks [$700,000]

Ryan Suter [7,538,462] - Jared Spurgeon [$5,187,500]
Jonas Brodin [$4,166,667] - Matt Dumba [$6,000,000]
Nick Seeler [$725,000] - Greg Pateryn [$2,250,000]
Nate Prosser [$650,000]

Devan Dubnyk [$4,333,333]
Alex Stalock [$650,000]

Cap Space =$308,076
​

Added two solid top 6 forwards to give us one of the better forward groups in the league to go along with solid defense and goaltending. Should be a team that makes some noise in the playoffs.