How do we get rid of Bobrovsky?

[Chessarmy]

What are our options to get rid of Sergei Bobrovsky this offseason? Is a buyout feasible? Can we somehow manage a mutual contract termination with him? Is he even NHL caliber anymore?

Serious question. A goaltender making $10 million per year who doesn't even look like he belongs in the NHL is a disaster for this franchise. Bill Zito is going to have to pull out the same magic wand he used to get rid of Matheson somehow to fix Dale Tallon's mess.

So, what can we do about this?

Click to read more...

 

[BeezKnees]

What are our options to get rid of Sergei Bobrovsky this offseason? Is a buyout feasible? Can we somehow manage a mutual contract termination with him? Is he even NHL caliber anymore?

Serious question. A goaltender making $10 million per year who doesn't even look like he belongs in the NHL is a disaster for this franchise. Bill Zito is going to have to pull out the same magic wand he used to get rid of Matheson somehow to fix Dale Tallon's mess.

So, what can we do about this?

Most realistically, ask him to waive his NMC (he seems like the type that would do it if the team didn't want him) and bribe Seattle to take him.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Most realistically, ask him to waive his NMC (he seems like the type that would do it if the team didn't want him) and bribe Seattle to take him.

That’s going to cost an absolute arm and a leg.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

What are our options to get rid of Sergei Bobrovsky this offseason? Is a buyout feasible? Can we somehow manage a mutual contract termination with him? Is he even NHL caliber anymore?

Serious question. A goaltender making $10 million per year who doesn't even look like he belongs in the NHL is a disaster for this franchise. Bill Zito is going to have to pull out the same magic wand he used to get rid of Matheson somehow to fix Dale Tallon's mess.

So, what can we do about this?

No, a buyout isn't an option this year.
He'd be owed $37.5 million for the rest of the deal, we only save $9 million real dollars and it stays on the books for 10 years

You wait until off-season, you retain $3-3.5 million and pay SEA a couple 1sts (2022 and 2023) + some mid tier prospects but Bob would also have to waive his NMC.

 

[Chessarmy]

No, a buyout isn't an option this year.
He'd be owed $37.5 million for the rest of the deal, we only save $9 million real dollars and it stays on the books for 10 years

View attachment 393147

You wait until off-season, you retain $3-3.5 million and pay SEA a couple 1sts (2022 and 2023) + some mid tier prospects but Bob would also have to waive his NMC.

So in summary: We're f***ed.

Great.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

So in summary: We're f***ed.

Great.

For the next year or two at least, yes.
He's owed $46.5 million after this year so if you retain around 3 or 3.5 million in cap, which is $15-17.5 million in cash, he's still owed around $30 mil in cash so.....

Does SEA want that right off the bat?
It'd likely be 2 or 3 1st round picks even with the retention and him wanting to leave FLA and its tax benefits for SEA

 

[CursedCats]

Hopefully he can be a competent backup the rest of the way at least.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

For the next year or two at least, yes.
He's owed $46.5 million after this year so if you retain around 3 or 3.5 million in cap, which is $15-17.5 million in cash, he's still owed around $30 mil in cash so.....

Does SEA want that right off the bat?
It'd likely be 2 or 3 1st round picks even with the retention and him wanting to leave FLA and its tax benefits for SEA

Even if they retain 3mil then the underlying issue still remains which is why some other team would want sub .900save% $7mil goalie when you can pick one up from the FA market for a two-way 800k contract?

The odds of Bob leaving this org one way or another before his contract is up is like 0.28%.

 

[CatscratchFever]

It's a freaking albatross. Thanks for nothing, Dale.

 

[Madifer]

Why you heff to be mad.

V2.0

I feel for Florida, hope he wakes the f up. He was a very hard working player in Columbus with perfect work ethics.

 

[Dread Clawz]

You're not getting rid of him. It was an unmovable contract the day it was signed. Price is immovable and he's a better goalie than Bob.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

It's a freaking albatross. Thanks for nothing, Dale.

Yup. Dale probably thought that more money he dishes out to Bob's way the better he'll play. Bob wasn't never going to live up to that contract, especially with this defense group.

There are other goat lenders having tough time, like Carey Price (.899%/2.81GA; 4-1-2), so Bob's not the only one in this regard.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Even if they retain 3mil then the underlying issue still remains which is why some other team would want sub .900save% $7mil goalie when you can pick one up from the FA market for a two-way 800k contract?

The odds of Bob leaving this org one way or another before his contract is up is like 0.28%.

No doubt, hoping some would figure it out with some added context.

I think its movable in those final two years or they just strongly urge/pursuade him onto LTIR somehow, 70 million dollar rash is nasty I've heard.

 

[CursedCats]

Dale Tallon left Chicago with the Cristobal Huet contract and he left us with the Bobrovsky contract.

Now that we seemingly have a solid GM in Zito, it really shows how awful Tallon was, especially with free agent signings.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

No doubt, hoping some would figure it out with some added context.

I think its movable in those final two years or they just strongly urge/pursuade him onto LTIR somehow, 70 million dollar rash is nasty I've heard.

Well, he's 37-38yo on those two finals years so maybe at that time he could be back in Russia, playing some beer league over there maybe?

 

[violaswallet]

The most annoying thing is that he has the NMC the last two seasons: my suggestion is this:

• 21-22: CD starter Bob backup (12.5M)
• 22-23: Knight starter, Bob backup (11M)
• 23-24: Knight, Bob (11M)
• 24-25/25-26: Knight. Bob (15M?)
  • This is the season in which I wish we could send him to the minors and play Levi as the backup. We could save a half million that way
  • The other option: package Bob at 5M with a first so we can keep Knight and Levi at 11M?

 

[Dread Clawz]

No doubt, hoping some would figure it out with some added context.

I think its movable in those final two years or they just strongly urge/pursuade him onto LTIR somehow, 70 million dollar rash is nasty I've heard.

Yeah, its really not that terrible as many make out. We ride with Bob for 3.5 more years, buy out his last 2 years. Knight will be in the ahl for most of that time probably, except for maybe the last year. So he splits the nets with Bob for 1-2 years, and Bob wont really block him if he' s truly ready to take over and become a top goalie. Gives Knight the right time/competition he needs before he hopefully becomes elite.

 

[CursedCats]

We’re probably going to lose Driedger because of Bob. Not to mention other good players that we won’t be able to afford because of this contract.

I wonder what Zito could’ve done this past offseason with an extra 10 mill. It seems like he worked magic with what he had. Would’ve loved to see him have the opportunity to get a real 2C and maybe another d-man.

 

[violaswallet]

We’re probably going to lose Driedger because of Bob. Not to mention other good players that we won’t be able to afford because of this contract.

I wonder what Zito could’ve done this past offseason with an extra 10 mill. It seems like he worked magic with what he had. Would’ve loved to see him have the opportunity to get a real 2C and maybe another d-man.

It sucks it turned out this way but at the time we thought we were paying an 8M dollar goalie 10M. It was exciting

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

The most annoying thing is that he has the NMC the last two seasons: my suggestion is this:

• 21-22: CD starter Bob backup (12.5M)
• 22-23: Knight starter, Bob backup (11M)
• 23-24: Knight, Bob (11M)
• 24-25/25-26: Knight. Bob (15M?)
  • This is the season in which I wish we could send him to the minors and play Levi as the backup. We could save a half million that way
  • The other option: package Bob at 5M with a first so we can keep Knight and Levi at 11M?

Knight is closer to backup material for the next four years or so. Price became a bonafide starter for the Habs five years after he got drafted and it took for Rask roughly the same amount. And this is exactly the reason why Bob got signed in the first place so that Knight would've been eased into the starter role, beginning in 2024-25.

 

[violaswallet]

Knight is closer to backup material for the next four years or so. Price became a bonafide starter for the Habs five years after he got drafted and it took for Rask roughly the same amount. And this is exactly the reason why Bob got signed in the first place so that Knight would've been eased into the starter role, beginning in 2024-25.

Sometimes you’ve got to push it 22-23 is a big year for us with the last year of the Huberdeau contract. Maybe we can get CD to sign for two years?

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

It sucks it turned out this way but at the time we thought we were paying an 8M dollar goalie 10M. It was exciting

Cut me out of that, kay.

Rumor: - Panthers interested in Bobrovsky + 8-year extension, per Brooksie

Sometimes you’ve got to push it 22-23 is a big year for us with the last year of the Huberdeau contract. Maybe we can get CD to sign for two years?

Zito doesn't have the pressure. Besides, the pressure is the reason why Dale handed out of these sweetheart deals to Bob, Connolly, Stralman, etc.

Dreidger will probably receive some auction action in the FA so he might get like a $4mil one year deal. $14mil combined for two goalies? Zito gonna browse the bargain bin section again.

 

[CursedCats]

Bobrovsky should give his 10 mill to Barkov. We’re going to need to re-sign him soon...

 

[Dread Clawz]

Bobrovsky should give his 10 mill to Barkov. We’re going to need to re-sign him soon...

Stralman+vatrano+Nuti money will be off the books in 2022. Thats Barkov' s new contract.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Stralman+vatrano+Nuti money will be off the books in 2022. Thats Barkov' s new contract.

Funny enough, Tallon might have helped in one regard by signing Ekblad to what he did.