Rumor: In-season Proposals, Rumors, Free Agents & Roster Moves (related topics) LXIV

[henchman21]

Can't call a guy up from juniors. But that doesn't mean he can't make the team of course.

Maybe signing bonus? AHL salary?

I believe AHL salary is capped at 70k for an ELC.

 

[chet1926]

Happy for him. Too bad we didn't give him a chance.

I happy for Gus Young as well but I just didn't see a spot for him with players like Bigras, Siemens, Geertsen, Wood, Butcher, Corbett even Elliott in the system.

Ideally in the next 3 years our defense will look something like:

Bigras-Johnson
Siemens-Barrie
Holden-Geertsen/Wood

With Butcher and Corbett in the minors ready to be first callups.

 

[hockeyfish]

Where are we at with the number of contracts anyway?

 

[henchman21]

Where are we at with the number of contracts anyway?

48 with Bigras likely to slide... so basically 47.

 

[madman]

I happy for Gus Young as well but I just didn't see a spot for him with players like Bigras, Siemens, Geertsen, Wood, Butcher, Corbett even Elliott in the system.

Ideally in the next 3 years our defense will look something like:

Bigras-Johnson
Siemens-Barrie
Holden-Geertsen/Wood

With Butcher and Corbett in the minors ready to be first callups.

We have no idea how any of those guys will pan out. Having the depth would've been nice seeing as Young had progressed at Yale.

 

[hockeyfish]

48 with Bigras likely to slide... so basically 47.

Not counting Barrie, right?

 

[tigervixxxen]

48 with Bigras likely to slide... so basically 47.

I think Bigras sliding puts us at 48. But same difference. (My calculations are with Barrie)

 

[hockeyfish]

Hypothetically speaking, we sign Hayes and he does make the team, that would almost certainly force one of McLoed or Bords completly off the team (assuming 13 forwards and 8 D again). Which one would we waive/trade? Bords had a better year last year (somehow), but McLoed wore the A.

 

[henchman21]

Not counting Barrie, right?

Correct.

 

[hockeyfish]

Correct.

Cool. And I suspect a contract or two will be lost before the season ends (either trades or waiver pickups.

 

[Hans Landaskog]

Hypothetically speaking, we sign Hayes and he does make the team, that would almost certainly force one of McLoed or Bords completly off the team (assuming 13 forwards and 8 D again). Which one would we waive/trade? Bords had a better year last year (somehow), but McLoed wore the A.

Technically, all of them wore the A.

 

[henchman21]

Technically, all of them wore the A.

Not ROR... he wore $














Too soon?

 

[chet1926]

We have no idea how any of those guys will pan out. Having the depth would've been nice seeing as Young had progressed at Yale.

Agreed, but obviously management felt they had many players ahead of him in terms of potential and development to not sign him. And I can't say I disagree with management on that one. At best I saw bottom pairing guy who can play 2nd unit PK, but really I see a career AHLer for Gus Young.

 

[Freudian]

It's common that when you get new people running the team, some of the old players/prospects will be let go. Roy/Sakic has no loyalty or tie to guys like Young while they will have much more interest in seeing someone like Wood succeed. It's human nature.

 

[UncleRisto]

Wonder if they'd be interested in giving Condon an AHL deal... Of course if you gotta choose between AHL deals you might as well not go to Cleveland.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

New thread up

http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?p=88990451#post88990451