I kinda wish we had landed Paul Ranger, @1M for 1 year.
Stastny PPG last four seasons.
Before Stewart was traded: 124 points in 137 games. 0.9 PPG
After Stewart was traded: 89 points in 137 games. 0.65 PPG
That seems like a bit much for Little, but not a terrible deal by any means. He is a former 30 goal scorer and scored 24 in 11-12.
Gagner's contract is relying on this past season for his numbers. 38 points in 48 games is a 65 point pace with 24g.
Offensively, both are good comparables to ROR which is a good thing for the Avs if this situation goes to arbitration. In arbitration the Avs can say these two players make ~ $1.7m less and put up the same sort of offensive numbers. ROR's camp doesn't have a leg to stand on to demand $6.5m as long as his offensive numbers stay in that range. Anything over 5.5 is overpayment for ROR, and 6 is bordering on a large overpayment.
That said, I think ROR gets his money one way or another.
Jim Matheson @NHLbyMatty 21m
ryan whitney may be taking one-yr contract to sign somewhere. carolina or isles seems possible fit
I would be all over a 1 year deal with Whitney. If he rebounds and can play top 4 minutes, he can help solve some real issues on defense. If he doesn't, you can walk away easily.
I don't pretend to be any type of expert on advanced stats, but I'm pretty sure Little logs some pretty hard minutes. That's another element to add into that equation.
Bleh. Do not want.
Foot speed is not near where it should be and he's known to have a few dressing room conflicts.
I kinda wish we had landed Paul Ranger, @1M for 1 year.
I like Ranger but there's no way he was leaving Ontario let alone play in America
soo.. who wants to offer sheet Pietrangelo?
Hear me out. Compensation will likely be 4 1st round picks to get him to sign. With Pietrangelo, EJ and our (young) offense we should be picking in the bottom half of the draft at least for those 4 years. Worried about our future RFAs you say? Well Stas can be traded at the deadline for some more defensive help, while anyone can be bought out with our 2 upcoming amnesty buyouts. Heck, even O'Reilly could be traded if we needed to shed cap for a 3rd line C or even more defensive help(I've be super vocal against this just so you know). With Duchene and Mackinnon though, it is an option. So, why not?
It would be immediately matched.
A pointless exercise, attractive or not.
Well we could drive up his price, and force them to make tougher financial decisions with the rest of their roster. They are a division rival now.
Yep... offersheet Pietrangelo the summer before O'Reilly is a RFA (again) and the same player that would make EJ, Barrie, Elliott on the right side redundant. He's a top 4-5 defender, but he's also not a wise target for his cost-performance-risk ratio.
I'm looking at Gleason, Klesla and Meszaros atm personally.
soo.. who wants to offer sheet Pietrangelo?
Hear me out. Compensation will likely be 4 1st round picks to get him to sign. With Pietrangelo, EJ and our (young) offense we should be picking in the bottom half of the draft at least for those 4 years. Worried about our future RFAs you say? Well Stas can be traded at the deadline for some more defensive help, while anyone can be bought out with our 2 upcoming amnesty buyouts. Heck, even O'Reilly could be traded if we needed to shed cap for a 3rd line C or even more defensive help(I've be super vocal against this just so you know). With Duchene and Mackinnon though, it is an option. So, why not?
Yep... offersheet Pietrangelo the summer before O'Reilly is a RFA (again) and the same player that would make EJ, Barrie, Elliott on the right side redundant. He's a top 4-5 defender, but he's also not a wise target for his cost-performance-risk ratio.
I'm looking at Gleason, Klesla and Meszaros atm personally.
Offer sheeting just isn't a respectable thing to do.No need to piss off GM's around the league and risk having it come back and bite us in the ass. Especially with all our young stars we have.
I hear St Louis is looking for centers...
Why would we give away Mcginn or Downie who are key players for somebody who can easily be replaced in a year.