Speculation: Jets upcoming cap crunch

[typicalsavage]

All I see on here is how the Leafs are going to have cap issues with Nylander signed but I almost never see anything about the Jets who have $23million in cap space next summer with Laine, Trouba, Connor, Myers all needing new contracts.

I can see $22m+ just to sign Laine, Connor, Trouba

9.5m for Laine
7.5m for Connor
7m for Trouba

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[tapi]

They could trade Laine for good value and get a more well-versed top6 F capable of 60+ points and a top6 defenseman + prospect. Problem solved and the team gets better

 

[DanM]

All I see on here is how the Leafs are going to have cap issues with Nylander signed but I almost never see anything about the Jets who have $23million in cap space next summer with Laine, Trouba, Connor, Myers all needing new contracts.

I can see $22m+ just to sign Laine, Connor, Trouba

9.5m for Laine
7.5m for Connor
7m for Trouba

Watch that number be closer to 10.25m

Which is not fair, but young players are out of hand with contracts

 

[Critical13]

What's the story with Winnipeg's cap moving forward?

According to capgeek, they have:

56.3 million signed
23.1 million in space

Unsigned:

Brandon Tanev (U)
Andrew Copp
Patrik Laine
Kyle Connor
Nicolas Petan
Brendan Lemieux
Mason Appleton
Jacob Trouba
Tyler Myers (U)
Ben Chariot (U)
Nelson Nogier
Cameron Schilling (U)
Laurent Brossoit

How will this play out?

Right away I see three big contracts, with estimates around:

Patrik Laine - 10 million
Kyle Connor - 7.5 million
Jacob Trouba - 7 million

That leaves around -1.4 million if the cap stays the same. However, we've heard projections around 83 million, which would give them 2.1 million to sign the other 10 players.

I might have the numbers wrong, so please educate me.

 

[Elias GOATtersson]

Leafs Fan Persecution Complex

 

[Filthy Dangles]

They could trade Laine for good value and get a more well-versed top6 F capable of 60+ points and a top6 defenseman + prospect. Problem solved and the team gets better

dumb.

 

[BullLund]

They will get rid of Myers, Perrault, Kulikov, etc. to free up cap space. Shouldn't be an issue. None of those guys are contributing much to the team anyway, so it won't be a huge loss.

 

[Dr Pepper]

All I see on here is how the Leafs are going to have cap issues with Nylander signed but I almost never see anything about the Jets who have $23million in cap space next summer with Laine, Trouba, Connor, Myers all needing new contracts.

I can see $22m+ just to sign Laine, Connor, Trouba

9.5m for Laine
7.5m for Connor
7m for Trouba

If that's really "all you see", then it's probably all you're looking for.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Yikes, that's going to make it tough to keep the core together.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

Connor, Laine and Morrissey will all get raises, but they'll be on the team for a long time. Myers or Trouba is gone. Perreault and Kulikov could be offloaded to help. The Jets are bringing up some ELC players who can replace what is lost on defense. With a good core for top-6, good drafting and good prospect development for the bottom 6, I'm not concerned at all.

 

[Randy Randerson]

well, I hope that they can keep it together and the Leafs can to, it would be a fun rivalry to watch unfold

 

[pucka lucka]

Myers is gone, Chiapet hopefully gone. Can't give Connor 7.5, will need to flip a forward to get a dman.

 

[BB88]

Perreault should be the forward they move out for cap, unless they need to make a move for D-man, Vesalainen replaces Perreault in the bottom6.

If Trouba signs Myers is gone, if Trouba goes Myers could stay.

There.

 

[LeafChief]

Laine is only going to get 10million?

 

[Critical13]

Laine is only going to get 10million?

I think he gets more but I didn't want to get torched for being a Leaf fan who is "bias against the Jets" so I went low on all the salary guesses.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Don't think they re-sign Myers. He's pretty bad and not even worth 5.5 now. Trouba I imagine they'll trade for another RFA dman with upside but less proven. Little chance Connor commands that much either unless he's getting max term and even then probably not. Tanev and some of those RFAs should be getting short term value contracts.

No idea what Laine's contract will look like. Anything from 8-11 million AAV could be possible but if(when) he hits 50 goals it's definitely going to be over 9. I like Bryan Little but I'd be trying to move on from that contract earlier rather than later.

 

[Tripod]

Bridge Connor, trade Trouba for a cheaper, lesser player....using as an example from my team...Sanheim.

They will be fine.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Oilers will gladly take some free players "to help out".

 

[Yamazaki]

Connor 7.5 million? That seems high

 

[Papi 4 Hart]

Connor 7.5 million? That seems high

He is one of the top scorers on the team. Don't see many flaws in his game. He could easily command that.

 

[Critical13]

Bridge Connor, trade Trouba for a cheaper, lesser player....using as an example from my team...Sanheim.

They will be fine.

Bridging Connor and trading Trouba for a cheaper, lesser player isn't really ideal though. Losing Trouba definitely makes them worse.

Connor 7.5 million? That seems high

7 might be more realistic, but I don't see him signing for much lower. If he gets 8 years, I think 7.5 will be pretty close.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Myers or Trouba will be gone. Perreault should be traded.

 

[ffh]

trouba and myers are gone. buff and Morrissey and all the forwards more important to keep. if you add in Perreault that is around 15 million in space more then enough for connor and laine everyone else is not getting much of a raise. could buy out Kulikov if need be for 4 million more in cap space

 

[MardyBum]

Don't re-sign Myers, he's not worth anything, trade Perreault. Figure out if you can re-sign Trouba, if not trade him. Sign Connor and Laine and the rest are either minimum contracts or easily replaceable players.

 

[LeafChief]

Yikes. Did not know Perreault has 2 years remaining following this one.

Might be tough to move.