They have to. I thought the limit was lower, but you can't walk away from an award below around $4.4M so that was never going to be an option. I'm not sure if there is anything to preclude them from trading him before a certain date, though at this point it can't be with an extension any time soon. Now that the ruling has been handed down, he is locked in for 1 year and can't be extended until after January 1.Has the team signed this deal yet?
Can't be. Arbitration can't set a contract amount for a UFA year and this is Edmundson's last year before UFA status.Sign this for 2 years. Could be a steal, or decent trade bait if he doesnt improve.
Can't be. Arbitration can't set a contract amount for a UFA year and this is Edmundson's last year before UFA status.
Probably have enough for both if you only go 1 year on Barby. 1.5 or less for Barby for one year and then 1M for Maroon. Don't know that we exactly have the forward space for Maroon though unless he wants to be floating between press box and ice time, pending injuries...manageable cap hit, hopefully he bounces back this year
so that leaves barby and no room for maroon
Has the team signed this deal yet?
barby is looking for multiple years from what i've read and army wants some cap flexibility, so i don't think maroon fits even at league minimum with those conditions metProbably have enough for both if you only go 1 year on Barby. 1.5 or less for Barby for one year and then 1M for Maroon. Don't know that we exactly have the forward space for Maroon though unless he wants to be floating between press box and ice time, pending injuries...
barby is looking for multiple years from what i've read and army wants some cap flexibility, so i don't think maroon fits even at league minimum with those conditions met
I forsee a player either being traded or waived from the roster to make space, possibly Steen. Then we can sign Barbie. Moving Steen's contract alone would fix the problem and give a small amount of flexibility.
We're not waiving an assistant captain and longest tenured player on the team to overpay Ivan Barbashev. He's almost certainly not waiving his NTC this year, especially over the summer before we raise a Cup banner.
We have $2.67 mil in cap space. Paying Barby more than that (or anywhere close to that honestly) is not happening.
But who is out there to sign? What do we even need? We are returning the entire Cup roster minus one 3rd/4th line winger (assuming Barbie gets settled).We might. His numbers do not command the contract he has , A or no A, let's be honest about that (and fwiw I love Steen). If we can move one player who is regressing to pay for a few (and no, we shouldn't do this in any way, shape or form to pay Maroon), we should do it. I am sure that Army has a plan and I wouldn't be surprised if his plan might be to sign and trade Ed, either.
We might. His numbers do not command the contract he has , A or no A, let's be honest about that (and fwiw I love Steen). If we can move one player who is regressing to pay for a few (and no, we shouldn't do this in any way, shape or form to pay Maroon), we should do it. I am sure that Army has a plan and I wouldn't be surprised if his plan might be to sign and trade Ed, either.