Malhotra, Gonchar, Weaver not returning
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svatoscollecor
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Don't understand what happened with Weaver this year, thought he was great in the 2014 playoffs, and never got a shot at it even during the regular season...
Obvious really.
IMO only Petry and Mitchell should be kept from the group of journeymen/TD acquisitions.
IMO only Petry and Mitchell should be kept from the group of journeymen/TD acquisitions.
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He regressed into Bouillon. Except he wasn't French so that wasn't good enough to get him in the lineup.
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IMO his was simply a case of playing over his head in the playoffs last year. It was unsustainable play by a career bottom-pairing journeyman. He made the team this year (deservedly) but eventually lost his spot and there was never really a reason to go back to him, especially after the Gonchar and later Petry acquisitions.
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Strong feeling this will be a stand pat offseason.
I think they will look at the next offseason for changes with:
Plekanec
Gilbert
Parenteau
Prust
Weise
At the end of their contracts.
Just too much movement and little cap to make anything really work with Galchenyuk / Beaulieu both needing raises.
Petry possibly looking to re-signed and with Malhotra gone, I see Mitchell remaining with the team.
The other part of that video is the fact, the way that Bergevin is talking is that Therrien is here for the long haul so deal with it. Especially when asked if he could take this team to the cup.
Then when asked about the powerplay he kept saying he was talking it over with Michel which he would only do so if he is still in the big picture. The PP needs changes that's for sure.
Then when asked about PP help, just basically saying the team is going to look from within and referred to Scherbak as a possible solution. Which leads me to believe Bergevin is going to stay away from the market this year and wait until next season with a big chunk of cap coming off the books.
Even when asked the question about matching up against top teams centers with Plekanec and Desharnais he just kept side stepping to everyone is looking for a big center statement.
Just says standing pat this summer.
I think they will look at the next offseason for changes with:
Plekanec
Gilbert
Parenteau
Prust
Weise
At the end of their contracts.
Just too much movement and little cap to make anything really work with Galchenyuk / Beaulieu both needing raises.
Petry possibly looking to re-signed and with Malhotra gone, I see Mitchell remaining with the team.
The other part of that video is the fact, the way that Bergevin is talking is that Therrien is here for the long haul so deal with it. Especially when asked if he could take this team to the cup.
Then when asked about the powerplay he kept saying he was talking it over with Michel which he would only do so if he is still in the big picture. The PP needs changes that's for sure.
Then when asked about PP help, just basically saying the team is going to look from within and referred to Scherbak as a possible solution. Which leads me to believe Bergevin is going to stay away from the market this year and wait until next season with a big chunk of cap coming off the books.
Even when asked the question about matching up against top teams centers with Plekanec and Desharnais he just kept side stepping to everyone is looking for a big center statement.
Just says standing pat this summer.
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Yeah. Another 2.575 off the books with his contract expiring. As of right now, the team has 10.8M in cap space (if the cap stays the same) and current RFA's are:
Alex Galchenyuk
Nathan Beaulieu
Jarred Tinordi
Michael Bournival
Christian Thomas
Brian Flynn
There are more but they'll all be minor league deals I would imagine. Tinordi, Bournival and Thomas will get 2 way deals if they're kept on as well.
Petry and Mitchell are the only UFA's that they appear to have interest in.
It's going to be a tight squeeze to get those players under 10.8M, considering Petry and Galchenyuk will probably take up 8 of it. Someone will probably need to be moved out, maybe a couple. Probably won't be any room for a scoring forward at this point unless Bergevin gets creative, but this isn't playstation, so probably not.
negative77
I love 4th lines
Great stuff. Let's hope they use the cap space to get us some nice things. Some scoring would be nice.
I think Parenteau and his 4M need to go, same with Desharnais and his 3.5. But alas, that probably won't happen because they need Quebecois on the team.
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