you didnt really say much to the entire roster. what are you doing with fiala ek and donato? hunt and bitetto? nico sturm? with a healthy koivu staal ek sturm and rask what lineup are you running? how much do you plan to pay spurgeon when his contract is up? by keeping zucker who goes down to iowa or are you putting a young player on the 4th line to destroy them? if this team isnt good enough what UFA are you pursuing to improve us with the current cap we have?
I know you’re not talking to me, but I’ll stick my neck out, as it were.
Fiala: 4-5 years, 4-5M. Could be a steal if he breaks out, but won’t hurt too bad if he’s a 40-50 point player for most of the deal either.
Donato: 2-3 years, 3M bridge contract. Go prove you can do it for a couple full seasons. Hasn’t proven as much as Fiala, so shouldn’t be signed for a high AAV, which means he won’t sign long term.
Ek: 2 years, 2M. I don’t know what to say. Kid needs to start producing.
Bitetto can walk
Hunt can stay for 800k or less
Sturm: 2 years, 1M. Gives him a chance to prove he deserves more on the next contract.
Lineup:
Parise-Staal-Fiala
Donato-Kunin-Greenway
Rask-Koivu-Eriksson Ek
Foligno-Sturm-plug
Suter-Dumba
Brodin-Spurgeon
Seeler-Hunt
Mennell
Belpedio
I’d pay Spurgeon up to 6.5 on a 5 year deal. Though I question if he wouldn’t sign for 6.
Zucker is gone, that’s not a concern.
Try to sign Duchene. IF we do, lineup looks like:
Donato-Duchene-Fiala
Parise-Staal-Kunin
Rask-Koivu-Greenway
Foligno-Sturm-Eriksson Ek
Again, Zucker is gone.
It will get really interesting when/if Kaprizov, Sokolov, etc start knocking on the door. We don’t have enough wing spots for all the mostly mediocre wings we have. Assuming Kaprizov is the only one we should plan for, we’ll have to find a way to dump Rask to open up a spot for him. Unless Koivu is planning on retiring after his contract is up, in which case Rask can slot to 3C. I hesitate to jettison guys like Rask and Eriksson Ek because Koivu and Staal could both be gone in 2 years, and then we’ll be hurting for centers.