Friedman: RFA who will not be qualified

[Legion34]

Buffalo's owners are cutting costs yes. But NOT on the salaries of the players/cap. You're getting them mixed together when it isn't true. Not a guess by me, outright stated.

the same way they outright stated they were confident in botterill 2 weekS before he was fired?

talk to Friedman about it. He specifically said montour may not be qualified

 

[Leafs87]

I haven’t seen this being talked about so please merge if there is another thread.

on 31 thoughts. Friedman like Lebrun was talking about the financial realities of the pandemic and teams walking away from RFAs and not qualifying due to fear of arbitrations. He mentioned

1.) Anthony athanasiou from Edmonton
2.) Brandon montour from buffalo.

Friedman has speculated that arbitration eligible RFAs that you wouldn’t think of may become available in FA as year.

who are other potential candidates? i have heard stetcher in the past as well.

Surprised on both. Both decent players and recent acquisitions. Montour wasn’t cheap either

 

[horner]

I've heard alot of owner's are going to dump salaries.
Heard in tsn Pittsburg was to drop down to 70 thousand $.
Could be some deals out there .
Buyout s

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

If Montour isn't qualified don't be one bit surprised of Dubas goes after him. Supposedly the Leags were the team that missed out on him when he went to Buffalo.

I also can't help but wonder what AA would get given the flat cap

The idea that Sabres won't qualify Montour is ridiculous. Zero chance walk away from Montour and one year of him that can be traded easily. It would be just idiotic.

 

[StreetHawk]

I've heard alot of owner's are going to dump salaries.
Heard in tsn Pittsburg was to drop down to 70 thousand $.
Could be some deals out there .
Buyout s

If some teams are concerned about actual salary then you can’t simply rely on capfriendly. Would have to dig a bit deeper to see how much the player is being paid as they may have either front or back loaded deals rather than a straight average to match the cap hit. Could be a few to several million Either way.

I think some RFAs won’t get qualified. Those with numbers that would support a sizeable bump in an Arbitration case are the most vulnerable to not getting their QO like Ben Hutton last season. Based on numbers he likely would have aimed for mid to high $3 mill range. But the Canucks did not QO him and he ended up signing in LA around a week before training camp for $1.5 mill on a 1 year deal.

teams will try to unload these guys for whatever they can but worst case they just don’t QO them.

two types of RFA. Those who are closing in on free agency who make decent enough money so they may just sign their QO and those making under $2 mill who are looking for a big raise.

those that are making good money if the team doesn’t feel good about giving them their current salary will more likely not QO them. With guys looking for raises a trade is more likely. But that isn’t always the case as Burkovsky got dealt with a $3 mill QO.

 

[Gabrielor]

From the Buffalo GM:

 

[PullHard]

who is Anthony Athanasiou

 

[xECK29x]

From the Buffalo GM:

It's coming from HFB Mr. Adams.

 

[ReggiesLemons]

Not sure on Bruins and Senyshyn.

Kuhlman has to be gone. Maybe B. Ritchie, Zboril, Senyshyn and Cehlarik. I personally hope they can keep Zboril and Senyshyn. Still wish they were Connor and Barzal but that ship has long since sailed.

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Vancouver: Troy Stecher and (maybe?) Jake Virtanen.

I’d trade for Virtanen if you don’t plan on qualifying him.

Think he’d fit in really well with Jack on the 3rd line getting some delicious matchups.

 

[Canuck86]

I’d trade for Virtanen if you don’t plan on qualifying him.

Think he’d fit in really well with Jack on the 3rd line getting some delicious matchups.

Virtanen for Wood?

 

[SpeakingOfTheDevils]

Virtanen for Wood?

Fine by me.

 

[ArchAngel55]

I wonder what happens with Nolan Patrick.

 

[McShogun99]

I haven’t seen this being talked about so please merge if there is another thread.

on 31 thoughts. Friedman like Lebrun was talking about the financial realities of the pandemic and teams walking away from RFAs and not qualifying due to fear of arbitrations. He mentioned

1.) Anthony athanasiou from Edmonton
2.) Brandon montour from buffalo.

Friedman has speculated that arbitration eligible RFAs that you wouldn’t think of may become available in FA as year.

who are other potential candidates? i have heard stetcher in the past as well.

Trade AA for Montour, both teams fill a need.

 

[Legion34]

Trade AA for Montour, both teams fill a need.

i would think that would work for both? Makes sense to me

 

[mouser]

I wonder what happens with Nolan Patrick.

He’ll be qualified of course.

 

[CycloneSweep]

If Edmonton walks from AA that would be up there with the Reinhart trade for stupidity.

 

[Joey Moss]

The Oilers are not going to lose AA for nothing after trading 2 seconds just months ago. He should be qualified as worst case scenario.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

The Oilers are not going to lose AA for nothing after trading 2 seconds just months ago. He should be qualified as worst case scenario.

Agreed, ole Kenny loves his RW retreads (a long list). AA gets QO to "prove/reprove" himself. One of the most enigmatic, frustrating players, oozes talent, good shot, as fast as anybody (straight line) in the NHL.

 

[Mister Ed]

Can you imagine AA leaving Edmonton and signing with Detroit again? *Insert big-brain-time here*