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My cap runneth over
Kind of what we expected might happen, especially if Whitecloud+Glass make the club & Holden needs to be waived to get under the cap.
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I didn't see the first goal the other day but the only glaring mistake IMO was Hague's brutal turnover and coverage on a sequence that led to him taking a high sticking penalty. Everyone else was just kind of sloppy during a sloppy game on what was probably some very sloppy (slushy?) ice.
Hopefully he starts doing what he did last year.
So far the most exciting things during the rookie games have been the VGK fans that made the trip & a spicy public twitter beef between our beat reporters.
Kind of what we expected might happen, especially if Whitecloud+Glass make the club & Holden needs to be waived to get under the cap.
I don't think they really need the space. This pretty much is the situation, these guys need to outplay Holden or Merrill in camp to get a job. What they do in rookie camp isn't going to make a bit of difference in proving if they are better options than those two. Its like the old saying, you can't win a job in rookie camp, but you sure can lose it.
Cotter is getting abused this game. Much better effort this time but still no goals despite consecutive power plays.
Has Gogolev played well? He was the prospect who might get a contract.
Stream cut out, now it's 4-2 Ducklings.
Schuldt still looks tiny.
Rondbjerg almost scores on a breakaway. Now a wide open Leschyshyn scores off a great Coghlan feed. 4-3.
Coghlan looks good as an offensive defenseman, too bad we have so many ahead of him currently and need a more defensive defenseman to take the spot.
But in a year or so he could be a cheaper Miller for us. Top 4 RD potential with offensive upside.
I still think we will need to trade Schuldt/Whitecloud, 2nd, and Carrier/Zykov for a veteran top 4 RD rental with an extra season during this year.
Gogolev did make a nifty move around a couple of Ducks, got into the high slot and got off a shot that was blocked. He looked about equal to Rondbjerg at all areas of the ice.
It wouldn't hurt to give him an invite to main camp & let him play on Sunday.
Ferguson looked great btw.
I wouldn't give up on Schuldt and Whitecloud just yet. It may have to be defense by committee this year.
Glass with the big block...eeesh. Don't be a hero, Cody.
Yeah but they'd literally be over the cap depending on which rookies make the club
According to Capfriendly they have 22 players and 1.025m of space. No need for space. Might be nice to have it so they could make a trade or pay off the Engo bonuses, but they aren't in danger of exceeding the cap since they are going to add one more player with an under $1m contract. Still believe it will come down to if they think a rookie is outplaying Holden right now to the point they are willing to eat $1.1m getting rid of a serviceable 5th/6th D-man with an expiring contract.
If that is what they want to begin the year with, they only have to send the 1 of them down for 3 days or both for 2 days and they would be under the cap.Add in Whitecloud 925k, take off McKenzie 750k and add Glass 863k. They are over by 13k.
If that is what they want to begin the year with, they only have to send the 1 of them down for 3 days or both for 2 days and they would be under the cap.
If that is what they want to begin the year with, they only have to send the 1 of them down for 3 days or both for 2 days and they would be under the cap.
That's definitely an option provided everyone's healthy & there's no game time decisions for the season opener.
Though sending down Holden and having him clear would bury 1.075m of cap from the start, and let them accrue more cap space along with 2-3 rookies sent up & down.