KIRK
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- Aug 2, 2005
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What team(s) and what return(s) do you expect in regards to Sutter?
Also who do you see on Malkin's wing that you are either paying for in FA (cap space) or trading for (assets)?
It seem like people want to get rid of Sutter with few realistic expectations about return, replacement, or upgrading the team.
(Again Spaling is Sutter who doesn't produce as much on his own and Winnik hasn't consistently played center and most of his production is from top 6 minutes & teammates. At best, they are stop-gaps.)
IF you make that long term commitment to Sutter, then it's done. That cap flexibility is gone. Not just for next year, but for however long Sutter is under contract.
So, who do you put on Malkin's wing then next year if you keep Sutter? And then the next several years given this team's organizational assets up front?
See, the question works both ways . . .
Colligan's point, and I think it's a good one, is that to get a game from Sutter that's going to justify what it will cost long term to keep him, you're going to need to put about 6M on his wings. That's not viable with Sid and Geno in the top six, not unless you want to continue to partially neutralize them.
EDIT: What you just wrote, really, that's the logic behind the Kunitz and Dupuis extensions . . . 'gotta sign them to market value, because what else can you get'.