Salary Cap: Salary Cap Thread: Expansion and Free Agency

[Scandale du Jour]

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Holtby is ass but Bishop would be an amazing addition.

Price at 50% would be an intriguing idea. But again, the price would be pretty high and injury questions abound.

Remember when we kept two goalies knowing one was gone for sure? During a trade deadline where goalies were in high demand to contenders because of freak injuries. Then ended up losing to the Habs in qualifying round, 3-1. Fun times.

I’m guessing DeSmith or ZAR is the pick

Unlikely, but I expect a breakout offensively because he will get all the prime minutes. By breakout, I mean around 55-60 points, not 40 goals like William Karlsson did.

He'll be what I call a "bad team good player". Like a Max Domi or a David Desharnais. Guys with a lot of warts that can produce offensively if you give them the offensive opportunities. Thing is, if they are the guy getting those minutes, your team sucks. They'll produce 55-60 while a 1C would produce 75-80.

He's had plenty of top 6 C minutes here over the past two seasons. I know there's a reason you said consistent, but I doubt that extra time in the role truly makes a difference to the player he is. I don't think a toolbox will get grafted on, at least not the sort of toolbox that radically changes his ceiling. Particularly since I imagine his line will be one teams really scheme against.

I expect him to do very well for them if taken and given the right support. I believe in his talent. I just think we've seen enough top 6C McCann to know.

There was an authentic looking video leaked that showed the Kraken selecting Kerfoot from Toronto.

It's going to be funny when Seattle takes Kerfoot over McCann and McCann absolutely flops in a defensive 3C role for Toronto.

I think the issue with McCann is that he has to be a scoring line center, but no contending teams have Jared McCann as a top-6 center unless the rest of the roster is stacked. You either need to have a scoring line 3rd line or you need to have a stacked team outside of your centers (like Vegas now and Chicago in the past) for McCann at C on a good team to work.

I was 7 when the Pens drafted Lemieux.

Seattle choosing between ZAR and Tanev is like deciding whether you want to eat a communion wafer or a tab of acid.

I don’t expect Tanev to be a Penguin by day’s end.

I would be shocked if Tanev is selected by Seattle. Just doesn't make sense from any perspective. He's an ultra expensive player in a position of extreme depth in the expansion draft.

I would be really surprised if it wasn't one of ZAR, Pettersson or Zucker. Tanev's like the 4th or 5th most likely guy IMO.

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[TheGoldenJet]

Hopefully it’s Zucker out, then one of Saad or Landeskog in.

 

[BHD]

Seravalli reporting that Oleksiak is signing with the Kraken. Adam Larsson has since signed (4.00x4).

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Seravalli reporting that Oleksiak is signing with the Kraken. Adam Larsson has since signed (4.00x4).

Two very good moves for Francis.

Good start to his day.

 

[Deport Ogie]

Seravalli reporting that Oleksiak is signing with the Kraken. Adam Larsson has since signed (4.00x4).

Good moves for Francis, bad moves for Marcus Pettersson, noted fan of coffee, grunge music, and umbrellas.

 

[Empoleon8771]

As I said in the other thread, I'm becoming more and more certain that ZAR or DeSmith is going to be the pick from Pittsburgh. I just don't see Seattle having the money to afford either Pettersson or Zucker with all of the other names they've been connected to. It sounds like they're going to have an expensive D group (unless they flip Giordano) with a few expensive forwards (Voracek/Tarasenko, Gourde, potentially Schwartz), plus it's still possible they take Price.

I just don't see where the money is coming from to afford Zucker or Pettersson.

 

[SomeDude]

Edmonton is going to suck again. That D tho.

 

[BHD]

Two very good moves for Francis.

Good start to his day.

Good move for the Kraken and for Larsson. The Oilers offer was 3.9 x 4. So he must be really sold on the direction of the team to sign there. Him and Oleksiak are a decent start to the defense.

 

[Deport Ogie]

Edmonton is going to suck again. That D tho.

It will be fun to watch McDavid score 145 pts and see the Oilers still win like, 30 games because they give up 5 gpg.

 

[SEALBound]

Seravalli reporting that Oleksiak is signing with the Kraken. Adam Larsson has since signed (4.00x4).

Pretty much nixes them taking Pettersson.

 

[Turin]

I hope they take Zucker.

 

[BHD]

Pretty much nixes them taking Pettersson.

I think there's an outside chance of them taking Zucker if they are desperate for scoring (and have to get to the cap floor). Otherwise, ZAR and CDS are smart choices.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I hope they take Zucker.

They won't. They'll pick ZAR and play him on their shutdown line with Gourde.

 

[Andy99]

Edmonton is going to suck again. That D tho.

good place to trade Petts lol….

 

[Scandale du Jour]

good place to trade Petts lol….

Actually, that's not a bad idea and I am pretty sure they would bite. I would not expect much value in return, but clearly that cap space is the value we really would be after.

 

[SomeDude]

good place to trade Petts lol….

From your lips to Hexy's ears. They're going to make a panic move or 2 whether its via trade or UFA. Might as well take advantage.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Pettersson to Edmonton actually does make a bit of sense now that Klefbom is apparently broken and his entire NHL career is in jeopardy. They're apparently close to re-signing Barrie though, so I'm not sure that they'll have the cap space for him.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

From what I've been reading, most writers have been saying they think ZAR will be the pick. A few people have picked Zucker and a few others started trending toward Tanev more recently. I think I saw one person picked DeSmith but there's a glut of goaltending available so they aren't sure there would be interest there. The Price situation seems to be throwing things off for how writers are thinking what direction the team is going to go. There's apparently heavy interest from Kraken management to take Price despite his salary and injury issues to replicate the success Fleury had with Vegas and have a face to the franchise and sell jerseys.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It'll be ZAR, or maybe Tanev. It'd be nice if it was Petts or to a lesser extent Zucker, but it'll be one of the first two, imo. Safe money's on ZAR.

 

[TimmyD]

As I said in the other thread, I'm becoming more and more certain that ZAR or DeSmith is going to be the pick from Pittsburgh. I just don't see Seattle having the money to afford either Pettersson or Zucker with all of the other names they've been connected to. It sounds like they're going to have an expensive D group (unless they flip Giordano) with a few expensive forwards (Voracek/Tarasenko, Gourde, potentially Schwartz), plus it's still possible they take Price.

I just don't see where the money is coming from to afford Zucker or Pettersson.

You just told me there was no chance they were taking DeSmith...So I guess you mean ZAR is going to be the pick?

 

[Empoleon8771]

You just told me there was no chance they were taking DeSmith...So I guess you mean ZAR is going to be the pick?

DeSmith makes sense if Seattle picks him and then immediately flips him to another team. Otherwise, ZAR makes more sense.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Yeah, I don't see a situation where DeSmith is even on their radar. They have a ton of goalies to choose from and more available to sign when FA starts. I can't imagine either DeSmith or Jarry are anywhere close to even middle of the pack, let alone near the top.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Also, apparently the Broons are on the verge of a 4-year, $6 million AAV deal for Hall.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

It'll be ZAR, or maybe Tanev. It'd be nice if it was Petts or to a lesser extent Zucker, but it'll be one of the first two, imo. Safe money's on ZAR.

If Sea is taking on these big contracts, they're going to choose the cheaper one of ours (ZAR)

 

[Scandale du Jour]

DeSmith makes sense if Seattle picks him and then immediately flips him to another team. Otherwise, ZAR makes more sense.

ZAR fits with the type of team they seem to be building.

He is ideal to play on a line with Gourde + he is cheap.

He is really the best value pick they can make out of all of our exposed guys. None of our "heavy" cap guys are that interesting.