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You’ve all heard the rumours about Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin being a package deal for the Panthers.
What was the deal?
Anyone giving Bobrovsky a big fat contract is shooting themselves in the foot
Anyone giving Bobrovsky a big fat contract is shooting themselves in the foot
If Bob can’t get a big contract, then no goalie in the league canAnyone giving Bobrovsky a big fat contract is shooting themselves in the foot
I wouldn't give a lot for a proven playoff chokerIf Bob can’t get a big contract, then no goalie in the league can
In my opinion , if both of those players truly want to play in Florida they will have to take a discounted salary . Bob isn't a proven Stanley cup winner and his age is a factor, panarin will be 28 yrs old great regular season numbers , but come playoff time he goes MIA . Florida is at least 2 years away from being a contender.
The salary cap will be the albatross or the elephant in the room.
Two series against future champs with the best offense? Weird judgementI wouldn't give a lot for a proven playoff choker
Agreed, Rumor has it that he's seeking Carey Price money. Any GM that gives him that much has lost his marbles.Anyone giving Bobrovsky a big fat contract is shooting themselves in the foot
Anyone giving Bobrovsky a big fat contract is shooting themselves in the foot
In my opinion , if both of those players truly want to play in Florida they will have to take a discounted salary . Bob isn't a proven Stanley cup winner and his age is a factor, panarin will be 28 yrs old great regular season numbers , but come playoff time he goes MIA . Florida is at least 2 years away from being a contender.
The salary cap will be the albatross or the elephant in the room.
Florida is definitely trending up, With both Bob and Breadman. Things can only get better.If that happens Florida is top 3 in the Atlantic next year
If Tallon can push hard for 6yrs and load it up with signing bonuses (which are taxed at 15%), I dont think $8 to 8.5 million is unreasonable. Would be comparable to $10.5 million Carey Price got no?
If Lu does not come back (LTIR) then our backup would be 900k for the next 2 years and were spending nearly $10million on Lu and Reimer right now. Shore up the D a bit with a trade for a vet and bring in Panarin and chaser the cup for 4-5yrs. It's time for FLA to push all in, been a long wait for us fans (1996)
In a picture perfect world those ideas you mentioned sound great, but in reality the elephant in the room is the cap maybe not this year but the following year it will catch up with them.
LTIR what people forget is you have to be cap compliant come game 1 of the regular season , then you can LTIR that player and take advantage of the full cap . Bonuses also go against your salary cap,
When panarin was in Chicago his base salary was peanuts, however he racked up in bonus each year over 2 million and the hawks where already in cap hell from the bonuses and salaries .
Florida I believe has some good things in place,the question is will they overspend and hurt themselves going forward.
I feel the southern belt teams have the worst color guys.
From his last 31 THOUGHTS:
You’ve all heard the rumours about Sergei Bobrovsky and Artemi Panarin being a package deal for the Panthers.
What was the deal?
Ya there will have to be some deft negotiations/accounting here but if both Bob and Panarin want to be on a contender that check off all the boxes for them (top line roles/big money in a tax friendly state/team on the rise/best coach in the league/young star players etc), they may take a slight paycut.
If they only add Bob and Panarin this year, they shouldn't have a problem but adding a top 4 D may be difficult unless they cut some other dead weight. Alot will depend on the Luongo situation.
We've seen recent free agents leave money on the table to be on a contender. The hiring of Q means were going all in the next 3-4 years, itll be interesting to see how it all plays out.
Gotta figure we land one of the two though.
fixed for youThe delusional hope in chicago is you could see Seabrook waiving his NMC this summer and excepting a trade to florida.