Summer Wishlist Part 2: Let the UFA frenzy begin

[Lucky Lindy]

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#Sabres must spend over $20.5 million to reach the cap floor ($51 million) for 2014-15. capgeek.com/sabres/

Drayson Bowman to a max deal.

And John Scott.

 

[TheOllieC]

C'mon. Jared is an AHLer. They aren't qualifying him with plans to be in the NHL.

Not sure why the reaction.

He shouldn't even be an AHLer.

 

[Ole Gil]

If they aren't qualifying Lokti, how is he going to play on the top line with Staal, and save our powerplay?

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Buffalo seriously going for top pick.

 

[2 12 oz Drinks]

You realize the Canes had Krug in as a Prospect Camp invitee back in 2011? He was there for the taking for Carolina.

http://www.examiner.com/article/hurricanes-prospects-hit-the-ice

Honestly had no idea on that one. Even though that is frustrating, you gotta think a lot of teams passed him up too and Boston really scored there. Gives me hope for players like Tolchinsky

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

He shouldn't even be an AHLer.

Meh..minor issue at best. Not even in the top 100 concerns for the Canes so not sure why the outrage.

 

[2 12 oz Drinks]

Also I do wonder if there is still a way to get Ward to Buffalo. They HAVE to get up to the cap floor somehow. They didn't even qualify some of their RFA's.

 

[WhiteTrashAmerican]

Also I do wonder if there is still a way to get Ward to Buffalo. They HAVE to get up to the cap floor somehow. They didn't even qualify some of their RFA's.

They will ask for next years 1st. I would do it for next years second.

 

[Brock Anton]

'Canes got 99 problems but Jared Staal ain't one hit me

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Jeff Petry is available, would be interested in seeing him outside of edm.

That is strange to me. The Oilers need defense and are trading away what I think is one of their more steady dmen (who is an RFA).

 

[What the Faulk]

Meh..minor issue at best. Not even in the top 100 concerns for the Canes so not sure why the outrage.

No outrage here, just thought it was funny that he was kept when he's been so meh. If his name wasn't Staal, he'd be gone years ago.

If we pencil in Tlusty at at least 2M, that's <10M on 3-4 forwards and a defenseman. Boychuk and/or Terry could take up a few of those, but that's still not much room. Especially if they spend to a budget instead of the cap.

 

[rocky7]

Also I do wonder if there is still a way to get Ward to Buffalo. They HAVE to get up to the cap floor somehow. They didn't even qualify some of their RFA's.

I'm pretty sure there are/have been ways to move Ward. they don't want to....


anyway, Calgary is letting go of a guy named Paul Byron whom I've watched and have been impressed by. there are many options to improve the team out there. many guys who would make the 3rd and 4th lines a lot better and the team vastly more competitive. there really are no excuses. defense too.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

No outrage here, just thought it was funny that he was kept when he's been so meh. If his name wasn't Staal, he'd be gone years ago.

If we pencil in Tlusty at at least 2M, that's <10M on 3-4 forwards and a defenseman. Boychuk and/or Terry could take up a few of those, but that's still not much room. Especially if they spend to a budget instead of the cap.

Thank god JR got rid of Ruutu and was able to swap Liles for Gleason (only small help this year, but much more in Salary next year) or the team would be in even bigger trouble.

 

[FlyingSquirrels]

Thank god JR got rid of Ruutu and was able to swap Liles for Gleason (only small help this year, but much more in Salary next year) or the team would be in even bigger trouble

Will like to see how Liles works in BP's system.

 

[What the Faulk]

Thank god JR got rid of Ruutu and was able to swap Liles for Gleason (only small help this year, but much more in Salary next year) or the team would be in even bigger trouble.

Remember, he also picked up a 3rd in 2017 for Ruutu, even though he retained salary. With or without Loktionov, it was still a pretty savvy move.


If they play to the cap, there's still a ton of different ways to field a competitive team, though the pressure is really on Boychuk in almost every scenario.

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Jeff Skinner ($5.725m) / Eric Staal ($8.250m) / Elias Lindholm ($0.925m)
Jiri Tlusty ($3.250m) / Jordan Staal ($6.000m) / Alexander Semin ($7.000m)
Nathan Gerbe ($1.750m) / Brad Richards ($3.500m) / Zach Boychuk ($0.605m)
Patrick Dwyer ($0.900m) / Mike Santorelli ($0.600m) / Riley Nash ($0.575m)
Deryk Engelland ($0.600m) /

DEFENSEMEN
Justin Faulk ($4.833m) / Andrej Sekera ($2.750m)
Ron Hainsey ($2.833m) / Mark Fayne ($2.000m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Tom Gilbert ($1.500m)
Ryan Murphy ($0.863m) /

GOALTENDERS
Cam Ward ($6.300m)
Anton Khudobin ($2.250m)

RETAINED SALARIES (1.38% of upper limit)
Tuomo Ruutu ($0.950m—20.00%)
BONUS OVERAGE
$0
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(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $69,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $67,835,000; BONUSES: $1,300,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $1,165,000


Harrison is traded for literally anything.

 

[Vagrant]

Buffalo is tanking for McDavid so hard it's laughable.

 

[TheOllieC]

I'd be astounded if they could land Fayne and Gilbert for a combined 3.5m.

 

[Anton Babchuk]

I'd be astounded if they could land Fayne and Gilbert for a combined 3.5m.

yeah that's not happening

 

[What the Faulk]

Maybe, maybe not. But the defensive pool got a little more deeper, and the cap is lower than expected. Engelland can easily be dropped and a million added somewhere in there. The point is, there are options, but only if they don't set some arbitrary cap like 65M.

 

[GoCanes2013]

Tlusty qualified at $1.6M?

 

[Joe McGrath]

Maybe we can catch the Sabres with their pants down and they'll have to take Ward or Liles to get up to the cap in mid-September.

 

[Vagrant]

Fayne will get $3.5 by himself if you're asking me.

 

[What the Faulk]

So drop Gilbert entirely.

But teams have an average of around ~3M cap space to spend per opening, and that's not including teams who will willingly spend lower. Then there's another group who will break the bank on guys like Vanek and have less left over for depth moves.

There's just not enough room to go around for all of these guys to make 3M+.

 

[Vagrant]

I just think Fayne may have been a bad example because he's a young guy with some upside remaining and is already a competent defender. The Devils didn't want to lose him. With the very weak crop of defensive defenseman this year, especially those with a modicum of mobility, he's going to get paid. It wouldn't shock me to see him get one of those contracts where people go "LOL him for that much at that term?"

 

[TheOllieC]

We're probably gonna end up signing the shell of Volchenkov or something. Whoever is a depth D that was passed over.