Just on capgeek and buying out Samuelsson it doesn't add any cap space, could it be because he has a 35+ contact? I tried with Bertuzzi also. If that's the case, that'll suck a lot.
I don't think Weiss is any better than putting Flip back at center. I'd rather put another smallish/softish center in his natural position and spend the money on a big winger or big defenseman,
There are times when it does. And when you've got 5 Lefties and your only righty is 5'10, it's one of those times.
Just on capgeek and buying out Samuelsson it doesn't add any cap space, could it be because he has a 35+ contact? I tried with Bertuzzi also. If that's the case, that'll suck a lot.
Trade Quincey + a 2nd tier prospect for Robidas
Trade Quincey + a 2nd tier prospect for Robidas
35 soon to be 36 year old D with 2-3 years left in the tank?
"Robidas may suck at hockey.Oh my ... you are NOT paying attention to Robi the last few years. This is brutal.
Dallas D is worse than Detroit and Robidas is a big factor in that. The only guys worth a damn there are Goligoski and Daley. And I am not terribly high on them either.
With two buyouts this upcoming off-season, if we buyout Samuelsson and Quincey we should roll with
Filppula- Datsyuk- Nyquist
Franzen- Zetterberg- Brunner
Bertuzzi- Helm- Tatar
Abdelkader- Sheahan- Tootoo
Emmerton-Eaves
Kronwall- Scuderi
Smith- Ericsson
Colaiacovo- White/RH 2-way
Huskins
Howard
Gustavsson
I'd be hesitant to sign Scuderi, considering he'll turn 35 next December; I'd rather give Ericsson -- or hell, even Lashoff -- the spot next to Kronwall, and maybe see what Billins can do in camp if they want a PMD/PP QB.
How about trade them Nick Jensen or Mitchell Callahan for Komi and a pick?
Robidas is a much better hockey player than Quincey. And yes, he shoots right.
It's not even close. He'd be here for two years.
By then hopefully, Ouellet or Marchenko are ready on the right side.
We need to get tougher and Billins is far from tough. Lashoff I feel isn't ready and although has done well, he just isn't ready to play a full season.
our best bet is to find a team that will be looking to shed some salray from their blueline, teams that either have a number of higher paid dmen(Vancouver as an example) or a team that has a few young guys ready to take over the top pairing duties/minutes and may be looking to dump salary inorder to pay those guys down the line(Washington as an example)
what we need is Mike Green and Washington would be a perfect trading partner. He will never score 75pts again but who cares as he would score 45pts with Detroit. Its his skating, his vision and his ability to make a better first pass then any dman we have that would make him worthwhile.
It would also allow Kronwall to slip more comfortably into the #2 role were he isnt expected to be the key offensive contributor from the blueline, run the #1 pp unit, plus be the defensive leader plus throwing out those notorious huge hits that we expect and moreso need from him.
It would alow Eriksson and Smith to be the #3/4 and the bottom pair to be CC/Lashoff/Huskins/Kindl(some combo of those 4) and Quincey to be bought out/traded away(for whatever we can get)
beautiful and money to spare to adjust figures
CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)
Valtteri Filppula ($4.400m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Damien Brunner ($1.600m)
Tomas Tatar ($0.840m) / Stephen Weiss ($3.750m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m)
Justin Abdelkader ($1.800m) / Darren Helm ($2.125m) / Jordin Tootoo ($1.900m)
Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Mike Green ($6.083m)
Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m)
Douglas Murray ($2.500m) / Carlo Colaiacovo ($2.500m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.900m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jonas Gustavsson ($1.500m)
Jimmy Howard ($3.850m)
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(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $62,844,545; BONUSES: $160,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $1,615,455
Ouellet is a left handed D and plays on the left from what I have seen.
Sproul, Jensen and Marchenko are all righties.
Filppula will get closer to $5 million, Smith and Nyquist will get over $1.5 million, Howard will get over $4 million, Brunner will get over $2 million, Weiss will get over $4 million, that roster won't work.