Sterling Archer
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To Chicago: Marc Bergevin
To Montreal: Stan Bowman
ONE FOR ONE
I think we all know what Max can do when is playing well and with confidence. If Max starts off the season on a hot streak and steals the show, is everybody here going to be ok with still trading him? If by miracle we’re in a playoff spot or only a few points back, and decide to go for it come trade deadline, than is everyone ok with resigning him to a 5-6 year deal at a high cap hit because we cannot lose him to free angency for nothing.
There are a few scenarios where it gets complicated still having Max on our team.
To Chicago: Marc Bergevin
To Montreal: Stan Bowman
ONE FOR ONE
I'd much rather fire MB and hire anyone we want. Bowman hasn't been exactly stellar as of late, although he would be an upgrade.
I'd much rather fire MB and hire anyone we want. Bowman hasn't been exactly stellar as of late, although he would be an upgrade.
PLAYER | TEAM | ARB. ELIG
| EXPIRY | AGE | POS | Handed | SALARY | CAP HIT ▾ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Jason Spezza | UFA | 35 | C | Right | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | ||
2. Sergei Bobrovsky | UFA | 29 | G | Left | $6,200,000 | $7,425,000 | ||
3. Pekka Rinne | UFA | 35 | G | Left | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | ||
4. Erik Karlsson | UFA | 28 | D | Right | $7,500,000 | $6,500,000 | ||
5. Jordan Eberle | UFA | 28 | RW | Right | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | ||
6. Matt Duchene | UFA | 27 | C, LW | Left | $6,500,000 | $6,000,000 | ||
7. Joe Pavelski | UFA | 34 | C, RW | Right | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | ||
8. Artemi Panarin | UFA | 26 | LW | Right | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | ||
9. Semyon Varlamov | UFA | 30 | G | Left | $5,500,000 | $5,900,000 | ||
10. Tyler Seguin | UFA | 26 | C, RW | Right | $6,500,000 | $5,750,000 | ||
11. Jeff Skinner | UFA | 26 | LW, RW | Left | $6,000,000 | $5,725,000 | ||
12. Mike Smith | UFA | 36 | G | Right | $5,000,000 | $5,666,667 | ||
13. Blake Wheeler | UFA | 31 | RW | Right | $5,800,000 | $5,600,000 | ||
14. Jason Pominville | UFA | 35 | RW | Right | $5,000,000 | $5,600,000 | ||
15. Jacob Trouba | ✔ | RFA | 24 | D | Right | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | |
16. Tyler Myers | UFA | 28 | D | Right | $3,000,000 | $5,500,000 | ||
17. Dave Bolland | UFA | 32 | C | Right | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | ||
18. Jay Bouwmeester | UFA | 34 | D | Left | $5,400,000 | $5,400,000 | ||
19. Jimmy Howard | UFA | 34 | G | Left | $4,250,000 | $5,291,666 | ||
20. Derick Brassard | UFA | 30 | C | Left | $3,500,000 | $5,000,000 |
He is another who inherited his core from the previous GM. He hasn't done much since then. For every good move, he does a terrible one. He has been giving a lot of terrible contracts as well.
I would also pick someone else
Drouin Kotka Ylonen
Domi Poehling Lehkonen
Hudon Danault Sherbak
McShane Olofsson Hillis Evans Armia Ikonen
Mete Weber
Romanov Juulsen
Tyszka Brook
Walford Fleury
Price
Primeau
This is our depth with current prospects and excluding what we'll get in addition for trading Patches, Shaw, Byron, Benn, Alzner, Schlemko. Seems like we need to shore up on left wing and left D the most but of course, you can never have enough centers either... Given we'll suck pretty badly this year and the additional picks we'll get for next years draft and that some of the players above will be ready to compete for NHL spots, the reset/rebuild is well underway.
Assuming we dump the excess before and during the season, we have an excellent draft and prospect pool to dive into as well as more cap than most any, if not any of the top tier spending teams. We could theoretically go after the highest end free agents to bolster the lineup of youth and help usher in a new team. If we can land a center like Seguin, a left winger like Panarin and trade for a top 2 LHPMD, we'd be right up there in terms of competitiveness and youth for the future.
From the above list, Panarin is the player that intrigues me the most. Personally, I feel like Panarin is the offensive flair that has been missing in Montreal ever since Kovalev. He's the type of player who can create offensive chances on his own. People might call me crazy but he's the type of guy I would over pay for 8/8.5m per range. He's not too old and could be an offensive leader for our team.
He managed to get them out of cap hell after their 2010 win and win a couple more Stanley Cups which I always found impressive. But he also had some help from cap circumventing contracts with Keith and Hossa. Tallon definitely helped set the building blocks and he hasn’t been good for several years. Since they signed Kane and Toews to those contracts, they seem to be struggling managing the cap.
From the above list, Panarin is the player that intrigues me the most. Personally, I feel like Panarin is the offensive flair that has been missing in Montreal since Kovalev. He's the type of player who can create offensive chances on his own. People might call me crazy but he's the type of guy I would over pay for 8/8.5m per range. He's not too old and could be an offensive leader for our team.
He would be a great add, but I doubt he would sign here unless it's a overpay. 10M for 7, maybe 9 but would be shocked as many teams will be in on him. He just put up a ppg season and that's going to get him paid if he does it again.
Honestly, I'd be ok with paying him 9~9.5. He's exactly what the team needs, an offensive gifted forward who can drive the play. It doesn't look like we have anyone like that coming up through our farm system. He'd be worth every penny. Now if he wants to sign in Montreal is a whole different question, I'd say probably not but who really knows besides him.
Having cap space last year, and now
Proves squat, MB did nothing last year, and now the same