LadyStanley
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That would ensure good goaltending for years.
He's been in rotation like #1 goalie.
Kypreos says Vegas might have already signed him in the ballpark of 5x5, but that the paper isn't submitted to the NHL yet. Which... Would make me ecstatic.
If they can really pull off a 5x5 contract and trade MAF without having to give up much, that's executive of the year type stuff. Lower your cap hit on goalies by $2m, get a guy that's six years younger and be able to keep most of your resources would be amazing. Color me skeptical though until we see how it all plays out.
If they can really pull off a 5x5 contract and trade MAF without having to give up much, that's executive of the year type stuff. Lower your cap hit on goalies by $2m, get a guy that's six years younger and be able to keep most of your resources would be amazing. Color me skeptical though until we see how it all plays out.
If he signs at 5 million they could retain 30%, 2.1 million and it would still be a wash to what they would have had with Fleury.
Fleury at 4.9 probably has enough value to get a pick.
Wouldn't be bad, but I think they could do better. Maybe retain $1m to create a little extra space, and spruce it up by trading off a low-need asset.
Might be interesting to see what PDB thinks of the defense going forward. Gallant seemed to like the 1 offensive minded/1 stay at home pairings, seems PDB doesn't care for the stay at home partner much. If so Holden and Merrill (if he's even signed) become very tradeable in the org's mind, might even consider moving McNabb if the right deal comes. Then move up young players to take on regular roles and try to extend Martinez for a lot less than $4m.
Selling high on McNabb makes sense, especially if they can replace him with Dillon (Deboer connection). Then they could either have a top pair of Dillon-Theodore or even Theodore-Whitecloud next season. Either way, I think Hague-Theodore or Theodore-Whitecloud is the future (4 years from now).
Or maybe take a chance on a discount Barrie at 3.5m x 3?...