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Or pay to have them take a less valuable d-man/forwardYes, it’s either 7F-3D-1G or 8F/D’s-1G.
Avs would be better off trading one of EJ or Barrie.
Or pay to have them take a less valuable d-man/forwardYes, it’s either 7F-3D-1G or 8F/D’s-1G.
Avs would be better off trading one of EJ or Barrie.
That to!Or pay to have them take a less valuable d-man/forward
Vegas might be in a very good position, as they won't lose a player to Seattle. So they could trade picks and young players who dont need to be protected to teams in trouble. Let's say team X would want to protect 8 fowards and 4 d-men, and don't care that much about the rest. They could trade that 4th D for a 1st round pick.
Is Nashville going to Protect Rinne AND Saros? because either of those guys are a pretty big loss
Might bode poorly for their expansion draft if teams end up getting some free buyouts.
They ought to allow teams to leave NMC NTC players unprotected this time. That rule was BS. I think those clauses are BS to begin with. They should replace it with a dollar amount. We agree not to trade you or send you down, but if we have to, here's something for your trouble. Leaving the choice completely in the hands of the player ultimately forces the team to put a lesser product on the ice.
Because they both have salaries of $2 million plus which would then be replaced by guys like Leivo, Grundstrom, Bracco etc that are all ELC's. Convenient that you ignore Zaitsev however.
Couldn't agree more, but for some reason, they never ask me before giving them.Don't hand out those clauses then, if you don't like them.
Except guys like Sandin-Liljegren look like legit options as soon as next year and all good teams have to replace their veterans with younger elc players. That's not exclusive to the Leafs. All you need to do is look at this past offseason, we replaced Komorov, Martin Bozak, JVR with guys like Kapanen, Johnsson, Leivo, and obviously signed Tavares. Kapanen and Johnsson both can pk and are an upgrade from Komorov. Bozak and JVR were decent top 6 forwards offensively but they had to be heavily sheltered which pretty much negates anything they produce offensively. Replacing them with defensively sound players helps team defense and guys like Bracco, Grundstrom, SDA are future replacements, the former 2 could be ready as soon as next year and have top 6 potential. You don't need any of them to be stars, That's what Matthews, Tavares, Marner, Nylander and Kadri are for, they just need to be decent support pieces. And rinse and repeat through future drafting and development.I think Zaitsevs relief from cap space if he gets taken is offset by the fact that the Leafs already need help on D and they would be losing a member of their top 4 and would actually hurt them more on the ice than the cap relief will help. Hoping that guys on their ELCs can replace solid 3rd line types is a little hopeful too. Even if they do, its not enough cap relief to say its honestly going to be helpful. They might save a million on a guy but likely replace him with someone worse
Here's hoping they take Bryan Little off our books. Of course the Jets will probably end up protecting him.
Or how about teams stop handing them out like candy?They ought to allow teams to leave NMC NTC players unprotected this time. That rule was BS. I think those clauses are BS to begin with. They should replace it with a dollar amount. We agree not to trade you or send you down, but if we have to, here's something for your trouble. Leaving the choice completely in the hands of the player ultimately forces the team to put a lesser product on the ice.
Rinne has almost certainly retired by 2021-22, so they'll have some "new" guy in addition to Saros and Caron. Lindbäck will be ~34 by that time. Unless Saros falls a lot, he will probably be the #1 around ED time. But I doubt NSH keeps the goalies as-is after Rinne. They almost certainly try to get someone like Murray or a strong 28-32 yo backup like Raanta when he was in NYR.Will we get another Fleury situation? I guess Nashville has 2 (potential) starters?
Question about this rule in 2017?
* All first- and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward their club's applicable protection limits).
Does this mean 2 years of NHL or does it include the AHL also? If a player has two seasons in the AHL and one season in the NHL does he have to be protected
Except guys like Sandin-Liljegren look like legit options as soon as next year and all good teams have to replace their veterans with younger elc players. That's not exclusive to the Leafs. All you need to do is look at this past offseason, we replaced Komorov, Martin Bozak, JVR with guys like Kapanen, Johnsson, Leivo, and obviously signed Tavares. Kapanen and Johnsson both can pk and are an upgrade from Komorov. Bozak and JVR were decent top 6 forwards offensively but they had to be heavily sheltered which pretty much negates anything they produce offensively. Replacing them with defensively sound players helps team defense and guys like Bracco, Grundstrom, SDA are future replacements, the former 2 could be ready as soon as next year and have top 6 potential. You don't need any of them to be stars, That's what Matthews, Tavares, Marner, Nylander and Kadri are for, they just need to be decent support pieces. And rinse and repeat through future drafting and development.
Leafs defense next year looks like this if Liljegren and Sandin are the 3rd pairing.
Rielly-Zaitsev
Gardiner-Dermott
Liljegren-Sandin
That's without Hainsey who could be brought back on a cheap deal for bottom pairing +pk duty.
The Leafs cap troubles are largely overstated. And in the worse case scenario where Nylander must be moved, you went from a big 3 of Matthews, Marner, Nylander to Matthews, Tavares, Marner + whatever defensive upgrade you get for Nylander (Pesce, Hamilton, Parayko,etc). Either way the past few drafts the Leafs have focused on drafting defense, and it'll show as soon as next year imo. Liljegren and Sandin will be the key for the defense as they develop. Liljegren looks to be the Gardiner replacement if he's let go and Sandin plays almost exactly like Dermott, which is a very good thing.
Eh I think we're fine. One of Killorn/Johnson most likely, but we have tons of internal replacements for those guys.Poor Neal is gonna get drafted by an expansion team again.
Looks like San Jose, TBL and Anaheim (again) might get boned by expansion.
Question about this rule in 2017?
* All first- and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, will be exempt from selection (and will not be counted toward their club's applicable protection limits).
Does this mean 2 years of NHL or does it include the AHL also? If a player has two seasons in the AHL and one season in the NHL does he have to be protected
A team will only be hurt if they handed out a nmc to someone that wouldn’t be worth having one in 2020. That’s on them. The Lv WD was in 2017, so any new contract since the time the NHL announced that a full NMC required the players permission to expose them in the ED them each team should not have the NMC part active when there is an ED. Can specify what the nmc excludes. So, no sympathy here.They ought to allow teams to leave NMC NTC players unprotected this time. That rule was BS. I think those clauses are BS to begin with. They should replace it with a dollar amount. We agree not to trade you or send you down, but if we have to, here's something for your trouble. Leaving the choice completely in the hands of the player ultimately forces the team to put a lesser product on the ice.