Rainmaker90 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 11 minutes ago, Forge said: As crazy as it sounds, if they had brought Smith back and said he was going to play 4th line wing, I'd have liked that a lot more than I like this. Me too. Versatility, good on the PK, everyone says he’s a smart guy, would help the younger guys more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 So we aren't close to hiring a coach lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Damn, I just realized we are only going to get a one year elc from gritsyuk and he can burn it at the end of next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 42 minutes ago, Forge said: Damn, I just realized we are only going to get a one year elc from gritsyuk and he can burn it at the end of next year Not worried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 1 minute ago, beekay414 said: Not worried Just sucks. We don't really get any cap advantage from him. Going to have to immediately pay him real money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 9 minutes ago, Forge said: Just sucks. We don't really get any cap advantage from him. Going to have to immediately pay him real money. But he likely comes in as a top 6 winger immediately so it's not that big of a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beekay414 Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 Canes not expected to re-sign Martin Necas. Would you be in on him for a top 6 RW spot or should we be setting our sights higher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 7 hours ago, beekay414 said: Canes not expected to re-sign Martin Necas. Would you be in on him for a top 6 RW spot or should we be setting our sights higher? I think wants to play center. His father has also apparently been vocal about him wanting play top line and top pp. I'd imagine he gets 7+ million a year on a long term deal and I think he'd end up playing the same role in Jersey that he did in Carolina. I think you'd have to flip Mercer for him realistically. I'd take a look at him, but I don't think we are a fit for what he wants ***** Edit***** Contract projection on necas is 7.5 for 7 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 The fact that holtz couldn't even make the roster is still kind of funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beekay414 Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 If we wait all this time just to hire McLellan, Fitz should start working on his resume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Right now we are sitting at 18.8 in cap space for next year. Assume 4.8 for Mercer based on Dobber projection. That leaves 14. Less appropriate cap hit of acquired goalie. I'm not really sure what to go with here. I think 5-6 is pretty fair to say as that covers the main 3 goalies who make sense as targets (Ullmark, Saros, Markstrom). So 8-9 left. I'd assume Hatakka is on a two way deal, as are Daws / Schmid, so not going to worry about that too much. I think Foote maybe gets a one way deal. I'm just going to round it to 1m. 7-8 left. Assuming that they put Lazar in the middle on the 4th line. Not sure what they want to do with the 7th D man. Don't like using that for someone caught between NHL / AHL, so I'd rather re-sign Desimone for that role if we don't acquire a better player that pushes Bahl into that role. As Desimone is the cheapest option right now, I'll do that and just round up to 1M. That's 6-7 left to play with on a roster that would look something like this? Bratt - Nico - Timo ???? - Jack - Mercer Palat - Haula - Holtz Foote - Lazar - Bastian MacDermid Siegs - Dougie Luke - Marino Bahl - Nemec Desimone Ullmark / Saros / Markstrom Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 HF boards really like them some MBN for the draft. I feel like the pick is going to be Helenius, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 1 hour ago, beekay414 said: If we wait all this time just to hire McLellan, Fitz should start working on his resume. Don't think we have to worry about it. He's out there doing the interview thing which tells me he's not the preferred guy for Fitz. Otherwise Fitz would have signed him. It's Keefe and then Woodcroft in my opinion. I forgot where I saw it, but I'm positive reports were that Woodcroft's interview went extremely well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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