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Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824112]	Mon, 05 June 2023 17:50

Kr55
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Montreal decides to get a fast start just blowing the crap out of the RFA market.

Caufield with his 123 regular season + 20 playoff game NHL career gets 8 x 7.85M.

Career highs 26 goals and 43 points. Lots of agents for quality RFA's had a good day.

Is the PA scamming here? They all collude to get a ridiculous deal done first with whatever GM is desperate enough to do it to try to set everyone else up? Reminds me of the Seth Jones deal just screwing over every team that needed to sign a good D

[Updated on: Mon, 05 June 2023 17:55]

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824114 is a reply to message #824112 ]	Mon, 05 June 2023 18:30

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I actually like that bet for Montreal. 53 goals in 123 games is a 35 goal pace in a full season, which is pretty good considering rookie and sophomore seasons. 40 goal seasons seem likely if he can stay stay healthy. That’s worth at least 8 plus million isn’t it?

Clean house or bust

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824135 is a reply to message #824114 ]	Tue, 06 June 2023 13:45

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smyth260 wrote on Mon, 05 June 2023 18:30

I actually like that bet for Montreal. 53 goals in 123 games is a 35 goal pace in a full season, which is pretty good considering rookie and sophomore seasons. 40 goal seasons seem likely if he can stay stay healthy. That’s worth at least 8 plus million isn’t it?

It's a big bet still IMO. He hasn't had much time to show consistency in his game, plus getting hurt at lot already.

Guess similar to the Suzuki deal which should turn out ok.

I suppose we have Bouch in a similar spot here. Ugh.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824140 is a reply to message #824112 ]	Tue, 06 June 2023 15:04

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Kings establish the price for dumping a $5 million useless goalie. Ended up being effectively 2 2nd round picks and a mediocre d-man. Also stunned that Provorov and his issues still got the Flyers a 1st rounder.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824141 is a reply to message #824140 ]	Tue, 06 June 2023 15:52

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NetBOG wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 17:04

Kings establish the price for dumping a $5 million useless goalie. Ended up being effectively 2 2nd round picks and a mediocre d-man. Also stunned that Provorov and his issues still got the Flyers a 1st rounder.

Plus 30% salary retention for the next 2 season on Provorov (~$2M).

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824142 is a reply to message #824114 ]	Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

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smyth260 wrote on Mon, 05 June 2023 18:30

I actually like that bet for Montreal. 53 goals in 123 games is a 35 goal pace in a full season, which is pretty good considering rookie and sophomore seasons. 40 goal seasons seem likely if he can stay stay healthy. That’s worth at least 8 plus million isn’t it?

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824143 is a reply to message #824142 ]	Tue, 06 June 2023 16:32

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hitmen4 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

I think when it comes to McD and Drai, it'll be both or neither. They are too close for one to stay while the other goes. I'm actually very confident they will be leading this team for the next 10+ years.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824145 is a reply to message #824143 ]	Tue, 06 June 2023 17:14

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NetBOG wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:32

hitmen4 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

I think when it comes to McD and Drai, it'll be both or neither. They are too close for one to stay while the other goes. I'm actually very confident they will be leading this team for the next 10+ years.

If I had to bet, I would say that sometime during 24-25, Draisaitl will sign a one-year extension (probably in the 11.5 mil range) to have him expire at the same time as McDavid. Then during 25-26 they can work on extensions for both to keep them here long-term.

This is what my gut tells me will happen--we shall see.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824155 is a reply to message #824145 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 06:40

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Wow - the Kings had to pay a lot to get rid of Cal Petersen! Same $5M salary as Jack Campbell, but only 2 years left as opposed to 4. Petersen also almost 3 years younger.

Kings paid not only their 2023 2nd round pick, but they're also retaining $2M on Provorov for 2 years. Makes one wonder what it would cost to get rid of Campbell.

Flyers make out pretty good here - they get a big young 21 year old right shot dman (Helge Grans - former 2nd round pick, 35 overall), Sean Walker (28 year old right shot Dman), Petersen who at 28 years old could very well bounce back and turn into at least a serviceable backup, a 1st round pick this year, a 2nd next year, and another 2nd either in 24 or 25.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824168 is a reply to message #824141 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 09:41

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oilfan94 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 15:52

NetBOG wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 17:04

Kings establish the price for dumping a $5 million useless goalie. Ended up being effectively 2 2nd round picks and a mediocre d-man. Also stunned that Provorov and his issues still got the Flyers a 1st rounder.

Plus 30% salary retention for the next 2 season on Provorov (~$2M).

I am surprised the Kings had to pay all of that plus retain 30%. That's a lot.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824176 is a reply to message #824145 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 11:41

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benv wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 17:14

NetBOG wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:32

hitmen4 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

I think when it comes to McD and Drai, it'll be both or neither. They are too close for one to stay while the other goes. I'm actually very confident they will be leading this team for the next 10+ years.

If I had to bet, I would say that sometime during 24-25, Draisaitl will sign a one-year extension (probably in the 11.5 mil range) to have him expire at the same time as McDavid. Then during 25-26 they can work on extensions for both to keep them here long-term.

This is what my gut tells me will happen--we shall see.

I love the optimism, boys. I wish I shared it. I think we need to be at least in the Cup Finals next year to get an extension from Draisaitl.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824177 is a reply to message #824155 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 11:46

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Mike wrote on Wed, 07 June 2023 06:40

Wow - the Kings had to pay a lot to get rid of Cal Petersen! Same $5M salary as Jack Campbell, but only 2 years left as opposed to 4. Petersen also almost 3 years younger.

Kings paid not only their 2023 2nd round pick, but they're also retaining $2M on Provorov for 2 years. Makes one wonder what it would cost to get rid of Campbell.

Flyers make out pretty good here - they get a big young 21 year old right shot dman (Helge Grans - former 2nd round pick, 35 overall), Sean Walker (28 year old right shot Dman), Petersen who at 28 years old could very well bounce back and turn into at least a serviceable backup, a 1st round pick this year, a 2nd next year, and another 2nd either in 24 or 25.

This is why guys like Blake & Robitaille are bad options for running your franchise. Some GM really saw them coming and got them to surrender $15MM for Cal Petersen at 27 years old and with just 54 NHL games under his belt. That's UGLY.

I will say, the price they paid, while steep, is waaaay less than we paid to flush Kassian last year at a lower dollar value and for only one year.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824180 is a reply to message #824142 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 14:15

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hitmen4 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

smyth260 wrote on Mon, 05 June 2023 18:30

I actually like that bet for Montreal. 53 goals in 123 games is a 35 goal pace in a full season, which is pretty good considering rookie and sophomore seasons. 40 goal seasons seem likely if he can stay stay healthy. That’s worth at least 8 plus million isn’t it?

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

Caufield provides another little lesson in asset management for the Oilers.

Do you think we could get any of, Zegras, Boldy or Caufield straight up for Broberg?

Or the reverse, do you think if we took any of Zegras, Boldy or Caufield and they just got to rack up points playing in our top 6 that we could trade them today for a better D than Broberg, if we didn't want to give another forward a pricey extension?

Doh. One of those forwards would be a very nice trading chip to have right now, or at the last deadline. Broberg maybe worth a 2nd or 3rd right now?

[Updated on: Wed, 07 June 2023 14:17]

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- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824184 is a reply to message #824180 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 15:06

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Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 June 2023 14:15

hitmen4 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

smyth260 wrote on Mon, 05 June 2023 18:30

I actually like that bet for Montreal. 53 goals in 123 games is a 35 goal pace in a full season, which is pretty good considering rookie and sophomore seasons. 40 goal seasons seem likely if he can stay stay healthy. That’s worth at least 8 plus million isn’t it?

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

Caufield provides another little lesson in asset management for the Oilers.

Do you think we could get any of, Zegras, Boldy or Caufield straight up for Broberg?

Or the reverse, do you think if we took any of Zegras, Boldy or Caufield and they just got to rack up points playing in our top 6 that we could trade them today for a better D than Broberg, if we didn't want to give another forward a pricey extension?

Doh. One of those forwards would be a very nice trading chip to have right now, or at the last deadline. Broberg maybe worth a 2nd or 3rd right now?

But are any of those guys a Swedish defenceman? You may not have heard, but once upon a time Ken Holland inherited a team with a good blueliner from Sweden and they won some Cups!

Here's the thread from that draft: http://oilfans.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&goto=739192& ;rid=1325&SQ=5612bcdb52e131b259c075fc8e0b56e3#msg_739192

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824185 is a reply to message #824184 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 15:08

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Kr55 wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 19:04

If he [Broberg] doesn't end up better than that off the board Detroit pick [Moritz Seider], I'm gonna be pissed!

Well, damn.

Also:

Adam wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 19:26

I wonder if Jones isn't in play as a trading chip? There's too many LD in the system now and he could have a little value.

Might have been nice to sell high then on Jones...

[Updated on: Wed, 07 June 2023 15:10]

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824187 is a reply to message #824185 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 15:17

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Adam wrote on Wed, 07 June 2023 15:08

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 19:04

If he [Broberg] doesn't end up better than that off the board Detroit pick [Moritz Seider], I'm gonna be pissed!

Well, damn.

Also:

Adam wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 19:26

I wonder if Jones isn't in play as a trading chip? There's too many LD in the system now and he could have a little value.

Might have been nice to sell high then on Jones...

Aw man. My first quote in the broberg draft thread

"My first "you better be right!" for Holland. Chia got his first with the Reinhart trade"

God damn it. Holland on the job basically the same amount of time as Chia before his first asset toilet flush with a hope play for a young franchise D. Barzal was an obvious pick based on all scouting for Chia that we could have turned into lots of things even if we didn't want to keep him. Holland has a good list of obvious forwards to pick from too for an easy asset boost for the org to have options. Meh.

[Updated on: Wed, 07 June 2023 15:21]

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824188 is a reply to message #824168 ]	Wed, 07 June 2023 15:34

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I will be interested to see how Caufield does injury wise. 5'7 175. Yamo has said due to his size, he takes shots to the head every game. Though not head related, Caufield has already missed big time this last season with a major shoulder injury and he's only 22. The advantage he has over Yamo is he shoots way better so maybe that will help keep him out of traffic more.

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Kr55 wrote on Wed, 07 June 2023 15:17

Adam wrote on Wed, 07 June 2023 15:08

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 19:04

If he [Broberg] doesn't end up better than that off the board Detroit pick [Moritz Seider], I'm gonna be pissed!

Well, damn.

Also:

Adam wrote on Fri, 21 June 2019 19:26

I wonder if Jones isn't in play as a trading chip? There's too many LD in the system now and he could have a little value.

Might have been nice to sell high then on Jones...

Aw man. My first quote in the broberg draft thread

"My first "you better be right!" for Holland. Chia got his first with the Reinhart trade"

God damn it. Holland on the job basically the same amount of time as Chia before his first asset toilet flush with a hope play for a young franchise D. Barzal was an obvious pick based on all scouting for Chia that we could have turned into lots of things even if we didn't want to keep him. Holland has a good list of obvious forwards to pick from too for an easy asset boost for the org to have options. Meh.

Remember though, Keith Gretzky in Boston had no belief in Barzal too!

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Big contract for Anthanasiou 4.25 mill per for a 40 pt player. Yikes.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824200 is a reply to message #824145 ]	Thu, 08 June 2023 12:44

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benv wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 17:14

NetBOG wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:32

hitmen4 wrote on Tue, 06 June 2023 16:16

Ya I think that's a good bet for Montreal. There is some risk Caufield never lives up to that contract, but on the flipside the risk of bridging him and ending up paying even more long-term (Evan Bouchard says hi) or getting themselves into a Matthew Tkachuk situation are far greater.

I'll never understand why people are against these types of long term bets on young players. It's the only way teams are able to get their franchise pieces locked into team friendly contracts.

I think there is a reasonable argument to be made that the Oilers could extend their cup window past the current McDavid/Draisaitl contracts by taking this approach with some of the younger guys. If the Oilers could enter next offseason with Bouchard locked in long term at somewhere around $6-7, McLeod long term at $2-3, and even a guy like Holloway long term at $2-3, there could be enough excess value there that we could survive a potential Draisaitl trade/free agent exit and build a team with legitimate high-end and long term depth behind McDavid. There is some risk in this obviously. Holloway hasn't even established himself as a legitimate NHL player, it's an overpay on McLeod if he doesn't develop more offence to his game; but the trade off is having multiple players on value contracts. If the team has any interest in extending the current 2-3 year window into a 5-6 year window, this is how they'll have to do it.

I think when it comes to McD and Drai, it'll be both or neither. They are too close for one to stay while the other goes. I'm actually very confident they will be leading this team for the next 10+ years.

If I had to bet, I would say that sometime during 24-25, Draisaitl will sign a one-year extension (probably in the 11.5 mil range) to have him expire at the same time as McDavid. Then during 25-26 they can work on extensions for both to keep them here long-term.

This is what my gut tells me will happen--we shall see.

That would be so nerve wracking. I would refer another 8 year deal, with Connor to follow.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824343 is a reply to message #824112 ]	Fri, 16 June 2023 14:52

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OEL being bought out. Ouch

https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-calculator/oliver-ekman-l arsson

Cap hits in coming years:
23/24: $146,667
24/25: $2,346,667
25/26: $4,766,667
26/27: $4,766,667
27/28: $2,126,667
28/29: $2,126,667
29/30: $2,126,667
30/31: $2,126,667

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I do not understand how a player with an 8Mil annual hit is reduced to only $146,000 this year...

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Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 14:52

OEL being bought out. Ouch

https://www.capfriendly.com/buyout-calculator/oliver-ekman-l arsson

Cap hits in coming years:
23/24: $146,667
24/25: $2,346,667
25/26: $4,766,667
26/27: $4,766,667
27/28: $2,126,667
28/29: $2,126,667
29/30: $2,126,667
30/31: $2,126,667

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Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

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Dragon_Matt wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:01

I do not understand how a player with an 8Mil annual hit is reduced to only $146,000 this year...

Me either. Then it jumps to 2.3 the next season, 4.7 for 2 more, then down to 2.1 for 2 years after that.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824348 is a reply to message #824345 ]	Fri, 16 June 2023 15:13

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Dragon_Matt wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:01

I do not understand how a player with an 8Mil annual hit is reduced to only $146,000 this year...

Trying to figure this out too.

So, the calcuation is:

1) Multiply the remaining salary (excluding signing bonuses) by the buyout amount (as determined by age) to obtain the total buyout cost

So his salary remaining is: 29M * 2/3 (26+ player) = 19.33M

2) Spread the total buyout cost evenly over twice the remaining contract years

8 years left so this is 19.33M/8 = 2.4167M

3) Determine the savings by subtracting the annual buyout cost from Step 2. by the players salary (excluding signing bonuses)

For the first year: 10.5M - 2.417M = 8.083M.

4) Determine the remaining caphit by subtracting the savings from Step 3. by the players Annual Average Salary (AAV) (including signing bonuses)

His original cap his is 8.25M so this means the cap hit is 8.25M - 8.083M = 167k (arizona pays 12%).

So, because the contract is front loaded, they do get saved a bit up front, but they pay for that in years 3 and 4 where the cap hit boosts up to 4.8M.

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824349 is a reply to message #824346 ]	Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

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Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:21

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

Oh god no. I don't think he can skate anymore. He's Cam Barker.

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:21

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

Gregor can't defend himself on the air anymore :(

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CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:48

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:21

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

Oh god no. I don't think he can skate anymore. He's Cam Barker.

Veteran though and if we trade Broberg for a 3rd liner, then we really need some vet to be the #6/7, right?

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824363 is a reply to message #824348 ]	Fri, 16 June 2023 16:28

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Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 16:13

Dragon_Matt wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:01

I do not understand how a player with an 8Mil annual hit is reduced to only $146,000 this year...

Trying to figure this out too.

So, the calcuation is:

1) Multiply the remaining salary (excluding signing bonuses) by the buyout amount (as determined by age) to obtain the total buyout cost

So his salary remaining is: 29M * 2/3 (26+ player) = 19.33M

2) Spread the total buyout cost evenly over twice the remaining contract years

8 years left so this is 19.33M/8 = 2.4167M

3) Determine the savings by subtracting the annual buyout cost from Step 2. by the players salary (excluding signing bonuses)

For the first year: 10.5M - 2.417M = 8.083M.

4) Determine the remaining caphit by subtracting the savings from Step 3. by the players Annual Average Salary (AAV) (including signing bonuses)

His original cap his is 8.25M so this means the cap hit is 8.25M - 8.083M = 167k (arizona pays 12%).

So, because the contract is front loaded, they do get saved a bit up front, but they pay for that in years 3 and 4 where the cap hit boosts up to 4.8M.

Yeah I read something to that extent (or watched a YT clip describing the terms). Anybody have a yearly cap hit figure for each season? I know the cap hit number fluctuates by the season much similar to the Parise/Suter situation in Minny.

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CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:48

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:21

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

Oh god no. I don't think he can skate anymore. He's Cam Barker.

You know that for a fact? I always heard he was an elite skater so even if he dropped off a little, he should be better than most. I haven't watched him enough to know if that is the case. I assume you watch him a ton to know that to make a statement that he can't skate anymore?

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Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:49

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:21

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

Gregor can't defend himself on the air anymore :(

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyxZ6LjakAAwey5?format=jpg&name=small

So your point is what exactly? You quoted me so what does bringing up a comment from someone else that is 3 yrs old supposed to mean to me?

The guy has fallen off some since that Gregor comment was made. At the time he was still regarded as a pretty good dman playing on a really bad team. My comment was maybe looking at him in a 6/7 role paying him 1 mill or less on a 1 yr deal. My guess is some decent team will scoop him up in a heart beat for more than I am willing to pay him.

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 16:50

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:49

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:21

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:16

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 15:02

Oh wow. Man that guy fell off the map in a hurry and he's not even that old. Turns 32 in July.

Yotes must be pumped. More dead cap space to help them get to salary floors every year without having to pay real players. Only 20K this year but goes along with the 21.4 they have with Vorechek, Weber and Little.

Here is a question. Is he washed up completely or just not a guy worth 8.25 mill? He's had a few bad seasons but at the same time, he's been on some bad teams for a long time. The Yotes have been a joke for a long time and the Canucks have been pretty bad as well, really bad last year. He used to be dman that could play a ton, great skater and scored goals for fun as a dman. He had a couple of 20+ goal seasons and lots in the teens. SO if he was making a couple mill on a better team vs 8.25 on lousy ones, would he be OK?

Trading for busted up declining players, especially with super pricey deals. Just asking for pain. Wonderful final gift from Jim Benning.

NO kidding. 8 years for that buyout. Yikes.

Can he play the right side? I might be inclined to take a flyer at him for 1 yr at extremely low money. Probably a better option as a 6/7 than Murray was.

Gregor can't defend himself on the air anymore :(

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyxZ6LjakAAwey5?format=jpg&name=small

So your point is what exactly? You quoted me so what does bringing up a comment from someone else that is 3 yrs old supposed to mean to me?

The guy has fallen off some since that Gregor comment was made. At the time he was still regarded as a pretty good dman playing on a really bad team. My comment was maybe looking at him in a 6/7 role paying him 1 mill or less on a 1 yr deal. My guess is some decent team will scoop him up in a heart beat for more than I am willing to pay him.

More was a reply to first part of your post, just the comedy of the 8 year deal he got. He was already on the decline at the time Gregor tweeted that (30 point season, a whole season of fighting injuries). He didn't play like a #1 in 19/20. Benning traded for him after yet another downward trending season in 20/21 when it was clear his skating was broken, plus other injuries.

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RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 16:40

You know that for a fact? I always heard he was an elite skater so even if he dropped off a little, he should be better than most. I haven't watched him enough to know if that is the case. I assume you watch him a ton to know that to make a statement that he can't skate anymore?

Yes. It's a fact. He's Cam Barker now.

He busted up a leg and turned into less than a third pairing turnstile on a bad hockey team.

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CrusaderPi wrote on Sat, 17 June 2023 19:41

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 16:40

You know that for a fact? I always heard he was an elite skater so even if he dropped off a little, he should be better than most. I haven't watched him enough to know if that is the case. I assume you watch him a ton to know that to make a statement that he can't skate anymore?

Yes. It's a fact. He's Cam Barker now.

He busted up a leg and turned into less than a third pairing turnstile on a bad hockey team.

Correct.. apparently his ankle is Ryan Whitney level.. he's done.. maybe he can start a podcast ?

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Re: Summer 2023 Signings and Trades... [message #824378 is a reply to message #824369 ]	Mon, 19 June 2023 09:14

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CrusaderPi wrote on Sat, 17 June 2023 20:41

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 June 2023 16:40

You know that for a fact? I always heard he was an elite skater so even if he dropped off a little, he should be better than most. I haven't watched him enough to know if that is the case. I assume you watch him a ton to know that to make a statement that he can't skate anymore?

Yes. It's a fact. He's Cam Barker now.

He busted up a leg and turned into less than a third pairing turnstile on a bad hockey team.

Mind-boggling that the Canucks wouldn't have waited to see if he could be LTIRed rather than taking on that massive buyout forever. I wonder if it signals an attempt at something large this summer?

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Adam wrote on Mon, 19 June 2023 09:14

Mind-boggling that the Canucks wouldn't have waited to see if he could be LTIRed rather than taking on that massive buyout forever. I wonder if it signals an attempt at something large this summer?

I wonder if the Canucks tried. The two obvious options before a looong buyout are the LTIR route and trading him away with 50% retained. Clearly he's not an 8 or even 4 million dollar defenseman, but maybe someone would take him at $2M (two trades, each at 50% retained). I'd want to avoid having 8 years of dead cap space at all costs.

I'd love for someone to do the work to find out how many of the retained money slots are being used right now. I have the suspicion that those are going to become very valuable for bad teams in the near future.

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According to this list on capfriendly, there are only 7 retained salary contracts heading into the new season.

https://www.capfriendly.com/retained-salary-transactions

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CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 19 June 2023 09:33

Adam wrote on Mon, 19 June 2023 09:14

Mind-boggling that the Canucks wouldn't have waited to see if he could be LTIRed rather than taking on that massive buyout forever. I wonder if it signals an attempt at something large this summer?

I wonder if the Canucks tried. The two obvious options before a looong buyout are the LTIR route and trading him away with 50% retained. Clearly he's not an 8 or even 4 million dollar defenseman, but maybe someone would take him at $2M (two trades, each at 50% retained). I'd want to avoid having 8 years of dead cap space at all costs.

I'd love for someone to do the work to find out how many of the retained money slots are being used right now. I have the suspicion that those are going to become very valuable for bad teams in the near future.

Even if the player wasn't ready to accept that he was LTIR-bound, his injury history the last couple years means it wouldn't be long before he's forced there again. How long does he want to keep floundering? Not to mention, he would have been paid all his money if he went that route, rather than 2/3rds of it in a buyout spaced over double the time. If he spends a bunch of next year on the shelf or in the minors, how long until he agrees that it's best if he were sitting at home collecting cheques instead?

The only way I can make any sense of it is if the Canucks feel they needed his money freed up THIS summer - although if they think they're about to contend...well, they're more optimistic about their chances than I am!

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