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 inverno76
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Registered: September 2005
Location: Prince Albert, Saskatchew...
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| Adam wrote on Thu, 06 July 2023 17:00 |
| inverno76 wrote on Thu, 06 July 2023 15:21 |
| Adam wrote on Wed, 05 July 2023 15:50 |
The danger of an offer sheet for Bouchard,
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There are so few teams with the cap space and their own draft picks to make an offer sheet a viable threat. We need cap flexibility, but I’d have next to zero concerns of an offer sheet. Maybe Chicago, but their first round pick will likely be a lottery pick. Not happening.
I could see Foegele being moved if negotiations with McLeod and Bouchard went wrong, but I don’t think that’d be the most horrible thing. Replaceable player.
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I think we're more saved by the unwillingness of GMs to use this method of player acquisition. There are enough teams with the space to do this, that I think it should be a real threat. If the cost to acquire Bouchard is just a 1st, 2nd and 3rd and a reasonable long-term deal, and your only downside is that the Oilers might match and be completely screwed over on their cap management? Man, it's a no-brainer - especially with nearly a third of the league able to do this.
Every so often, the old boys thing benefits us. If he doesn't get offer-sheeted, this is one of those times, because from the player's perspective, it is also a no-brainer to accept.
Consider, if the Oilers offer is a 2-year bridge at $3MM per season, and the offer sheet is $8.5MM/7years, then he's getting $59.5MM as opposed to $6MM. He'd need to be sure that he is going to get paid $10.7MM per year in the 5 years following in order to break even (and that's not factoring in the time value of money). Injuries happen, he could lose his spot on the top unit...there's so many things that can happen in a couple years time, so if someone puts a big number in front of him, how could he not accept?
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I heard a breakdown of teams recently and there weren’t many that could offer him a 8M+ deal, and the ones that could would be giving up a lottery pick, already had a stable of young dmen or didn’t have the cap space. IIRC, Chicago, Anaheim, Sabres and Detroit were the most likely candidates and could you see a fit for any of this clubs?
The flat cap and GM reluctance to use this tool has almost eliminated the threat.
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