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cw said:I looked at UFA centers and dmen on Cap Friendly.
There is not a lot there.
On Day 1, most of the UFAs over $1.1M/yr were signed (ignoring RFAs and re-signings with same teams).
July 3 Roslovic for 1yr x $2.8M
July 2 Tarasenko for 2yr x $4.75M
In years gone by, I thought there were more signed after July 1.
It is still quite remarkable to me that 25% of the league signs within 24 hours. A lot of it seemed to happen in the first few hours (tampering was probably at an all time high). Talk about a frenzy. No wonder they make mistakes.
Makes me wonder why a GM wouldn't add one or two extra reasonably priced players. They can go over the cap by 10%. Decent odds are they might be able to flip them for a pick or if that doesn't work out, waive them. I probably would have grabbed a 3rd line center and maybe a dman for the Leafs. Then I wouldn't have to shop so much - just dump excess that I don't want in a market where there was a frenzy of demand and preseason injuries that will have GM scrambling.
Rob said:cw said:I looked at UFA centers and dmen on Cap Friendly.
There is not a lot there.
On Day 1, most of the UFAs over $1.1M/yr were signed (ignoring RFAs and re-signings with same teams).
July 3 Roslovic for 1yr x $2.8M
July 2 Tarasenko for 2yr x $4.75M
In years gone by, I thought there were more signed after July 1.
It is still quite remarkable to me that 25% of the league signs within 24 hours. A lot of it seemed to happen in the first few hours (tampering was probably at an all time high). Talk about a frenzy. No wonder they make mistakes.
Makes me wonder why a GM wouldn't add one or two extra reasonably priced players. They can go over the cap by 10%. Decent odds are they might be able to flip them for a pick or if that doesn't work out, waive them. I probably would have grabbed a 3rd line center and maybe a dman for the Leafs. Then I wouldn't have to shop so much - just dump excess that I don't want in a market where there was a frenzy of demand and preseason injuries that will have GM scrambling.
I see what you are saying, though that might be bad for business. You sign someone beginning of July, they spend the summer moving and what not. Possibly young children getting registered for school and what not. Then, September or October you get put on waivers or traded because you are deemed expendable?
Players get traded all the time but the player signs the contract in good faith with the understanding that they will be playing/living in chosen city.
cw said:CarltonTheBear said:In a world where we sign Skinner for cheap and Berube agrees with Treliving about where Nylander should play:
Knies-Matthews-Domi
Skinner-Nylander-Marner
McMann-Tavares-Jarnkrok
Under the present circumstances, a guy I would look at for 3rd line center is McMann
He played center in the minors. He wins about half of his NHL draws (hasn't taken too many).
He skates well. Good size for winning draws/checking/puck battles. Has a defensive conscience. And he can score - loves the front of the net. Is coachable. Negative is he would be green - he would have some learning to play the position well in the NHL. He was still finding his way last year but made good progress. He'd do whatever the coaches ask.
Nylander's brain .. I don't think it works that way and I doubt it ever will.
cw said:Some names (some that we've chatted about before) like Colton, Pageau, Laughton, etc and many of the checking centers names popped up.
I'm looking because I think it is the biggest hole among the forwards.
CarltonTheBear said:cw said:Some names (some that we've chatted about before) like Colton, Pageau, Laughton, etc and many of the checking centers names popped up.
I'm looking because I think it is the biggest hole among the forwards.
Two possible C's that might get dumped this offseason on the cheap(-ish) for cap reasons are Nicolas Roy in Vegas and Cody Glass in Nashville. Both young-ish natural C's with size. I don't either either really fits into the checking centre type that we might be interested in mostly but at the right price either would still probably be better than the alternative (Holmberg, Kampf).
cw said:I'd looked at Glass. I had not looked at Roy. At a glance (barely familiar with him), I like Roy suggestion better - plays in all situations (PKs which Glass doesn't much yet, won a Cup with 15 mins/GP).
CarltonTheBear said:cw said:I'd looked at Glass. I had not looked at Roy. At a glance (barely familiar with him), I like Roy suggestion better - plays in all situations (PKs which Glass doesn't much yet, won a Cup with 15 mins/GP).
Yeah I'd definitely prefer Roy too. Better player, but would also mean it wouldn't be quite as easy to get him out of Vegas even if they do need to probably clear some salary. Glass would be much easier to get on the other hand.
herman said:Dewar has filed for arbitration
cw said:herman said:Dewar has filed for arbitration
AFP Analytics projected 2Yrs x $1.4M
Pretty sure that is more than the Leafs want to pay
I guess they're still hoping they can get a deal done.
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