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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Backlund - 3.5-4 (I would get rid of, I think is overated and doesn't bring much)
Colborne - No raise/ Small Raise or GONE
Gaudreau - 6 mil
Monahan - 6 mil
Gio - 7.5 mil
Hudler - 5.5 mil
Jones - GONE
Russell - 4 mil
Goalie #1 - 5 mil for both goalies, however we decided - Prob high if we go with Gillies
Goalie #2
Jooris - 1 mil or Gone
Shore - 1 mil or Gone
Bouma - 2.5-3
Granlund - 1.5
Ferland -Let see if he can do something for more then playoffs
Byron - GONE
So theres 45 million. Add in Kessel's 8, Stajan 3 mil for 2017-2018, and Brodie at 4.6. We're now up to 60 million. That will leave ~15 million to fill out the roster.
Assume a few rookies make the jump - Say 3 over the next 2 years(Bennett for sure) thats 3 million, and we've filled out 10-11 forwards and 4-5 D depending on the above bubble guys and are at ~65 million. We need a #3 D ( 5 million) and probably a top 6 forward (4 million) to fill this out.
There's 74 million
Yes, ballparking numbers and anything can change, but it's not that hard to get under a 75 million cap, especially if you don't have a 7 million $ goalie
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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
J14..............You just made a great argument for not bringing in Kessel.
Minimum dollar goalies, no raise for Colborne, tell Jooris and Shore to take a million or take a hike, don't pencil Ferland in. Tough way to build a team when you bring in a high dollar player and tell some of your younger guys to go pound sand.
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I don't even think his math is correct. I quickly added up the salaries he assigned to my list, plus the players we actually do have signed in 2016-17, and I came up with around $70M. That doesn't include replacing Jones, and the issues you're pointing out with some of the young guys.
So adding Kessel's $8M would put the team over the cap or right against the cap in 2 years if it goes up, it certainly doesn't qualify as "not putting pressure and extremely easy". Then we're stuck with it until 2022.
NO
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I did add it up more carefully and for 2016-17, under your scenario, you have $69.3M committed to 12 forwards and 6 D (and 2 G). You let Jones, Ferland and Byron walk. Then you add Kessel at $8M so now your cap hit is $77.3M, which is probably over but for sake of argument let's say is right against it because it went up significantly. You have nobody besides kids on the farm to replace someone in any position if they get hurt, and you are in cap hell when Bennett and other young players need raises.
All so that you can add Phil Kessel, an expensive UFA, to a team that's still in a rebuild after some modest playoff success. I understand that some people like him, and they are entitled to their opinions of course. But regardless, it makes no sense from a cap point of view - it would be debilitating to the future of this team.
I blame Friedman for all of this. C'mon Elliotte!