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Originally Posted by Macho0978
The problem is Tampa is not over paying anyone. Kucherov Point and Palat are as good if not better than our first line. Kucherov and Point make 19 mil and add Palat and you are taking 3 players 23.8 mil. Palat is a UFA but right now Point contract hasn't even kicked in.
Hedman makes less than $8 mil. Once again not an over pay but really one of the best contracts in the NHL.
Vasilevsky makes $9.5 mil and that is steep for a goalie but he's one of the best.
Kucherov is probably $2 mil under what he should be, Hedman is $3 mil under what he should be. Point is at $7 mil right now and probably $2 mil less than he should be. These mil here mil there add up to Stamkos.
Sure if you look at the short term the Flames can get rid of Zadorov, Monahan and Lucic and just give Tkachuk and Gaudreau $11 mil and be fine for a bit. But what will Lindholm get? Hard not to give him $11 mil in 2 years.
What does Mangiapane get?
What does Kylington get?
I'm struggiling to sign up for a middle of the pack wild card type record and cap hell. Pelletier and Zary could be future assets to this team but with the ELC slide this year you have them for 2 years and if they play well (because it is needed to improve this team) you have 2 years to win it all before you set your self up for a rebuild. Maybe they can win it all in 2 years but I'm not sure with about $32 mil in cap and 11 guys signed giving $22 mil to 2 players and still needing $10 for the other 2 that this team gets better. It might take Monahan dumped to sign everyone and this all includes no Zadorov, Pitlick and Gudbranson gone and a bunch of league minimum replacements. I already see year 1 being a waste with those contracts.
$27 mil for Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Mangiapane and Kylington is probably the max we can afford before we screw our cap situation.
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It’s hard for me to compare any Canadian team to the Florida’s because their taxation situation is just so much better than ours. If I’m Treliving, I'm putting the squeeze on Kylington because he needs a prove me deal like Mangiapane signed. Once there’s more cap relief in 2023, then Treliving can start adding more. But there’s no doubt about it, next season will be tight.