Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarongavey
You could offer a contract below market value in certain circumstances and probably get them to sign. When a team is already over the cap and they have two former first round picks available you could throw them the Barrett Hayton contract (he of 0.3 PPG last year) of around 2.65 million a year or something similar and pick up a guy who is two years younger and averaged 0.28 PPG in the playoffs. You could probably offer that player 300K a year less than Hayton and possibly get him.
|
$ 2.3 million is a second rounder in compensation.
Would you trade Andrew Basha for Barrett Hayton?
Also, in order for an offer sheet to work, a lot of things have to line up.
The GM making the offer has to believe that a player has a lot of upside. Otherwise why not just target a similar player in free agency? You are going to be paying at least UFA price for the contract anyway.
The GM being targeted by the offer sheet has to believe that the player does not have a lot of upside.
The GM making the offer sheet needs ample cap space, and their own pick/s for compensation. This rules out a lot of teams that are competitive/contenders.
The GM making the offer sheet needs to feel very secure in their job. The average tenure of an NHL GM is around 5 years. If you make an offer sheet and it turns out to be a flop, that could mean you get fired earlier and you potentially miss out on 1-2 years of salary as a result. Perhaps you burn a few bridges with other GMs and that makes your life as a GM a little harder.
Its easy for fans to talk about taking a risk, but we don't have to worry about it taking food off our table.
Its not exactly easy to see which 22 year old is buried on a depth chart because they are not getting opportunity and which ones just aren't that good. Just look at the Vegas expansion draft for an example.
Various teams gave up assets in order to force Vegas to take players like Karlsson, Theodore, Haula, Tuch, Smith and Marchessault.