I mean, I guess it's good news? But it does add more fuel to the fire that NHL players do not want to play for the Flames and that's a big problem in the grander scheme.
No, it doesn’t.
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Agreed. I can only imagine that they either gauged interest and Treliving said no thank you, or they took a very quick look at the roster, our cap and decided Keith wasn't going to be a fit.
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Agreed. I can only imagine that they either gauged interest and Treliving said no thank you, or they took a very quick look at the roster, our cap and decided Keith wasn't going to be a fit.
It can also be the simple fact that he wants to play more minutes and he would not be getting it in Calgary.
Keith wants to play close to home on a team with a chance to win with the cap space.
He's going to have to plug his nose on the "chance to win" thing if he wants to get a deal done.
Edmonton and Seattle are really his only two choices.
Vancouver has no cap. Calgary doesn't have much and not really the need.
Edmonton must feel that Barrie will be too expensive to bring back.
Keith would fit in best on a responsible defensive team. That's not the Oilers. It certainly wasn't the Hawks were he needed to play the toughest minutes and 25 of them per night.
I actually liked Keith as a player, hope he doesn't end up on the grease. Will have to disown him like I did Russell. I'd be good with Seattle- I like the city and the player.
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A team that’s cap space rich but doesn’t want to pay much (like Seattle) could take him since his high AAV contract is actually not expensive in real dollars.
Why on earth do you assume that the Kraken don't want to pay much? They didn't pony up $650 million for a franchise, plus hundreds of millions for their share in redeveloping KeyArena, so they could become the proud owners of the 1993 Ottawa Senators. Like Vegas, this franchise has deep pockets and the will to use them.
On a more general note, some people keep talking about how advantageous it is to take on a declining player with a high cap hit and low actual pay to help you make the salary floor. Except for the Arizona Coyotes, I can't think of any team that has actually done this, or of any NHL franchise that has had any trouble spending to the floor. It's a solution in search of a problem.
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Why on earth do you assume that the Kraken don't want to pay much? They didn't pony up $650 million for a franchise, plus hundreds of millions for their share in redeveloping KeyArena, so they could become the proud owners of the 1993 Ottawa Senators. Like Vegas, this franchise has deep pockets and the will to use them.
On a more general note, some people keep talking about how advantageous it is to take on a declining player with a high cap hit and low actual pay to help you make the salary floor. Except for the Arizona Coyotes, I can't think of any team that has actually done this, or of any NHL franchise that has had any trouble spending to the floor. It's a solution in search of a problem.
Because (a) it’s been reported they don’t want to pay much in salary and the reason is (b) because they’ve already spent so much to get in.
I agree - the floor isn’t really an issue. It’s more (for them) the ability to charge someone a premium in a trade to take on a cap hit with an actual cheap real salary.
Because (a) it’s been reported they don’t want to pay much in salary and the reason is (b) because they’ve already spent so much to get in.
I haven't seen that report. Mind pointing me at a source?
I still say it makes absolutely no business sense, having spent over a billion dollars up front on a new enterprise, to deliberately make your product worse by cheaping out over a few million.
EDIT: While I don't have an Athletic subscription (money way too tight), I see MSN quoting an Athletic article supporting my view of the matter:
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In a Q&A post with The Athletic’s Ryan S. Clark Friday, Seattle Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke said that he’s encouraged general manager Ron Francis to spend to the salary cap, if possible, in order to build a contending roster out of the gate.
