Expansion draft rumors

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Fleury wasn't making $10.5 million a year to age 38. He was making just over half the money for less than half the remaining term.

How better can the Kraken spend that extra $3M instead of picking up a guy who carried a team on his back to the finals?

[transplant99]

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

Yes, but the salary is only 2 M. So a bit high overall in year 1.
Subsequent years total actual dollars are in the 7.5-8.5 range


And again, many other teams in the Pacific have that amount tied up in dead cap space and overpayments on bad contracts

So he will only cost 13 million this season.

Yeah that makes it better.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

Now things are getting interesting... does picking Price “price” them out of someone like Gio?

Doubtful. Gio only has one year left on his deal and is the easiest veteran player to absorb because they can flip him at the deadline with ease on an expiring deal. All the other players have more years on their contract and represent a level of risk. I can't see them picking Price because of the cap hit and the fact that he's struggled in the regular season. His heroic playoff play doesn't really matter if a team doesn't get into the playoffs.

[topfiverecords]

Are we going to have an expansion draft pool once the protection lists are out?

[kyuss275]

So is Price trying to do Montreal a solid or is he hoping to get picked up by them? Wife is from Washington state and he is from bc.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

So is Price trying to do Montreal a solid or is he hoping to get picked up by them? Wife is from Washington state and he is from bc.

I think he's hoping to get picked.

For the reasons you stated, plus there is a pretty solid chance that the Kraken are better than the Habs next season.

[868904]

I want to see Seattle take Price then flip him with retained salary for a good piece to a division rival of the Habs like the Leafs.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by cannon7

How better can the Kraken spend that extra $3M instead of picking up a guy who carried a team on his back to the finals?

$5,750,000 x 2 = $11,500,000.

$10,500,000 x 5 = $52,500,000.

Either the difference between those numbers is a lot more than $3 million, or I've forgotten how to math.

And there is something to be said for building a team that doesn't need to be carried on anyone's back.

[topfiverecords]

nm, I was looking at the wrong years

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Fleury’s cap hit is $7M.

It was $5,750,000 when Vegas took him from Pittsburgh, and there were only two years left on that deal.

[sleepingmoose]

Originally Posted by 868904

I want to see Seattle take Price then flip him with retained salary for a good piece to a division rival of the Habs like the Leafs.

Price has a NMC. He probably wouldn’t go for that.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by 868904

I want to see Seattle take Price then flip him with retained salary for a good piece to a division rival of the Habs like the Leafs.

Price is only waiving his NMC for expansion. If he gets selected his NMC is still active. No flipping unless Price okays it, which I wouldn’t expect.

[868904]

Is this Tarasenko move be the equivalent of the Flames leaving Monahan exposed?

Would Seattle have taken him?

Two injury proned top 6 forwards with a couple of years left on their contracts.

[blender]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

What’s my opinion? It’s not an opinion. If Seattle can get a good asset for Tarasenko after selecting him in the expansion draft and then retaining salary was part of the deal they could do exactly that. It’s up to Seattle, not me.

Well, it was a joke, but nevertheless I meant it in regards to your comment of the Cost-Benefit analysis being positive. It isn't your analysis to make, so your conclusions are nothing more than your opinion.

[868904]

Originally Posted by sleepingmoose

Price has a NMC. He probably wouldn’t go for that.

But he might want to win a cup and might see himself as the missing piece for a team like the Leafs.

I just wonder if the Leafs are having those discussions right now with Seattle and Price. They need a goalie badly and you can’t do better than Price.

This is the type of move that would add so much to the history of the Leafs-Habs rivalry.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by blender

Well, it was a joke, but nevertheless I meant it in regards to your comment of the Cost-Benefit analysis being positive. It isn't your analysis to make, so your conclusions are nothing more than your opinion.

I never said I did any cost-benefit analysis. Surely Francis and his staff would do so before completing such a deal. Unless you think they use tarot cards.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by 868904

But he might want to win a cup and might see himself as the missing piece for a team like the Leafs.

I just wonder if the Leafs are having those discussions right now with Seattle and Price. They need a goalie badly and you can’t do better than Price.

This is the type of move that would add so much to the history of the Leafs-Habs rivalry.

My first thought is that his family would take so much verbal abuse that they wouldn’t even consider this. That’s the last team in the league he’d waive for.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by 868904

But he might want to win a cup and might see himself as the missing piece for a team like the Leafs.

I just wonder if the Leafs are having those discussions right now with Seattle and Price. They need a goalie badly and you can’t do better than Price.

This is the type of move that would add so much to the history of the Leafs-Habs rivalry.

The Leafs are talking to Price? I know there’s allegations of tampering this year but wow, not likely.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

My first thought is that his family would take so much verbal abuse that they wouldn’t even consider this. That’s the last team in the league he’d waive for.

My first thought is that if the Leafs add yet another $10-million player, they will have to fill out their roster with mannequins and hobos. They're already spending 41 percent of the cap on just three players.