With all these Russians in the fold, I suppose Calgary is turning into Moscowtown.
__________________
"This has been TheScorpion's shtick for years. All these hot takes, clickbait nonsense just to feed his social media algorithms." –Tuco
The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to TheScorpion For This Useful Post:
I am curious if Nesterov does stick around if it is clear the Flames want him in the AHL for an extended period.
He is a fairly popular player in the KHL, so he might not report and get the NHL contract terminated so he can sign back in the KHL rather than spend a large amount of time in the AHL.
The Following User Says Thank You to sureLoss For This Useful Post:
Because he isn't a priority. He isn't going anywhere. This is what Treliving typically does with these type of RFAs. Make an offer then wait. Mangiapane didn't sign until just before training camp last season and was pretty much in the same negotiation position.
The only leverage Kylington has is to sign in Europe and most of those teams are overloaded with NHL prospects right now or sign an offer sheet (which isn't very likely)
It would suck if a young rebuilding team like DET or OTT threw a 2yr 1-1.2M offer (or something like that) at him. Cheap gamble for them, zero compensation, would put the Flames in a really tough spot.
The Calgary Flames announce today that they have signed defenseman Nikita Nesterov to a one-year contract with an AAV of $700,000.
TERM: One year
AAV: $700,000
Nesterov, a native of Chelyabinsk, Russia played last year with CSKA Moscow in the KHL. In 53 games, the defenseman scored seven goals and added 16 assists for 23 points along with 24 penalty minutes. He has 132 career NHL games with Tampa from 2014-17 and Montreal 2016-17. Nesterov had nine goals and 24 assists for 33 points and 81 penalty minutes during his 132 NHL regular season games and has an additional 28 playoff games where he scored a goal and added six assists for seven points.
Internationally, Nesterov represented Russia several times at all levels including captain of the gold medal winning team at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeonchang and was named to the 2016 World Cup team.
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to sureLoss For This Useful Post:
I dunno, why would a player of this caliber take anything but a one way deal at this price. Seems like a lot of upside for us. Can’t imagine he’d come if AHL was even a possibility.
Depth is going to be key this season more than any other season. The schedule is going to be highly compressed, with lots of back to backs, and long road trips out east. Having a lot NHL caliber players on league minimum deals is really going to help this team navigate this coming season.
FORWARDS (12)
Right wing: Elias Lindholm ($4,850,000) - Andrew Mangiapane ($2,425,000) - Dillon Dubé ($778,333) - Dominik Simon ($700,000)
Centre: Sean Monahan ($6,375,000) - Mikael Backlund ($5,350,000) - Sam Bennett ($2,550,000) - Derek Ryan ($3,125,000)
Left wing: Johnny Gaudreau ($6,750,000) - Matthew Tkachuk ($7,000,000) - Milan Lucic ($5,250,000) - Joakim Nordström ($700,000)
DEFENSE (6)
Right: Christopher Tanev ($4,500,000) - Rasmus Andersson ($4,550,000) - Oliver Kylington ($787,500)
Left: Mark Giordano ($6,750,000) - Noah Hanifin ($4,950,000) - Juuso Välimäki ($894,166)
FORWARDS (12)
Right wing: Elias Lindholm ($4,850,000) - Andrew Mangiapane ($2,425,000) - Dillon Dubé ($778,333) - Dominik Simon ($700,000)
Centre: Sean Monahan ($6,375,000) - Mikael Backlund ($5,350,000) - Sam Bennett ($2,550,000) - Derek Ryan ($3,125,000)
Left wing: Johnny Gaudreau ($6,750,000) - Matthew Tkachuk ($7,000,000) - Milan Lucic ($5,250,000) - Joakim Nordström ($700,000)
DEFENSE (6)
Right: Christopher Tanev ($4,500,000) - Rasmus Andersson ($4,550,000) - Oliver Kylington ($787,500)
Left: Mark Giordano ($6,750,000) - Noah Hanifin ($4,950,000) - Juuso Välimäki ($894,166)
I feel Ryan has to be moved, just to tight to the cap
I think the big things that Tree accomplished so far are that he improved the team and stayed cap-compliant while doing so. So as-is, we can start the season without any further tinkering required. Now he gets to look at how he can further improve the team/address things that he couldn't do without some level of cost certainty throughout the rest of the roster.
It has been a solid off-season under difficult circumstances, and there's likely more work from Tree coming.
IMO you only move Ryan if you're certain you can get an upgrade on a better contract.
Something like that might be hard to find.
__________________
"This has been TheScorpion's shtick for years. All these hot takes, clickbait nonsense just to feed his social media algorithms." –Tuco
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to TheScorpion For This Useful Post:
