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Post by toley on Jul 11, 2024 9:25:29 GMT -7
McD getting married soon (this month) and Drai just proposed. No getting into players lives but the soon to be wives are close as we know McD and Drai are close. Let's see what the Drai extension is. I'm going to guess between 10-12 million. Followed by McD for the same $ (12.5) or less. Just guessing. Seeing other players take discounts that make a crap load less, hard to be the best of leaders if you don't follow suit. Goal is to win, they have plenty of endorsements, stay on a winning team for the rest of their careers. Live life to the fullest in the offseason. Raise a family in a decent city where family trumps the cold. Just spitballing here... putting a puzzle together that has all the pieces. As much as $12 Million would be a great cap hit. I think Draisaitl would be more than Matthews and he'll be the highest paid next year, and McDavid is the best player and his salary will reflect that. They both know(as well as their agents) the cap is going up. They'll try and stay within a certain percentage of the cap. |
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Post by drtaf on Jul 11, 2024 9:27:04 GMT -7
McD getting married soon (this month) and Drai just proposed. No getting into players lives but the soon to be wives are close as we know McD and Drai are close. Let's see what the Drai extension is. I'm going to guess between 10-12 million. Followed by McD for the same $ (12.5) or less. Just guessing. Seeing other players take discounts that make a crap load less, hard to be the best of leaders if you don't follow suit. Goal is to win, they have plenty of endorsements, stay on a winning team for the rest of their careers. Live life to the fullest in the offseason. Raise a family in a decent city where family trumps the cold. Just spitballing here... putting a puzzle together that has all the pieces. I think you might be right about the "personal sentiments" but a ways off regarding the salaries? we can only "dream" that drai's new contract starts with a $12+ IMO and likewise McD is likely to get $15+ especially as his will be negotiated next year when the cap has risen another $5M+. If we get both for a combined number of ~$28M, that to me is a hometown discount. $22-$25M as you suggest would be insanely good and I'd be pushing for statues to be built stat!
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 11, 2024 10:12:36 GMT -7
McD getting married soon (this month) and Drai just proposed. No getting into players lives but the soon to be wives are close as we know McD and Drai are close. Let's see what the Drai extension is. I'm going to guess between 10-12 million. Followed by McD for the same $ (12.5) or less. Just guessing. Seeing other players take discounts that make a crap load less, hard to be the best of leaders if you don't follow suit. Goal is to win, they have plenty of endorsements, stay on a winning team for the rest of their careers. Live life to the fullest in the offseason. Raise a family in a decent city where family trumps the cold. Just spitballing here... putting a puzzle together that has all the pieces. I think you might be right about the "personal sentiments" but a ways off regarding the salaries? we can only "dream" that drai's new contract starts with a $12+ IMO and likewise McD is likely to get $15+ especially as his will be negotiated next year when the cap has risen another $5M+. If we get both for a combined number of ~$28M, that to me is a hometown discount. $22-$25M as you suggest would be insanely good and I'd be pushing for statues to be built stat! It's not just the personal things it is seeing what our own players are doing in real time to try to win. If we did very well Drai would be at 11.4 million. 28 million per yr is a killer, you are speculating on the cap. 22-24 would be nice for both... You see Brown signing for 1 million, he is worth 2 and would take a big haircut even at that. He is a 3+ mil player now that he is back to form. He chose to play here for half his potential salary if not more, way more. Henrique is a 4-5 mil player, locked him in for 2 years at 3 mil. He is taking a 30-40% discount. Janmark with a raise but believe he took a bit of a haircut given term at 1.45 x 3 Skinner is not all that different than Guentzel, look at the difference between the two contracts. Sacrifice, sounds like it. He has already made his $, yet he has yet to play in even one playoff game. Arv worth more on the open market but took a discount as well thanks to recommendations from his Swedish buddies. Tired of getting beat in LA by yours truly. If you can't beat them, join them. Even in Edmonton, not the best destination... So yeah there is the personal stuff then seeing your own players throughout the lineup making sacrifices to enhance their chance of winning. Just saying, our top players may follow suit. Do they deserve much more on the open market, for sure. They make more than plenty, sticking with family should work in our favor. Guessing 24 million for the two or less.
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Post by toley on Jul 11, 2024 11:08:43 GMT -7
I think you might be right about the "personal sentiments" but a ways off regarding the salaries? we can only "dream" that drai's new contract starts with a $12+ IMO and likewise McD is likely to get $15+ especially as his will be negotiated next year when the cap has risen another $5M+. If we get both for a combined number of ~$28M, that to me is a hometown discount. $22-$25M as you suggest would be insanely good and I'd be pushing for statues to be built stat! It's not just the personal things it is seeing what our own players are doing in real time to try to win. If we did very well Drai would be at 11.4 million. 28 million per yr is a killer, you are speculating on the cap. 22-24 would be nice for both... You see Brown signing for 1 million, he is worth 2 and would take a big haircut even at that. He is a 3+ mil player now that he is back to form. He chose to play here for half his potential salary if not more, way more. Henrique is a 4-5 mil player, locked him in for 2 years at 3 mil. He is taking a 30-40% discount. Janmark with a raise but believe he took a bit of a haircut given term at 1.45 x 3 Skinner is not all that different than Guentzel, look at the difference between the two contracts. Sacrifice, sounds like it. He has already made his $, yet he has yet to play in even one playoff game. Arv worth more on the open market but took a discount as well thanks to recommendations from his Swedish buddies. Tired of getting beat in LA by yours truly. If you can't beat them, join them. Even in Edmonton, not the best destination... So yeah there is the personal stuff then seeing your own players throughout the lineup making sacrifices to enhance their chance of winning. Just saying, our top players may follow suit. Do they deserve much more on the open market, for sure. They make more than plenty, sticking with family should work in our favor. Guessing 24 million for the two or less. If it was that easy, Draisaitl would have been signed already. Jeff Jackson signs that in a heartbeat. |
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 11, 2024 12:01:32 GMT -7
It's not just the personal things it is seeing what our own players are doing in real time to try to win. If we did very well Drai would be at 11.4 million. 28 million per yr is a killer, you are speculating on the cap. 22-24 would be nice for both... You see Brown signing for 1 million, he is worth 2 and would take a big haircut even at that. He is a 3+ mil player now that he is back to form. He chose to play here for half his potential salary if not more, way more. Henrique is a 4-5 mil player, locked him in for 2 years at 3 mil. He is taking a 30-40% discount. Janmark with a raise but believe he took a bit of a haircut given term at 1.45 x 3 Skinner is not all that different than Guentzel, look at the difference between the two contracts. Sacrifice, sounds like it. He has already made his $, yet he has yet to play in even one playoff game. Arv worth more on the open market but took a discount as well thanks to recommendations from his Swedish buddies. Tired of getting beat in LA by yours truly. If you can't beat them, join them. Even in Edmonton, not the best destination... So yeah there is the personal stuff then seeing your own players throughout the lineup making sacrifices to enhance their chance of winning. Just saying, our top players may follow suit. Do they deserve much more on the open market, for sure. They make more than plenty, sticking with family should work in our favor. Guessing 24 million for the two or less. If it was that easy, Draisaitl would have been signed already. Jeff Jackson signs that in a heartbeat. Drai wanted to see Oilers additions. No different than Henrique late in the day after the Ard and Skinner additions before deciding. If Drai wants to play with McD and the other way around, some concessions will need to be made. If not, say goodbye to those skilled wingers to play with if you go for max $. This is the last year to take full advantage of McD and Drai on their present deals. It's just a feeling. See what happens.
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Post by drtaf on Jul 11, 2024 13:17:17 GMT -7
If it was that easy, Draisaitl would have been signed already. Jeff Jackson signs that in a heartbeat. Drai wanted to see Oilers additions. No different than Henrique late in the day after the Ard and Skinner additions before deciding. If Drai wants to play with McD and the other way around, some concessions will need to be made. If not, say goodbye to those skilled wingers to play with if you go for max $. This is the last year to take full advantage of McD and Drai on their present deals. It's just a feeling. See what happens. I always appreciate how you break your thought process down Windsor as it makes it much easier to discuss/debate. But tbh, i think you're also a bit off on how you valued all the recent signings as well? It's possible Brown gets $2M from a bottom feeder and no way in HELL he's a 3+ mil player now. Same with Henrique, he may have got $4M with hawks or SJ but no one else and I believe Janmark got the going rate for a 4th line PKer especially as he got 3yrs which IMO was a thank you from the oilers for previous discounts? Skinner/Arvi are slightly different. I believe both did sign for lower than they could get elsewhere, but both have a lot to prove and both are looking for 1 more big long-term contract, so what better way to do that than sign with the most potent offence in the league? (they're eying what Kane did and hope the same will happen for them ie another $20-30M in the bank before they're reduced to yr to yr $1M contracts as they plan their retirement. here's the top 6 caps from Puckpedia as of today and with a $88M cap for 2024. I calc % of total cap myself as its not on the site. Anyway, presuming next year when Drai new contract kicks in the cap will be $93M (another 5m raise. $12M would put Drai's salary at 12.9% of the cap or below Nylander? You think he'll accept that ? NVM less? $14M would put him at exactly same as Mathews at 15.05%. I can see him taking a bit less if they offer full 8yrs but remember AM set his deliberately lower at 4yrs so he has room for 1 more big pay day, whereas as "this is it" for Drai, there will be no more big paydays after this one no matter how well he performs? IMO, if we get him under $14M per, he is taking a discount. As for McD, when his contract kicks in, the salary cap is likely to be $98+ so %-wise a $16M per puts him around the 16% and he's worth that and more and we all know there's not a GM who wouldn'y offer him that. So seeing these numbers now, i'm beginning to think $28M is a bit of a bargain? Anything less a real bargain!! Whether you can actually win paying 2 guys $28M of Cap is a different debate, but I honestly dont think we will see anywhere close to your projected salaries for those 2, but I actually hope I'm wrong! 1 Matthews, Auston Cap $13,250,000 Salary $16,700,000 4yrs 26 C 15.05% 2 MacKinnon, Nathan Cap $12,600,000 $16,500,000 8yrs 28 C 14.32% 3 McDavid, Connor Cap $12,500,000 $10,000,000 8yrs 27 yrs C 14.2% 4 Panarin, Artemi Cap $11,642,857 $10,000,000 7yrs 32 yrs LW 13.2% 5 Pettersson, Elias Cap $11,600,000 $14,500,000 8yrs 25 yrs C 13.2% 6 Nylander, William Cap $11,500,000 $13,500,000 8yrs 28 yrs C 13.1%
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Post by Bronco73 on Jul 11, 2024 14:57:15 GMT -7
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 11, 2024 15:19:56 GMT -7
Drai wanted to see Oilers additions. No different than Henrique late in the day after the Ard and Skinner additions before deciding. If Drai wants to play with McD and the other way around, some concessions will need to be made. If not, say goodbye to those skilled wingers to play with if you go for max $. This is the last year to take full advantage of McD and Drai on their present deals. It's just a feeling. See what happens. I always appreciate how you break your thought process down Windsor as it makes it much easier to discuss/debate. But tbh, i think you're also a bit off on how you valued all the recent signings as well? It's possible Brown gets $2M from a bottom feeder and no way in HELL he's a 3+ mil player now. Same with Henrique, he may have got $4M with hawks or SJ but no one else and I believe Janmark got the going rate for a 4th line PKer especially as he got 3yrs which IMO was a thank you from the oilers for previous discounts? Skinner/Arvi are slightly different. I believe both did sign for lower than they could get elsewhere, but both have a lot to prove and both are looking for 1 more big long-term contract, so what better way to do that than sign with the most potent offence in the league? (they're eying what Kane did and hope the same will happen for them ie another $20-30M in the bank before they're reduced to yr to yr $1M contracts as they plan their retirement. here's the top 6 caps from Puckpedia as of today and with a $88M cap for 2024. I calc % of total cap myself as its not on the site. Anyway, presuming next year when Drai new contract kicks in the cap will be $93M (another 5m raise. $12M would put Drai's salary at 12.9% of the cap or below Nylander? You think he'll accept that ? NVM less? $14M would put him at exactly same as Mathews at 15.05%. I can see him taking a bit less if they offer full 8yrs but remember AM set his deliberately lower at 4yrs so he has room for 1 more big pay day, whereas as "this is it" for Drai, there will be no more big paydays after this one no matter how well he performs? IMO, if we get him under $14M per, he is taking a discount. As for McD, when his contract kicks in, the salary cap is likely to be $98+ so %-wise a $16M per puts him around the 16% and he's worth that and more and we all know there's not a GM who wouldn'y offer him that. So seeing these numbers now, i'm beginning to think $28M is a bit of a bargain? Anything less a real bargain!! Whether you can actually win paying 2 guys $28M of Cap is a different debate, but I honestly dont think we will see anywhere close to your projected salaries for those 2, but I actually hope I'm wrong! 1 Matthews, Auston Cap $13,250,000 Salary $16,700,000 4yrs 26 C 15.05% 2 MacKinnon, Nathan Cap $12,600,000 $16,500,000 8yrs 28 C 14.32% 3 McDavid, Connor Cap $12,500,000 $10,000,000 8yrs 27 yrs C 14.2% 4 Panarin, Artemi Cap $11,642,857 $10,000,000 7yrs 32 yrs LW 13.2% 5 Pettersson, Elias Cap $11,600,000 $14,500,000 8yrs 25 yrs C 13.2% 6 Nylander, William Cap $11,500,000 $13,500,000 8yrs 28 yrs C 13.1% Appreciate everyone's breakdowns. What was Brown worth before his injury in Washington and what he signed for here after his injury? 4 million. He is worth 2 no doubt and to another team including us as we usually overpay that's where the 3 comes from, at least 2 for sure. So he is half price, if not more. Look at Lindholm and Stephenson contracts, younger players yes than Henrique, but they all will be 3C. Henrique is just as reliable and get more points per 60 than those two plus Wennberg and I forget who else, there was one more. Henrique is just as good if not better than all these players with real production. Unless he really tails off this year, it's a steal. Whom has done ok playing with McD and Drai to boost their value and they are not even in the NHL now. Several players. Chemistry, hockey IQ, etc not quite on the same level. So it takes good players to play with elite players. Drai still looking for those players he's going to get this year and he has a value contract now, after 8 years of playing here. Best value contract in the NHL, he's on his last year of his deal and given the % of the cap we can get these players now, as long as they take a discount on their end too. Which has come to fruition. Next year cap is 88 million, Drai taking a big team discount is 13% or 11.4 million, that's where that figure comes in. It could be arranged this time that Drai makes more than McD, whatever works out closer to this 24 million I proposed. Not the 14 + 15 = 29 million that others are suggesting. Just real off season vibes. You can't ask other players to be part of something special, take a discount whether large or smaller then the top paid guys do not do the same in return. AM has won nothing and has shown nothing along with his team come crunch time so there is no bargaining power there. We did in 2022 what the Leafs haven't done in many years. With all this said we still have holes, forwards look spectacular, D can use 1 top 4 D and a proven backup that you know for sure can fill in for Stew with success. Even with all our moves and discounts, still lacking in a couple of areas we can all agree with. Can we upgrade on Ceci given the market? No, not right now at least. 3rd pair with Kulak he will be fine. Broberg top 4 and on his wrong side, he can do it but let's face it it's probably not optimal. Should Kraken fail, welcome Adam Larsson at the deadline lol. Goalie, ?
Just going to need a little more Huak Tuah during the season, HH will like this.
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 11, 2024 16:07:08 GMT -7
This was probably my fav moment of the regular season. Media is being a POS towards Brown, all the pressure and negative energy. Gives a bad vibe and paints a poor picture from the outside, why would players want to play here? Well there you go, under all the scrutiny, you see how the fans really feel in real time, this is true reality tv. So a couple of us on the board sensed Brown would be true to his word that his heart is here and sure enough, we get him for a million bucks. He should double or triple his output on the 3rd line next year and be solid defensively for us. Worth it's weight in Oil. No Koolaid needed, it will be done... Just so happy for him, like Hyman coming back from a serious injury. Are they passengers? Well we can have fun with that debate, lol. Fun. It's not that hard to have fun when you know you have a real good team next year.
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Post by happyhappy on Jul 11, 2024 16:47:45 GMT -7
Here is my breakdown lol, still... McD 16 LD 14 Bouch 10 I hope you are right Windsor, and I am way off.   |
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Post by happyhappy on Jul 11, 2024 16:59:33 GMT -7
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 11, 2024 17:27:06 GMT -7
Here is my breakdown lol, still... McD 16 LD 14 Bouch 10 I hope you are right Windsor, and I am way off. All fair prices, but here is what AB has going on that most of the NHL and Ontario do not have... www.facebook.com/reel/833851638711714
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Post by happyhappy on Jul 11, 2024 17:33:59 GMT -7
Here is my breakdown lol, still... McD 16 LD 14 Bouch 10 I hope you are right Windsor, and I am way off. All fair prices, but here is what AB has going on that most of the NHL and Ontario do not have... www.facebook.com/reel/833851638711714 That is just downright hilarious!! Thanks hahaha! 
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Post by drtaf on Jul 12, 2024 8:12:14 GMT -7
I always appreciate how you break your thought process down Windsor as it makes it much easier to discuss/debate. But tbh, i think you're also a bit off on how you valued all the recent signings as well? It's possible Brown gets $2M from a bottom feeder and no way in HELL he's a 3+ mil player now. Same with Henrique, he may have got $4M with hawks or SJ but no one else and I believe Janmark got the going rate for a 4th line PKer especially as he got 3yrs which IMO was a thank you from the oilers for previous discounts? Skinner/Arvi are slightly different. I believe both did sign for lower than they could get elsewhere, but both have a lot to prove and both are looking for 1 more big long-term contract, so what better way to do that than sign with the most potent offence in the league? (they're eying what Kane did and hope the same will happen for them ie another $20-30M in the bank before they're reduced to yr to yr $1M contracts as they plan their retirement. here's the top 6 caps from Puckpedia as of today and with a $88M cap for 2024. I calc % of total cap myself as its not on the site. Anyway, presuming next year when Drai new contract kicks in the cap will be $93M (another 5m raise. $12M would put Drai's salary at 12.9% of the cap or below Nylander? You think he'll accept that ? NVM less? $14M would put him at exactly same as Mathews at 15.05%. I can see him taking a bit less if they offer full 8yrs but remember AM set his deliberately lower at 4yrs so he has room for 1 more big pay day, whereas as "this is it" for Drai, there will be no more big paydays after this one no matter how well he performs? IMO, if we get him under $14M per, he is taking a discount. As for McD, when his contract kicks in, the salary cap is likely to be $98+ so %-wise a $16M per puts him around the 16% and he's worth that and more and we all know there's not a GM who wouldn'y offer him that. So seeing these numbers now, i'm beginning to think $28M is a bit of a bargain? Anything less a real bargain!! Whether you can actually win paying 2 guys $28M of Cap is a different debate, but I honestly dont think we will see anywhere close to your projected salaries for those 2, but I actually hope I'm wrong! 1 Matthews, Auston Cap $13,250,000 Salary $16,700,000 4yrs 26 C 15.05% 2 MacKinnon, Nathan Cap $12,600,000 $16,500,000 8yrs 28 C 14.32% 3 McDavid, Connor Cap $12,500,000 $10,000,000 8yrs 27 yrs C 14.2% 4 Panarin, Artemi Cap $11,642,857 $10,000,000 7yrs 32 yrs LW 13.2% 5 Pettersson, Elias Cap $11,600,000 $14,500,000 8yrs 25 yrs C 13.2% 6 Nylander, William Cap $11,500,000 $13,500,000 8yrs 28 yrs C 13.1% Appreciate everyone's breakdowns. What was Brown worth before his injury in Washington and what he signed for here after his injury? 4 million. He is worth 2 no doubt and to another team including us as we usually overpay that's where the 3 comes from, at least 2 for sure. So he is half price, if not more. Look at Lindholm and Stephenson contracts, younger players yes than Henrique, but they all will be 3C. Henrique is just as reliable and get more points per 60 than those two plus Wennberg and I forget who else, there was one more. Henrique is just as good if not better than all these players with real production. Unless he really tails off this year, it's a steal. Whom has done ok playing with McD and Drai to boost their value and they are not even in the NHL now. Several players. Chemistry, hockey IQ, etc not quite on the same level. So it takes good players to play with elite players. Drai still looking for those players he's going to get this year and he has a value contract now, after 8 years of playing here. Best value contract in the NHL, he's on his last year of his deal and given the % of the cap we can get these players now, as long as they take a discount on their end too. Which has come to fruition. Next year cap is 88 million, Drai taking a big team discount is 13% or 11.4 million, that's where that figure comes in. It could be arranged this time that Drai makes more than McD, whatever works out closer to this 24 million I proposed. Not the 14 + 15 = 29 million that others are suggesting. Just real off season vibes. You can't ask other players to be part of something special, take a discount whether large or smaller then the top paid guys do not do the same in return. AM has won nothing and has shown nothing along with his team come crunch time so there is no bargaining power there. We did in 2022 what the Leafs haven't done in many years. With all this said we still have holes, forwards look spectacular, D can use 1 top 4 D and a proven backup that you know for sure can fill in for Stew with success. Even with all our moves and discounts, still lacking in a couple of areas we can all agree with. Can we upgrade on Ceci given the market? No, not right now at least. 3rd pair with Kulak he will be fine. Broberg top 4 and on his wrong side, he can do it but let's face it it's probably not optimal. Should Kraken fail, welcome Adam Larsson at the deadline lol. Goalie, ?
Just going to need a little more Huak Tuah during the season, HH will like this.
fair enough Windsor, i see your logic and as i said, i hope you're right. IMO I see $13 and 15M contracts in the near future and would be quite happy with that as I think Drai is worth more than AM anyway and his intangibles are off the charts with McD which neither of us has mentioned but might be a reason for a bigger discount too?? Having just announced his engagement as well, nothing would make me happier than seeing stanley as guest of honour at his wedding next year (assuming that when it will be!!
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 12, 2024 8:26:28 GMT -7
Appreciate everyone's breakdowns. What was Brown worth before his injury in Washington and what he signed for here after his injury? 4 million. He is worth 2 no doubt and to another team including us as we usually overpay that's where the 3 comes from, at least 2 for sure. So he is half price, if not more. Look at Lindholm and Stephenson contracts, younger players yes than Henrique, but they all will be 3C. Henrique is just as reliable and get more points per 60 than those two plus Wennberg and I forget who else, there was one more. Henrique is just as good if not better than all these players with real production. Unless he really tails off this year, it's a steal. Whom has done ok playing with McD and Drai to boost their value and they are not even in the NHL now. Several players. Chemistry, hockey IQ, etc not quite on the same level. So it takes good players to play with elite players. Drai still looking for those players he's going to get this year and he has a value contract now, after 8 years of playing here. Best value contract in the NHL, he's on his last year of his deal and given the % of the cap we can get these players now, as long as they take a discount on their end too. Which has come to fruition. Next year cap is 88 million, Drai taking a big team discount is 13% or 11.4 million, that's where that figure comes in. It could be arranged this time that Drai makes more than McD, whatever works out closer to this 24 million I proposed. Not the 14 + 15 = 29 million that others are suggesting. Just real off season vibes. You can't ask other players to be part of something special, take a discount whether large or smaller then the top paid guys do not do the same in return. AM has won nothing and has shown nothing along with his team come crunch time so there is no bargaining power there. We did in 2022 what the Leafs haven't done in many years. With all this said we still have holes, forwards look spectacular, D can use 1 top 4 D and a proven backup that you know for sure can fill in for Stew with success. Even with all our moves and discounts, still lacking in a couple of areas we can all agree with. Can we upgrade on Ceci given the market? No, not right now at least. 3rd pair with Kulak he will be fine. Broberg top 4 and on his wrong side, he can do it but let's face it it's probably not optimal. Should Kraken fail, welcome Adam Larsson at the deadline lol. Goalie, ? Just going to need a little more Huak Tuah during the season, HH will like this.
fair enough Windsor, i see your logic and as i said, i hope you're right. IMO I see $13 and 15M contracts in the near future and would be quite happy with that as I think Drai is worth more than AM anyway and his intangibles are off the charts with McD which neither of us has mentioned but might be a reason for a bigger discount too?? Having just announced his engagement as well, nothing would make me happier than seeing stanley as guest of honour at his wedding next year (assuming that when it will be!! It's a feeling and maybe wishful thinking. By the time the McD contract kicks in we won't be at a 100 million cap yet. McD 16, Drai 14, Bouch 10, Nurse 9.25, that's 4 players making more than half the cap. I mean if that's what management wants to do and can make it work, we will have plenty of plugs on our team as a result if this happens. Those 4 players will have to carry all the weight, every game, every night. It's not a recipe for success but wtfdik. Leafs as is have 4 players making over 50% of the cap as well so it can be done. Appears they are a worse team than last year, we'll see.
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Post by toley on Jul 12, 2024 9:07:22 GMT -7
fair enough Windsor, i see your logic and as i said, i hope you're right. IMO I see $13 and 15M contracts in the near future and would be quite happy with that as I think Drai is worth more than AM anyway and his intangibles are off the charts with McD which neither of us has mentioned but might be a reason for a bigger discount too?? Having just announced his engagement as well, nothing would make me happier than seeing stanley as guest of honour at his wedding next year (assuming that when it will be!! It's a feeling and maybe wishful thinking. By the time the McD contract kicks in we won't be at a 100 million cap yet. McD 16, Drai 14, Bouch 10, Nurse 9.25, that's 4 players making more than half the cap. I mean if that's what management wants to do and can make it work, we will have plenty of plugs on our team as a result if this happens. Those 4 players will have to carry all the weight, every game, every night. It's not a recipe for success but wtfdik. Leafs as is have 4 players making over 50% of the cap as well so it can be done. Appears they are a worse team than last year, we'll see. Like nothing is guaranteed, it's all just speculation from Seravalli and we also have no clue what the salary cap will be when McDavid's new deal kicks in, again speculation. I was actually going to post in armchair about Nurse to Pittsburgh. |
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 15, 2024 9:32:16 GMT -7
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Post by drtaf on Jul 15, 2024 10:38:10 GMT -7
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Post by windsoroiler on Jul 15, 2024 11:14:38 GMT -7
All the best to XB, Remember our convos back on the old board about XB and our disapproval, and not taking the goalie Wallstedt instead, new guy we got, we'll see, has been out with a knee injury. His knock is not being engaged at times. Kinda sound like PLD lol.
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Post by toley on Jul 15, 2024 11:32:27 GMT -7
Why not wait for the trade deadline to move Bourgault?
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