Salary Cap: 11 guys signed next year at $65.5M CAP - $16M left for 12 guys

[JT AM da real deal]

Maybe we sign only 9 guys for minimum roster for the $16M????
Which guys do we sign and how do we make an official roster with $16M??? (assuming no trades)
I tried late last night on CapFriendly and I had a difficult time.
I assumed we signed Mik2M, Dermy3M and Holl1M and could not afford Muzzy's 5M.
Lots of very interesting questions???
Great news is we have a great team this year and in middle of a nice heater now.

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[HamiltonNHL]

expect trades

 

[Fogelhund]

Maybe we sign only 9 guys for minimum roster for the $16M????
Which guys do we sign and how do we make an official roster with $16M??? (assuming no trades)
I tried late last night on CapFriendly and I had a difficult time.
I assumed we signed Mik2M, Dermy3M and Holl1M and could not afford Muzzy's 5M.
Lots of very interesting questions???
Great news is we have a great team this year and in middle of a nice heater now.

There will be trades.

 

[ACC1224]

Probably be some trades.

 

[Fogelhund]

Consensus seems to be something about trades.... hmmm

 

[HamiltonNHL]

That's 3 simultaneous votes for trades !

 

[Welsh Maple Leaf]

Trades ini

 

[Teeder Keon]

Maybe we sign only 9 guys for minimum roster for the $16M????
Which guys do we sign and how do we make an official roster with $16M??? (assuming no trades)
I tried late last night on CapFriendly and I had a difficult time.
I assumed we signed Mik2M, Dermy3M and Holl1M and could not afford Muzzy's 5M.
Lots of very interesting questions???
Great news is we have a great team this year and in middle of a nice heater now.

Pls don’t sign Muzz
Please
I love the person and in room leadership but please don’t sign him as his foot speed and quickness and mental decision speed are really being exposed on this team already , just think 2 years down the road

 

[leafsfan5]

Might be an unpopular opinion but I'm thinking trades are going to happen

 

[BertCorbeau]

Clearly will be a lot of bargain bin depth signings and Marlies call ups.

Reasonable to project Sandin and Liljegren will be on the team. Korshkov potentially as well.

Timashov, Engvall, and Holl should be had for $1 mill or under.

Goat too but I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s traded at the same time.

Dermott and Soup should tie up no more than $6 mill.

That leaves $5 mill or so to shore up the back up and the final d spot on the roster.

 

[ToDavid]

Probably just fold the team.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Clearly will be a lot of bargain bin depth signings and Marlies call ups.

Reasonable to project Sandin and Liljegren will be on the team. Korshkov potentially as well.

Timashov, Engvall, and Holl should be had for $1 mill or under.

Goat too but I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s traded at the same time.

Dermott and Soup should tie up no more than $6 mill.

That leaves $5 mill or so to shore up the back up and the final d spot on the roster.

Sorta what I got too. 3.5M for a d spot and 1.5M for a backup. I don't see either Muzzy or Barrie in the CAP cards here as they will be 5M guys. Barrie likely more. I think trade(s) are the only way here unless we go with a rookie d core.

 

[Duffman955]

Shouldn't the cap be rising like 10M or some shit?

 

[HamiltonNHL]

Shouldn't the cap be rising like 10M or some ****?

Like the owners want to part with money that easy

 

[JT AM da real deal]

Shouldn't the cap be rising like 10M or some ****?

CAP won't rise until new CBA done. Players are not using escalator anymore so as to reduce escrow holdback from 15% down to like something like 9-10% this year. So it is in catch-up mode next 3-4 seasons.

 

[BertCorbeau]

Sorta what I got too. 3.5M for a d spot and 1.5M for a backup. I don't see either Muzzy or Barrie in the CAP cards here as they will be 5M guys. Barrie likely more. I think trade(s) are the only way here unless we go with a rookie d core.

I don’t see money for Muzzin or Barrie either pending a discount. Then again there can be trades and if the cap rises a few mill, there’s opportunity there.

 

[Mckay]

Possible cap rising, possible trades. Worry about it in the offseason.

 

[JT AM da real deal]

I don’t see money for Muzzin or Barrie either pending a discount. Then again there can be trades and if the cap rises a few mill, there’s opportunity there.

Yes the big hope will be players re-consider their current stance and use escalator next year.

 

[shaner82]

Why does anyone care about the cap for next year when it's only November? We're trending in the right direction on the ice. We have a team that can compete with anyone in the league. So why worry about the cap situation for next year?

But to play along, I'll just say this. In the off season everyone said we were in cap hell. We didn't have enough to even fill out a roster, let alone make any improvements. Several trades later and we not only filled out our roster, but we improved our roster (at least I believe so) from last year.

Dubas and others get paid a lot of money to make the cap situation work. They will figure it out. Who gets traded is obviously unknown at this time. Wouldn't even surprise me if there were some moves made this season once Keefe has a better idea of what we need. But Dubas will make it work somehow

 

[forecheck]

Well I am sure the young genius has a plan!

He surely wouldn't be just doing things on the fly here would he ?

It will be more bargain basement scraps to round out the roster around the prima donna hotshots who sucked up all the money before they even won a playoff round .

 

[forecheck]

Why does anyone care about the cap for next year when it's only November? We're trending in the right direction on the ice. We have a team that can compete with anyone in the league. So why worry about the cap situation for next year?

But to play along, I'll just say this. In the off season everyone said we were in cap hell. We didn't have enough to even fill out a roster, let alone make any improvements. Several trades later and we not only filled out our roster, but we improved our roster (at least I believe so) from last year.

Dubas and others get paid a lot of money to make the cap situation work. They will figure it out. Who gets traded is obviously unknown at this time. Wouldn't even surprise me if there were some moves made this season once Keefe has a better idea of what we need. But Dubas will make it work somehow

Relax - they won 3 games - ZONA- COLORADO ( Outplayed)- DET ( awful team) /

Team has work to do to just make the playoffs and win a round.

 

[shaner82]

Relax - they won 3 games - ZONA- COLORADO ( Outplayed)- DET ( awful team) /

Team has work to do to just make the playoffs and win a round.

I stand by what I said. In a 7 game series, I think we can compete with anyone. It's not just about the last 3 games, it's about the talent on this team. I believe in the talent. There's always work to do, especially after the way we started, but I believe in our ability. I'm not saying we'll win the cup, just that I believe we can hang with anyone

 

[MyBudJT]

Cap should go up to 84ish, which will get us to at least 19.5M in space. We'll likely trade Johnsson, so 23M space for 14 players...

Sign Mikheyev 4x3.5M
Sign Ceci 4x4M
Sign Dermott 2x2M
Sign Engvall 2x0.8M
Sign Timashov 2x0.8M
Sign Guathier 2x1M
Sign a Back-up Goaltender for 1.25M
Bring up Liljegren (0.863)
Bring up Sandin (0.894)
Bring up Korshkov (0.925)

That leaves approximately 7M for:
1 Top 4 Dman
1 #7 Dman
1 #14 Forward or 1 #8 Dman

Nylander-Matthews-Kapanen
Mikheyev-Tavares-Marner
Moore-Kerfoot-Hyman
Engvall-Gauthier-Timashov
Petan

Rielly-Ceci
Dermott-???
Sandin-Liljegren
#7

Andersen
Back-up.

Edit: I forgot Korshkov! He'd fit in there somewhere!

 

[Teeder Keon]

Cap should go up to 84ish, which will get us to at least 19.5M in space. We'll likely trade Johnsson, so 23M space for 14 players...

Sign Mikheyev 4x3.5M
Sign Ceci 4x4M
Sign Dermott 2x2M
Sign Engvall 2x0.8M
Sign Timashov 2x0.8M
Sign Guathier 2x1M
Sign a Back-up Goaltender for 1.25M
Bring up Liljegren (0.863)
Bring up Sandin (0.894)
Bring up Korshkov (0.925)

That leaves approximately 7M for:
1 Top 4 Dman
1 #7 Dman
1 #14 Forward or 1 #8 Dman

Nylander-Matthews-Kapanen
Mikheyev-Tavares-Marner
Moore-Kerfoot-Hyman
Engvall-Gauthier-Timashov
Petan

Rielly-Ceci
Dermott-???
Sandin-Liljegren
#7

Andersen
Back-up.

But please no CC please

 

[forecheck]

I stand by what I said. In a 7 game series, I think we can compete with anyone. It's not just about the last 3 games, it's about the talent on this team. I believe in the talent. There's always work to do, especially after the way we started, but I believe in our ability. I'm not saying we'll win the cup, just that I believe we can hang with anyone

I disagree - but hope you are right .