You missed the point completely. You keep saying we need to keep Carter to reach the cap floor. I removed Kovy, Carter and Quick cap hits and easily surpassed the floor with 16 million to spend on upgrades. My point is reaching the cap floor should not even be in consideration when we are trying to move these contracts. Moving these contracts is a whole other issue.
Because you brought back Toffoli and Forbort, which very few people want to see happen. Unless they're actually getting something for Carter, what's the urgency to move the contract, if you're then also going to give Toffoli a raise? They're not trying to free up cap to bring in someone else anymore. You can just let Toffoli go(maybe even get an asset if he can keep scoring), keep Carter, and you've accomplished the same thing. Blake would have to pay to get rid of Carter. He can't even be a C on this team, so what contender needs an aging winger that can't score? Even at 50% for the next 2 years after this one? I'm sure other teams have their own young guys they could easily put in there instead of a soon to be 35 year old that can't do much.
I understand the want to just be rid of Carter, because we're all tired of the past, but what are you willing to give up with him to get rid of him? Get rid of Toffoli, buy Carter out, and sign some desperate UFA for a couple million(who will have to steal a spot from a young guy that everyone wants in the lineup), and we get the same result, which is perfectly fine. Then at least we wouldn't be watching more of the past with Toffoli. It would be the winger equivalent of Hutton, who we have no emotional attachment to, so no baggage, so it would at least be something new. I just think the path of least resistance does not include trying to figure out a way to dump a guy that nobody wants. If Carter was a UFA this year, everything would be much easier, but he's not.
And reaching the floor has to be a consideration. By rule. Doesn't help that they're losing some of the Richards hit after this year either.
