At the TDL there won't be the need to move money out to add plauers as there should be enough cap accrued, so if G is still on the team at the TDL it would be better to keep him and add to the team using non-roster pieces like the 2023 1st, Olausson, etc.
Crosby has been fine for years after having concussion problems early in his career.
And Bergeron.
Bergeron and josi was my answer. Bergeron looks like he was gonna be cooked earlier on in his career i felt with some of his issues. Still going strong without issue.
Highly unlikely they will even think about trading Petey. BB wants to run a Miller-EP-Horvat rotation heavily and they have the wings to support having three great centers. If Kuzmenko translates... they might have the deepest top 9 in the league. They have 8 forwards without Kuzmenko who could all pop over 20 goals up. Longer term... Petey and Miller can both shift over to wing if they need to condense.
Where do they get the cap space from if they keep all three centers? They're projected to be $2.7 million over the cap with a 20 man roster according to Cap Friendly. They'd have to be looking at moving Boeser or Garland. Is Garland's 19 goals for almost $5 mill a year appealing to other teams?
By not spending 31m on defense.
31m on D? I see $24m this year and $21m next year with Hughes, Myers, and OEL taking up $21m. How are they going to reduce their D cap hit? OEL and Myers each have a form of no move clause and I doubt they moves Hughes.By not spending 31m on defense.
Ferland goes on IR to give them space this year. Next year they have 14.6m in space with Horvat as the big name to re-sign and it'll likely get tight... but following that year they start getting rid of the mid to higher dollar bad contracts.
I'm making a joke on the 31m. Avs spend over 31m on defense and that is the reason the Avs can't afford centers like Vancouver. When people say 'how can they afford that?' it is pretty simple... they are dedicating more space to the center position than elsewhere on the roster.
OK, fair enough on the $31m joke. Next year will be tough to the Canucks if they extend Horvat. After that it does open up a bit but they are still relatively tight against the cap. Perhaps they are banking on the cap going up.
With the 14.6m... say Horvat is 7.5m. That leave 7.1m to re-sign Kuzmenko, Dermott, and Hoglander plus another guy or two brought up or signed to ~1m deals. Dermott is pretty likely to fall in the low 2s. The other two are wild cards with how they perform this year. Could be in the 1s and could be in the 4s, neither would surprise me. If they end up on the higher end, it'll accelerate their getting rid of Dickinson and maybe Pearson. If both of those guys perform really well though, they'll likely move Boeser for a futures package.
I agree, they can stay under the cap, well actually they'll have no choice, but how to do it with the Miller-EP-Horvat rotation along with OEL/Hughes/Myers in 23-24 and still ice a decent team.
*3 defensemen... Poolman. Though that might be generous for his play.
*3 defensemen... Poolman. Though that might be generous for his play.
They will likely have Dermott locked up soon. Their future on defense is a bit murky, but they have a guy I REALLY like in Rathbone, but he has to transition. My bet is they will send Boeser packing for a young RD and picks to solve that issue in their lineup.
