Speculation: 2024-2025 General Discussion III: Welcome back Yanni!

[Rschmitz]

Admittedly I haven’t watched much NJ hockey lately, so I don’t know if he’s completely useless now, but we are talking about bringing Gourde back for a similar price. Getting Palat with the added value of getting rid of Sheary seems like similar move.

 

[Stormbreaker]

Love Drej won't forget him, but no thanks.

 

[Felonious Python]

This is all hypothetical, but Sheary is costing $850k against the cap, even though he's in Syracuse.

50% of Palat's contract would be $3 million AAV, so we'd only be adding 2.150m in cap.

And if Pally falls off, we could probably still trade him for more than 2025 Conor Sheary.


It'd make more sense for NJ to trade him for future considerations or some 7th round pick than take on Sheary's contract.

 

[Stammertime91]

For Palat to come back, that'd be a pipe dream because you'd have a forechecking beast in the bottom six. Pally was an incredibly high IQ forward. Him over Girgensons or whoever on the left in the bottom six is a huge upgrade.

It would certainly have to be for the right price.

 

[JTBF81]

Tampa currently has 9.1 available heading into next season with 9F, 6D, 1G. If they can get Gourde around 3 and a backup around a million and move Sheary, they'll have ~6 million left to sign 3F and 1D most likely. If Goncalves and at least one of Geekie or Howard get regular spots, that's another 1.8-2.1 million, so they'll have 4 million ish for a forward and a dman to roll with 22. Maybe they bring Glendening back or a 2nd highly ranked prospect makes the team, but it looks like Tampa will have in that 3 million range to likely either go after a ufa forward or dman. If it doesn't work with Gourde in terms of re-signing, they could then spend roughly 4 million or so on an additional middle 6 F or 4/5 dman.

 

[bov]

Big fan of Palat but he is on the cusp of 34yo and 1000 games (including playoffs), tons of hard miles on him with his playstyle. Hasn't even been .5ppg in any season with NJ.

Sure I'd take him back I guess, but would have to be at a discount. I expect us to be exposed heavily this postseason in the physical game/punishment/grit/size and all that, so I just don't see him fulfilling a key role like he used to and he doesn't fill a missing gap. I will always have a soft spot for him though.

 

[JTBF81]

I would actually call up S.J. and see if Ferraro is available before the draft. Tampa should be able to afford him, and he'd help solidify the defense for next season. They could spend less on defense and use that money on a forward, but the only likely available forward spots will be an opening on the 4th line really (unless Gourde doesn't re-sign). They could look at players like Frederic, Kiviranta, Brazeau, Saad, Tanev, Iafallo, Nosek, Gaudette etc. There will be no shortage of forwards available for a bottom 6 role should JBB look to use the space there.

 

[Stammertime91]

Big fan of Palat but he is on the cusp of 34yo and 1000 games (including playoffs), tons of hard miles on him with his playstyle. Hasn't even been .5ppg in any season with NJ.

Sure I'd take him back I guess, but would have to be at a discount. I expect us to be exposed heavily this postseason in the physical game/punishment/grit/size and all that, so I just don't see him fulfilling a key role like he used to and he doesn't fill a missing gap. I will always have a soft spot for him though.

While true, he's an absolute ideal fit in the bottom six. He played a heavier game and won puck battles, something a lot of guys in our bottom six dont do enough of. I'm with you, thats a tough retread because of the mileage but if he was at 3M/yr, I'd definitely bring him back. 10-14mins a night, kill penalties... maybe 15g/15a...