Speculation: 2024-2025 General Lightning Discussion II: "Atlanticly" challenged

[Zwui21]

Yeah, we are definitely signing/trading for some top6 wing with the cap increasing so much.

 

[LordStanlersCup]

Big news, honestly lower than what I was expecting and was wondering whether it would be smoothed out over 2 or 3 years and they chose 3. I am guessing teams not being able to pay that much had a lot to do with it.

 

[creg]

We'll have just shy of $13mil with our only pending free agents being Atkinson, Glendening, Eyssimont, Goncalves (rfa), and Perbix.

This is going to be a huge off-season for us.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

This is a big opportunity. The other contenders are signing their guys to big numbers and we have everyone locked up at $9.5M.

 

[Rschmitz]

We also heard that about Shattenkirk, McDonagh, Duclair, and probably 9 other guys.

If the contract is small enough, it doesn't matter. It's a stab, and has no impact on other moves.

The word on those guys were they had warts, not that they were AHL players. Regardless you're right, it's not like it's going to stop us from doing anything else.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Big news, honestly lower than what I was expecting and was wondering whether it would be smoothed out over 2 or 3 years and they chose 3. I am guessing teams not being able to pay that much had a lot to do with it.

Its lower and more smoothed out because the volatility of the Canadian Dollar. Its in the shitters more than usual and its going to take a hit due to Trump's tariffs. This smoother curve and slightly lower number than expected is probably due to that.

 

[Felonious Python]

Big news, honestly lower than what I was expecting and was wondering whether it would be smoothed out over 2 or 3 years and they chose 3. I am guessing teams not being able to pay that much had a lot to do with it.

“We know the players don’t want escrow to the extent they can have it reduced,” Bettman said. “So the higher you make the cap, the more likely you’ll have an escrow. If you nail it just right — which is hard to do with precision because you’re projecting revenues — ideally you find a place where the escrow is as little as possible and/or the clubs aren’t writing a check to make up the 50/50 (split). It’s a little science, but it’s a lot of work.”

Larger cap jumps makes hitting that 50/50 mark tougher.

 

[These Are The Days]

We also heard that about Shattenkirk, McDonagh, Duclair, and probably 9 other guys.

If the contract is small enough, it doesn't matter. It's a stab, and has no impact on other moves.

It depends on your definition of "small contract"

 

[DistantThunderRep]

It depends on your definition of "small contract"

He would have to sign for league minimum, 1 year. Now that the cap numbers are out, why sign multi year at a discount when the league minimum's are going to go up for the next 3 years?

 

[LordStanlersCup]

Larger cap jumps makes hitting that 50/50 mark tougher.

I already accounted for the lower escrow percentages, I think it was mostly due to the 3 vs 2 year smoothing. Maybe the Canadian dollar idk

 

[LordStanlersCup]

He would have to sign for league minimum, 1 year. Now that the cap numbers are out, why sign multi year at a discount when the league minimum's are going to go up for the next 3 years?

I believe the league minimum is set at 775k until the end of the CBA

 

[bov]

I have to admit I have slightly warmed up to the idea of Saad since I trashed it at first. It says something about his mindset and motivation to leave 5 mil on the table. That is probably a good sign for any team who picks him up.

More importantly, it narrows down the type of player we'd actually have to deal significant assets for. For league minimum to 1 mil-ish, consider me somewhat on board.