2024 Salary Cap and Beyond
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Interesting to see if Waddell's approach changes next season, so far we're under the assumption that he will "take it slow" with a multi-year plan rather than try to fix everything in one go. That's probably still the smart plan but there's room to make a couple of targeted acquisitions...
It probably depends on who actually hits the market next season, for example I think Marner is the only big time piece that id be interested in getting. However, I don't think he's remotely interested unless we make some noise this season and it's led by the young guns.
Rantanen and Sam Bennett would also be interesting, but I doubt either makes it to FA.
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Nik Ehlers, is he set to be a free agent? Wouldn't mind him. Rantanen would be unreal.
Marner, Rantanen, Shesterkin, Ehlers, it would be an amazing group if they all made it to UFA. With the cap jumping up though it's going to be really difficult for the Jackets to take advantage of the situation.
One guy that I've thought about is Evan Bouchard. A year from now if the Oilers are reluctant to pay him his $11m, would they want to swap him for a cheaper version in Jiricek? This would of course assume Jiricek develops enough to be a reliable substitute and shows his ability to lead a PP, but doesn't develop so much that we would rather just keep him. A bit of an unlikely scenario.
One guy that I've thought about is Evan Bouchard. A year from now if the Oilers are reluctant to pay him his $11m, would they want to swap him for a cheaper version in Jiricek? This would of course assume Jiricek develops enough to be a reliable substitute and shows his ability to lead a PP, but doesn't develop so much that we would rather just keep him. A bit of an unlikely scenario.
EspenK
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Moved quote from Excitement thread.
I disagree completely. If they continue their current pace then they will deserve all the $ they can get next time around. If they don't well all is good from a cap perspective.
Cap is rumored to go to 92.5mm next year, Probably north of 95mm in 2 years. Marchenko & KJ aren't due for 3 years.
I think GMDW did the right thing,
What would be the combined AAV for Fantilli, KJ, Marchenko, Chinakhov, Voronkov, Sillinger, Jiricek, Mateychuk and Brindley in 2027/28?
Hopefully a lot meaning they reach their potential
And maybe also unfortunately meaning the team faces cap problems while preparing for a cup run.
Most teams do. For better or worse it's probably unrealistic to expect this group as a whole to remain intact fully
Sure. I think it's also unrealistic to expect this group to have a long cup window with none of the core players on discount contracts.
