2024 Salary Cap and Beyond

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I think we’re going to be very active this summer. In saying that though we must be careful as all the bridge deals Waddell signed last summer will be coming to a head within the next 3 years.

I would not be surprised if Fantilli got an 8 year extension
If teams and owners think that cap is really gonna hit 120, we should look at locking them up long term and taking some risks now, it could really pay off.
 
I'm skeptical about the cap going that high simply because a fair amount of that is TV revenue, and I'm expecting/hoping Diamond Sports is going to finally crumple and die in tha ttimeframe. They've barely been limping along as is.
 
I'm skeptical about the cap going that high simply because a fair amount of that is TV revenue, and I'm expecting/hoping Diamond Sports is going to finally crumple and die in tha ttimeframe. They've barely been limping along as is.
Also I think the Canada/USA relationship right now is concerning to say the least. I can't imagine the cap will react kindly to an escalating trade war.
 
I think we’re going to be very active this summer. In saying that though we must be careful as all the bridge deals Waddell signed last summer will be coming to a head within the next 3 years. I think he already regrets not going longer term with marchenko.

I would not be surprised if Fantilli got an 8 year extension
I would be surprised if he didn't.The question is how much? 9mm doesn't seem unreasonable to me. He'll be 22 by time deal starts leaving him the opportunity for another big deal if he lives up to the promise.
 
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Also I think the Canada/USA relationship right now is concerning to say the least. I can't imagine the cap will react kindly to an escalating trade war.
Quite possibly, but that's a volatile enough topic that it's going to end up with multiple site rules violations in short order any time we bring it up so I wasn't going to go there.
 
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I think we’re going to be very active this summer. In saying that though we must be careful as all the bridge deals Waddell signed last summer will be coming to a head within the next 3 years. I think he already regrets not going longer term with marchenko.

I would not be surprised if Fantilli got an 8 year extension
I would be surprised if he didn't.Te question is how much? 9mm doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
 
Quite possibly, but that's a volatile enough topic that it's going to end up with multiple site rules violations in short order any time we bring it up so I wasn't going to go there.

Whatever happened to HF politics boards? Was that a thing or did I hallucinate that? I went there once and there were a million posts there and then it was gone. And now I can't fully believe it existed.
 
I would be surprised if he didn't.Te question is how much? 9mm doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

Maybe he takes a $9m x 8 if you offer it this summer. I feel confident in thinking that number will be higher if you wait until next year to extend him.
 
Whatever happened to HF politics boards? Was that a thing or did I hallucinate that? I went there once and there were a million posts there and then it was gone. And now I can't fully believe it existed.
It was indeed a thing that existed; it was just hidden from easy access. It was removed several years ago and the folks who wanted to keep talking about it set up a site elsewhere for that purpose.
 
It was indeed a thing that existed; it was just hidden from easy access. It was removed several years ago and the folks who wanted to keep talking about it set up a site elsewhere for that purpose.

Why was it removed?

What is the new site? I'm not sure I want to use it but I feel impelled to have a peek.


Impelled? Compelled? Another word choice conundrum!
 
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Severson might be hard to move and why would they trade Gudbranson? He's a know key leader in the locker and still provides something that nobody on the ice can provide. Even if we get Gavrikov, we should want both of them playing.
Come on... you trade Gudbranson because his contract was 1 year too long when they signed him. You can right that wrong with a simple move this off season. :D
 

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