Salary Cap: '24-'25 Salary Thread: Crosbicles Volume MMXXV - Poolman and Poolparty?!?

[farscape1]

If Dubas trades that pick then he an Sully need fired..

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Yeah, I think it'd be a pretty big f*** up to somehow get a 1st (that looks like it may be a good one, potentially great) for Petts just to turn around and toss it at a reclamation project like Nemec or Zegras. Akin to Hextall finally somehow dumping all of that trash (McGinn, Kap, Blueger) just to use the cap on Granlund instead of Chychrun.

But Zegras did go to Boston U, so, y'know. There's that little horror hanging above all of our heads.

 

[Gurglesons]

Yeah, I think it'd be a pretty big f*** up to somehow get a 1st (that looks like it may be a good one, potentially great) for Petts just to turn around and toss it at a reclamation project like Nemec or Zegras. Akin to Hextall finally somehow dumping all of that trash (McGinn, Kap, Blueger) just to use the cap on Granlund instead of Chychrun.

But Zegras did go to Boston U, so, y'know. There's that little horror hanging above all of our heads.

A 21 year old reclamation project? lol

Nemec is a future stud.

 

[SEALBound]

I have it all figured out:

Bunting to Colorado for a 2nd
1st + Acciari to Anaheim for Zegras
Rakell + Graves to Calgary for Huberdeau
Nedeljkovich to Edmonton for 3rd
Resign: Gryz, POJ, Pono, Hallander, Tomasino, Glass
Sign: Marner $13.5mil x 7yrs
Finished bottom 5 and draft Misa

Huberdeau-Crosby-Marner
Zegras-Malkin-Rust
McGroarty-Misa-Tomasino
Lizotte-Glass-Hallander

POJ-Letang
Pickering-Karlsson
Gryz-Desharnais

Blomqvist-Murashov

It fits under the cap. $3mil or so in space.

 

[Fordy]

What I think is wild about the whole Rust saga is that, honestly, if we were going to pick one homegrown fully developed Pen to hold on to forever, it should have been Jake.

But Rust has been so pumped up as "playing the right way" in the team's PR and their own eyes that we held on to him instead. Just imagine a slightly different situation where we'd negotiated seriously with Jake and gave him the raise he wanted at the expense of shipping out Rust or other deadweight.

i imagined it and i can’t say i care

 

[Ulf5]

Not sure Devils move Nemec for a futures package.

I'm thinking the same with Buffalo and Cozens even though they're not in a playoff spot.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

This is the kinda psycho trades NBA fans get and we're like OH SHIT Petts for a mid 1st!

 

[cygnus47]

This is the kinda psycho trades NBA fans get and we're like OH SHIT Petts for a mid 1st!

The NBA has fully leaned into promoting only their stars. Couldn't be more different than the NHL. It would be so chaotic with no real cap and teams and players with no loyalty to each other. Imagine Colorado being able to say f*** it, signing McDavid and Draisaitl for 3 years for 50 million dollars a year, winning 3 times in a row and then losing them, MacKinnon and Makar to other random teams the next year and being the worst in the league. Wild.

 

[Rudy Russo]

I have it all figured out:

Bunting to Colorado for a 2nd
1st + Acciari to Anaheim for Zegras
Rakell + Graves to Calgary for Huberdeau
Nedeljkovich to Edmonton for 3rd
Resign: Gryz, POJ, Pono, Hallander, Tomasino, Glass
Sign: Marner $13.5mil x 7yrs
Finished bottom 5 and draft Misa

Huberdeau-Crosby-Marner
Zegras-Malkin-Rust
McGroarty-Misa-Tomasino
Lizotte-Glass-Hallander

POJ-Letang
Pickering-Karlsson
Gryz-Desharnais

Blomqvist-Murashov

It fits under the cap. $3mil or so in space.

I'd rather have Mason McTavish over Zegras.

This is the kinda psycho trades NBA fans get and we're like OH SHIT Petts for a mid 1st!

 

[Ulf5]

I'd rather have Mason McTavish over Zegras.

There's a whole lotta stank in Anaheim this year. With 9 1st round picks too, though not all recent to be fair.
And 5th rounder Troy Terry's better than a few of them. And not just this year. He's averaging slightly over .8 points per game the last 4 seasons.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I have it all figured out:

Bunting to Colorado for a 2nd
1st + Acciari to Anaheim for Zegras
Rakell + Graves to Calgary for Huberdeau
Nedeljkovich to Edmonton for 3rd
Resign: Gryz, POJ, Pono, Hallander, Tomasino, Glass
Sign: Marner $13.5mil x 7yrs
Finished bottom 5 and draft Misa

Huberdeau-Crosby-Marner
Zegras-Malkin-Rust
McGroarty-Misa-Tomasino
Lizotte-Glass-Hallander

POJ-Letang
Pickering-Karlsson
Gryz-Desharnais

Blomqvist-Murashov

It fits under the cap. $3mil or so in space.

I'd like to see Koivunen up here next year. Avery Hayes interests me too. That guy can finish and he defends.
McGroarty's not getting it done yet. His goal scoring is crap (6 in 37 games in WBS) and he's still learning defense. I don't care how high someone was drafted if they're not bringing it. He can stay down there until he's one of our 12 best Forwards.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Yeah as much as we all rightfully shit on like, the Sens and Sabres, the Ducks are really bad as and org as well.