Salary Cap: '24-'25 Salary Thread: Crosbicles Volume MMXXVI: Sid is Still Goat

[SEALBound]

I thought ZAR in 2021 was a decent comparable - $1.725mil x 1yr. So that would have put him in the $2mil region for 1-2 years which is about right. $2.5mil is a bit too much for my liking but with the cap going up so much, it's not much of an issue.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Glad the Penguins aren't paying him this. This feels like a million a year too much.

2M +\- 250k is more appropriate for him. Then again he is also in Canada. So there is probably a pay bump due to that. If I knew my value was X solidly I would want a premium to play in California, New York, Massachusetts, or Canada simply due to taxes. I know DOC isn’t a star and has limited bargaining leverage. But I would be willing to bet that slight overpay is due to him now playing in Canada.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

3x3 for DOC is crazy!

GMs overvalue guys like him every single time they get the chance.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

Yeah, I don't think a 2025 1st has the same value. I would bet 32 GMs would keep their 2024 15th OV pick vs trading for the 2025 15th OV pick. My preference would just be to use it in whichever draft it ends up being in and adding another 1st round talent to the organization.

I think the only realistic scenarios I would support trading the pick is:
1. Move up into the top 4 in this draft. Say like 6th OV + 12th OV for 4th OV. I would gladly take Misa or Martone and sacrifice a middling 2025 1st rounder.
2. Move it for a young player, specifically a center, who an org is down on but we feel has more potential. For example, Rossi or Pinto. It likely means send back additional assets but I'd be willing to have the discussion.


To be fair, they did get DOC as well and they plan on extending him. While I think that DOC isn't anything special, we saw that he was highly coveted by a couple of teams. If they extend him, it means they got two roster players for the pick in a weak draft. Trying to be objective, it IS relatively difficult to find decent players for cheap who are big, fast, and can forecheck. If DOC was a 20g scorer, he'd be Kreider.

I think this move is very reminiscent of the Kapanen trade but in reverse. If you remember, there were several teams after Kapanen but everyone was offering their 2nd and Toronto was holding out. Finally, JR coughed up the 1st to get his guy. The entire difference was that ,JR was willing to step up and pay more. Yeah we also got Fernstrom as well, but I think that's merely a throw-in. A third round pick but tough to say if he even had 3rd round value.

We all agreed that Pettersson's value was that of a 2nd + prospect. I firmly believed that adding DOC made the package worth a 1st. So with others after DOC as well, JR (or rather Allvin) stepped up and offered the 1st and got their guys. Overall, I think the price tag was right in line with expectations. The x-factor here being where that pick lands. I mean, the hockey gods could take out Panarin and Shesterkin and the Rags could win the draft lottery in 2026.

We did get a prospect that was a 3rd rounder and that 3rd rounder is looking like a 2nd rounder.

So a really good 1st + a 2nd for DOC and Petts is gold

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Only 2.6% of the cap next year. Not that bad at all. Originally I thought it was a bit rich (still is ever so slightly) but the percentage puts it in better perspective.

 

[Pancakes]

I think that's alright for DOC if he starts scoring at a higher rate again but if he's struggling to hit double digit goals I'm less in favor of it