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

[Empoleon8771]

With Bunting out, it makes me wonder if I want to call up McGroarty or Koivunen and give them a look in the top-6. I generally think they should keep down those two plus Broz and Pickering for as much of this year as possible, but getting a 3-4 week run on Malkin's line and then going back to WBS wouldn't be bad for any of their developments.

That said, Spezza said in an article that their strategy is to not call them up "until they're here to stay", so I'm expecting that they spend all of this year in the AHL. Which I don't really mind tbh.

 

[SomeDude]

That said, Spezza said in an article that their strategy is to not call them up "until they're here to stay", so I'm expecting that they spend all of this year in the AHL. Which I don't really mind tbh.

That seems like an unnecessarily dumb thing to say publicly.

Even if it is the plan, keep that internally. Now that it’s out there, if a guy comes up and isn’t ready or underperforms, there is additional unneeded pressure as the team said they wouldn’t come up until they’re staying up.

 

[Ulf5]

Bunting probably wasn't going to be dealt anyway, but if a GM really wanted him, they'd still trade for him. It's not like he blew out his knee or shoulder or something. It's a limited, defined, non-hockey health procedure. He'll be fine. It's not even a concern for a GM.

Guesstimated the 22nd for 3 weeksish.
At that point, the Pens still have 11 games left. Plenty of time left if another team were interested. They should have close to the same amount of games remaining.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

That said, Spezza said in an article that their strategy is to not call them up "until they're here to stay", so I'm expecting that they spend all of this year in the AHL. Which I don't really mind tbh.

Which I get, but I don't. I would say give the player at least a good 10 games in the NHL to experience the speed and strength of the top league as motivation for their offseason training. But whatever.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Guesstimated the 22nd for 3 weeksish.
At that point, the Pens still have 11 games left. Plenty of time left if another team were interested. They should have close to the same amount of games remaining.

The trade deadline is next Friday so at this point he isn't getting traded until the summer

 

[Empoleon8771]

That seems like an unnecessarily dumb thing to say publicly.

Even if it is the plan, keep that internally. Now that it’s out there, if a guy comes up and isn’t ready or underperforms, there is additional unneeded pressure as the team said they wouldn’t come up until they’re staying up.

Spezza said that's what they've been telling the prospects as well, so it's not like it's new to them.

 

[Ulf5]

The trade deadline is next Friday so at this point he isn't getting traded until the summer

Injured players can still be traded. Anyone trading for him was suspect to begin with. As Dennis pointed out, it's not a lingering injury that would make acquiring him questionable going forward.
But if anyone is interested, there's still time in the regular season for Bunting to acclimate to his new team.

 

[Kasperi kapanen]

So that bum Nieto still here huh

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Bunting probably wasn't going to be dealt anyway, but if a GM really wanted him, they'd still trade for him. It's not like he blew out his knee or shoulder or something. It's a limited, defined, non-hockey health procedure. He'll be fine. It's not even a concern for a GM.

Yup and it is permissible to trade injured players as long as there has been full disclosure.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

So that bum Nieto still here huh

Sullivan must be ecstatic but shocked at the same time that he cleared!!

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Yup and it is permissible to trade injured players as long as there has been full disclosure.

I don't know where the misconception comes from that you can't move an injured player (even though Bunting isn't even injured). Is it a thing in another sport?

 

[BillyOcean]

Slob Yohe is on Madden and insufferable. This guy has no clue.