Salary Cap: 24 25 Salary Thread Crosbicles Volume Mmxxvii Retool over Time to Go for A Cup in 2026

[CheckingLineCenter]

need to sign them and send them out on loan for a year a la euro soccer

That would be rockstar

 

[wej20]

Honestly I wouldn't be shocked if they move Heinen over the summer, even if it would end up taking attaching one of their excess future mid-round picks.

Would love to move Heinen or Hayes or both. Maybe for a dmen on a 1 year deal.

 

[Gurglesons]

San Jose has Celebrini, Smith, Eklund and Dickinson that all look really good, plus another top-4 pick this year.

Yes, they have the core set up where they should be adding to make the team better, not trading away young players like Zetterlund.

Zetterlund is a total whatever.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Zetterlund is a total whatever.

They traded him for a 4th line upside guy and a 2nd rounder, when Zetterlund was a 25 year old middle-6 winger who was good friends of one of the core players.

 

[Gurglesons]

They traded him for a 4th line upside guy and a 2nd rounder, when Zetterlund was a 25 year old middle-6 winger who was good friends of one of the core players.

Better than locking him in on a contract.

Same thing with Jake Walman.

I wish we had GMMG here. He's done an absolutely fantastic job in San Jose focusing on a clear directive and delivering.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's gonna rock so hard when Sullivan plays Shea for 18 minutes and Ovechkin scores a hat trick against the Pens to break Gretzky's record.

 

[Ryder71]

Gotta say something here. Timmins has played very well since he was acquired. Maybe one or two games he was meh, but overall he's been our best defensemen. Not that that in and of itself is saying much but...

10 games 1 goal 4 assists for 5 points and a +6.

Dewar himself has also been serviceable. For a 5th round pick?

Exploiting the Leafs cap peril has paid off. This appears to be really good value from KD.

 

[Gurglesons]

It's gonna rock so hard when Sullivan plays Shea for 18 minutes and Ovechkin scores a hat trick against the Pens to break Gretzky's record.

Gonna be even cooler when it's Sid's line that gives up that goal.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Better than locking him in on a contract.

Same thing with Jake Walman.

I wish we had GMMG here. He's done an absolutely fantastic job in San Jose focusing on a clear directive and delivering.

Diametrically different situations.

Doubt GMMG would have played the cards Dubas was dealt any differently if he inherited a core that won 3 Cups, played the better part of 20 years together, and just missed playoffs instead of the grab bag of guys who never won anything, played together for a couple years, and coming off a lotto season.

 

[sovietsanta87]

The jury is still out on the sharks. For all we know they could get Schaefer then McKenna.

 

[Turin]

The jury is still out on the sharks. For all we know they could get Schaefer then McKenna.

They won’t be able to draft 1st in 2026 if they do again this year

 

[Sideline]

They won’t be able to draft 1st in 2026 if they do again this year

I don't think that is true. I believe the rule is you can't advance in the draft order by winning the lottery more than twice in 5 years. The Sharks are in last place so picking first would not be advancing.

 

[sovietsanta87]

They won’t be able to draft 1st in 2026 if they do again this year

Not if they keep finishing dead last

 

[eXile3]

Gotta say something here. Timmins has played very well since he was acquired. Maybe one or two games he was meh, but overall he's been our best defensemen. Not that that in and of itself is saying much but...

10 games 1 goal 4 assists for 5 points and a +6.

Dewar himself has also been serviceable. For a 5th round pick?

Exploiting the Leafs cap peril has paid off. This appears to be really good value from KD.

I thought he was a warm body. He’s been great.

+9, 5 on 5 goal differential.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Gotta say something here. Timmins has played very well since he was acquired. Maybe one or two games he was meh, but overall he's been our best defensemen. Not that that in and of itself is saying much but...

10 games 1 goal 4 assists for 5 points and a +6.

It's saying a lot when you're making 1.1M.

Performance surplus relative to cap hit is how you win Cups. We unfortunately just don't have enough of it.

 

[Gurglesons]

Diametrically different situations.

Doubt GMMG would have played the cards Dubas was dealt any differently if he inherited a core that won 3 Cups, played the better part of 20 years together, and just missed playoffs instead of the grab bag of guys who never won anything, played together for a couple years, and coming off a lotto season.

You can respect the 3 core players and still blow up the team.

The fact Rakell had a career season and is still here is simply unforgivable imo.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I wish we had more players on the team who were friends with one of the core members and or coaching staff.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

You can respect the 3 core players and still blow up the team.

The fact Rakell had a career season and is still here is simply unforgivable imo.

That doesn't seem to have been the rationale for not dealing Rakell at the deadline. Dubas' price just wasn't met. People were up in arms about him acquiring Schenn then he flipped him for a 2nd the next day.

I don't think there's an issue with keeping Rakell if he's moved in the offseason, but I know we're not on the same page there.

 

[eXile3]

In just saw Acciari won the teams “Unsung Hero Award”.

I would say he probably deserved team MVP. Not sure how Sid won it. Acciari is obviously the core we should be building around. Not all players can be awful at all aspects of the game. It takes a special kind of talent.

 

[Jacob]

He's a heart and soul guy but he really sucks. 9 goals in 2 seasons is terrible even for a 4th liner. He should be getting that every season.

 

[cookthebooks]

i feel like a hallmark of good teams is heart and soul guys that are actually also good

 

[Sideline]

i feel like a hallmark of good teams is heart and soul guys that are actually also good

Yup. Max Talbot and Matt Cullen were the kind of heart and soul guys you can win a Stanley Cup with. Acciari is the kind of heart and soul guy you win a Calder Cup with.

 

[molon labe]

He's a heart and soul guy but he really sucks. 9 goals in 2 seasons is terrible even for a 4th liner. He should be getting that every season.

Can't remember the last time I saw him actually look to generate offense versus just getting pucks deep, hard on the forecheck. Not going to go to battle over a player like that - but he's literally the mirror image of what Sullivan wants in his entire bottom 6. Just waste time on the ice for 0-0 low event hockey.

He probably has some offensive skills...or at least I'd think so being in the NHL. I just genuinely have no clue what those might look like. His shifts are all the same....get the puck, push deep, waste time. Maybe that's for good reason?

 

[Gurglesons]

That doesn't seem to have been the rationale for not dealing Rakell at the deadline. Dubas' price just wasn't met. People were up in arms about him acquiring Schenn then he flipped him for a 2nd the next day.

I don't think there's an issue with keeping Rakell if he's moved in the offseason, but I know we're not on the same page there.

I was definitely not up in arms about the Schenn acquisition.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Also, TBF, Schenn basically told Dubas "the f*** I will" when told he was coming to the pens. So, cool Dubas got value for him because it was a stupid transaction to make without the player wanting to be here.