Kaprizov is incredible and is probably the frontrunner for the Hart 25% of the way through the season.
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Kaprizov is incredible and is probably the frontrunner for the Hart 25% of the way through the season.
I want to see him FEAST on Bouchard and McDrai tonight.
And doing so with like a $12 mill or higher dead cap charge. Final year of the big amount before it drops drastically.
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Brodin-Faber-Middleton-Spurgeon could be the best top 4 defensive group in the NHL as well. Kind of built like our bluelines of the past. No true superstar but a bunch of fist pairing to #3 types.
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Gustafsson is also having a very good, bounce-back season. Probably a top 5 goalie so far this year.
A little bit more scoring depth and Minny will be a very dangerous team in the playoff. Considering how much dead cap they have on the book, that is an insane accomplishment.
It's actually 14.7MM which is absolutely insane. They are playing well with one of the biggest handicaps in modern history. Close to $15MM that could be deployed to add 2-3 quality pieces to give them the depth they need to make some real noise.
Now just picture where they'd be if they hadn't given a washed Marcus Foligno 4x4MM or Trenin 4x3.5MM and replaced them a pair of $2MM or less guys.
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Final year of the small amount before it increases significantly for the nucks ..
Minnesota had surprisingly poor goaltending last season and that's rebounded. With Kaprizov is going super nova, Boldy is taking another step forward, and some other players playing very well (Rossi & Middleton stand out) it makes a lot of sense why they'd have a great start.
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They also have a lot of blue chip prospects coming up too in Zeev, Yurov, Wallstedt, Heidt, Ohgren, etc. Their team has a pretty good future if they can hold on to Kaprizov long term.
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Yea he was the player I wanted at #10, but can't complain about Pod because at the time he was also highly regarded. Sometimes that happens.
There was always a question of the offensive upside on Pod.
Yeah, the two players this board was mostly debating for that pick (Boldy and Caufield) are both on pace for 45+ goals this year.
That pick hurts.
The Wild benefitted with nearly $2 mill per year against the cap as those 2 got $98 mill over 13 years. Paid $87 mill over 9 years before their buyout of the final 4 years.
Parise was not worth the cap hit anymore and had injury concerns though he played 3 more years after the buyout. Suter his played dropped drastically last season and is a part player for the blues now. With full nmc MIN was stuck so opted to control the cap.
Realistically given that Detroit has been rebuilding and Mich is the home state of a lot of nhl players, they don’t see to attract their hometown guys like Minn does.
I don't think they saw this as a year to compete as well. Yes, they have expectations of how their players need to perform, but they're watching their roster and looking for ways to improve. They're going to be a decent threat to be the Canucks of last season and much better with the right pickups next year. Their cap improves while the Canucks gets worse.
Even good management make errors. Sometimes it's just timing the errors where they don't impact the clubs performance to a significant degree.
If Podkozin had have shown even a fraction of what Boldy brings, the Canucks would be in a much better situation. Podz flaming out was another big hit to the team.
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Well, he is 39. Which is why Wash went out and got players for now. He is 41 goals away from Wayne to start the season, but they'd be flirting with a 50/50 shot of him breaking the record in 25/26 if he only got like 20 goals this season and then you are holding your breath that he doesn't get hurt next season.
If he can hit 30, then he's pretty much going to get the record. If he gets 25, still confident, but always a shift away from an injury of 4-8 weeks.
Don't think Ovy/Wash want him to have to sign for another season to break the record.
Didn't realize he was at 15 goals already this season. So, he's 26 away from tying Wayne and 27 away from breaking the record. He may only get 60-67 games depending on how long he's out.
