Maybe not with the cap skyrocketing in two years. Though I am too lazy to map it all out.
Okay CNN, let’s calm down.
Did not know Rachel Maddow was a Wild fan.
I mean he was on pace for maybe a Hart trophy win. He’s easily a top 10 player in the league for me.
Because that's what the market dictates for top players, he has the leverage to get it, and there's likely no path to a Cup without him that doesn't include a risky/lengthy rebuild.
There's definitely some concern with him staying healthy for an entire season. It will help to have some scoring depth so our coach doesn't overuse him.
At this point, presumably. Now that there is no dead cap constraint, which was the most major constraint on him, he'll need to do something constructive (not destructive, which is a very real possibility) with the space.
My guess is he's probably getting a 2 year leash extended post buyouts. Maybe 1 1/2. I would think he probably sold Leipold on the buyouts and said, 'let me build during that time and see what I can do once they're done.'
I would prefer that option as well. I just don't think Leipold is the kind of guy to give him just a year past the buyouts. I'm on board if he does though.
Too long of a tenure with no playoff success, even with the buyouts. Fletcher won a few series here & he never had a talent like Kap.
I mean that’s how you’d have to pitch a drastic move like that the Parise/Suter buyouts. With cap increases & prospect development, this is absolutely the best chance they should have in theory.
Nope. It’s true that the buyout money will largely be spent on the raises to Kaprizov and Faber, but it doesn’t factor in the gigantic cap increase happening over the next 5 years with the rest of the core largely locked in.
He’s got at least 3 years. He was literally just promoted to the president of hockey operations. For as dissapointing as it is for fans ending up in the same spot each year, these last 4 years of the Parise/Suter deals were always going to be a struggle and he’s largely exceeded all on ice expectations. Did we really think we were going to contend for a Stanley cup playing 20%+ behind?
It’s just the way the market works. I don’t love the idea of it either but I just don’t see how you let Kaprizov leave if you’re serious about winning. You can find other ways to force surplus value into your lineup. If you let Kaprizov leave you’re just gonna have to go find another player like him, or at least another forward better than Boldy.
We have 2 places existing right now, and hopefully a 3rd if Faber rebounds next year.
This is why you need ELCs and why I'm very in favor of using Rossi (if we trade him) to pickup another solid ELC down the line. Just looking at next year:
