Value of: Current Top 10 Teams: Rank who you feel needs physical/mobile/D zone Defensemen more

[Habs Halifax]

Leafs needs:
A. RHD/Goalie (D must be physical D 1st)
B. 2nd line winger

As per Dubas, our 1st is on the table for a player with term (although I think that changes if Lindholm is the target)

I'll be very curious to see how Dubas manages the cap next season if he picks up a player with term or Lindholm (sign/trade). Lindholm will cost a lot (both to acquire and also to extend) and who gets moved to clear cap? Kerfoot and Mrazek? Who's taking Mrazek without making you dig even deeper in your futures?

A little context at play into the challenges Dubas has after extending Rielly:
* 14 players signed with $7.9M in cap space. Is the cap going up? Not sure but if it does, it's only going to be by $500k or $1M. So lets say $8.9M
* Lets say you are able to offload Mrazek. That's 13 players signed with $12.7M in cap space
* Lets say you move Kerfoot to clear more cap but then you got to replace him. Anyways, 12 players signed with $16.2M in cap space
* Lets say you sign Campbell and another guy in net. 14 players signed $10M in cap space? $3.5M for Campbell and $2.7M for the other guy?
* Lets say Spezza comes back for his age 39 season. 15 players signed with $9.25
* Lets say you can sign both Sandin and Liljegren for $900k each. 17 players signed with $7.5M (+/-) of cap space.
* Lets say you go with a 22 man roster next year. 5 guys to sign with $7.5M in cap space? An average of $1.5M per player.

How are the Leafs going to take on a player with term? Someone impactful?

Bunting / Matthews / Marner
??? / Tavares / Nylander
??? / Kampf / Robertson
??? / Spezza / Simmonds
Depth Player

Rielly / Brodie
Muzzin / ????
Sandin / Liljegren
Dermott

Campbell
Back-up

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Chiarot and Trusted arent words I'd use in the same sentence.

 

[57special]

I would add Soucy to the list of Dmen who might move. Big, relatively mobile, signed for another year at a moderate rate(2.75M). Looks a bit dorky/awkward, but has a bit of offense to his game. I would love for the Wild to reacquire him, but not sure that the timing is right for the team.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Rangers needs:
Middle RW

Nice to have:
3C
Bottom pair LD
Backup G

They would not a need teams to retain on guys with expiring contracts.

 

[Volica]

flames are ninth and caps are 13th lol

Flames would be about 32nd in terms of need of a physical LD.

 

[TFHockey]

Oilers need a mid pairing (or better) LHD and a mid pairing RHD in my eyes. Someone like a Carson Soucy, Damon Severson, Ryan Graves, Artem Zub, Scott Mayfield, etc. Of course if they could land a Chychrun that would be super.

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

I'm not sure with the Avs. Right now, Jack Johnson is getting too many minutes, and pushing him down the depth chart would be nice. But, I'm not sure going after someone in a trade is the best possible solution to that problem, because Byram is skating and around the team and may possibly return at some point this season. And he's my first choice among the potentially available solutions that fit under the cap.

 

[Habs Halifax]

I'm not sure with the Avs. Right now, Jack Johnson is getting too many minutes, and pushing him down the depth chart would be nice. But, I'm not sure going after someone in a trade is the best possible solution to that problem, because Byram is skating and around the team and may possibly return at some point this season. And he's my first choice among the potentially available solutions that fit under the cap.

I'm curious to see if Sakic makes a move.

 

[Random schmoe]

Personal opinion is that the Caps need a veteran proven (and good) goalie and scoring forward depth more than they need D help. So I'd put them low on the list.

 

[Brixton]

‘Which team is going to pay a first or my equivalent for my precious Chiarot’ - HH

Careful, you are going to be called out by a certain Habs fan saying you are on some kind of Witch hunt, and he won’t be your friend, cause you aren’t wearing the Habs rose tinted glasses.

 

[The90]

Careful, you are going to be called out by a certain Habs fan saying you are on some kind of Witch hunt, and he won’t be your friend, cause you aren’t wearing the Habs rose tinted glasses.

Nuh uh. I’m already ignored. Can’t be called out if they don’t know.

 

[BoltSTH]

Bolts need health, and a bottom pair LHD would a nice depth piece.

 

[Ainsy01]

Flames would be about 32nd in terms of need of a physical LD.

I may misunderstand the concept completely but isnt it an evaluation of the top 10 teams in the league standings ? Which CGY is 9th and WSH is 13th, at the time of my comment anyways

 

[Volica]

I may misunderstand the concept completely but isnt it an evaluation of the top 10 teams in the league standings ? Which CGY is 9th and WSH is 13th, at the time of my comment anyways

I think the premise was name the contenders in order of who'd need Ben Chiarot lol.

 

[Ainsy01]

I think the premise was name the contenders in order of who'd need Ben Chiarot lol.

He looked good last night,