thewave
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- Jun 17, 2011
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We are set up to be a top 6/bottom 6 team by the nature of salary distribution.
The best way to move forward is to solidify the top 4 D with money.
A poor man's Nashville top 4.
LW(Choose your LW)...Matthews...Nylander
Hyman...Tavares...Marner
Rielly...RD
Muzzin...RD
Goalie
There is your money.
Marlies + Ennis deals recycle around. You keep drafting and hope the kids you bring in give you 5 million dollar skill at 700K every once in a while for a few runs.
Cap wise, the sad reality is we are now not competitive against a team like NSH or Tampa or WPG.
That means, we need to win not with the paper roster but with our brains. Tactics set by coaching and riding the tender. It's just the reality of other teams getting better contracts over top 6 or 8 players. You save 1m each and suddenly you can afford a bonus Nylander or extra Muzzin on the roster. That extra makes all the difference or the more popular choice, skilled hard hitting depth forwards that cost a bit more on avg.
Dubas basically said...
80% of the cap into 40% of the team. Fill the rest with small players we can find cheap because they are less desirable by teams.
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