We have maximum 1 year of that, the only reason they were able to do it was because Sergachev was signed at 4.5 million, and they had to trade away McD at only 6.7 a year before Sergachev's 8.5 even kicked in because they can't have that much money tied up on the left side.
Dude I don’t get your posts or those like it. It’s not the “left side” it’s our top 4. He’s playing the right side. Stop with this “left side” it’s LHDs. One of which will play the right side.
30 would be very bad, it would be more than every team in the league
It’s a terrible decision bc we failed to develop and identify young defenceman and we are choosing for better or worse to buy our way out of our failure. Make no mistake, shipping a LHD would not solve our problem. We would still need to buy another D or two.
I believe the four we have now can be a top unit in the league with adequate coaching. Which we are seeing now. This is my rationale for my thoughts.
We have watched Chychrun struggle all season on the right side, signing him longterm on what will need to be a large contract makes very little sense. We don't need Chabot and Chychrun, they play the role, and both cost a ton. One of them needs to go, and everything we are seeing points to it being Chcyhrun as the guy that is/should likely to be on the move
A player doesn't have to make 8m to be a top 4. It's 3 pairs. They have to play well as a pair. There is only so much space on the pp and pk too. If we're bringing in an 8m rd, then we don't need Chabot OR Chychrun. We got Sanderson and Zub that work. Keep Chabot/Chychrun, I don't care which they're the same player, and get a guy that compliments them. If you want an 8m rd, ship them both out and get a whole new second pair. This fixation on needing to have four d at 8m or they aren't top four d is insane. Many people are going on about this. It's about proper balance and slotting. Forcing something that doesn't fit is what has been going on with this team for years. The same with trading picks. People are try to solve problems the way PD did. It's not anyones fault. Just been exposed to bad descions for so long people forget what good ones are. Break the chains!
If we're able to use millions on LTIR to help us stack our lineups, that would be a huge boon as well, but the playoff lineups the Lightning used were well above the cap. 9.5 for Kucherov for free one year. They were playing well over the salary cap, 90+ million one year, that were only able to be built because of their manipulation of the LTIP with Kucherov and a few others
Well, to be fair, this became a hotter topic because of Bruce's piece on Dumba last night.
I agree, but I think it got everyone on edge. I just hope it's Bruce speculating only.
True. It's just the general talk that we must spend 8m or whatever on a rd. Whatever happens with Chabot/Chychrun, we will have two 8m D in Sanderson and one of the others. We need support players. Not another number 1 D. Know what I mean?
I would hardly call Brannstrom and Kubalik assets. More like, liabilities.
I do know what you mean, yes. I just want competency first and foremost, and in the context of Bruce's piece, I'd rather take my lumps with an 8 mil Chychrun on the right over a 4 mil Dumba. But neither is ideal if they can find a better solution. I'd be fine with bringing in Dumba for the bottom pairing, but he'll be paid way too much for that.
Yes. We need to find it. End of season/playoffs more staff from other teams will be available. I'm interested to see what happens with the scouting department.
Yes, hopefully major gains are made in the pro scouting department.
Lol, hopefully that's it, he's just out of the loop now, but it did concern me a little that Dumba may be on their radar. 2 mil for bottom pairing is my offer. More money and it's too much for the bottom pairing, and I don't want him in the top 4 no matter what he makes.
That's fair. I suspect someone will try to shoehorn him in to their top 4 either way, or he'll stay in Arizona.
