Completely agree. It will sort itself out for the most part because we won't sign some of those guys, and also we'll trade some of these assets within the next month for the playoff run. Probably some of our Chicago guys or college players as they hold more value than the Russians and other Euros we've drafted recently.
Im really curious to see how much he will sign for. He certainly didn’t live up to his contract this year. Would probably be enticing for him to play with Aho, a guy he’s had lots of success with in the past, and try to get his career back on track. I’d take him on a cheap one year deal, for sure.
All hinges upon Jordan Staal. He never gets enough credit around the league. He is legitimately good enough that we can sign pretty much any 2-way NHL player with limited skill and they will look great on his wing.
true on Fast. Some analytics group will suggest that Fast get paid like a decent 3rd liner after 3 years here, his analytical numbers are really good We wont pay that knowing what Staal does for that. We take a free Kapanen or do a 1 year low dollar Puljujarvi hoping to get some value out of those, knowing Rees or Drury are there if either isnt great. Im assuming it would be Kapanen as we like speed on Staal's wings.
Yeah I think we could moneypuck our way into an even cheaper than $2M replacement for Fast, especially if it's for one year. Puljujarvi is a pretty good buy-low candidate although we'd need to trade for his rights. A Fast-for-Poolparty rights swap is not far from fair value.
