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Spawn said:
To be fair this management found Kapanen in the first place. Podkolzin too.

Bowman actually seems decent at finding bargain bin players. Samanski also looks like he could be a player even if only a 4C. And Emberson has rounded into a solid bottom pair RHD (I was quite critical of him his first year but he was steady this season).

Where Bowman really has struggled is the big moves.
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You still have faith. I have lost mine lol.
 
Drivesaitl said:
The Frederic contract. ;) Whoops, no we can't.

Kind of joking but Kapanen was surely one of our 3 best players in playoffs. He was quite motivated. Trouble is have we seen best ever Kapanen due to contract? We just don't know.

I really like the player but his play in playoffs and at other times this year was in his best looking ever type play. Maybe he gets it now. Maybe this is Kapanen moving forward. Just don't know. Injury history another concern.
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Agreed, and this is why you simply can't give him a longish term contract. He seems to be a player that has to be constantly kept motivated and hungry to get anything out of him.
 
Stoneman89 said:
If they play hard though and are surrounded by larger aggressive players, it can work. Carolina is doing okay with Stankoven, Aho and Jarvis.
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none of the 3 smaller fwds we have play anything like stankoven, he plays like marchand
 
Jarvi said:
This is such a dumb take.

The NHL is full of skilled players on lower lines. 90% of the time it is about fit when deciding where they play. Its why Maroon feasted beside McDavid, and Frederic looked like a bum beside Connor but a stud beside Coyle. Fans get so wrapped up in labels, and expect players who they deem "top 6 F" to kill on lower lines, and then scratch their heads when they fail. We have the opposite with Kappy, a guy who everyone deems as a bottom 6 F, yet he can produce in the top 6 and support our stars. Thats a good thing!

We have a winger here who not only can chip in on lower lines, but is a seamless fit with one of our superstars. Lets not miss the forest for the trees by using a label from back when Kappy was on other teams to justify letting him go.
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Cool story.
Tell me, how many of our wingers play top 6 in the remaining playoff teams?
Please tell me how you make that happen with Kapanen.
Or are we extremely shy on wing talent which was my point?
Sure, bring Kapanen back. But bring him back as a third line winger and pay him so. Don't burden your stars with him.
 
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Finnish Canes fan coming in peace.

2 years x 2M per (Edit: Wow, cap goes up to 104M? Well, max 2.5M then). I do like him as a player, but consistency has been an issue for him. Maybe now when he's married and has a kid (2 months old at the moment) he can focus on being an athlete and find that consistency. IMO his slightly immature and cocky character was the thing that prevented him from being a better player in his younger days.

He seems to like Edmonton and based on interviews he's given in Finnish media, my impression is that he'd like to stay. If that's true, give him a reasonable contract and he'll take it.
 
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DaJackal said:
Finnish Canes fan coming in peace.

2 years x 2M per (Edit: Wow, cap goes up to 104M? Well, max 2.5M then). I do like him as a player, but consistency has been an issue for him. Maybe now when he's married and has a kid (2 months old at the moment) he can focus on being an athlete and find that consistency. IMO his slightly immature and cocky character was the thing that prevented him from being a better player in his younger days.

He seems to like Edmonton and based on interviews he's given in Finnish media, my impression is that he'd like to stay. If that's true, give him a reasonable contract and he'll take it.
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I wish too they give him 2x2, but we have a special spiece of GM here. 2x2 and even 2,5 seems reasonable. More than that makes everything so much harder to work.
 
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SwedishFire said:
I wish too they give him 2x2, but we have a special spiece of GM here. 2x2 and even 2,5 seems reasonable. More than that makes everything so much harder to work.
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Yup. 100%

The better way to look at it. We need Kapanen on a contract that can be traded or waived.

If we sign him for more than $2.5, or more than 2 years we suddenly have a potential boat anchor.


If he comes in and plays like he did in St.L when they waived him then $2m can still be traded or waived.
 
Perfect_Drug said:
Yup. 100%

The better way to look at it. We need Kapanen on a contract that can be traded or waived.

If we sign him for more than $2.5, or more than 2 years we suddenly have a potential boat anchor.


If he comes in and plays like he did in St.L when they waived him then $2m can still be traded or waived.
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It’s Bowman so expect a 6 year $4M deal with full trade and waiver protection.
 
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Jarvi said:
This is such a dumb take.

The NHL is full of skilled players on lower lines. 90% of the time it is about fit when deciding where they play. Its why Maroon feasted beside McDavid, and Frederic looked like a bum beside Connor but a stud beside Coyle. Fans get so wrapped up in labels, and expect players who they deem "top 6 F" to kill on lower lines, and then scratch their heads when they fail. We have the opposite with Kappy, a guy who everyone deems as a bottom 6 F, yet he can produce in the top 6 and support our stars. Thats a good thing!

We have a winger here who not only can chip in on lower lines, but is a seamless fit with one of our superstars. Lets not miss the forest for the trees by using a label from back when Kappy was on other teams to justify letting him go.
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Get rid of Frederic then. Retain a million. This should be happening as we speak. You cant have bum contracts eating up capspace
 
Stoneman89 said:
If they play hard though and are surrounded by larger aggressive players, it can work. Carolina is doing okay with Stankoven, Aho and Jarvis.
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Lol you cant compare those 3 high IQ, dog on a puck type players to our role players. They are not even in the same league. If you swapped, the Oilers would be a dynasty😆
 
McFlash97 said:
Get rid of Frederic then. Retain a million. This should be happening as we speak. You cant have bum contracts eating up capspace
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I dont think anyone would be opposed to moving Frederic, aside from Trent himself. Unfortunately hes the only one who has any say in that, thanks to Bowman.
 
Soundwave said:
I mean assuming they keep Kapanen and Murphy (Dickinson walks)

That's

Savoie (0.89) McDavid (12.5) Hyman (5.5)
Kapanen (2.9) Draisaitl (14) Podkolzin (2.9)
Howard (0.9) RNH (5.125) Frederic (3.8)
Dach (1.5) Samanski (1) Lazar (1)
blank (1)

Ekholm (4) Bouchard (10.5)
Nurse (9.25) Murphy (4)
Walman (7) Emberson (1.3)
blank (1)

Jarry (5.3)
Back-Up (1.75)
Campbell Buy Out (2.6)

That's about 99.7 million. Got a little more than 4 million in cap space there, I would probably keep that for the trade deadline.
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Ideally cheeks replaces frederic and they accru capsapce to pay a goalie. Or even replace cheeks with cheaper guy and get a maybe better goalie. Goalie should be priority 1.
 
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