Management Thread | Regular Season Edition

[Ita]

I've said it several times now, but simply not signing Forbort and Desharnais would have left us with enough money to give Tanev the exact contract Toronto did. At least according to PuckPedia. Including Myers or Heinen in that equation makes it even easier.

Just for the hell out it. I played around with PuckPedia and swapping out all four of them means we could have fit Tanev and Zadorov. Not saying either move is necessarily good, but it really highlights how poorly utilized our cap space was.

The only reason it's not anywhere near as damning as Benning is none of the contracts are long term.

You forgot Myers

Management would rather spend the cap on a bunch of scrubs instead of a proper top 4 damn. Not surprised at how the team is doing so far.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

You forgot Myers

Management would rather spend the cap on a bunch of scrubs instead of a proper top 4 damn. Not surprised at how the team is doing so far.

That's the thing: I didn't. We had enough cap space left over that even with Myers the contract Tanev got still works. Now it could be PuckPedia miscalculating, but otherwise we had better options. Either they simply couldn't convince their prime targets to sign here or... they deliberately chose Desharnais and Forbort.

All that said, I still think Heinen was a waste of money and Myers should have gotten two years or less money.

 

[Glennis the Menace]

That's the thing: I didn't. We had enough cap space left over that even with Myers the contract Tanev got still works. Now it could be PuckPedia miscalculating, but otherwise we had better options. Either they simply couldn't convince their prime targets to sign here or... they deliberately chose Desharnais and Forbort.

All that said, I still think Heinen was a waste of money and Myers should have gotten two years or less money.

I imagine they targeted them. While I don't have the specific receipt I believe in his Christmas post-game Rutherford mentioned a "tall strategy" with Tocchet they could pivot from if it didn't work out—it sounds like they went after these two specifically.

I don't mind Forbort personally, his metrics are ok defensively, the issue is he's playing up rather in a pure shutdown/PK role rather than in the top-4. Vinny… yeah. Considering Kovacecic was on the market for a pittance, it's a shame and definitely error this off-season. Hope they pivot from this strategy ASAP, it clearly wasn't the answer.