I like Harley (alot) but why would Toronto consider doing this? His value was established as 2 top prospects and 2 1sts (via almost completed Hab deal). I'm a Harley believer but his contract is paying him for the player he'll hopefully become rather than the one he is (big part of this is opportunity-ie Heiskanen gets most of the offensive ops). They do need d though so I'd love to acquire him, just not at this cost.
Gallagher wasn’t involved and the prospect rumoured to be included but not named was Pickford or Fowler ( Reinbacher and Hage were the guys specifically not part of it ) . I quite literally mentioned Harley usage in my post above and was complimentary of him as a player . He’d be a number 1 on many teams . Dallas isn’t one of them.
And his skating has improved tremendously over the last couple/few years also. It's maddening people still think he is a terrible skater today.
No, but why would a lotto team piss away 4 unprotected 1st?
Because ownership is desperate and I can see them offersheet Robertson, trade for Kyrou and/or sign Tuch. With those additions and not giving up any immediate assets, I.e still have Beniers, Catton, O’Brien and the 7 OA pick, it is unlikely they are a lottery team.
The Sabres have less than 12 million in cap space and have to sign Benson, Kesselring, and Krebs. Thats the main reason why Tuch will be gone already. They cant pay Robertson 13+
They don't have the cap space to do that.
This is actually a non factor for many teams. They can move money out. It’s not as restrictive as many fans think in any event. But I digress on that aspect, I’m just looking at Jarmo’s strategy moving forward given we already know he was in on both Thomas and Paryako at the deadline. He’s made signature elite talent acquisitions in the past as a GM, I can see him using the same approach.
The Kraken have no issue making that cap space work. And to be clear, I am not asking why or why not the Kraken should do it. It was simply if Dallas would match or not.
there's 0 chance the Stars match 14m+ for Robo, there's probably near that, that he signs with a lotto team either. But we'll find out in a couple weeks
Right. The latter crossed my mind as well. Would he want to sign with the team which is likely to afford to throw that type of money at him?
Small note. It is 4 1sts over 5 years, so effectively it is 1 protection.
Right. Honestly why wouldn’t you if you felt that it would give you the head start to be competitive.
We're gonna spend it on guys like Radek Faksa and Sam Steel, guys that play the "right way"
