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Waaaay back on Page 1 this is the first roster I thought we had heading into the season... which I think most of us were fairly confident was a playoff team, right?
2024-25 Nashville Predators
Forsberg ($8.5M) - O'Reilly ($4.5M) - Nyquist ($3.185M)
Stamkos ($8M) - Novak ($3.5M) - Marchessault ($5.5M)
Evangelista ($0.7975M) - Sissons ($2.857M) - Parssinen ($0.775M)
Jankowski ($0.800M) - McCarron ($0.900M) - Smith ($1M)
Tomasino ($0.825M)
Skjei ($7M) - Josi ($9.059M)
Lauzon ($2M) - Carrier ($3.75M)
Stastney ($0.825M) - Fabbro ($2.5M)
Schenn ($2.75M)
Saros ($5M)
Wedgewood ($1.5M)
Ekholm retention: $0.250M
Johansen retention: $4M (???)
Turris Buyout: $2M
Duchene Buyout: $5.5556M
TOTAL: $87.3291M
2024-25 NHL Cap: $88M
REMAINING CAP SPACE: $0.6709M
How different do things look for next season? We have given away a few players, and will presumably trade Nyquist at the deadline. I'm sure the team would get rid of Novak too if they could find a taker for his contract, but that might not be possible. I'm not at all confident that Trotz would move any of the other veterans or tweeners.
Evangelista and Wilsby are the only un-signed guys and are RFAs. Repeat: everybody else is already signed for next season!
For all the organizational love shown towards Molendyk, I'm not sure how they wedge a 6th LD onto the roster rather than starting him in Milwaukee? Also assuming we're not going to manage to get a top-5 pick or like a Hagens who could step right onto the roster.
Next season could be...
2025-26 Nashville Predators
Forsberg ($8.5M) - Stamkos ($8M) - Marchessault ($5.5M)
Sissons ($2.857M) - O'Reilly ($4.5M) - Hinostroza ($0.775M)
L'Heureux ($0.8633M) - Svechkov ($0.925M) - Evangelista (RFA ?$2.5M?)
Jankowski ($0.800M) - McCarron ($0.900M) - Smith ($1M)
Novak ($3.5M)
Josi ($9.059M) - Blankenburg ($0.775M)
Skjei ($7M) - Schenn ($2.75M)
Lauzon ($2M) - Barron ($1.15M)
Stastney ($0.825M)
Wilsby (RFA ?$0.825M?)
Saros ($7.74M)
Annunen ($0.8375M)
Ekholm retention: $0.250M
Turris Buyout: $2M
Duchene Buyout: $6.5556M
TOTAL: $82.3874M
2025-26 NHL Cap: $92.4M
REMAINING CAP SPACE: $10.0126M
Lots of space to extend Nyquist... and a Novak buyout is only $1.167M for 4 years.
John Tavares is a veteran UFA center? Jamie Benn is just a year older. Claude Giroux. If we want another center, we have the Cap space to get a guy that will fit the roster perfectly...
We could start laying plans to snag Gavin McKenna... that 2026 draft is probably when you really want the #1 pick?
2024-25 Nashville Predators
Forsberg ($8.5M) - O'Reilly ($4.5M) - Nyquist ($3.185M)
Stamkos ($8M) - Novak ($3.5M) - Marchessault ($5.5M)
Evangelista ($0.7975M) - Sissons ($2.857M) - Parssinen ($0.775M)
Jankowski ($0.800M) - McCarron ($0.900M) - Smith ($1M)
Tomasino ($0.825M)
Skjei ($7M) - Josi ($9.059M)
Lauzon ($2M) - Carrier ($3.75M)
Stastney ($0.825M) - Fabbro ($2.5M)
Schenn ($2.75M)
Saros ($5M)
Wedgewood ($1.5M)
Ekholm retention: $0.250M
Johansen retention: $4M (???)
Turris Buyout: $2M
Duchene Buyout: $5.5556M
TOTAL: $87.3291M
2024-25 NHL Cap: $88M
REMAINING CAP SPACE: $0.6709M
How different do things look for next season? We have given away a few players, and will presumably trade Nyquist at the deadline. I'm sure the team would get rid of Novak too if they could find a taker for his contract, but that might not be possible. I'm not at all confident that Trotz would move any of the other veterans or tweeners.
Evangelista and Wilsby are the only un-signed guys and are RFAs. Repeat: everybody else is already signed for next season!
For all the organizational love shown towards Molendyk, I'm not sure how they wedge a 6th LD onto the roster rather than starting him in Milwaukee? Also assuming we're not going to manage to get a top-5 pick or like a Hagens who could step right onto the roster.
Next season could be...
2025-26 Nashville Predators
Forsberg ($8.5M) - Stamkos ($8M) - Marchessault ($5.5M)
Sissons ($2.857M) - O'Reilly ($4.5M) - Hinostroza ($0.775M)
L'Heureux ($0.8633M) - Svechkov ($0.925M) - Evangelista (RFA ?$2.5M?)
Jankowski ($0.800M) - McCarron ($0.900M) - Smith ($1M)
Novak ($3.5M)
Josi ($9.059M) - Blankenburg ($0.775M)
Skjei ($7M) - Schenn ($2.75M)
Lauzon ($2M) - Barron ($1.15M)
Stastney ($0.825M)
Wilsby (RFA ?$0.825M?)
Saros ($7.74M)
Annunen ($0.8375M)
Ekholm retention: $0.250M
Turris Buyout: $2M
Duchene Buyout: $6.5556M
TOTAL: $82.3874M
2025-26 NHL Cap: $92.4M
REMAINING CAP SPACE: $10.0126M
Lots of space to extend Nyquist... and a Novak buyout is only $1.167M for 4 years.
John Tavares is a veteran UFA center? Jamie Benn is just a year older. Claude Giroux. If we want another center, we have the Cap space to get a guy that will fit the roster perfectly...
We could start laying plans to snag Gavin McKenna... that 2026 draft is probably when you really want the #1 pick?
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