Shit that’s not good on the Lundell front
Lundell should take his 3 to 3.5M and be happy with it. He didn’t exactly set the world on fire offensively last year
Shit that’s not good on the Lundell front
He did in the playoffs. That’s his point. He was arguably a top 4 forward in playoffs for us.Lundell should take his 3 to 3.5M and be happy with it. He didn’t exactly set the world on fire offensively last year
Zito does need to have an estimate on the cost for Lundell to know how much he has to spend to fill other positionshe's an RFA. We have all summer to sort out his deal. Zito needs to focus on UFAs right now.
Fair but what’s stopping some team from offer sheeting him? Hope he’s committed to staying and the team keeps working with himhe's an RFA. We have all summer to sort out his deal. Zito needs to focus on UFAs right now.
top 10 in points for the playoffs this yearHe did in the playoffs. That’s his point. He was arguably a top 4 forward in playoffs for us.
You may be right, we'll see how the math shakes out but right now if you go:I think he's worth it but we don't have the room. That's all it is. $9.5M for Lundell plus 4-6 depth guys. If Lundell gets $4.5M then that's only $5M left for like 5 guys and we have a greater been at RD
It’s probably almost 100% that someone has a sent him an offer sheet. He would have sign it and know it’s a possibility that the panthers don’t match. So just because someone offers him doesn’t mean we have to give him that deal.Fair but what’s stopping some team from offer sheeting him? Hope he’s committed to staying and the team keeps working with him
If Mackie takes that spot, we would have more to spend on the other 2 don't we? Meaning, that number is already taking into account Mackie's salary.You may be right, we'll see how the math shakes out but right now if you go:
Swaggy-Barkov-Reinhart
Rodrigues-Bennett-Tkachuk
Lu-Lundell-(TBD)
Greer-Nosek-Gads
Extra-Asplund
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-(TBD)
Balinskis-Kulikov
Extra-Bjornfot
Bob
Knight
This roster leaves 7.3 million to sign Lundell, a 3RW, and a top 4 dman which is indeed tight math.
To cycle back to this, I think you probably end up getting a bridge deal for Lundell, put Samo in the 3RW spot, and bring in Ghost or someone similar at 3 million, lineup probably ends upYou may be right, we'll see how the math shakes out but right now if you go:
Swaggy-Barkov-Reinhart
Rodrigues-Bennett-Tkachuk
Lu-Lundell-(TBD)
Greer-Nosek-Gads
Extra-Asplund
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-(TBD)
Balinskis-Kulikov
Extra-Bjornfot
Bob
Knight
This roster leaves 7.3 million to sign Lundell, a 3RW, and a top 4 dman which is indeed tight math.
Ghost is a LD, he would be better than Montour on the PP however.To cycle back to this, I think you probably end up getting a bridge deal for Lundell, put Samo in the 3RW spot, and bring in Ghost or someone similar at 3 million, lineup probably ends up
Swaggy-Barkov-Reinhart
Rodrigues-Bennett-Tkachuk
Lu-Lundell-Samo
Greer-Nosek-Gads
Extra-Asplund
Forsling-Ekblad
Mikkola-Ghost
Balinskis-Kulikov
Extra-Bjornfot
Bob
Knight
There would literally be zero dollars left with this lineup. Is it worse than last year? Yeah but it's still good and I feel really good runnig back the top 6 again.
He did play RD extensively in Philly. Not sure about Carolina and Detroit.Ghost is a LD, he would be better than Montour on the PP however.