Recalled/Assigned: Pitlick Clears and Assigned to Laval

[Sorinth]

1. Might allow us to do another "Monahan" type deal
2. If one of our youngins pushes their way into our top 9.
3. Allows Molson to use the money to buy/repair equipment that Slaf will continue to break.

We have the cap space to do a Monahan type deal without buying Hoffman out, and if a young pushes their way into our top-9 great, sit Hoffman or send him to the AHL. And Gallagher would be a better candidate for all those things anyways.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

What do you rhink about Anderson - Evan's- Gallagher. Or Anderson - Evans - Ylonen. Or Anderson - Evans - Pitlick?

Evans worked well with Pitlick for the most part, but Pittie isn't having a good year.

Anderson-Evans-Ylonen would be interesting.

 

[Habs10Habs]

We have the cap space to do a Monahan type deal without buying Hoffman out, and if a young pushes their way into our top-9 great, sit Hoffman or send him to the AHL. And Gallagher would be a better candidate for all those things anyways.

So why not be able to do a Monahan type deal and a smaller version of it? If Hoffman continues to get worse. You'd rather pay him his full salary to sit in the press box or send him down to the AHL? Why not just cut your losses and be done with it.

Look up what it would cost to buy out Gally. He is not a better candidate than Hoffman.

 

[Captain97]

There's really no point in buying Hoffman out unless we are trying to go big in the UFA market. Even if we give 10m to Caufield and 4m to Harris, we would have 6m in cap space on a flat cap with a full roster. So I'm not sure why we need to buy him out.

+the cap is expected to go up. That's more than enough to sign Dubois (assuming we trade for him) and have a enough to cover the bonuses we need to pay.

 

[Durvann]

I wonder if the 2 years contract was also part of the plan to make him less interesting as a potential waiver pick-up as they knew they may have to "use" him for roster management.

 

[NORiculous]

I wonder if the 2 years contract was also part of the plan to make him less interesting as a potential waiver pick-up as they knew they may have to "use" him for roster management.

It was probably not part of the plan when they gave it to him… but it most likely was an element that played when they chose to waive him.

 

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[schwang26]

Laval can certainly use the help

 

[RationalExpectations]

Laval can certainly use the help

Can‘t defend and does not score much, he will fit right in

 

[schwang26]

Can‘t defend and does not score much, he will fit right in

He'll score at that level. 7 games doesn't make a season.

 

[McGees]

 

[DavePeak]

 

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[Team_Spirit]

Watch Houle sit Mysak and take Ylonen off the PP to accommodate Pitlick.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Pitlick clears

 

[The Great Weal]

Caps would have claimed him had they not claimed Kubel, they currently have a 23 man roster so they couldn't take him.

 

[sheed36]

A bit surprised that Pitlick cleared. Maybe that 2nd year on his contract scared teams off from claiming him.

 

[ottawa]

A bit surprised that Pitlick cleared. Maybe that 2nd year on his contract scared teams off from claiming him.

Or maybe he's just not as good as some of our fanbase makes him out to be

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[26Mats]

Good news.

Hopefully he does well in Laval and he, Ylonen, and RHP replace Dadonov, Drouin, and Hoffman in the not to distant future.

 

[the valiant effort]

Another stroke of HuGo genius sneaking Pitlick into the minors. Wow!

 

[Adam Michaels]

Another stroke of HuGo genius sneaking Pitlick into the minors. Wow!

They banked on the 2nd year of his contract to turn teams off. They won their bet.

 

[BaseballCoach]

Or maybe he's just not as good as some of our fanbase makes him out to be

When we grabbed him lst year, he had 11 points in 20 games.

O points in 7 games is not as attractive.

 

[Habby4Life]

Caps would have claimed him had they not claimed Kubel, they currently have a 23 man roster so they couldn't take him.

You have inside knowledge?

 

[waitin425]

Whew. I like Rem. Glad we kept him.