News: RDS: Mantha wont resign with Vegas, hitting the market

[joestevens29]

Seems to me he could end up like Domi/Bertuzzi last year, settling on a one year prove yourself deal.

Either that or someone tries to convince themselves he's better than he actually is with advanced stats and overpays him.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Mantha heard the saying “dont make a mountain out of a molehill” said “I’ll do ya one better!” and then proceeded to make a molehill out of the mountain of a man that he is

 

[NewtJorden]

Did Vegas fans even noticed he was there?

 

[TheNumber4]

Can’t see much interest in this guy. Never brings the necessary effort to capitalize on his god given talents. Why the Knights cap cheated just to bring him on and the Cap dump that is Hertl I’ll never understand. But I’m glad to see that McCrimmon got absolutely destroyed by his own cap cheating greed.

 

[Henkka]

1-year deal would be ~2.6M with evolving-hockey estimate.

Seems to me he could end up like Domi/Bertuzzi last year, settling on a one year prove yourself deal.

Same gut feeling.

 

[wetcoast]

who’s gonna be the sucker

This was my first thought as well.

Someone might overpay I guess.

 

[SoupNazi]

who’s gonna be the sucker

Toronto.

 

[Waivers]

Rangers. “Big frame who will go to the net will fill our 1RW problems!” Jesus Christ say it ain’t so.

 

[Caps8112]

league min player. anything over that and its a bad deal. brings nothing most nights

 

[Nogatco Rd]

In the starting lineup for the Most Frustrating Player to Watch Team

PLD Lite

 

[Nogatco Rd]

worth a gamble as long as you dont give him term. 1 year, $1m-$1.5m.

I know his value his taken a hit but there’s no chance he’s making Ryan Reaves money next year

 

[Fatass]

league min player. anything over that and its a bad deal. brings nothing most nights

Imo Mantha is one of those guys that is likely a PTO.

 

[Caps8112]

Imo Mantha is one of those guys that is likely a PTO.

I agree but the Market will pay him for what he wont bring. His big Frame and brief flashes of brilliance will get him at least 3-5 mil from some team sadly. I pray its not the caps.

 

[CanMerc]

….oh shit…..please no, please no, please no

 

[Vitto79]

Sharks should overpay for guys like this

 

[ellusive]

He's big.
He can skate.
He has talent.

He could've been a superstar.

But, he won't be that.

Hes lazy

Sharks should overpay for guys like this

Put him with no goals zadina

 

[hangman005]

Did Vegas fans even noticed he was there?

I noticed he took line up spots from players who were contributing more to the team.

 

[Moose Head]

With Montréal, playing with Josh Anderson plz

Centered by Dvorak

 

[Altimus]

So we all agree, unless he gets a base salary loaded up with performance bonuses, signing him for what he's achieved in the past is a bad idea.

 

[Reality Czech]

This has SJ written all over it.

Maybe him and Vrana can go full circle and unite in SJ

 

[biturbo19]

No way. Vegas aren't prioritizing the re-signing of some flakey one-dimensional goal scorer deadline dud over the multitude of other much bigger cap issues they have on the burner?


Anyway...

Mantha feels like a prime candidate for a "pump and dump" routine for some bad team. Give him a ton of offensive minutes, top powerplay time, the best linemates you can find for him. Let him score his goals...and then try to flip him at the deadline to some sucker because he's a "big goal scorer". Which is technically true, but functionally irrelevant.


Just have to make sure that it's a 1-year deal at a cap number that is palatable on the "secondary market" at the deadline at max retention. For the teams that miss out on or don't want to spend on the "big fish" but still want to look like they "did something". Whatever his cap hit ends up being in UFA...you may as well just start looking at it as what his value would be at half that price at the trade deadline.

 

[McFlyingV]

Not the kind of guy that teams with cup aspirations should be going after. He's built for playing on a bottom feeder where he can be a lazy no show.

 

[Dr Amazing]

Toronto or Vancouver will sign him.

 

[VivaLasVegas]

Mantha was on Vegas?

Sort of ...... never really fit in during his month-long cameo.

 

[SuperScript29]

One of the least competitive players I have ever seen, which is unfortunate because the few games he actually shows up during the year, he looks like an all-star.