Forgot to list my potential targets of interest and players to watch hitting UFA in the next 2 seasons. So I’ll leave this here.
Sanheim- 28 years old, reportedly on the block as the flyers are doing a from the ground up rebuild.
Big, mobile, can put up points.
Zetterlund-25 yrs old. Versatile player still on a cheap deal. Has skill to be a 20/20 guy and beyond depending on what line he’s on. Cheap deal as on now.
Guy is a bowling ball and very hard to knock off the puck. He goes balls out every shift. Maximum effort type of guy.
Get him out of SJ before his eyes glaze over like a caged lion in the zoo.
McDavid- likely won’t make it to UFA, but 1 can dream.
Drai- oilers will not be able to afford both, he’s the likely candidate to step into a role vacated by Panarin and his salary imo.
Elite scorer/playoff performer in scoring areas.
Kaprizov- massive talent. Will likely leave minn because they are old. Think this kid has his sights set on big city living/stardom and has the drive and offensive chops to produce in a NY environment. He is not soft or 1dimensional by any means. There’s a lot of fight in that Dog.
Ideally, we end up poaching 1 of him or Drai in UFA.
Nic Roy- he’s going to get around 6 mill per, but he’s steady and reliable. A way better option then what career 3rd pairing Zadorov is going to get after a career playoff year.
Blueger and lafferty probably get overpaid for what they bring.
Theres not a lot out there this offseason in terms of quality UFAs, the following year has some serious talent coming up on the market.
Losing Panarin and Troubas full cap hits by then in order to add a premier talent is critical.
In lavis system, D play a critical part of the offensive. Need to bring in the right personnel to help execute it.
I love goodie, but if you can shed his cap hit early, you do it as well.
You want to win, pay horses high dollars. Fill in the rest with youth/cheap vets
I like chytil, but moving on from him is the right course of action. He can’t be depended on. The last thing you want is a nothing hit derailing your season cause a player can’t be counted on to stay healthy.
I would not be penciling him in to any long term roster plans.
Kakko should/most likely wants a fresh start and bigger opportunity somewhere else. Just not a guy whose going to put it altogether here unless the stars align perfectly.
As far as our prospects go, I make any and all available in a deal for the right player with term except for Perrault.
That was divine intervention/grace of god that he fell to us in the draft and we didn’t overthink it and actually picked him.
Kid is going to be a needle mover/difference maker when his time comes…..
Don’t need a full team overhaul. Just a solid 4-5 moves that upgrade the team and cut out the rotten parts.
Finally the ragers have some solid cheap youth to come up and replenish the ranks. They type of guys that cost a lot if you can’t develop them internally.
Should be an interesting draft/offseason after they swallow this bitter pill and go back to the drawing board.
