Roster Building Thread - Part XII (Season starts 10/9 @ 7:30 pm)

[RangersFan1994]

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

so is Vito starting on wednesday or what

 

[kovazub94]

I don’t see Laviolette moving Rempe freely between NY and Hartford. It would be a shame if it happens to Edstrom.

Vesey’s is probably not of the organization beyond this year when both giants will become bona fide full-timers. Not a big deal.

 

[bernmeister]

Congratulations your strategy has now yielded one of the worst teams in the league since you will just never sign or extend any top players.

false narrative
sure it is a dealbreaker for some
but for others max $$$$, intangibles are mo important

and my way = mo cap flexibility

 

[bernmeister]

Having Edstrom and Rempe freely moving between Hartford and NY is a benefit to take advantage of. Vesey is still a better player than the former two and he’s a type of depth GMs are looking for at TDL so I don’t have a problem with numbers game forcing some “demotion” decisions.

hell no

 

[SA16]

false narrative
sure it is a dealbreaker for some
but for others max $$$$, intangibles are mo important

and my way = mo cap flexibility

Every player in the league with a salary of $10M or greater has a full NMC. Most of them have it for the full contract (or as soon as possible if they signed before UFA years). A few have it switching to partial in the last couple of years.

More specifically, your way = wrong.

 

[GAGLine]

so is Vito starting on wednesday or what

My guess is that he'll sub in for Lindgren. Ruhwedel is the only other possibility. Maybe they throw him a bone because he spent so many years in Pittsburgh, but I'm not sure if he's comfortable playing the left side.

 

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[The Crypto Guy]

So did boston, nashville and winnepeg consider that this year. And they signed their goalies to reasonable contracts. So should we.

What shesty wants is not reasonable or wise

Igor has played almost 2x as many games as Swayman…a guy who has had split workloads his entire career, never been a true starting goalie, but that 8.25 x 8 is reasonable to you?

Saros is not at the same level as Igor and will be 38 when his contract expires, and judging by his stats, his peak years are behind him, that could look like a nightmare in 3 years.

Hellebuyck signed a nice team friendly contract at the time.

 

[eco's bones]

Never got a chance at all. Vegas stole a guy today.

He's put up pretty good numbers in the AHL last year so he might do fairly well but guys who put up good AHL numbers aren't always able to put up much in the NHL as well a lot also depends on opportunity and with deeper teams those opportunities don't always come along.

 

[TominNC]

Yes.

It's time to stop hoping and build a team that just does.

You're always hoping. That's the nature of sports and fandom. Nothing is guaranteed.

 

[Profet]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843359886945726948

Nice to have the flexibility I guess.

 

[Ruggs225]

Igor has played almost 2x as many games as Swayman…a guy who has had split workloads his entire career, never been a true starting goalie, but that 8.25 x 8 is reasonable to you?

Saros is not at the same level as Igor and will be 38 when his contract expires, and judging by his stats, his peak years are behind him, that could look like a nightmare in 3 years.

Hellebuyck signed a nice team friendly contract at the time.

For swayman your are paying for potential. He could be a steal. He is only 25.

Saros isnt as good as shesty. But shesty isnt 50% better either. Also if shesty signs an 8 year deal he would be 38 when it ends too. Because he and Saros are born the same year!

why cant Shesty take a team friendly deal like Helly. Why must we not just overpay, but massively overpay.

In no world is Shesty that much better than these goalies that his contract should be worth 50% more.

going back to Draistatl. He is $14m starting next year. mcDavid is the best player in the league. Which contract would u rather, Drai at $14 or McDavid at $21m?

Give me Helle, Swayman or Saros at their cheaper cap hit than Shesty any day of the week. Its a no brainer decision.

 

[Paulie Walnutz]

The one factor with Vesey that we shouldn’t overlook is his “ability” to slide up and down the lineup. He’s another warm body for that top wing spot when Smith and Kakko fail.

 

[bhamill]

You don't believe that every NHL team has tons of video of every other team?

You make it sound like a team comes into town and is shocked at the tendencies of their opponent. That's a comical take.

That’s not what I implied AT ALL. You don’t believe it’s easier to counter a particular power play when you ONLY have to concentrate on that one powerplay for a week or two instead of five or six different ones? Really? Also, seeing video of something and actually competing against something are not near the same thing. Plus that was only one of four reasons I gave.

 

[BBKers]

I thought Smith always looked very good in Vegas. He had an Awful camp. We Will see soon enough what he’s made of. Are the Twins turning into Triplets?