Speculation: Roster Building Thread - Part XIII (Nanaki edition)

[IDvsEGO]

See your argument is largely based on the availability of a path via RFA offer sheet which is by and large not a thing in today’s NHL, mostly a small exception to the rule. The only real path for Kakko is to work with Drury and wait until he gets more control over his career (in a business sense) as he gets closer to becoming a UFA.

Except we just saw 2 RFA's sign offers this off-season with players who are both far less than Kakko.

If a player truly is willing to go elsewhere, theres no rush to sign the deal. Theres no harm in waiting till the RFA window is open. He could've signed his deal 3 days after the window with zero offers.

 

[kovazub94]

He’s still RFA at season’s end… he can’t just move on. And why would the team want that? The fact is he’s not a liability at his current cap hit and if we resign him he still wont be. He’s going to get a contract commensurate with his performance this year. A young player getting paid correctly who still has some upside… He makes ZERO sense as a cap dump. Trouba, Lindgren, Zibs (if not for his NMC)… players not living up to their contract. Players that are past their peak. That’s who get salary dumped. Kakko even in his current form is an ASSET with further upside. If he’s moved it won’t be a cap dump. And if it helps the team none of us will be opposed to it.

See my reply to @IDvsEGO - the issue is that in a year he’s going to be only one year removed from UFA and in control of his destiny where probably he doesn’t see himself as a 3rd line defensive specialist.

Except we just saw 2 RFA's sign offers this off-season with players who are both far less than Kakko.

If a player truly is willing to go elsewhere, theres no rush to sign the deal. Theres no harm in waiting till the RFA window is open. He could've signed his deal 3 days after the window with zero offers.

Yeah exactly two which proves my point - it’s an exception rather than a rule.

 

[IDvsEGO]

See my reply to @IDvsEGO - the issue is that in a year he’s going to be only one year removed from UFA and in control of his destiny where probably he doesn’t see himself as a 3rd line defensive specialist.


Yeah exactly two which proves my point - it’s an exception rather than a rule.

Sure those are the exceptions, but if he wasn't happy with the entire concept of the deal (money + location + opportunity) he wouldn't have signed as early as he did.
Your entire argument is that no one signs offer sheets, and yeah its rare. We also never hear how many get offered and not signed. He entirely sidestepped that potential.

 

[zlev]

when Lindgren comes back why not do a 7 man rotation on defense? let these guys get some rest so they're not all hurt in the playoffs. maybe only rest Fox once every 2nd time through. we now have 7 NHL defensemen, why not take advantage of it?

 

[GAGLine]

when Lindgren comes back why not do a 7 man rotation on defense? let these guys get some rest so they're not all hurt in the playoffs. maybe only rest Fox once every 2nd time through. we now have 7 NHL defensemen, why not take advantage of it?

If we are keeping Mancini up, one of the forwards will have to go down, and I don't think they'll do that while Vesey is out.