Roster Building XXII: Too Many Forwards, Hopefully One Cup

[cptjeff]

Breaking our free agency uni-thread back into its constituent parts.

Remember, by a complex series of mathematics, having 4 or 5 3Cs does indeed transmute into a 2C.

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[Anton Dubinchuk]

Remember in the offseason of 2010 we thought the only hole in the team was 3C and we were just all hoping Skinner could fill it?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Remember, by a complex series of mathematics, having 4 or 5 3Cs does indeed transmute into a 2C.

Well, if three threads could be turned into 1 uni-thread, why not?

 

[Chrispy]

Well, if three threads could be turned into 1 uni-thread, why not?

Great. We get the skating of Kotkaniemi, the goal scoring of Drury, and the conditioning of Kuznetsov.

This is why I'd never let my wife get a Pomsky. I'm convinced we'd get a Pomeranian the size of a Husky.

 

[HisIceness]

Too much forward huehuehue

 

[AD Skinner]

Great. We get the skating of Kotkaniemi, the goal scoring of Drury, and the conditioning of Kuznetsov.

This is why I'd never let my wife get a Pomsky. I'm convinced we'd get a Pomeranian the size of a Husky.

But you could call him Noam Pomsky

 

[Lempo]

But you could call him Noam Pomsky

 

[SilverBlitzon]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1812510244326781149

 

[spockBokk]

Meanwhile…noted insidurr Roget Hicks says…

https://x.com/i/web/status/1812526661423804477

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I’d like to announce that I am also looking for 8x9.25M deal, and my employer is also reluctant to pay that.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Yeah, if Necas was looking for that, we'd have been much less reluctant to trade him.

 

[bleedgreen]

I’d like to announce that I am also looking for 8x9.25M deal, and my employer is also reluctant to pay that.

It’s like trying to date out of your league. The worst that can happen is they say no.

This feels like bs. Unless they’re trying to force a trade which is certainly on the table.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Is this source legit?

 

[DaveG]

never heard of the guy until this UFA season so couldn't tell you

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Is this source legit?

Almost certainly not.

 

[cptjeff]

Yeah, if Necas was looking for that, we'd have been much less reluctant to trade him.

We know that we still have arbitration and will absolutely get him at a more reasonable number in the arbitration process. They won't ever pay anywhere remotely close to that, and they know it.

But I'd love for him to cite that number in an arbitration hearing. The arbitrator would literally throw the gavel at his agent.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

We know that we still have arbitration and will absolutely get him at a more reasonable number in the arbitration process. They won't ever pay anywhere remotely close to that, and they know it.

But I'd love for him to cite that number in an arbitration hearing. The arbitrator would literally throw the gavel at his agent.

It’s probably what he’s going into arbitration with, because arbitration famously just splits the difference between the team and player asks and everyone gets to head home before lunch.

 

[cptjeff]

It’s probably what he’s going into arbitration with, because arbitration famously just splits the difference between the team and player asks and everyone gets to head home before lunch.

I really wish they'd adopt the baseball system where the arbitrator has to choose either the team's number or the player's number. Incentivizes both parties to make legitimate offers.

9.25 is absolute insanity and is the kind of thing that should convince the arbitrator to flat out ignore everything you say.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

It’s probably what he’s going into arbitration with, because arbitration famously just splits the difference between the team and player asks and everyone gets to head home before lunch.

Hey, if that’s how it works, Necas asks for $9 million, Tulsky counters with league minimum, split the difference, get him for under 5

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Is this source legit?

This time of year, online hockey fans are so desperate for something to talk about that the bar for credibility drops to the floor.

 

[spockBokk]

Is this source legit?

Thought the sarcasm was implied

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Thought the sarcasm was implied

Sorry, i missed your part of the post when scanning on my phone

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I have a very good insider I met this weekend. This is how the conversation has gone.

Necas: "I'd like to be traded."
Canes: "Ok, but you need to sign an extension so we get a better return"
Necas: "Depends on the team, but after the season I just had, it's probably not in my best interest to sign a long term extension."
Canes: "Ok, then we want to keep you."
Necas: "Ok, I'm filing for arbitration."
Canes: "Ok, that's fine. We can work on a long term deal in the meantime and still keep working trades.
Necas: "Ok, that sounds good."
Canes: "We want to sign you to an 8 year deal."
Necas: "I don't think I want to sign for that long here in Carolina."
Canes: "What would it take?"
Necas: "I really don't want 8 years.
Canes: "Just tell us what it would take."
Necas: "Close to what Aho makes"
Canes: "LOL, we can't pay you that."
Necas: "OK, but I don't want to sign an 8 year deal so that's fine."

 

[spockBokk]

Sorry, i missed your part of the post when scanning on my phone

Np

Could see the logic for Necas asking for a high aav on a long term deals, don’t see why he’d be interested in a long term deal though with the Canes based on all the info that that’s out there

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

I have a very good insider I met this weekend. This is how the conversation has gone.

Necas: "I'd like to be traded."
Canes: "Ok, but you need to sign an extension so we get a better return"
Necas: "Depends on the team, but after the season I just had, it's probably not in my best interest to sign a long term extension."
Canes: "Ok, then we want to keep you."
Necas: "Ok, I'm filing for arbitration."
Canes: "Ok, that's fine. We can work on a long term deal in the meantime and still keep working trades.
Necas: "Ok, that sounds good."
Canes: "We want to sign you to an 8 year deal."
Necas: "I don't think I want to sign for that long here in Carolina."
Canes: "What would it take?"
Necas: "I really don't want 8 years.
Canes: "Just tell us what it would take."
Necas: "Close to what Aho makes"
Canes: "LOL, we can't pay you that."
Necas: "OK, but I don't want to sign an 8 year deal so that's fine."

So is the sticking point he wants out of Raleigh, or that he wants another UFA contract at 29/30?