I’d like to hear how much more/less measured it sounds when spoken.
I appreciate that. I'm sure it's much less measured in a spoken environment. I'm a shaky public speaker.
I do appreciate your consistency in saying that Hertl was a cap dump but then would you classify the Meier trade as a camp dump as well since the Sharks traded away more cap than they received?
I think if a player with a higher cap hit is traded it is not a cap dump unless done specifically for the primary reason of dumping cap. Hertl was not traded to dump cap he was traded because he asked for a trade. Same as Burns.
It appears to me Edmonton values Emberson with the connection to Knobloch. Especially because it is likely that the best available RD at the deadline is most likely going to be Ceci. There is no clear path for them to spend the freed up cap space.
On a side note I do think they chose not to match not because of this season but because they would be squeezed too tight next season.
I might only say Meier isn't a cap dump because he was an expiring contract at the deadline rather than having term. Burns and Hertl definitely were traded because they asked out but I don't see that as a way to invalidate if it's a cap dump trade. I think it's a separate question. A lot of times guys asking out in a trade still won't give you the wiggle room to save on cap like the Karlsson trade. And I don't think it needs to rise to the level of a primary reason for it to be accurate to call it a cap dump trade.
I'm not sure what Edmonton's motivations were for not matching. My first reaction was to let Broberg go too because I don't buy him taking a next step into that sort of money. Holloway I was thinking they'd match but they chose otherwise. They maybe don't have the belief he'd be worth it either and was worth taking a 3rd. I don't think I'd agree with that valuation but I probably would've looked to make that work over that draft pick. We'll see what they do but they did get a few cheap forwards in the free agent market so they probably feel like they can use the space later on better players. That's possible.
I don’t agree. We threw out a lot of worse guys than Cody and we ended up being pinned in our own zone 90% of the time. Mario was playing 23 minutes a game. Mario should not be playing 24 minutes a game. Thrun was playing 20 minutes a game. Thrun should not have been playing 20 minutes a game. I’m not concerned about sheltering defense but I am concerned that continuing to be pinned in our own zone for 90% of the game isn’t gonna do much for the development of the kids.
Yes, we did throw out worse guys than Cody. I just don't think Cody is good enough for the role he'll be playing to keep us from being pinned in like last season. Cody isn't going to prevent Mario from playing 24 minutes a night. He's the #1 on the left side. Cody is probably the #1 on the right side. I bet both see 22-24 minutes a night next season. I agree Thrun shouldn't be playing 20 minutes a game and I think Walman's acquisition will allow them to lower that. I don't think Ceci influences that really. This team's blue line is still not talented enough to not get pinned in a shit ton. They should be better at the depth levels but at the top, they're playing in their end a lot for sure.
