Player Discussion Simon Nemec

[Lunatik]

4x6.75 or something, I’d rather not pay for potential and he should still be an RFA right?

4 years walk him to UFA

so basically I don't think we see anything but 2 years, or 7/8 years.

 

[crackdown44]

Calgary has about a week to sign this man before a pretty terrifying possibility reveals itself. A 9.5M x 5 years offer sheet for Nemec while he’s waiting to be signed by a team he has no loyalty screws Calgary regardless of the outcome. Matching the offer sheet would walk him directly to his first eligible UFA year while likely overpaying him along the way. Choosing not to match it nets us only a 1st, 2nd, and a 3rd as compensation, meaning we could potentially have just given up a 1st round pick for free. Neither outcome is pretty.

I love the trade, but Conroy officially has a week to sign this kid before an outcome happens that could be straight up fireable. If I’m a young playoff team, I already have my clerical staff drawing up that paperwork.

The pick value we’d get from the teams with both the cap space and the picks to do this (2027 1st, 2nd, 3rd) would be roughly equivalent to what we gave up

Given that the first would be mid teens at worst instead of 25-32 like the Vegas and Colorado picks will likely be

Obviously wouldn’t be an ideal situation but we wouldn’t be out of pocket either

 

[tmurfin]

People gotta remember, a player making 8 million this upcoming season is equivalent to one making ~6.5 2 seasons ago. Am I saying they should pay him 8+? Not necessarily, just saying times are different.

 

[Lunatik]

People gotta remember, a player making 8 million this upcoming season is equivalent to one making ~6.5 2 seasons ago. Am I saying they should pay him 8+? Not necessarily, just saying times are different.

Agreed and if we really believe in his potential, 8 x 8.5-9.5 doesn't seem ridiculous. Especially with what Byram is reportedly asking

 

[Darth Vladar]

People gotta remember, a player making 8 million this upcoming season is equivalent to one making ~6.5 2 seasons ago. Am I saying they should pay him 8+? Not necessarily, just saying times are different.

Agreed and if we really believe in his potential, 8 x 8.5-9.5 doesn't seem ridiculous. Especially with what Byram is reportedly asking

Mind you, Byram has a couple decent playoff runs (including a cup win) under his belt, plus basically back to back 40 point seasons. So whatever Byram’s ask is, you’d think Nemec’s would be considerably less.

 

[Khrox]

I would very much argue with the, "didn't get a fair chance in NJ" part though.

From what I gather from a few people who did watch NJ a lot more than I have, one of the things that was noticed a lot was that if Nemec made a mistake, he would get benched for a bit. But when Hughes made the same mistake, nothing happened.

I'm not against benching a guy who is making mistakes, but I can see why he thinks he didn't get a "fair chance" when he's getting punished for something others aren't.

On the upside, the Flames have been very good with defenseman in general for quite a while, and Huska has been a solid part of that. With that in place, I think we'll see some good growth in him there. If it's actually a "1D Weegar" or just a "3D Hanifin/Andersson" type is to be seen, but anything in that range, and I think we're going to be happy with it.

 

[Zirakzigil]

There's been a lot of chatter I've seen about people pointing out that he's Slovak.

Hopefully our coaches can work to make him a bit Fastervak.

That was terrible

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

There's been a lot of chatter I've seen about people pointing out that he's Slovak.

Hopefully our coaches can work to make him a bit Fastervak.

I've heard Dyson makes pretty Fastvak's

 

[Lunatik]

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That was terrible

and L&D did their best to be as awful

I've heard Dyson makes pretty Fastvak's

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

and L&D did their best to be as awful

I'm a sucker for dad jokes

 

[Lunatik]

I'm a sucker for dad jokes

I feel like the sucker for reading them

 

[Fig]

You're both sucking more than that dyson joke.