I think what is more likely is that there's no way that the CBJ will try to remain below the floor. It's not going to come to that. They were already seeking to add more players and that need has only grown now. There are teams that would move a larger contract or two and the return would not need to be significant. They won't need to accept deals with long term. I would expect to hear of move(s) soon.Surely there's no way the league actually punishes Columbus for being below the cap floor given the circumstances, right?
Voronkov, Harris, and Tarasov are all up for new deals next year, and we'll be either extending or replacing our entire fourth line (Kuraly, Danforth, Olivier - none of which are on big contracts). The cap floor next year is unlikely to be a problem.I think it's unlikely that they go from below the cap floor to anywhere close to 8M from the cap ceiling in one season, so other than having to pay out whatever portion of his 1M salary that is not covered by insurance, I can't see it mattering
Unless they already have deals lined up that see them take enough cap in useful players to have a buffer over the floor, I think the second year of the context is justified by the value of using it this season to get a buffer over the cap floor that costs almost nothing in real dollars.
Doesn't have the "actual dollars are really low" advantage Weber would have.Niklas Backstrom?
Yeah I agree with this.The Jackets will dedicate their season to 'Johnny Hockey'.......but you seriously wonder how a franchise can recover mentally and spiritually from that kind of blow. Not only was he their highest paid player, but he was being relied on heavily to provide offense for a team that has a dearth of scoring already.
Columbus has a few nice pieces via recent drafts; but too many holes elsewhere in the lineup to make any noise in the Eastern Conference. But if anyone can turn the ship around, it's incoming GM Don Waddell.
And based on the tragic start to the season; the Jackets are one of the few teams in the East that I'll be really pulling for.
But, it still mostly covered by insurance. In terms of real dollars, I think based on what I heard Bolland Hossa cost AZ back in the day for LTIR, the team is on the hook for about 20% of the cash due to the player. But, Wash has known both Backstrom and Oshie were going to be on LTIR, so they've made their moves to account for their LTIR cap hits.Doesn't have the "actual dollars are really low" advantage Weber would have.
Tanev has been on my short list ever since FA ended. He checks so many boxes for the Blue Jackets needs right now. Veteran voice and a LW4. There is only one stipulation...he has to accept a new numberSeattle is at 21 players with only 4k of cap space and needs to move a player to fill out the rest of the roster. Brandon tanev for future considerations would be a good bottom 6 options for CBJ.
Tanev has been on my short list ever since FA ended. He checks so many boxes for the Blue Jackets needs right now. Veteran voice and a LW4. There is only one stipulation...he has to accept a new number
They've had rough off season. Gaudreau, Had to give Laine away. Lindstrom has back injury.Hesitant to make this thread because I don't know where the line is here in terms of insensitivity.
It's an unspeakable tragedy what happen to Johnny and Matthew and this is going to be an insanely difficult year for CLB management, fans, and most of all, players. I'm sure on ice considerations are the furtherest thing from their minds at this exact moment.
With all of that said, the show must always go on and life must go on. Columbus are an NHL hockey team who have to play 82 games this year and they are a team overdue to compete. They've built up a very promising core and now have been dealt an awful blow not just in the locker room but on the ice too.
I'm sure there will be people to jump down my throat with "this isn't the time" or "who cares right now" but Don Waddell has to walk a tightrope of knowing when it's not appropriate to "replace" him in the lineup vs when he needs to focus on his job as a General Manager of a hockey club.
What do you think they do? What precedent is there for this in professional sports? They've lost their best forward and their biggest contract. Do they throw in the towel on this season and not even worry about on-ice results? Do they make a move before the season? Do they wait x amount of time until they feel it's appropriate to deal for a forward (deadline), next off season etc? There were rumblings about Kaprizov a while back, do they take a major run at him? Zegras?
Again, I'm not trying to take the focus off the tragedy and the lives lost, but there is a hockey element to this too. Hoping this can be a mature thread. Surely I'm not the only one to whom this thought has occurred and it does nothing to distract from the somber nature of the situation.
Why is Lindstrom on that list? They went into the draft fully knowing about Lindstrom. They wouldn't have drafted him if their doctors didn't get the approval.They've had rough off season. Gaudreau, Had to give Laine away. Lindstrom has back injury.
Move Danforth down and Brindley takes his spot. It was a tank year, regardless. Obviously a big tragedy what happened, but with Gaudreau or not it isn’t a competitive team.Johnson Monahan Marchenko
Jenner Fantilli Chinakov
Voronkov Sillinger Danforth
_______ Kuraly Olivier
Werenski Severson
Provorov Jiricek
Harris Gudbranson
Johnson
Tarasov
Merzlikins
Maybe just go after a bottom 6 player and see what happens. Might be another tank year.
There must be a clause in the CBA for deceased player contracts. If they can put an injured player on LTIR, there has to be a solution for a tragedy like this.Puckpedia has removed Johnny's contract completely from the Blue Jackets roster, but assuming that his signing bonus was paid out on July 1st as is typical, would that not be 2M on the season's cap, leaving them only 0.7M below the floor?
Anyway I don't see the need for the NHL to make an exemption. Half the teams in the league have a "good in the room" veteran who's no longer living up to his cap hit. Given the circumstances I don't think the other GMs will be out to do a fleecing.
As a small token from Montreal please accept Brendan Gallagher in the Jackets time of grief…Puckpedia has removed Johnny's contract completely from the Blue Jackets roster, but assuming that his signing bonus was paid out on July 1st as is typical, would that not be 2M on the season's cap, leaving them only 0.7M below the floor?
Anyway I don't see the need for the NHL to make an exemption. Half the teams in the league have a "good in the room" veteran who's no longer living up to his cap hit. Given the circumstances I don't think the other GMs will be out to do a fleecing.
Johnson Monahan Marchenko
Jenner Fantilli Chinakov
Voronkov Sillinger Danforth
_______ Kuraly Olivier
Werenski Severson
Provorov Jiricek
Harris Gudbranson
Johnson
Tarasov
Merzlikins
Maybe just go after a bottom 6 player and see what happens. Might be another tank year.
I've always been a JG fan, but haven't watched him much after he got to Columbus. I'm not trying to be a jerk - but he has 12g & 48 points last year so that's not exactly "irreplaceable".
At the risk of sounding insensitive, you could argue based on his play so far losing his cap hit alone is getting something, I don't think there's an argument to be made that the signing had gone well so far although he genuinely was one of my top candidates for a bounce back season
Freddy Gaudreau for future considerations.
Gaudreau gets a restart under a coach that has favored him. Columbus gets a semi cheap bottom 6 forward that can act as a Swiss army knife that plays wing and center.