Indeed they do, Garland has been shopped around or at least by fans as an option. Horvat does not need to be the first person they try to trade I am just wishful thinking and overplaying the possible tension from contract negotiations as he fits a clear need for us.
That’s a 23 man roster. I think Dewar also is waiver exempt still, but don’t quote me on that.
Do that or we can take on Ferland who they are shopping around. might not cost us a prospect then and retention could be less.
Yeah, adding a top 6 center is just the absolute worst. Adding one that just scored 31 goals? Even worse. He won 57% of his draws? Sorry, we only like guys who win sub 50% of the time and only focus on defense.
If Kap can turn Hartman into a bordline 1C, he could turn Horvat into a 1C. 6.950 might be slightly under what Horvat would make but Hartman is only at 1.7m for one more year, is he going to take another discount to stick around?
Hell, this past playoffs showed how important winning a faceoff can be. ROR singlehandedly negated 30-40 seconds of our PP time just by winning the draw.
its not the end all be all but it sure as hell would help our team to have at least one player who can win 51% or more of the draws consistently. Especially on the PP
two more years.
You don’t need to necessarily re-sign him, we are unlikely to sign Dumba, this is just changing a self rental from D to C. Dumba’s value in pure futures is really not much, Horvat is a win now piece that could push us to the next level for this season.
I wasnt including this season but yes two years technically which still brings a contract question into hand. signing Horvat to a 6 year deal isnt exactly signing his decline. 28 is not over the hill and it is still a good age to get solid play from him, in 2 years who will be our Centers? Rossi, Ek, maybe dewar? Will Kush play C here? there is not a lot in the cupboard. Horvat at 7(?) and Ek at 5.25 locked up for several years is a win in my books considering its been all but beaten to death that our only way to a quality 1C is through the draft which, again beaten to death, we wont be drafting top 10 without trading away Kap or having severe injury misfortune. Without drafting a 1C, if Rossi does not become what we hope he is what is the plan? Horvat/Ek as the fall back is pretty solid in my book and if Rossi gets anywhere near 60 points on average those 3 as our depth is a win.
If there isn't an extension to be had, just offer Dumba for Horvat straight up.
That would be my offer, maybe throw in one of our numerous bubble guys if they demand a center in return.
Oh, ok. I happen to think that Dumba is just as valuable to this team, if not more, than Horvat, especially if we are talking just this year.
I would be bumping Hartman down in this scenario and roll Boldy-Rossi-Hartman. I think that would be a pretty awesome line with Hartman helping them break in on face offs and defensive play if needed while being the shooter on the line. I don’t necessarily see Horvat as an upgrade on Hartman but he fills some of the same niches as a shooting center-men but with better face off ability.
