Unsustainable
Seth Jarvis has Big Kahunas
Joel Edmundson cost more that Shayne or Sean did.
The worst thing the canes could have done to screw up future cup runs was sign a bunch of anchor contracts as an overreaction. They didn't do that. Might not be as good as the last couple of years, but still a competitive team with flexibility in the next couple of years to re-tool while players are still in their prime.
That’s actually not a bad lineup. I got faith in KK to rebound.This was based on Walker @ $5M as originally reported (just now seeing it may be $3.6M)...we're gonna be f***ing close on cap with a "meh" 2nd line and overpriced 3rd/4th liners
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Hope rears its ugly head, again.That’s actually not a bad lineup. I got faith in KK to rebound.
So Tulsky can lie, he doesn't like be back ends.We lost some size on the back end.
Skjei: 6'3" 201
Pesce: 6'3" 206
Walker: 5'11" 191
Ghost: 5'11" 183
Now that most of the UFAs from last years team signed we know that the value of last years playoff squad before adding whatever Necas, Jarvis, and Drury get was $90 mil or $4 million over the cap.
There was no world where the band could stay together and a significant regression on paper had to happen (which I’ve been saying for weeks).
Gained a little bit of size up front at least in Carrier and Robinson.We lost some size on the back end.
Skjei: 6'3" 201
Pesce: 6'3" 206
Walker: 5'11" 191
Ghost: 5'11" 183
That’s a pretty big drop in defense too. Great pieces, but a significant downgrade. They both move their feet and the puck well. Not a lot of battles in front of the net will be won.We lost some size on the back end.
Skjei: 6'3" 201
Pesce: 6'3" 206
Walker: 5'11" 191
Ghost: 5'11" 183
Caps are the most over the cap. Maybe we can get Protas from them?Now get the Avs on the phone and poach a forward.
Caps are the most over the cap. Maybe we can get Protas from them?
Even with LTIR, they way overCaps are likely LTIRetiring Backstrom and Oshie.
Especially since it usually takes defensemen around half a season to get used to our system. Expect another slow team start, though this time they may only have the horses to get Metro 3/WC1, or maybe even last in.That’s a pretty big drop in defense too. Great pieces, but a significant downgrade. They both move their feet and the puck well. Not a lot of battles in front of the net will be won.
Svechnikov - Aho - Jarvis
Lemieux - Kotkaniemi - Necas
Martinook - Staal - Fast
Carrier - Drury - Robinson
Kuznetsov - Jost
Tulsky emphatically said that the roster isn’t done and you look at that group of 14 forwards and it’s beyond evident those aren’t the same names we’ll be looking at opening night. You can almost breathe a sigh of relief looking at those names and knowing it has to change.
Shutdown pair of Slavin-Walker?I almost want to think:
Slavin - Ghost
Orlov - Walker
Chatty - Burns