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Hi, I'm mat.
Probably the same reason the team hasnt announced the two smaller deals we know about as well. Dugan and Pinho, they just havent wanted to yet or theyre dong it all at once
Probably the same reason the team hasnt announced the two smaller deals we know about as well. Dugan and Pinho, they just havent wanted to yet or theyre dong it all at once
Where Fitz?
There's no logic. You're saying that signing mediocre players who happened to be on playoff teams is as valuable as signing good players. Again - signing Palat has nothing to do with bringing in veteran depth at other positions. You're acting like we can only do one or the other.Umm yeah. If any team loses their best center and best winger, their forward core isn't going to look good. Even Colorado had JT Compher playing 2C for stretches. They had like NAK in the top-six for a time. That's what happens.
Like I said, see post 906 for the logic. I would have preferred the Devils to add to their "experience" bucket more cheaply, still have room to improve the roster elsewhere, and still have more long-term cap flexibility.
I've said numerous times I think Palat is a good player. But it's a bad contract. And the wrong timing. If the Devils seriously wanted to contend next season, then I wouldn't have a huge problem with it. Sometimes you gotta pay the piper. But the Devils aren't even at that point yet.
I can't help but think that this Palat contract is going to really hinder us in the future.
Of course it will. Dude has so much miles on his body from all these cup runs as well. Cannot believe we gave him that term with 6 million a year. It has to be the worst contract in free agency so farI can't help but think that this Palat contract is going to really hinder us in the future.
Where Fitz?
I can't help but think that this Palat contract is going to really hinder us in the future.
I can't help but think that this Palat contract is going to really hinder us in the future.
The cap exists, it's just a lot easier to make moves with it than many of you are making it out to be.Okay the "cap doesn't exist" takes have gone way too far lol
Because JVR was really the only bad contract the Flyers had. And they didn't also blow other assets (picks, players) to acquire said bad contracts. If they had a second-rounder before like 2026 maybe they could have moved the contract for that. But they didn't so people were holding them up for a first.Look how easy it was for the Flyers to dump JVR. The cap has never cost anybody a star player.
Look how easy it was for the Flyers to dump JVR. The cap has never cost anybody a star player.
Our tanking is over. It’s time we develop a winning culture with our young core. Adding Palat helps with thatPalat certainly makes us better/harder to play against, but I feel like we should have just tanked again. What's the point of being mediocre?
Palat is the rare player that both stats nerds and eye testers agree is underrated.
That sure is a lot of blue. He's going to be a very good player for us. So excuse me if I'm not hating this deal because of what might happen to the cap in 5 years.
Other people might have corrected you (I’m behind lol) but just like Cory, the buyout is 2m a year for a 6m deal. IF (and that’s a big if) it’s a straightforward regular old-fashioned 6m salary a year deal.if we have to buy him out in 3 years, we're stuck w 3M AAV for 4 years.
3M AAV will be about 3.33% of the cap (assuming 90M limit) -- are we going to be spending up to that amount? bc if we are, that assumes we've succeeded at the rebuild, so why should we be complaining at that point?
Nope. Literally not what I'm saying.There's no logic. You're saying that signing mediocre players who happened to be on playoff teams is as valuable as signing good players. Again - signing Palat has nothing to do with bringing in veteran depth at other positions. You're acting like we can only do one or the other.
We had literally three great forwards and two good forwards, the rest was replaceable trash. Zacha, Tatar, Bastian, Kuokkanen, Boqvist, Johnsson, Vesey, McLeod....there's like three NHL players in there. It's all fodder. That's not good enough. We need better forwards.
Couldn’t agree with you more hereDoing something Zacha+Jarnkrok rather than Palat+Haula would’ve been smarter. Yes Zacha+Jarnrkok is worse but it’s not crazy better and it doesn’t hinder you long term
We are still nowhere close to being a playoff contender. Supposedly this draft has an insane amount of young talent. We waited 10 years, what's another going to do?Our tanking is over. It’s time we develop a winning culture with our young core. Adding Palat helps with that