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Which teams are best positioned going forward with the salary cap about to explode?
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Aashir
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team's who have their guys locked up for long term are probably in great spots to retain talent or add more to it:
Devils are in a good spot with Hughes, Hischier, Bratt, Meier, Hamilton (tradeable if needed), Markstrom all locked up for solid deals
Hurricanes are really good and probably can retain rantanen pretty easily now, they have everyone they need (Jarvis, Slavin, Aho, Svechnikov) all locked up for at least a few years and they have players who are declining/old (Burns, Andersen) coming off the books and also have potential ELCs (Nishikin, Blake taking a bigger role, Nadeau). I think they are set up the best in terms of having the core locked up, being able to lock them up, and also being able to surround their team with good pieces
I think teams like Leafs for example aren't in as good of a spot as Marner and JT are up for contracts right as we find this out and Matthews will need another one right at the peak of the increases. Also having stolarz run out next year could hurt depending on what level of a goalie he is
Devils are in a good spot with Hughes, Hischier, Bratt, Meier, Hamilton (tradeable if needed), Markstrom all locked up for solid deals
Hurricanes are really good and probably can retain rantanen pretty easily now, they have everyone they need (Jarvis, Slavin, Aho, Svechnikov) all locked up for at least a few years and they have players who are declining/old (Burns, Andersen) coming off the books and also have potential ELCs (Nishikin, Blake taking a bigger role, Nadeau). I think they are set up the best in terms of having the core locked up, being able to lock them up, and also being able to surround their team with good pieces
I think teams like Leafs for example aren't in as good of a spot as Marner and JT are up for contracts right as we find this out and Matthews will need another one right at the peak of the increases. Also having stolarz run out next year could hurt depending on what level of a goalie he is
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Oilers got lucky with locking up Draisaitl before the cap numbers were released, also!
Realm
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I wouldn't say that, Bouchard and McDavid are now up this summer. One slight discount and now have to deal with 2 bloated contracts.
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Skidooboy
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Jets have Schief and Helle locked up......
room for Connor and Ehlers....
and room to add some key pieces.....
room for Connor and Ehlers....
and room to add some key pieces.....
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Montreal has Caufield, Slaf, Suzuki all signed for under $8M
Only Hutson and Demidov will likely need big raises
Fowler/Reinbacher coming in on ELC as well
Only Hutson and Demidov will likely need big raises
Fowler/Reinbacher coming in on ELC as well
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The red wings are in a pretty great situation. All of their good impact players outside of edvinsson are signed to good deals if not outright steals. And their bad contracts they signed will be easier to move and manage with the cap going up 15 million the next 2 seasons. But tbh the cap rising this much puts pretty much everyone in good positions.
Kerberos
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Bouchard has tanked a lot of what he would've gotten with his play this season. McDavid is the best player in the world... so I guess if you consider whatever he's gonna make "bloated", you do you.
And Drai's "slight discount" is going to look like a massive steal once Marner and Rantanen sign their new deals.
