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If I was GM of Dallas in V2...

Created by: All_Bran
Team: 2018-19 Dallas Stars
Initial Creation Date: Apr. 13, 2018
Published: Apr. 13, 2018
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Left Handed
Original Team
Waivers Exempt
Right Handed
Position
Trade Clause
Max Perf. Bonus
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
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$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
Here is my what I would do as GM... FYI I am looking for a GM position in V1 or V2.

New Coach: Alain Vigneault

Team needs:
Top 6 Dman
Cap space

OTB:
Methot - Asking 1st round pick + C Prospect.
Folin - Asking 5th round pick
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$900,000
4$2,500,000
2$2,000,000
1$900,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$700,000
2$2,000,000
1$1,000,000
8$10,000,000
1$1,000,000
3$910,000
1$800,000
1$950,000
Trades
1.
DAL
  1. Kreider, Chris
Additional Details:
Stars get a solid speedy scoring winger.
NYR
  1. Dickinson, Jason
  2. Elie, Remi
  3. 2019 1st round pick (DAL)
Additional Details:
The Rangers who are rebuilding, trade Kreider for a pick and 2 NHL ready prospects that are just beginning to make a splash in the NHL.
2.
DAL
  1. Schlemko, David
  2. 2019 4th round pick (MTL)
Additional Details:
The Stars, just take what they can get for Spezza since he has such a large contract and has played horrible in Dallas. So the Stars get defenseman Schlemko and a 4th.
MTL
  1. Spezza, Jason
Additional Details:
Montreal finally gets a big centerman, but he is old and slow. Bergevin who is trying to find scoring players makes a bet on Spezza.
3.
DAL
  1. McGinn, Jamie ($1,333,333 retained)
Additional Details:
Dallas gets a cheap depth winger to play the PK.
FLA
  1. 2019 4th round pick (MIN)
Buyouts
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2019
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2020
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2021
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
26$82,000,000$81,065,000$0$500,000$935,000

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
$9,500,000$9,500,000
LW, C
NMC
UFA - 7
$10,000,000$10,000,000
C, LW
UFA - 7
$5,750,000$5,750,000
C, RW
NMC
UFA - 1
$4,625,000$4,625,000
LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
$2,200,000$2,200,000
C, LW
UFA - 2
$6,250,000$6,250,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 4
$2,500,000$2,500,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
$4,750,000$4,750,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 2
$1,000,000$1,000,000
RW
UFA - 2
$2,000,000$2,000,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
$2,000,000$2,000,000
LW, C, RW
UFA - 2
$1,750,000$1,750,000
RW
UFA - 1
$800,000$800,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
$650,000$650,000
C, LW
UFA - 1
$950,000$950,000
LW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
$4,900,000$4,900,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
$4,250,000$4,250,000
RD
UFA - 4
$4,916,667$4,916,667
G
NMC
UFA - 5
$2,200,000$2,200,000
LD
UFA - 1
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$500,000$500K)
RD
UFA - 1
$2,000,000$2,000,000
G
UFA - 2
$1,000,000$1,000,000
RD
UFA
$700,000$700,000
G
UFA - 1
$2,100,000$2,100,000
LD
UFA - 2
$910,000$910,000
RD
UFA - 1
$1,000,000$1,000,000
LD
UFA

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Apr. 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.
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You don't want AV as a coach...trust me
Apr. 13, 2018 at 1:10 p.m.
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Quoting: sidsoul88
You don't want AV as a coach...trust me


Ok, so who do you think would be a better coach? I don't know really who is all available. I just chose AV because I liked the Canucks cup run that he did in 2012.
Apr. 13, 2018 at 1:25 p.m.
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Thing is, on paper AV is a great coach. 2 SC finals with 2 different teams. Plenty of playoff experience. BUT he's not been able to adapt to the way the game is being played now. He refuses to play the kids. He punishes them instead of working with them, and stifles their progression. Honestly, anyone in the "old guard" wont work. I don't have an answer but I know the new coach should come from the AHL or NCAA or overseas. Just someone new to the NHL who knows how to work with the youth and grow these kids into stars.
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Apr. 13, 2018 at 4:45 p.m.
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Ok, so who do you think would be a better coach? I don't know really who is all available. I just chose AV because I liked the Canucks cup run that he did in 2012.


Sheldon Keefe
Todd Nelson
Barry Trotz (If Washington fires him)
Darryl Sutter (should he decide he doesn't like retirement)

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Vigneault at all. I think he'd be a good coach, but the 4 I named above would be better choices, IMO. Keefe and Nelson are both phenomenal AHL coaches and have earned a shot at the NHL, and given the age of the Stars roster, they would be better suited to work with the younger guys than Vigneault would. A popular opinion out of New York is that Vigneault does not know how to coach younger players, and often prefers older veterans over the younger guys. That could be problematic in Dallas given how many young guys are on the roster.
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Apr. 13, 2018 at 5:52 p.m.
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You do realize that you have too many players on the roster, and the cap won't jump as high as $82M next season....right?

That in mind, I'm gonna try to break this down piece by piece, so hang with me.

1) Khudobin is fine. I'm perfectly fine with Dallas signing him to be their backup. Brossoit makes no sense though. He's already struggling a lot with Edmonton's farm system. In addition to that, the Stars have a young guy in Bow that could be ready to taste backup duty in a couple of years, and then after him you've got guys like Jake Oettinger and Colton Point that will be knocking on the door of the NHL. I just don't see where Brossoit would fit into our goalie system.

2) Val Nichuchkin is coming back next season, so you'd need to add him to your lineup. That's another $2M+ to add to a team that's already over what the realistic salary cap will be next season.

3) The Stars already have a log jam at defense, and you're adding 4 defensemen to the lineup. Drop all 4 defensemen, and these are the 7 that the Stars SHOULD (and likely will) run out there next season:

Lindell-Klingberg
Heiskanen-Honka
Methot-Johns
Heatherington

That's 7 defensemen, and 7 defensemen that are going to play pretty damn well together.

4) You've got the same issue with the offense. The Stars have a ton of young talent waiting for NHL spots to open up. With Hanzal likely sidelined for the beginning of next season, and Roussel likely not to be brought back, it opens up a couple of slots for guys like Smith, Elie, Dickinson, Hintz, and Gurianov to get full-time spots in the NHL. All of those guys have been great prospects for the Stars. Loading up their roster with depth veterans makes no sense when there are young guys in our farm system that all the potential to be far better than any of those veterans. Oh, and there are only 4 lines of offense...not 5.

5) There's no need to trade off parts of our future (Elie, Dickinson, 1st round pick) for Kreider when there are guys like James Van riemsdyk on the Free Agent market that can be brought in without mortgaging our future.

6) Spezza is not going to waive his NTC for Montreal. And wherever he waives his NTC for, the Stars are still going to have to eat half of his salary just to get rid of him.

7) No need for the Stars to give up a pick for a guys just to play on the PK. Elie, Smith, Benn, or Seguin would all be better options on the PK than McGinn.

8) A lot of your RFA signing are miscalculated. For example, Janmark is going to get at least $3.75M over the next 4+ years.

There are a lot of unnecessary moves here that would make no sense for the Stars. Not to mention the fact that your roster is way too big, as is the total salary of all of these players.
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