I really believe Point is gonna get PAID! I really believe if he has another good year he will be in the 7.5mil conversation. He plays in all situations for TB.

Oh wow, I never realized just how many NMC/NTCs the Bolts have until you laid it out. It looks like the only players who don't have them are depth disposable guys or some of the stars that you absolutely don't want to trade.

You better hope the NHL comes up with different rules for the next expansion!

I can see Gourde walking or being dealt at the deadline. It's either that or he signs a cheap bridge deal worth at most 3.5 million. Lots of decent prospects in the works for TBL (Katchouk, Raddish, Lipanov) that can come up and take on roles in TB.

It would also be incredibly hard for Yzerman to move Callahan because of that NTC... as a player, why would you leave a team with a legitimate shot at winning a cup in the next 2 years?

Callahan has a limited NTC, he has to submit a 16 team trade list. I can also see Gourde walking if Point gets more

That could very well happen. In that situation Goude wouldn't be signed

I think if Gourde repeats last year SY will keep him for the playoffs and let him walk. He will be too rich for our blood in open market. Cally starting this year has a modified NMC NTC. I think he will be traded after this year. The cap hit remains at 5.8 but actual salary drops to 4.7 and maybe we retain some saalry.

Yeah, NTC's can handcuff a GM with long term plans. Kind of forces their hand quite a bit. Which team 16 playoff bound teams would take on 5.8 million in cap space? I mean, for the right price certainly. But, the likelihood is that Callahan is staying for the time being unless he gets hurt again is put on the LTIR.

i don't see the rangers taking callahans albatross of a contract for a 2nd and the lightnings 13th best prospect, who is a callahan type player. Rangers need rhd prospects and/or higher potential players.. taking ~6m in cap for two years isn't going to come cheap. it's going to cost you minimally a top 5 prospect from your pool. especially if teams know it's either get rid of him or cost you one of your prized rfa's (point, gorde, etc).. even if it just works out to one year..

Cal Foote is an extremely enticing piece, i can see the rangers being willing to take no retained and/or give something back in return for him.

Damn, I thought the Pens had some tough decisions to make.... to bad Killorn and johnson have NTC till 21' ...... IMO need to trade both of them as soon as there contract let u..... bc Point and Gourde are way to good of players to loose bc of cap.... PLUS have Vally and Sergi contracts next up ...... But Stevie Y will pull it off, Im a die hard Pens fan but i gota admit that TB has some of my fav players.

Its only 1 year of Callahan's contract. If the rangers are still in rebuild mode I'm sure either two 2nds and a prospect could get it done. If not maybe just a 1st rounder

Some how a team over the cap gets 4 stars so I’m fixing that with 1 star. You are still one player short with no room and Callahan trade is laughable. So you are now 5.5m over and one player short so deserving of 1 star.

Gourde walks at the end of the season. Point is getting 8m+ if he continues to progress. Do you really want him to plateau or regress? It’s a contract season and I think he puts up 40goals and 75 points. If that happens you will have some really tough decisions to make.

I don’t see a lot of options for Tampa with all those ntc’s. May need to get rid of Miller before his ntc kicks in.

You're right, Point could earn a lot more. I edited the signing and let Gourde walk. Keeping him is probably unrealistic. However I think Tampa can get Point for under 8 million on a 6 year contract. Seeing how Yzerman manages to get everyone under market value. I think Tampa has young prospects on entry levels who can possibly replace Gourde.

Is the Callahan trade really that crazy? Its only one year left on his contract and his ntc is limited to 16 teams, so there's a chance one of the teams he'd be okay with has significant cap space. Finding a team to take on one year of his cap hit for some picks happens all the time (Brooks Orpik). Anyways, let me know what you think of the changes I made

It would need to be a playoff team and be willing to take a cap dump. It’s not impossible just difficult the rangers won’t be one of those teams.

Koekkoek and slater seem a bit low but the changes are good. Going to be a tight season next year but Stevie is good at what he does and will make it fit.

Lol they ended up signing Gourde. Guess point is getting bridged

They must have some master plan for unloading some nmc/ntc....