Quoting: TheDream_43
I don’t know id you follow advanced statistics at all but Honka is good by all accounts. He’s a high pick that hasn’t earned the coaches trust. Brown realistic is our 4th RW and it’s hard to keep 2+m on the 4th line. Nylander is my fav leaf, so maybe it’s a little overpaid. Zaits has been good but the 4.5 is steep to keep at this point. Namestnikov for spare parts making 2m idk how you’d argue that that’s not an upgrade on marleau at this point in his career. Pesce maybe i am wrong, but i dont see them getting full value with teams seeing him sitting on the 3rd pair.
Funny enough this post has one person saying all trades are awful for torotno and another saying Toronto will never get that for them.
Vlad has been awful. He will be in KHL sooner rather than later. He cannot crack a rebuilding teams roster, so no, Marleau is much better, as he is still an NHL player. Brown is a solid 3rd line guy, he has been good with Kadri. Zaitzev has played up to his contract, the problem was he should have gotten one of term and hit, and Lou gave him both. Right now he is playing up to the hit, and that is all that matters for the near future.
And you do not need to clear cap space. Get everyone signed to fair contracts (don't even need discounts) and everyone is back.
Hyman(2.25)-Tavares(11)-Marner(7.5)
Marleau(6.25)-Matthews(11)-Kapanen(3)
Nylander(4.75)-Kadri(4.5)-Brown(2.1)
Johnsson(1.5)-Lindholm(1.5)Grundstrom(.925)
Leivo(0.971,250)-Goat(.675)
Rielly(5)-Dermott(.863,333)
Ozhiganov(1.5)-Zaitzev(4.5)
Borg/Rosen/Marincin (.925) - Liljegren(.863,333)
Borg/Rosen/Marincin (.925)
Andersen(5)
Sparks(.800)
Total cap hit: 78,297,160
Total cap space (cap at 82.5): 4,202,084
Find 300k extra and you can keep Gards at full price (8@4.5 = 36 million)
BoG and NHLPA say cap is minimum 82.5.
I should make it clear. Nylander is 3@4.75 million.