Quoting: Brian2016
Would someone please try to explain to me how Vegas can possibly stay under the cap next season? They only have about $5.7M in cap space right now and that doesn't include Nate Schmidt when he returns from his 20 game suspension. Their cap hit next year will include significant raises to Fleury, Pacioretty, Tuch, and possibly William Karlsson. These raises will total a minimum of about $11.75M not including any possible raise for Karlsson. Where's the money gonna come from? I'd really like to know. Unless the cap goes up over $5M I don't know what they'll do.
I think that several of George McPhee's offseason moves will come back to bite Vegas. He overpaid Theodore by about $2M, gave Fleury a raise when he didn't have to, and spent way to much money and assets on the highly sought after UFA Paul Stasny and would-be UFA Max Pacioretty. It seems a little risky for GM George McPhee to risk the next 5 years of his franchise on the possible success of so many players on the back end of their careers. The 5 year plan or 7 year plan, I forget which it was, quickly became a one year plan when they reached the finals last season. Now, they've mortgaged a good portion of their future on Pacioretty (2G, 0A) and Stasny (0G, 0A) in only 3 games played this season. Big risk here. Big risk.
While its too late now.. Not signing guys to contracts worth millions more than their value like Fleury making 7M or Max would have helped... Moving Trash Reaves would free up like 3M, ditching another waste in Holden would have saved another 2.2M or so... That would have given like 5M in cap savings or more... Maybe closer to 6M, if found somebody to take Clarkson contract that would have given another 5M even if he goes on LTIR it matters... Then moving an idiot like Eaken that tries to injure Joe wearing a cage would have freed another 4M... Then Haula is like or was 3M... Instead of doing that they traded only decent contract they had in Miller at under 4M their only right shot legit right defenseman... Who will cost them 4.5M to 5M to get a player not even as good like a Cody Ceci or Zaittsev who shoot right...
Vegas will finish last in Pacific missing playoffs... NOt having retained the 500K in the horrible tAtar deal would have been a nice plus for them too
... Fire their head coach, then remove GM:GM, after that maybe bring in Ron Francis or somebody who has a clue like me
. I'm wondering will they trade Gusev like I said they would since they are blacklisted by Russians for most part after way they treated their player
... 1 goal in 3 games but they ran him out of town for trash like Reaves
... Who is not superman just a worthless player that even buying him out/Holden would have been better than what they did
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