Niku gets at least 2.5 same with roslovic. Barrie won’t be settling with a 4 year deal and probably will ask 7x8.

We definitely aren’t resigning Letestu or Bitetto

I'll resign any veteran that will take NHL minimum wage with no bonuses. The whole point is they are occupying the press box.

As for Niku and Roslovic, I doubt that. Niku will have one and a half full pro seasons under his belt and Roslovic will have two. Neither player has done much in the NHL (Maurice's fault) so they're making pitches based on potential and what they did in the AHL.

Barrie's the tricky one, but he is going to be the 2nd highest paid defenseman to hit the market so I kind of doubt he makes 8mill. Or maybe the Blues decide to just throw their entire cap to Pietrangelo.

Hardly a retool when you trade 1 bottom 6 player and that's it but that's neither here or there.

I think Barrie will get more. he'll get his fair share of points this year in TO and there's plenty of demand for a player like him. He may not be worth 8M but I think he can get it. Spurgeon is the best comparable and Barrie's production will be more attractive on the UFA market than Spurgeons defensive play.

I just think we can expect to see Niku get 30 points this year and roslovic will be our 3rd line Center next year. I just think they’ll both get 2x2.5. Also for Barrie, when spurgeon gets 7.541 or whatever. It’s easy to say Barrie is gonna get at least 8 mil. He’s gonna get 45-50 pts with Toronto. Trouba got 7x8 when he hit 50 pts once. On the open market, Barrie will get 8.

As for the veterans, I get what you’re saying but why would we let Stanley go to waste in the ahl next year. He takes Bitettos spot. And we have guys like spacek and chibisov that could go where Letestu is. No need to resign those guys.

Personally I think that’s exactly what a retool should be. Making a retool post and going scorched earth is kind of defeating the purpose. The core of this team is capable of winning a cup, so just adding a defenseman in free agency, trimming some space for younger players is all that’s necessary. The last thing I want to see is Chevy make a Risto trade or any nonsense that costs us assets to make a run in a down year.

The reason Manitoba moved its AHL team from St. John’s to Winnipeg was to make the movement of callups instantaneous. In St. John’s if we call a player up it’s no guarantee he’s in. In this case I would love Stanley to be a call up (or Samberg) and I wouldn’t even bother with the press box for them. Just go from the AHL to the NHL. The whole reason they’re in the A in the first place is to get warm for the NHL. The reason I like veterans is .7 mill costs less than .9 mill and by having 3 in the press box we save approximately .5 mill and that isn’t even counting bonuses.

As for signing values, we’ll have to agree to disagree. For Roslovic I’m not willing to go much higher than what Copp got given both players experience and body of work. Copp had a better year last year and that was his 2nd extension. For Niku that’s a bit more a crapshoot but I’m basing my values of off Erik Gustafsson before his breakout year.