Fleury is playing like a bonafide starter at this point, so he’s not a cap dump. I don’t mind selling if we’re out of the playoffs come TDL. If we’re still in the fight we can’t sell as we need to try and win.

Cap dump or not, Vegas needs to move some and cap space is the new asset

Option A: Move Heinola and Samberg to NHL to strengthen our D crops, (while potentially hurting their development)
Option B: Leave Heinola and Samberg in the AHL, have them develop some more while sliding a year of their ELC

dunna.... kinda like plan B

Of course Maurice may chose to recall them to NHL during the season but thats only if their ready

Isnt there a limit to how many players you can retain salaries for??

3 is the max.

At this point they’d move a winger like tuch or patches before their starting goalie.

Think they’re dead set on keeping Heinola and samberg with the moose, only chance they come up is for playoffs. I think they’re looking to slide their ELCs as cap space will be crucial in the next 3 years. Heinola is arguably already one of our best dman, we just have such a weird composition of guys. We have like 3 guys under 6’1, so we can’t really afford to add another small guy, but the guys we have that are bigger, are mainly bottom pairing players. Forbort being the exception. I’d like to see wpg make a trade for a top 4 RHD. If we have to slide poolman over to the left side that’s fine. I’d look at a guy like Savard from CBJ, we’d have a nice top 6 of:

Morrissey-Savard
Forbort-Pionk
Poolman-DeMelo

Heinola likely comes in as a RD next year, and slides into Savards spot.

I really hope Lowry to Boston happens

Heinola's ELC can be slid another year but Samberg's can't, it starts this year no matter where he plays, think they just don't feel he's ready and really he hasn't played any hockey in a very long time not to mention he has yet to play a single professional hockey game not even a preseason game, so some AHL seasoning is probably necessary for Samberg.

Vegas won't give Winnipeg things to take their best player then trade him for more things.

Vegas doesn't desperately need to clear space, even if they wanted to clear some they aren't going to give away so much when there would be other options to move some cap.

Vegas certainly doesn't need 7 million in cap space this season and doesn't need Stastny. They would be giving up Korczak and a high 2nd and their best player currently all for 7 million cap space that they won't fully use.

Then they would have to go and trade more assets for a big name player to justify trading Fleury and probably not be all that improved at the end of it. The return is nowhere near cost effective.

there is no rumor anywhere about an MAF trade. But that won't stop click bait people from telling you there is because you are hell bent on wanting to believe it.

You know this is all just for fun, right?