Nate Schmidt, MAF, Pacioretty, and Robin Lehner were all substantially overpaid when they signed extensions in Vegas. Vegas has since traded, or attempted to trade MAF, NS, and Max Pacioretty. Lehner was injured for much of last season, and thus, wasn't on the block, to my knowledge. This franchise needs a little more stability from its front office, imo.
How is 5 mil a high AAV for a #2-3 dman? Schmidt did badly in van but I suspect (may be wrong) it's because he was miscast to try to cover the defensive deficiencies of guys like Myers and Hughes which is setting him up for failure.
$5.95M AAV for an average (at best) defender and a 30-35 point scorer (in a good season). That's pretty high. When Vegas signed him, they thought he would progress to a 50+ point D.
Toffoli could have been in a Canucks Jersey rn along with Tanev
While Van has 26mill in cap space Hughes and Petterson are gonna eat a large portion along with Dickenson. Then they got to replace Holtby. So that space is gonna be gone quickly. Also you got to replace Schmidt and sure they are bringing back Schenn but okay you need a defensively minded top 4 Dman. Dont think were gonna see an improvement in Vancouver's GA.
$5.95M AAV for an average (at best) defender and a 30-35 point scorer (in a good season). That's pretty high. When Vegas signed him, they thought he would progress to a 50+ point D.
Schmidt was a good defender in Vegas https://www.google.com/search?q=nate+schmidt+rapm&client=ms-android-google&sxsrf=ALeKk01HZap6vYFcJ66cH5sJpOnZVvBtAQ%3A1627435462628&ei=xrEAYdbMJY-2tAbawKnYDA&oq=nate+schmidt+rapm&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABOgcIABCwAxANOggIABCwAxDNAkoECEEYAVDyB1iSCmDjC2gAcAB4AIABvQGIAdgDkgEDMC4zmAEAoAEByAEEwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=G6Got-f_lkjDoM
And 50 point defenseman are actually pretty rare
Schmidt was tied for 40th in defenseman scoring from 2017-2020 with 97 points. So top 2 on an NHL team
Who do they have left to sign? 2 mil for a backup goalie 6 mil for plionk.
That leaves 5 mil for 5 bottom 6 forwards. Trade Beaulieu and they have 7 mil or so. Likely have to ditch Copp but worth it
Guess we'll find out a lot tomorrow...
Slice it however you like, this team is going in the wrong direction and has to shuffle players (as you show ^ ^ ^) like deck chairs on the good ship Titanic...
Schmidt was a good defender in Vegas https://www.google.com/search?q=nate+schmidt+rapm&client=ms-android-google&sxsrf=ALeKk01HZap6vYFcJ66cH5sJpOnZVvBtAQ%3A1627435462628&ei=xrEAYdbMJY-2tAbawKnYDA&oq=nate+schmidt+rapm&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABOgcIABCwAxANOggIABCwAxDNAkoECEEYAVDyB1iSCmDjC2gAcAB4AIABvQGIAdgDkgEDMC4zmAEAoAEByAEEwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp#imgrc=G6Got-f_lkjDoM
And 50 point defenseman are actually pretty rare
Schmidt was tied for 40th in defenseman scoring from 2017-2020 with 97 points. So top 2 on an NHL team
Alec Martinez is way better and makes way less. Schmidt may be top 2 in scoring on many teams, but he's not top pair on many, if any teams.
In his three seasons in vegas he was first, first, and second in time on ice for Vegas where the team was first 3rd, and 1st in their division
ie not only was he a top pair defenseman on a contender he was number 1 defenseman 2 out of 3 years.
If Vegas thought he was so valuable then why would they ever trade him for a 3rd rounder (basically nothing)? And please don't tell me it's because they were in a cap crunch. They could've traded him to almost any team in the league. Dude is a solid 3-4 D. He's not 1-2, not even close. Teams don't trade top pair D for 3td rounders.
If Vegas thought he was so valuable then why would they ever trade him for a 3rd rounder (basically nothing)? And please don't tell me it's because they were in a cap crunch. They could've traded him to almost any team in the league. Dude is a solid 3-4 D. He's not 1-2, not even close. Teams don't trade top pair D for 3td rounders.
The answer as you know is a cap crunch. They just traded their Vezina winner for an ahler...