Quoting: marc
Hm, interesting ideas but still not a contender.
1. Your cap raise would be fine, but I think the cap will be around $74 million.
2. The Vegas "draft" would be nice but I think, Vegas won´t do this one.
3. Markov for one more year is ok, but only between $5 and $5.25 million
4. The Radulov signing is extremly high, I accept the length of the contract but at least $1 million cheaper. I personally would prefer a 4 year deal between $5.75 and $6.25 million.
5. The Beaulieu deal is ok.
6. I´m not sure, if Galchenyuk would sign this contract. 6 for 6 would be signed but I believe, he will request about $6.5 for your 8 year contract.
The problems are that the Habs still won´t have a real top 2 LHD (I´m not sure, if Jordie Benn really can play top D pairing minutes), another top 6 center and a second line left winger.
1) Fine - I just put whatever. Doesn't change anything.
2) If they don't take this they'd be pretty ignorant. Their best option other wise would be Davidson and this deal would not only help them replace what Davidson would give them next year but give them a solid prospect and a second rounder for nothing. If MTL was like Anaheim and had a bunch of good players exposed, then yeah maybe not but Vegas won't have very much to choose form with MTL so I couldn't fathom them not taking this. Emelin for all his misfortune is still an NHL regular type player with only one year left. Not much risk there.
3) Fine. That's pretty much what he'd get I just over estimated for the sake of over estimating.
4) What happens when he says ok thanks but no thanks and leaves? So now we don't have Radulov and we don't have any good players capable of replacing his offense unless we can get Oshie but I doubt it. People keep mentioning its too much or this or that but honestly, Radulov has all the power here. MTL can't afford to lose him and can't afford to sign him for what he's going to get on the free agent market. This deal would allow us to keep him for the years that he'll still be effective and not be a burden on the team when he's 35 and can't skate anymore. How much are really losing here? 1-2M max? Consider it the Parenteau buyout money being put to a good cause.
5) Yup.
6) I gave you comparables marc. How does he get more then all those guys who have produced more then he has? It doesn't make any sense. He has nothing to prove he's worth more then those guys, only enough to porve he's roughly in their range. The only centres who have got 6.5M for more than 5 years are guys like Kopitar, Toews, Stamkos, etc. Galchenyuk can ask for it if he wants but even he knows he would never get that.