Quoting: Aussie_Blackhawk
Your going to have to explain how his QO is only $840k?
You laugh at CHI fans and then do exactly what you mock us for... You think Kubalik is no good and then you think Kapanen is all of a sudden a golden gem. The reality is both have been down this year. Kubalik is on a poor team and Kapanen on a playoff team. those are the facts.
I can't quite make sense of what your trying to achieve here. But sure he can come back if your going to be letting guys walk or moving that Zucker deal.
I honestly think they would like to move both Zucker and Kapanen. You can beg to differ but will give you the most flexibility.
What do you think Rodrigues will get on his next deal?
simply click the calculator tab and look at Qualifying offer and put in Kap. It will not only show you the number but if you look at it you can see why.
CHI made horrible deals. Players took the GM to the cleaners, there is no debate on that. They should have made his money bonus and not salary. They didn't and now his QO is horrible.
As for Kap, it's hard to argue his situation is "bad" You take out 1 stretch of 10 games in Pit here, and he's got like 20 goals in 82 games. For 3.2 mil per, what exactly did you expect for a guy with little PP time and most of that time as garbage 2nd unit time?
I think people wanted him to be a 40 goal scorer, those people are nuts.
Kap will be back next year most likely, it's not his cap number that will determine that as they won't end up paying him an arm and a leg. At most he'll get what he already got, he might even come back cheaper, that is an option depending on arbitration. If he's moved it's because they needed to move him for another option or arbitration ruined the relationship. Which COULD be a case, but that's true for any player, and usually does for most players.
As for ERod, I can't imagine him getting more than 2Mil from a team. Hopefully it's not PIT. Let someone else make that mistake. I've seen enough of him over the years to simply not like his game.
His role on PIT is literally 12th skater. Everyone else has a more defined role on the team.