Quoting: hanson493
so i mean if you think about it cap wise. forbort has a 10 team no trade this year, 8 team no trade next year and 3 team no trade in his last year. pretty movable next year or year after he is a decent pk guy a big body who i think is a little more built for playoff hockey than regular season hockey but we will see i guess, i think you cant really move reilly right now for much value, but i think he is easily easily replaceable and should be easily moveable (puck moving dman signed relatively cheap...), foligno just buy him out next year. dont even bother keeping him around for pk veteran presence, hes just not worth the 3.8m cap hit, could be spent alot better and theres a 1.8m cap savings as a june 15th buyout.. just take the hit and move on. wagner and moore both have a year left on their deals. depending on if they raise the vet min, wagners cap could almost be fully cut out from the nhl altogether moving him isnt that big of a deal or a priority, if he thinks he can stick on an nhl roster his money is minimal enough to move him. moore is a decent depth dman but should be moved on from at the end of the year, whether they retain on him and send him somewhere similar to backes, or a buyout saves 1.5m there thats not a bad option either. they dont really have to pay to move these guys unless they push all in this year. then guys like moore/debrusk/reilly have to be moved as most guys are going to be making a decent amount.
i dont think you move coyle regardless of his cap hit long term when cap goes up he will be fine. it only looks worse right now because of flat cap but in a few years 3rd liners will be making 4-5m anyways. hes one of those performs better in the playoffs because he can actually throw his body around without being penalized so much. that 3rd line currently has some beef to i and i think if they can keep scoring will be a nightmare to match up against because all 3 guys are physical.
Forbort shouldn’t be an issue to move I agree, and also agree I hope he will be a much bigger influence in the playoffs
I agree Reilly also should fetch a small return no problem, both these guys are capable too 4 Dmen on decent cap terms.
Foligno should be traded not bought out, IF POSSIBLE obviously, I do get it if it’s the only way, but I dont mind paying a little to move him out. The NTC could make that a little more difficult for sure. But hopefully they could find a team that is fairly young that could use a little veteran leadership cause he is very good at that or a rebuilding team that has the space to soak up his contract for last year.
Moore I think could be moved no problem, I would think a team with roster space could take him, give him everyday NHL duties again and POSSIBLY flip him at next years TDL as playoff depth dman with little retention easy enough, depending on how his play was next year. Or just pay small fee for team with space to take him, shouldn’t be very expensive at all, 1 year at 1.6 buried in the minors, I would think a 4th would be enough
Wags really doesn’t matter, so just let him be, unless like you said he still thinks he’s capable of full time nhl duties and a team is willing to give him 4th line minutes then by all means let him go play some hockey
And then I agree with the rest, like I said up top, Coyle is not a bad player at all, he’s a very useful tool just making a tad bit to much IMO, but I do totally agree that he shines in the playoffs so hopefully that proves true again this year and justifies him.
I would also assume he’ll have a couple good games here after being called out by Butch after OT mishap last game, so hopefully that kicks him in the right direction also. And with that 3rd line, I agree, it’s plenty capable of matching up against anyone else’s in the league, the way they’re playing right now and is as classic of a checking line as it gets really
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