Quoting: Kyle_Davidson
Hawks are not taking that cap dump for a late second.
Quoting: realKyleDavidson
Make it a first and I'll accept
Ah yes. & that’s what everyone on this stupid site said about moving Ritchie’s contract & looked how that turned out..
Mrazek is a serviceable NHL goalie (whether idiots on here wanna admit that or not doesn’t change it). He’s struggled this season - but when you look at his career this is a trend. Good season followed by a bad one then followed by a good one and so on. He’s not a starting goalie but he’s a tandem option. His contract is actually not that bad. $3.8M cap hit with $4.2M in actually cash owed in each of the next 2 seasons. But it’s a contract structure that’s similar to Ritchie’s and can easily be bought out for much cheaper - if bought out this summer it turns to a $1.03M, $833K, $1.43M, $1.43M over the next 4 seasons. & if bought out after next season, it’s only the last 2 on that list that account for the cap. On top of that, Chicago is desperate for a goalie for next season and they’ve already had interest in him at the deadline so the fit is there. Worst case, they add him and take a chance on him while they rebuild, they could easily restore his value and move him for other assets or they keep him for a year and if not liked that much they can buy him out at a very cheap cost.
Bottom line, it’s absolutely not going to cost a 1st round pick to move Mrazek if that’s the path Toronto chooses to go. Just because you don’t like him as a fan, doesn’t mean that a team has to severely overpay to do something. There’s value to him, he played better after the deadline. Take things for what they are instead of just your bias fan opinion.