Based off Waddell's track record, and more recently DeAngelo, I'm going to disagree. Unless he's worth 10m after next season (I do suspect he will have another career year as he did the last time he was in a contract year), I don't see CAR acquiring him without a prior extension. Need to also consider that he could also accept another QO at 10m the following year and become a free agent, but also they would be paying him 10m in real dollars this year and the next, and possible the one after that if he just keeps accepting his QO.

Anyways, I would still like to hear your mock trade for Meier with or without an extension if you have the time and desire. SJ doesn't really have much cap either but perhaps they can take on 7m (Necas extension+1 year rental cap dump).

Waddell has a track record of not paying 28-30 year olds big dollars over 7-8 years. yes. That is driven by Eric Tulsky's age and performance correlation analysis. That is how he got started in the league, btw. TDA wasnt worth paying top 4 dollars for when he was a PP specialist. He couldnt be trusted in defensive situations even with Slavin covering his rear end. The first couple of reports out of Philly were how they were going to try to hide him in 5v5 play. You just paid a guy 5 mil per and then have to hide him on the 3rd pairing?!?! super smart.

As you have seen, if a young to mid 20s star becomes available we are typically in the final 3.

I dont know what SJsask would be. They want strictly futures do they want to compete? If it is a future package: Necas, Drury, and 2023 1st. We would probably have to throw in Gardiner to make the money work this year. If they are looking futures only type package, I dont see that mattering since they arent trying to win now. With an extension, throw in Heimosalmi or Nishikin (their choice) and a 2024 2nd if Gardiner doesnt play 15+ games this season.

Now that I look at it DeAngelo is turning 27, so what you said in terms of the age category seems to add up.

Based off Burns still deciding to move on after Grier told him about the direction of the team, SJ seems to be moving in the direction of a full-tear down rebuild similar to CHI expect not as aggressive especially with the Karlsson and Vlasic contracts, and forwards signed to long-term deals. Grier doesn't seem like he wants to force anyone out, unlike Davidson. I could see them moving on from Meier if they can get a good return for him.

I think Necas+Drury+2023 1st+Gardiner should work unless they are looking for a massive overpay.

I added this in my previous post about DeAngelo

TDA wasnt worth paying top 4 dollars for when he was a PP specialist. He couldnt be trusted in defensive situations even with Slavin covering his rear end. The first couple of reports out of Philly were how they were going to try to hide him in 5v5 play. You just paid a guy 5 mil per and then have to hide him on the 3rd pairing?!?! super smart.

It wasn’t about age but his overall play wasn’t worth 5 million

Phi is paying Ristolainen 5.5m and it wasnt even like he had a career year in terms of production if I recall correctly when they signed him to that. It's like they wanted to prove that they didn't give up a ton of assets for nothing. So, can't really be surprised with what they are doing over their. I feel sorry for Hart, if there's a goalie I want traded out of a bad team, it's him. They never seem to be able to treat their goaltenders right in terms of development or keeping them around even when they were a better team. Maybe, a Hart+JVR for Bobrovsky (with 3m retained)+futures trade.

Philly is going to be mediocre for a long time and its going to be painful to get out of it.

We stick to our guns on contract evaluation even if it was a 26 year old .75 ppg defender. It has helped us acquire assets for very little in return.