Edited Jul. 31, 2023 at 5:39 p.m.
Batherson + Brannstrom + 1st is too much for my liking, even with that retention.... Batherson's contract is way too important.
I love EK but age and injuries makes it very risky.
The only move I could see with 5.5 retention would be for (in order of assets value) :
1st round pick
Erik Brannstrom (2.0 then RFA)
2nd round pick
Lassi Thomson (ELC)
Egor Sokolov (RFA)
Mathieu Joseph (2.95 x 3 years then UFA)
Travis Hamonic (1.1 then UFA)
Quoting: Snowhawk18
Hawks decline, a 2nd is not enough to absorb the remaining three seasons of Joseph’s contract.
Do you think Joseph is a FULL 2.95 cap dump or something?
Hawks paid 2nd + 4th to take Zaitsev at 4.5 who was much closer to a full dump
Joseph had a down season but still paced for 26 pts and he had 30 ES + PK points in 69 games the year before, all that while being very responsible defensively and excellent on the PK. He's not the big cap dump CF has orchestrated