MisstheWhalers
Joined: Jan. 2019
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Buying out Gally and Andy to sign Reinhart to that awful contract would be insanity, you're just adding another future buyout, no chance Reinhart lives up to an $11M deal.
That Monahan contract is pretty risky too.
Can't say I get to watch a lot of Habs games but I would think both of these guys could still be effective with the right centers in the right roles on the right line which is 3rd or 4th line and yes I realize that's typically too much cap hit for a bottom sixer BUT if they make up an effective bottom six then so be it.
Also if you have some kid on an ELC elsewhere in the forward group who's contributing for cheap then it kind of offsets the guys who aren't totally living up to their cap hits, thats the way I look at it anyway.
Are Gally and Andy really blocking Sean Farrel from getting ice time? Can't imagine they're the same kind of players and coaches are always going to want grinders in grinders roles, smallish skilled prospects trying to cut their teeth in a 3rd/4th line role rarely goes well for that prospect.
The Habs have cap space and guys coming off the books in a year or two, I think a team is better off to hold off on a buyout to shorten the years of dead cap.
Ultimately I wish there were more bad cap swaps like the
Lucic/Neal swap... 😆