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Alfie11

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Forum: Armchair-GM38 minutes ago
Thread: Bright Future for Calgary
Tkachuk-Lindholm-Mangiapane
Pelletier-Zary-Coronato

That’s a very respectable top 6 in 3 or 4 years. Top line still in their prime, 2nd line just entering it. And it’s likely we keep Gaudreau around as well I’d say, and Dube is young, meaning we should have a good 3rd line (Coleman will still be around, probably need to find a 3C at some point). Could use a high end 1C obviously but those aren’t exactly a dime a dozen. Valimaki/Andersson/Hanifin should be a top tier, young, top 3 D as well, for years to come.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ItWasIn</b></div><div>That's a nice way of looking at things.

But I wouldn't be surprised if things turn ugly in Calgary if this season goes poorly. I could see Gaudreau asking for 8-9 mill on an extension. I'm also not convinced Tkachuk is a long-term Flame. To be honest, there's a very real reality where the Flames are forced into a rebuild in the next year or two.</div></div>
I think this year will be big for Tkachuk. Either Sutter falls in love with him or he’s a strong trade candidate next summer. I hope it’s the former, because he’s the heart and soul of the team and should be signed to a max term deal as our next captain imo. He finished the year with 6 goals in 5 games on the top line, which is a good sign for him personally and also what Sutter thinks of where he belongs in the lineup. I don’t think we can do a rebuild at this point tbh, we have too many young guys that are too good and we wouldn’t want to trade (starting with Lindholm/Tkachuk/Mangiapane in their mid-20s, but even Dube/Zary/Pelletier/Coronato would likely be too good to facilitate a proper rebuild unless we tank this year).
Forum: NHL5 hours ago
Thread: 2021 offseason talks thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>I know people nag on him for the big 4 (specifically Marner) but could anyone predict a pandemic would happen. No

Dubas has learned from that and has made good signings, draft choices, and has built a pretty good team in this cap hell era. Like lets be real this playoff loss was not on him it was on the players.

I still think there could be one more move but meh I like what's been done so far</div></div>
Yeah it bugs me when people try to pin things on Dubas. I think Marner is overpaid because he’s a playmaking winger (goal-scorers and centres both make more money because they’re more valuable) but like, he finished 4th in points. It was a solid investment. Matthews is arguably outperforming his contract, and Tavares and Nylander are both at the very least fairly paid. Dubas has then followed that up with several very savvy moves (Bunting, Kampf, Campbell, and Kase all make 1.65mil or less, and all are very key signings that will solidify their scoring depth [to an extent, not as good as Tampa’s was this year but better than anyone would have expected looking at the Leafs cap situation prior to free agency] and more importantly, their special teams, with a dedicated PK centre and a couple PP2 options). The real issue is the players not getting it done, obviously. Can’t blame Dubas for believing in guys that anyone would look at and go yeah, those guys are a good bet to believe in.
Forum: NHL6 hours ago
Thread: 2021 offseason talks thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Alfie11</b></div><div>Buyout calculator works by you picking the year and then it calculates how much AAV against the cap and actual money is owed per season (in theory it’s 2/3 of the remaining total money paid out over twice the remaining term, but front- or back-loaded deals and signing bonuses mess with the cap hits resulting in stuff like the Minnesota situation).

They signed below their QO to get term and guaranteed money. Take ABB for example. His QO I believe was a hair under $800k, but it would have been a 1-year, 2-way deal with him making significantly less in the minors. The deal he signed is 2-way for the first year ($750k NHL, $200k AHL) and then 1-way the final two years ($750k in year 2 at both levels, $775k in year 3 at both levels). So the advantage for the player is he is guaranteed at least $1.725mil over the next three years, and there’s a decent incentive for the team to keep him in the NHL in years 2 and 3 if they’re paying him all that money anyway. The advantage for the team is they have cost certainty for what they see as a promising depth player for the next few seasons, and because they are willing to give out a bit of guaranteed money, they get to keep the cap hit extremely low in return (which is more important for a strong financially, but cap-strapped team like the Lightning). It’s very similar to the Joey Anderson situation signed last year if you didn’t understand this description and want to know more (I’m sure that was covered extensively because it was the Leafs and all). And yes it’s the player’s option to take this instead of the QO but like I said, it works better for both sides in situations like this.</div></div>
Minor correction, ABB has a guaranteed $250k in year 1 as well, so he’s actually guaranteed $1.775mil total. And Raddysh’s is very similar, but with $100k AHL salary in year 1 with $125k guaranteed ($1.65mil total guaranteed).
Forum: NHL6 hours ago
Thread: 2021 offseason talks thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BulinWall</b></div><div>Hey does the buyout calculator work? How did Tampa sign Raddysh to 758k when his QO is 850k? Boris' QO is also 850k but are they somehow moving around this or is it the players' option to take a lower offer?
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Buyout calculator works by you picking the year and then it calculates how much AAV against the cap and actual money is owed per season (in theory it’s 2/3 of the remaining total money paid out over twice the remaining term, but front- or back-loaded deals and signing bonuses mess with the cap hits resulting in stuff like the Minnesota situation).

They signed below their QO to get term and guaranteed money. Take ABB for example. His QO I believe was a hair under $800k, but it would have been a 1-year, 2-way deal with him making significantly less in the minors. The deal he signed is 2-way for the first year ($750k NHL, $200k AHL) and then 1-way the final two years ($750k in year 2 at both levels, $775k in year 3 at both levels). So the advantage for the player is he is guaranteed at least $1.725mil over the next three years, and there’s a decent incentive for the team to keep him in the NHL in years 2 and 3 if they’re paying him all that money anyway. The advantage for the team is they have cost certainty for what they see as a promising depth player for the next few seasons, and because they are willing to give out a bit of guaranteed money, they get to keep the cap hit extremely low in return (which is more important for a strong financially, but cap-strapped team like the Lightning). It’s very similar to the Joey Anderson situation signed last year if you didn’t understand this description and want to know more (I’m sure that was covered extensively because it was the Leafs and all). And yes it’s the player’s option to take this instead of the QO but like I said, it works better for both sides in situations like this.
Forum: NHL9 hours ago
Thread: 2021 offseason talks thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>Update on potential Nurse extension figures

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">For the record, our projection on <a href="https://twitter.com/EvolvingHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">@EvolvingHockey</a> (signing an extension with the same team right now) comes in at $8.33M x 8 years. So it’s not *that* far off. If we re-train the model with the new contracts signed so far, $9M doesn’t seem out of the question. <a href="https://t.co/rQT5YhoU6p" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://t.co/rQT5YhoU6p</a></p>— EvolvingWild (@EvolvingWild) <a href="https://twitter.com/EvolvingWild/status/1421187616762966022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 30, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Holland will give him 10