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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 16, 2019 at 12:27 p.m.
Thread: Flames Fans
I think if Hamonic signs for 5 x $4.5M then he'll have taken a discount to remain a Flame. His comparables (30 year old UFA defensive defensemen) received between 6-7% of the cap, so that would equate to an ask between 4.9 to 5.7 M per season. Personally I wouldn't go any higher than $4.75M on a 5 year term as rugged defenders like himself typically break down earlier than smooth skating puck movers so the last couple years of a 5 year deal could have him slotting in on the bottom pairing.

I would prefer to sign Andersson to a long term deal like Nashville did with Josi and Ellis coming out of their ELC's, but the player may not go for that. If we could get him for a bit of an overpay now, then the back half of such a deal could be a good bargain and hopefully allow us to keep both Tkachuk and Gaudreau around long term in three years time.
Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 9, 2019 at 11:16 a.m.
Thread: Keep Neal and dont get Lucic
Neal has looked great so far, but there was about a month of 0.5 PPG play out of Neal last year where we felt like he was turning it around. If he's still scoring by US Thanksgiving then we can look back on the deal as a disaster. I was worried about Neal bouncing back when the trade was announced, but as other posters have mentioned it wouldn't have happened here due to him being a poor fit in our top 6 and the player not having any drive whatsoever when he was playing on the third line. Lucic has brought some of the snarl the Flames were missing at least and the room seems to like him. When Neal's not scoring he looks like a beer leaguer floating around out there. Perhaps over the course of a long season the swap looks better from a Calgary perspective.
Forum: NHL SigningsOct. 4, 2019 at 12:12 p.m.
Thread: St. Louis Blues signed Brayden Schenn (8 Years / $6,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Danny12357</b></div><div>The buyout would cost just over $3.5M in year one, $3.8M in year two then just under $1.4M a year for two years. His salary dips, but it will cost assets to move if his play falls off completely. More and more teams are pressing toward the ceiling each year, with fewer teams having big amounts of cap space, assuming it will be easy to offload him later shouldn't be something that makes the deal seem reasonable.

Also, I am not sure why so many people feel this AAV is such a steal. What would be his fair market value on a reasonable term? $7M x 4 years? I am not saying there wouldn't be a GM that lost his mind and did more than that, but it doesn't make the player worth it. If this is the cost for this player, the Blues should have let him walk.</div></div>

That's true this season, but my reasoning is that the new TV deal and expansion will boost the cap a fair bit, leading to more of the budget teams being near the floor. I'm not saying it's a great deal as I don't like the term, but I think that was the compromise for the team to get the AAV down a bit while they are a contending team.

I already thought the AAV for 6 would be closer to $7.5M (about 9% of cap). For a four year deal my guess is that the ask is close to $8M AAV (about 10% of cap).