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Lancebmx

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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 16 at 6:19 p.m.
Thread: Buying Campbell Out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lancebmx</b></div><div>I'm pretty sure it does if they don't have the cap space to cover it this season. Not totally sure how it all works and I bet you might know more than I about it. {<strong>Ha, ha, you bet wrong.</strong>} All I know is if a player that was injured for majority of the season or out for whatever reason signs a contract with a bonus like that, it can carry over to next season if they don't have the cap for this season. I think age is the other factor hence the Bergeron or Krejci bonus overages. So I believe his 3.225M bonus will be carried over, especially if they use that bit of cap space you mentioned earlier to add this season.
All that might make the idea of trading Campbell a bit more enticing over buying him out.
Also I think they need to make a decision on Kulak after this season as his cap hit is a bit high for a third pairing guy, not that he isn't worth it. They really need to try and find bargains this offseason. With their lack of drafted talent, makes it even more difficult.</div></div>
Thanks for alerting me to this issue. One possibility is that the Edmonton GM is smart enough to create enough cap space through a trade or two to swallow the bonus this year. More likely is that the bonus does carry over and thus would of course affect my $12 million + cap space figure. But I think, as I suspect you do too, that the buyout strategy is superior to a disadvantageous trade which would also restrict their ability to make other additions to the roster.

Thanks again for pointing this out! :cheers
Forum: Mock-DraftOct. 17, 2023 at 7:41 a.m.
Thread: Corey Pronman redraft
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Lancebmx</b></div><div>He is technically bigger than Korchinski going by weight lol. I think he's going to be a stud, I haven't got to watch him though. Are they taking their time with him i expect?</div></div>

Yes, so far. Last year, they eased him. At first, they worked him into PK situations and he eventually became their top PK dman. They didn’t get him into power play until very end (final few games) and was still PP2. By playoffs, he was getting too minutes all around. His even-strength scoring surpassed any of the recent teenagers in AHL (including Jiricek) and his defensive metrics were solid. He and Walsh were only blueliners with 60% GF% throughout season.

This year, he starts as top-pair in Utica (AHL) and likely gets a call-up at some point this year, even if it’s for 9 games or less.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 8, 2023 at 9:50 a.m.
Thread: WHAT EVERY CANADAIN TEAM SHOULD DO JETS EDTION
That is not a good trade for Detroit despite it making them better in the short run.

With the way our RD is looking and the time it takes before our prospects fix that it doesn't help to have three years of Connor. The roster would be unbalanced, both when it comes to positions as well as with timing.

Detroit is going to be good when we get all our prospects up to speed in about three to four years time. Trading our best prospects and picks for players that won't be here when that happens is not a strategy that works.

The best strategy for Detroit is to keep the current strategy of drafting well and filling out the roster with UFAs until such time that we have our long term core in place. That means waiting until ASP, Kasper, Mazur, Edvinsson, Johansson, Danielson, Raymond, Söderblom and the rest of the kids are fully established in the NHL. Only then is it time to start making any major moves.

If we were to make trades like this one now then we would get Connor who would leave (or price himself out) before ASP and Danielson have played a single game and Morrissey would be on the wrong side of 30 (as opposed to Edvinsson being 23 and just getting into his best years). We would also miss out on a 1st round pick for two years. We would be a better team right now but not a good one because the trade doesn't fix our biggest problems and we'd be a much worse team in five years time because of what we gave up.