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Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 27, 2023 at 11:43 p.m.
Thread: Ottawa Senators signed Vladimir Tarasenko (1 Year / $5,000,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheRealisticGuy</b></div><div>Who goes now ?
Someone not healthy ?</div></div>

The team currently has a 20 player roster that costs about 82.6M.

Pinto is a 10.2(c) RFA. He has no real leverage. His only leverage is to sit out, which would be idiotic. He has a single pro season under his belt due to past injuries. It isn't outlandish for a 10.2(c) RFA to sign for very little, it just doesn't happen often because teams value buying up term as early as possible.

Pinto could sign 1 year at about 900k, and the Senators would be compliant with a 21 player roster. Sokolov will get 775k-975k if he signs. If he makes the roster, they send down whoever he beat out, and they become compliant.

<strong>There are four possible scenarios:</strong>
1 - The team intends to use a 21 player roster to start the season, Pinto signs a 1 year deal.
2 - Norris or Forsberg have had a set back, will start on LTIR. (Seems unlikely given that this Tarasenko thing has been in the works for a while)
3 - Batherson is suspended due to the Hockey Canada stuff, and it will come out tomorrow (Friday is when bad news gets dropped). Dorion likely knew this was coming, but couldn't sign his replacement until it was a sure thing because he would not be able to get the team into compliance if something changed at the last hour.
4 - The Senators intend to trade someone. No one really makes sense. Maybe flip Brannstrom for a cheaper veteran pro who can fit the bottom pair better. They were tied to Dumba all last season, and he is still a free agent. Maybe Brannstrom (2M AAV) somewhere for a 4th to 7th round pick, and then Dumba signed to a 1 year contract in the low 1M range. That would free up enough to dress a 22nd player.
Forum: NHL SigningsJan. 16, 2023 at 5:14 p.m.
Thread: Minnesota Wild signed Matthew Boldy (7 Years / $7,000,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>worldwidesensei</b></div><div>People on CapFriendly are all over the place. Tage scores 38 goals in a season and people don't think he deserves $7.14mm/year. Boldy scores 27 career goals and they think this is a good deal.

In a vacuum, I think this is a good deal, but MIN has some serious cap issues in the next couple years. Surprised they went this big with Boldy already. Not due to talent, just purely due to their cap situation.</div></div>

By age 21, Tage Thompson had played 106 games and recorded 21 points. Boldy is currently at 89 games with 68 points at age 21. When Tage signed his deal there was a lot of skepticism that he would reproduce the season he just had considering his previous track record. It's not that people are "all over the place", it's that people often vote in context at the time of a signing.