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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 30, 2023 at 7:49 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 22, 2023 at 5:17 p.m.
Thread: Hedman new contract
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wrestlingfan5</b></div><div>So he’ll be 34 and look at kris letang? Nobody really gave that contract to much crap</div></div>

Letang took a paycut from his previous contract though, everyone kind of understood that the term was the cost of doing business on that one. You're giving Hedman a raise and also giving him a ton of term.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wrestlingfan5</b></div><div>But yes, probably honestly won’t sign for 6 years, I’m more looking at AAV.</div></div>

The two are inherently tied though. He could take a Letang contract and make less than his current AAV for a long term. Or he could take a short term contract and probably get a mild raise, assuming he doesn't fall off a cliff. If you're looking at an 8.5 AAV, you're probably looking at a 1-2 year contract. And honestly, that would be smarter than the Letang thing if you care about your team beyond 2026. The Penguins are living and dying for the next three years and then entering a rebuild, and that's why everyone was like "yeah the Letang contract makes sense for this team's situation", because who care what the last three years of Letang's deal look like if the team is rebuilding?

Is Tampa planning on following the same path? Given the contracts they just handed out to Sergachev, Cernak, Cirelli and (to a lesser extent) Point, I would think probably not. They're planning to continue being at least vaguely competitive for the rest of the decade.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 11, 2023 at 11:50 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2023 at 8:36 p.m.
Thread: Signing killorn and trading colton for picks
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wrestlingfan5</b></div><div>Agreed, I’m just playing around with different scenarios. I did just post another team. Under keeping colton &amp; cole. Let me know what you think on if we kept everyone but killorn.</div></div>

I've done the same thing. Posted a few Tampa rosters. I did one where I tried keeping both Colton and Killorn and the best I could come up with was 2.5 mil AAV for both of them and that's on a 21 man roster. I think I had Jeannot making around 1.65 mil. Then Perry and Nedelkjovic at 775k. Schenn at 850k. Bogosian as the 7D. Eyssimont as 4C.

But no one believed Killorn would take a 2 mil paycut. He's apparently making McDavid money as a UFA. 🤭

An exaggeration but you get my "Point."😉
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 12, 2018 at 8:32 p.m.
Thread: 2020 if salary cap goes up to 815
Hey <a href="/users/Wrestlingfan5" target="_blank">@Wrestlingfan5</a>, great job making a roster that is 2 yrs out, that is hard to do. Just wanted to add a few point. Like <a href="/users/Random2152" target="_blank">@Random2152</a> said, the cap should go up next yr do to normal league growth in $ and b/c of the MGM Grand betting deal. Also the yr after should go up a lot more b/c of Seattle's buy in. No one knows the numbers but $84-$86M is my guess.

Seattle expansion should be happening on the yr you made so they are gonna get one of our players. It is also Tyler Johnson's home state so some fans have speculated Johnny will wave his NTC to go there. I hope not. Also the yr you did is the yr Killorn's contract goes to a modified NTC so my guess is Killorn is who will go to Seattle and if not, he will get traded to make room for all the Syracuse guys coming up.

So Vasy, I love Vasy and I think he is in the upper bracket of goalies in the world however, i would never sign a goalie for that long. 5 yrs max for a goalie. Look at the Marc Audre Fleury contract... that contract is prefect! I hope we get Vasy around that.

Lastly the Dman, that is the biggest wild card to trying to make a Lightning team 2 yrs out. man who knows who will be here (other than Heddy and McD which is a lock.) Got think a trade for a D will happen at some point. Foote is not ready and may not pan out, other than Cernak, the cupboard is bear in Syracuse. I just wanna say if Coburn, Girard and maybe ever Starls is here in 2 yrs we will be in trouble. That group is aging and the league is getting younger and faster.

Anyways again great job and I really enjoy seeing what other fans of the bolts think will happen in the future :) Go Bolts