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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 11, 2020 at 6:51 p.m.
Thread: Barzal Offer Sheet
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawkisles</b></div><div>While it’s technically possible for the Rangers to force their division rival to sign their guy to a bad contract, there’s a reason most GMs don’t do stuff like this. Once one person does it, everyone will do it. You guys just got Lafreniere. Between now and the end of his ELC, you’ll have to sign Kravtzov, Kaako, Buchnevich, Shesterkin, Fox and Miller’s contracts, all with Kreider, Panarin and Trouba in the books. Can you fit all those guys in? I’d say yes, but if NYR normalizes bad faith offer sheets, expevt a team like NJD to offer sheet you guys when you’re cap strapped. This sort of thing hasn’t been normalized yet. Maybe it will some day, maybe even this offseason. But there’s a reason why it hasn’t yet.</div></div>

Haha, I agree. I was just told by a buddy of mine to look into the Barzal situation with the Isles and I got carried away, that's really all this is to me. I don't think this is something that'll be done.

As for fitting those contracts in, I think the Rangers are going to be fine in terms of signings. After next year Hank, Staal and Smith come off the books which frees up 35mil, I think the Rangers get everyone signed (if they don't do something like sign Barzal lol) for well under.

Would be a weird situation if forcing hand offer sheets became normalized, huh...
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 11, 2020 at 1:03 p.m.
Thread: Barzal Offer Sheet
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hawkisles</b></div><div>Isles are expected to shed cap this offseason. Leddy is almost certain to get traded, Komarov is likely to get traded, and Lou is also going to put at least one of our eternally injured vets (Boychuk, Ladd, Komarov) on LTIR. The Isles still have to do a lot to ahed cap, yes, but expect them to have done all that by the time an offer sheet comes in. It’s also worth noting that teams can go way over the cap during the offseason. Lou could sign Barzal to a 10x8 kind of deal on the first day he could, and then worry about clearing the cap space later.</div></div>

Agreed with all of this, but I think its a win / win for NYR if they sheet him. Either they get him and have a stacked top 9 or they force the Isles to sweat a bit. They have to move a LOT of pieces around not only for this year but for next. That's where they're in trouble. Sorokin, Dal Colle, Pelech, and Beauvillier all expire next year too. Going to be interesting to see how Lou does it.