Alex Wennenberg becomes an option but he will want term...
Or do we drop KK to that spot and get a top six center who can provide more offense? I am not sure KK is ready for it.
Whether he stays or goes, Price was never going to finish out his contract. LTIR is everyone's exit strategy.
But if the Habs do pull this off, kudos to them.
If Price goes, it will be better for the team ultimately. However it doesn't mean we wont be gutted from it or that short term there will be growing pains.
Seeing that protected list, I have this nagging feeling that Allen still ends being a Kraken at the end of it.
They take Price but flip him back with retention for assets including Allen. It's an easy get for Francis. He gets his guy + multiple assets but costs himself a few million on the...
That's not what I said (bolded part).
Never saw Harvey but he could have never done what Chelios did through the 80s, 90s, and 2000's in a 21 and 24 team league.
All these teams tying themselves up with long dead cap space.
Where is that Mr Burns "Excellent" picture?
We should rape Tampa for Mcdonough and Killorn.
Totally predictable, just like the last two years of the Price and Gallagher contracts (one of the reasons why I never got so bent about the Gally deal). I see a scenario where in 25-26, the team has the Weber, Price and Gally on LTIR for $24.85 million ($14.5 actual dollars).
Man I loved Weber...
Some of our current FA's will be retained (Lehk, Armia (possibly), Danault, Perry). These guys would chew up about $10-$11 million.
In general though I agree with the premise of what you said. We were two players away from being a repeat contender with cap space for one going into the off...
The goalie carousel in the league is too unpredictable so I am just assuming Allen is not taken by Seattle.
If we go with 4-4-1
That leaves open:
Drouin (No way he is taken)
Evans
Lehkonen
Byron
Kulak
Fleury
And all the UFA's (no one will be taken from that list)
My choice would be Lehkonen...
I can't believe anyone would want to dump Chiarot after the post injury run he just had. It's not pretty with him but ask any team if they would take him. I would actually extend him tis off season to align with Edmondson's contract/
He has to... In the exit interviews what do you think Weber and Price and Gallagher will tell him?
This is an expansion draft year. Players will be available and looking at the numbers we have some cap space (and maybe more if Drouin ends up on Robidas Island)).
For us to get back to the...