I’m not sure they’re going to carry 23 players, which means probably 2 will be gone.One of those guys listed above will not be on the opening night NHL roster. Still waiting to find out who....
I’m not sure they’re going to carry 23 players, which means probably 2 will be gone.One of those guys listed above will not be on the opening night NHL roster. Still waiting to find out who....
I believe that is correct, the reverse retro jerseys have not yet been released but you would think those two open games would cover that for the upcoming season. Six different jerseys by one team in a season must be a record.Surely, the 2 tbd dates will be some sort of reverse retro jersey?
Yeah, teams generally eake out another home game in their outdoor game threads just to goose sales.And 2 games for the Stadium Series jersey? And 8 road games in black.
And if they do put Patches on LTIR, they can bring him back when he’s ready without having to deal with a cap issue, correct? Since he was included in the ACSL?OK, so the general feeling seems to be that the Canes will LTIR Pacioretty now, so they can use the extra space to bring Martinook back and sign Stepan to a one year deal, but will keep the 8 defensemen on the roster. Rees and Kootchie would go to Chicago and Drury would stay there. That buys them until Patches is ready to come back (looking like January) to settle the defensive surplus. It would also give them effective cap flexibility for recalls in the meantime.
I guess ... who knows? There's a game tomorrow so somebody better do something unless they plan on a 4th line of Rees centering Noesen and Kase, which is not a thing that happened for a single second in camp.
That's right* ... so long as they create enough space to fit in his prorated cap hit when they go to add him to the active roster. You couldn't practically use all of his $7 million hit, but it would allow you to, for example, carry Bear's contract for a couple of months while you find a trade partner for the guy without giving him away for free.And if they do put Patches on LTIR, they can bring him back when he’s ready without having to deal with a cap issue, correct? Since he was included in the ACSL?
Pretty strong signal that the roster speculation above is accurate. Again, there's a game tomorrow so Roddy's not out there practicing a group that won't be available on game day.Today’s lines. Stepan is practicing but as of now, he has not been signed.
Teravainen - Aho - Jarvis
Svechnikov - Kotkaniemi - Necas
Stastny - Staal - Fast
Noesen - Stepan - Kase
Slavin - Burns
Skjei - Pesce
de Haan - Chatfield
Bear - Coghlan
You can't move Gardiner. Without his LTIR, you'd have to slice $4 million out of the AAV pot. That would be significantly difficult. With Pacioretty, it's easier because you're only using him to cover the over-run on defense. Move Bear and that issue is solved ... presuming they don't get greedy with it and do something Vegas would do.If you kick the can down the road for now with Max on LTIR, is it realistic to think that by then when Patches is close to returning you have managed to trade away Ethan Bear and perhaps with a sweetener or two, you could find a new home for Martinook and/or Gardiner as well? It just seems like a good chunk of cap space...when Patches eventually returns sometime in the New Year to clear off the roster.