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Kapanen Traded to Pitt

leafman101 said:
Dubas talked about accruing cap space during the season, so I doubt they keep a full 23 man roster. At least on paper for most season days. So they do currently have space to play with.

Assuming Dermott and Mikheyev sign 2-3 year deals for about $2 million, and Spezza resigns for $700k, that leaves $2.7 mill with 12 forwards, 5 dman and 2 goalies signed. Potentially closer to 3 million if they can sign Rodriguez for closer to $700k rather than Barabanov's $925.

Hyman-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Nylander
Johnsson-Kerfoot-Engvall
Robertson-Spezza-Barabanov/Rodirguez

Rielly-XXX
Muzzin-Holl
Sandin-Dermott

And you always have Marincin/Lilly that can take the last spot for $700/$863k. Actually, they have a ton of players with at least some NHL experience making $700k for the Marlies (Agostino, Petan,Brooks, Marincin, Warsofsky, Rosen), so injury call ups will never be a cap problem. That allows them to go after a Demello, Dillon, Braun type of D, or add in a trade, although I don't think they'll cap themselves out heading into the year.

But to make an impact addition they'll still need to move Johnsson or Freddy's salary. Johnsson would give them $6.2 mill. I assume by moving Freddy and signing a Griess/Khudobin/Talbot type they could save $2-3 mill or so. Either move likely creates enough for a Brodie level addition. Doing both would create $8-9 mill in cap space with the following roster:

Hyman-Matthews-Marner
Mikheyev-Tavares-Nylander
Robertson-Kerfoot-XXX
Engvall-Spezza-Barabanov/Rodriguez

Rielly-XXX
Muzzin-Holl
Sandin-Dermott

Campbell
Khudobin/Griess/Talbot
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I like it.

I still see Dermott there on the 3rd pairing with a real salary being an inefficiency that Dubas won't like - especially since at the end of the year he's gonna have to move him or expose him anyways.
 
Volcanologist said:
great player, that Mandela.
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Preston said:
Nice, thanks for calling me wise. But you literally copied everything I said and I appreciate that. You are way more eloquent than me.
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“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”
― Nelson Mandela
 
Preston said:
The man thinks very highly of himself and I love it. Wayne Gretzky of message board posters. And he puts my disjointed ESL thoughts into beautiful eloquent paragraphs. He performs a great service for us all.
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True. I hear if you can find zeke's first ever hot take on HHOF, it's worth a bundle.
 
Preston said:
Nah I just have fun calling out your bullish because you don't know how to react to it. You're not used to it.
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Heh.

Which bullshit was your latest adorably obsessive heckling of zeke calling out this morning?
 
zeke said:
Heh.

Which bullshit was your latest adorably obsessive heckling of zeke calling out this morning?
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I complimented you. Your takes were spot on and they agreed with mine entirely. Your posts were poetry compared to my garbled ESL mess. And you got defensive and fired back. I love you 😘
 
maybe you don't realize how obsessively you've been heckling me?

Probably.

But don't stop - I am flattered.
 
I said you spit fire. You dominated and I agreed with literally everything you said. This is now a heckle in zeke world.

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Preston said:
Yup. Decades of this behavior. I just happen to enjoy calling out zeke's bullshit now is all. But I am genuine when I say that he's incredible at posting on message boards. He thinks I hate him but he's my favorite by far. Skip Bayless type of entertainment.
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I'll be sad when/if he finally figures out that expected goals is bullshit. but then he'll probably pretend he was saying that from the beginning.
 
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