10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
I was worried for a bit there
Oscar Klefbom is on the ice.
Klefbom may play but if he's limited, go straight into tank mode.
Lets see how much he gets overpaid.
https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status...399549955?s=19
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
So conflicted. He's easy to root for. Would love for him to stick around a couple more seasons. And you can't begrudge him getting paid. On the other hand, he's so obviously being propped up in a situation where virtually anyone would produce. And has the type of profile where any deal is bound to be regrettable the second he gets re-signed. I'm betting something in the Micheal Ferland range.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
$3 million would be below the league average cap hit so if that option is available then it's tough to say no. The only risk is the rest of the team not being set up well cap-wise so they can't afford to be wasting any dollars.
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My forecast for the season ahead puts them at roughly $75M, with mostly the same task as last off-season; rebuild the bottom-6, acquire a backup goaltender, be patient and allow bad money to expire.
Neal - McDavid - Kassian
Nuge - Draisaitl - Yamamoto
? - ? - ?
Khaira - ? - Chiasson
Nurse - Bear
Klefbom - Larsson
Jones - Bouchard
Russell - ?
Koskinen - ?
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A few assumptions in here:
Nurse and Bear combine for roughly $12M on the cap. I have Nurse at $7M (somewhere between what Trouba and Morrissey got) and hoping he comes in cheaper. Bear at $5M on a long term deal comparable to what Klefbom/Larsson got out of their ELCs. They could go bridge but Bear seems like a good one to bet on, and they have enough wiggle room to spend up on a longer deal to save more in the long run.
Kassian in at $3.5M, right around the Ferland contract.
Bouchard makes the leap. If not him then one of their other young defensemen (Lagesson, Persson, etc). I'd bet Bouchard gets incubated until Christmas before forcing his way up.
Neal can continue to offer enough to not get bought out. I think he's done enough to buy another season. He shouldn't be a top-6 guy but until we see otherwise he gets penciled in.
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This would set the Oilers up to spend a little bit more on their bottom-6. That probably means retaining some of the hits like Nygard and Haas at pricier deals (hopefully not too pricey) but could also allow them to splurge a little on depth scoring. The market isn't great and you're more liable to make mistakes there but Colorado did great in that mid-tier market where the Oilers should be shopping.
I've seen the good Bear early on, and the not so good Bear the past 4 weeks or so. The not so good has been scary.
I hope your numbers are high and they come in a lot lower than you anticipate. I haven't seen anything from Nurse that makes me feel hes worth anything more than what Provorov or Morrissey are about to make.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
Mark Spector
@SportsnetSpec
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4m
Likely range on Kassian contract: four years, with an AAV of $3.25-$3.5 million.
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
I'd rather pay $500k more and get a shorter term. Four years might be problematic. Shouldn't be as much of an issue short-term though.
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