Sam Carchidi, a Philly beat writer, mused about the possibility of the Flyers going out and trying to sign both Suter and Parise come July 1st. While he even admits it would be a feat to sign one of the players, he also poses how it could potentially be done where each fit under the cap (depending on their salary demands) withint the organization.
If the cap moves to 69 million like Homer thinks it will, we put Pronger back on LTIR, don't sign Carle or Jagr, and send Shelley to the minors...
We resign Voracek for one year at 3.25, land Suter for 6.5 a year cap hit and Parise for 6.7 a year cap hit. Holmgren would easily front load the contracts as he has in the past to make sure these guys got pay days.
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FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jakub Voracek ($3.250m)
Zach Parise ($6.700m) / Danny Briere ($6.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($1.750m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Matt Read ($0.900m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m) / Sean Couturier ($1.375m) / Maxime Talbot ($1.750m)
DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Ryan Suter ($6.500m)
Braydon Coburn ($4.500m) / Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m)
Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Andreas Lilja ($0.738m)
GOALTENDERS
Ilya Bryzgalov ($5.667m)
Sergei Bobrovsky ($1.750m)
CAP SPACE (20-man roster):- $2,102,500
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Notice a negative balance. That is erased if Schenn is sent down for game 1 as his bonuses are ridiculous; both in how they're set up and the amount earned.
And if Holmgren wasn't comfortable being this tight against the cap, I'm sure he could make trades to free up some money. (JVR, Voracek, Bobrovsky...)
Clearly this is a pipe dream, but isn't that what the offseason is for?
Last edited by Straight Chillin; May 22, 2012 at 11:44 PM.
The Untouchables Cup.
C: Crosby, Giroux, J. Staal, Statsny, Desharnais
RW: Voracek, B. Ryan, Brown, Gallagher
LW: Parise, Landeskog, Lucic, van Riemsdyk
D: Suter, Edler, Carlson, Girardi, Hamhuis, Giordano
G: Rask, Luongo, Halak
Categories:
G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP,
SHP, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK
W, SV, SV%, GAA, SHO
10 Team Roto Limited Keeper
3C, 3RW, 3LW, 2W, 1F, 6D, 2G, 3BN