Can I just plagerize Alex’s capped thread?
Confident/eductaed guesses. Will only payout once. Do a poll at the end to see which the best one was and ill etransfer 5 bucks!!!
Hoffman
Barzal
DeBrusk
Gudas
Edmundson
Ullmark
Need ballpark salary caps. Please note your confidence in each pick realistically- like if youre guessing please say so...
Can I just plagerize Alex’s capped thread?
100% my best guesses, tried to find comparables where possible though.
Hoffman - 7.5-8.5M -assuming roughly a 5 year deal. Basing this on coming in somewhere between Lee and Skinner.
Barzal - 8.5-9.5 - assuming Islanders want to lock him up long term he probably compares best to Aho (with a bit of a + considering Aho seems to have taken a slight discount). With the flat cap we could easily see a 2 year bridge of around 7M like Laine, Tkachuk, Point
DeBrusk - 3-4M - Likely see a 3 or 4 year deal a la Kapanen and Johansson with the leafs
Gudas - 3-5.5M - Hard to say with the flat cap. A lower tier if physical top 4 rhd could easily find a team willing to overpay such as Myers and Jack Johnson last year. But also may be forced to take a lower salary and term option with the current market.
Edmundson - See above with Gudas
Ullmark - 2M-4.5M - Again hard to say. I'm basing this on comparables such as Binnington & Merzlikins and that this will be his 3rd post-elc deal so he'll want to start getting paid. However, with Hutton under contract for another year they may have the leverage to sign Ullmark to another bridge around 2M such as Korpisalo.
32 Team Dynasty With Cap (83.5M) - H2H Pts
Skaters: G: 4, A: 2, PPP: 1, SHP: 2, SOG: 0.5, HIT: 0.5, BLK: 0.5, FOW: 0.1, +/-: 0.5
Goalies: W: 6, SHO: 6, SV 0.25, GA: -2
Positions: 3C, 6W, 3F, 6D, 2G, 3BN, 20 Prospects
C: McTavish, Newhook, Dellandrea, Parssinen, Sillinger, Jost
W: Svechnikov, Guenther, Berggren, Krebs, Palat, Foudy
D: Weresnki, Chabot, Ekholm, Krug, Pelech, Jensen, Forbort
G: Blackwood, Ersson
Top Prospects: Smith (SJS), Savoie (BUF), Bourgault (EDM), Bourque (DAL), Perron (CAR), Korchinski (CHI), Nikishin (CAR), Jones (NYR), Cossa (DET), UPL (BUF), Daws (NJD)
A Canucks' fan site has an estimate range on Virtanen, along with comparables:
https://thecanuckway.com/2020/04/01/...next-contract/
Hoffman - $5.6M
Barzal - $7.2M
DeBrusk - $4.1M
Gudas - $2.9M
Edmundson - $2.7M
Ullmark - $1.325M
Virtanen - $1.25M
These are all my best guesses. I am not involved in the contract negotiations for any of these guys so that's the best I can give you.
I think the flat cap hurts somewhat, and the non-stars more than the stars. It's crapshoot, though.
Barzal - $8.0M Flat cap doesn't matter with the best young player in the FA class. I could see a bridge deal at less than this, but if the Isles are smart they try for term at this price.
Hoffman - $6.9M He should get less than Barzal, but he should want term, as he's pretty old. He may have to come in under 7 million to get the term he wants.
DeBrusk - $3.5M I'd expect a 2-3 year deal.
Virtanen - $3.0M I'd expect a 2-3 year deal, even though he's signed a couple of them.
Edmundson - $2.7M This is the class of player I expect to be taking a pay cut in this environment. Might not be deserved, but I think it likely.
Gudas - $2.3M Flyers retained salary to trade him for a more expensive defender. I don't think he gets a raise, although I also think Fletcher is not good at trades. Another pay cut guy.
Ullmark - $2.8M This is the minimum that ensures he's higher paid than Hutton. He's been better than Hutton, and they need goalies signed for the expansion draft. This is very dependent on them not going after another starter to replace Hutton; they could simply do that, in which case, this is likely to be a deal under 2 million.
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