Ossi Vaananen Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoosh Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Fine. Still looking for that Karlsson to Vancouver trade tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Brutal. Too much term and $. Another free agency with no vision of the future. Id rather not sign anyone, than be stuck with these players for 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Stamkos Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Don’t mind the players but wow those are bad contracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Ya, i'm conflicted. Jacked that we're signing guys on July 1, but both deals seem over-payments. Maybe Schaller as well to completely re-vamp the 4th line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70seven Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Increase to the salary cap has a huge effect on UFAs. They demand more, and clubs have more to spend... Clearly it was a priority for management to get a veteran depth C, and some agatating into the lineup.... but holy hell... we just spent over 6M on 4th line players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Bo, Brock, Sven Sutter, Goldy, Eriksson Gagner, Leipsic, Granlund Beagle, Roussel, Virtanen Pettersson, Guance, Gaudette, Motte, Dowd Dahlen, Palmu, Jasek, etc, TOO MANY PEOPLE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon.Duck Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, 70seven said: Increase to the salary cap has a huge effect on UFAs. They demand more, and clubs have more to spend... Clearly it was a priority for management to get a veteran depth C, and some agatating into the lineup.... but holy hell... we just spent over 6M on 4th line players. Agree. People are still thinking in 2011 dollars half the time. As the cap increases incrementally, the bargaining power of the players increase. Think of it like an inflationary raise. A great 4th liner could’ve been had for 2 mil or less before, now not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naslundfan921 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Deal isn't terrible perhaps a year too long on both Beagle and Roussel but that's the price of Free Agency. Leadership in guiding the young guys will be essential as well as having some grit. Also a lot of our forwards need some time to marinate. This affords them some time despite some fans insisting we should throw them in the fire when they are not ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I guess this will now be the going rate for 4th liners? Sad and scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Leipsec - Pettersson - Eriksson Goldobin - Sutter - Virtanen Roussel - Beagle - Granlund Gaunce, Gagner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 With the cap up and what this guy can bring there's nothing wrong with the contract at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ossi Vaananen said: Baertschi - Horvat - Boeser Leipsec - Pettersson - Eriksson Goldobin - Gagner - Virtanen Roussel - Beagle - Gaudette Gaunce, Granlund Where is Brendan "Foundational Player" Sutter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Just now, Hugor Hill said: Where is Brendan "Foundational Player" Sutter? edited it seconds after you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon.Duck Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 4 minutes ago, RRypien37 said: I guess this will now be the going rate for 4th liners? Sad and scary. I mean if the top players went from getting $6M to $8M to $10M to $12M why shouldn’t 4th liners that have worked hard get a consummate raise? not sad, just economics. The term tho, that’s a bit rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Just now, Ossi Vaananen said: edited it seconds after you posted. We gotta frigging trade Gagner, for a 4th rounder if we have to, if for no other reason but to push a prospect up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldoescobar Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Wow with these contacts maybe Tanev is worth a top 5 pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 42 minutes ago, Ossi Vaananen said: We have tons of cap space, it is the term would much rather it be switched to 3x4 and 3x 4.25, but it is what it is There can't possibly be a NMC in these deals. We must cruise for Hughes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brobidus Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Jay Beagle was apparently a great leader and motivator in the locker room for the Caps and essentially an elite 4th liner. The term is long, but even in this case, 3million is nothing special, we can just bury him in the minors worst case scenario like we did Higgins. My question now is if this means that Gaunce and Gaudette may get sent back down to Utica. It would improve our center depth immensely, give us a bunch of guys to call up too. Beagle is rather tenacious though. I don't see him out on injuries often. This also opens up a possibility to trade one of Gaunce, Goldobin, Granlund or Gagner. (wow that's a lot of G's...) Our kids are gonna be safe guys. Good times are coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugor Hill Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, Brobidus said: Jay Beagle was apparently a great leader and motivator in the locker room for the Caps and essentially an elite 4th liner. The term is long, but even in this case, 3million is nothing special, we can just bury him in the minors worst case scenario like we did Higgins. My question now is if this means that Gaunce and Gaudette may get sent back down to Utica. It would improve our center depth immensely, give us a bunch of guys to call up too. Beagle is rather tenacious though. I don't see him out on injuries often. This also opens up a possibility to trade one of Gaunce, Goldobin, Granlund or Gagner. (wow that's a lot of G's...)Our kids are gonna be safe guys. Good times are coming. #MakeNHLSafeAgain #StrongerTogether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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