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FlyerFrank
ParticipantThe Flyers will try to keep Zegras under 10M but that may be tough.
If that’s a 7 year deal, I’d jump on that. Assuming cap increases $10M a year:
$10,000,000 $104,000,000 9.62%
$10,000,000 $114,000,000 8.77%
$10,000,000 $124,000,000 8.06%
$10,000,000 $134,000,000 7.46%
$10,000,000 $144,000,000 6.94%
$10,000,000 $154,000,000 6.49%
$10,000,000 $164,000,000 6.10%FlyerFrank
Participant“Zegras, for example, isn’t going to get anything like $12 million AAV. The question is whether Philly can keep it closer to $9 million than to $10 million.”
The comp will be Hischier’s recent deal. $11,700,000 cap hit starting NEXT year for 4 years. That’ll be a small bit over 10% of the cap to start. Hichier is a solid .9+ PPG guy, is a top notch two way and faceoff guy and is Jersey’s captain. Zegras isn’t as good as Hischier but he is just heading into his 25 YO season and has an upside. Even if Zegras doesn’t improve at all from his current production, he’s a .8+ PPG guy. He’s a solid 7.5% against the cap guy in my view.
FlyerFrank
Participantgo flyers. this current group aint going anywhere even with a couple tweaks. road to nowhere
Which teams are going somewhere? Have you been watching or just running the same old idiocy through the recycle machine? As always, you grossly overestimate the rest of the league.
FlyerFrank
ParticipantI’m glad the deal fell through. All I could see was that contract handcuffing the team for the next 5 years. It took almost a decade to get out from under all the bad contracts this team had.
That’s how Danny structured the deal: Take this year’s entire cap increase plus all the dead cap money (Hayes-Atkinson) that’s now available and throw it at Carlsson. I have no problem letting the current group, with a couple tweaks, keep going. 1C and 1D are wants at this stage.
FlyerFrank
ParticipantPercentage of likely cap for Carlsson over length of deal. It’s a lot for one guy, even one that likely solves your 1C problem for at least a half decade. Gonna be tight too.
17.31%
15.79%
14.52%
13.43%
12.50%FlyerFrank
ParticipantSoko may not be the 2nd coming of Chris Pronger, but it will be nice to have a big Dman that can be paired up with one of our smaller stick handling Dmen.
If he’s close to the second coming of Zadorov, I’ll be happy.
FlyerFrank
ParticipantBriere solved the most pressing need with Woll and added some edge on the blueline with Benoit without losing anything. Hopefully, Andrae gets a better kick at the can in TOR. Flyers don’t have any gaping holes but don’t have the depth developed yet for a 1C who can win faceoffs package. Seeing too many people clamoring for inadequate solutions there. Do it once, get the real deal, whoever that proves to be. Still like the idea of them getting Carlson as a UFA at no cost except cap space. Not the end of the world if they don’t. As of now, only FLA, TOR, WSH and the Flyers have actually improved their rosters in the East.
FlyerFrank
ParticipantI don’t think they simply run it back. Danny knows this is still a bubble team if they do that. He’ll want to take the next step forward which is a more solid playoff team if not an actual contender to win the East yet.
That’s was I’m so intrigued by the idea of getting Carlson as a UFA. You just have to pay him. Of course, he has to like the offer too. Briere doesn’t seem like the kind of manager who’ll just shuffle deck chairs and make deals just for the sake of it. The Flyers have a couple big items on their wish list, which are pretty much the same wishes for every team in the league. What the Flyers have is young players who might grant those wishes. There’s always the chance they’ll grab a veteran depth guy or even sign back one of their own UFAs. But they might wait until a hole develops and move then.
FlyerFrank
ParticipantI wouldn’t be surprised if they just run it back with basically the same roster for this upcoming season. You will have Martone for the full year and maybe Bonk and/or Jiricek replace someone in the top 6.
Looks likely unless an opportunity comes their way. Once they get all the RFAs signed, they have a full roster of NHL players with extras. Briere has shown a preference for filling needs internally. If you’re a Flyer today, you will get a fair shot at stepping up before they look around and see what’s out there. The 1C and another top pair D should be on the wish list but aren’t essential at this point. Intrigued by Carlson on D. Anyone moving a 1C is or should be rebuilding and will want a proven younger pro center back. Flyers don’t have that yet. Teams will keep an eye on Jett and the two Jacks. If all goes well, Jett pushes a PPG in LHV this year. If he’s closer to a .5 PPG, that’s very bad news. A lot can change in season too. Fully half the roster was different from opening night to the last playoff game.
FlyerFrank
ParticipantDon’t doubt the veracity but even off the record, nobody is going to dump on a player. EDM is a dumpster fire though. They need 2 forwards, 2 D and a goalie just to fill the roster let alone compete and only $15-17M or so in cap space. If/when they trade Nurse, they need 3 D. They’re a mess but, if they did retain millions a year, they’d have to get a Dman in return and no one is sending a package for him.
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