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Had his contract expired this offseason I'd guess he'd get picked up by a team to be a vet Bot 6 guy at under 2mil. If he were making 3mil here in Buffalo few would likely have a problem with him; he's a hard working veteran player who is a good influence on the entire team. His problem isn't his play per-say but rather his play in comparison to his contract.

Maybe he doesn't know too much due to the smaller staff size having fewer leaks?

No

More or less but I'd have him play 4LW instead of D

Would you take a some what retained Smith from NYR for our 3rd back?

Not a bad Dman and pretty cheap. Good analytics too. Maybe though you you are misinterpreting what I mean however. 1LD - 1RD 2LD - 2RD 3LD - 3RD He’s a 4,5,6 dman

If bought out, Marc Staal for a 7D I like Merril for a 2/3LD Hanifin would be my trade target for an LD (but not worth Reinhart)

I'm torn, it would depend on if he's willing to take a sub-million contract and if he falls off be waived. What's his analytics like at this point? He's a RW who's lost any semblance of speed so I'd be hesitant. That being said if not signed I'd certainly give him a tryout.

I see a guy with about 35 pts twice and one bigger goal scoring year. He scores but doesn’t assist. If Skinner plays with Eichel it won’t work just due to that.

Lazar’s Jury came back 3 years ago and gave him a 4th Line Forward decision with chance of Bot 6 Forward. He is a hard worker who I’m glad to have but unless he’s hot, I don’t want him playing anywhere above 4th line minutes.

Not fond of trading Reinhart to begin with. To add Montour in the Calgary offer is extremely good for them but not us. Bennett is a 3rd Liner who plays well in the playoffs. Hanifin and Montour are about the same. I don’t get the whole love affair for Anderson who got hurt and played awful last year. He only had 1 good prior to that.

I want Rossi, I don't really like Holtz. We don't need another one-trick pony goal scorer.

I wish I could go back in time and take control of Botts during the last offseason... What he did still makes no sense to me; granted the prior offseason was even more of a facepalm

Elvis, sure, no interest in Wennberg. Also I'd try to put Hutton in a deal for Elvis otherwise... we bury him in the minors. NO BUYOUTS

Ryan is more or less the most I can get with Calgary fans having fit. Thompson is either playing or traded and Cozens should start on the wing. I could add Thompson to the Chicago trade and drop the 2nd perhaps but that would still leave us short a RW.

Technically similar money to last time at 77mil cap but without the Fleury move we'd be at about 74mil salary. https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/1947808

Technically you are confusing Cap Hit with Salary. But oddly all my specific targets with salary savings end up almost perfectly matching Skinner's +1mil Stupid Skinner making 10mil. At the end of the day though we need at least that much to be a playoff team. I have no interest in just sticking a bunch more bandaids on the roster and watching the team start well and then break the bandage and bleed out again. For instance your team here won't make the playoffs barring Staal putting up 35 goals. The D is very weak and you bought out Hutton which is just a waste of time. If not moved for Fluery just bury him in the minors and save the cap for next year. I highly doubt Chicago trades Saad at 50% retention so cheaply. Bonino, in my opinion, isn't worth giving that much up for so he can be our 3C. Furthermore, even if Fleury were to drag the salary up into the 76mil range I'd guess the Pegulas would be fine with it since they are supposedly interested in Petrangelo because he's a good person and player which Fleury certainly is to a degree. Plus he played in Pittsburgh when they'd of been watching their games prior to buying the team. I really don't see it that way at all, an added benefit perhaps, but we arguably got the better player regardless of his age. Both are only on 1 year deals and Staal is a true center versus Johansson who is more of a winger. It would be a different story if we traded Johansson for another similar player but older and cheaper. I do agree we need some internal growth but I have zero interest in praying for Cozens, to a lesser degree Mitts, or some other future prospect can reach 2C levels after one year. I'd go full forecheck on getting Cirelli and if we can't then I'd go after Danault; if they demand an absurd cost then look at Tierney. Tierney would sort of be my beta plan after Cirelli as he'd be cheaper and more of short term 2C/later 3C type of player. Marc Staal would be a perfect depth Dman candidate if he bought out by the Rangers. A sub-million contract should suffice due to his buyout paycheck. Plus Carolina is flooded with dmen and we have his other brother.

I just don’t think Buffalo makes a good partner with Chicago. No interest in Strome, and Saad will likely have multiple suitors. We aren’t going to get real value in trading a 2nd a prospect for a year of Saad. As for Cozens I have him at RW since he’s a righty and young hence start him on the wing and let him work his way into a center role. Ideally you pair him with Staal and Kahun so even when Cozens gains enough confidence; the line can stay with the same 3 guys. Adams definitely knows how to work with the Pegulas and I don’t think his supposed low 70s salary point is a impenetrable wall. If he goes, “I’ve acquired a great young centerman in Cirelli and need 6 mil per year for his contract” I highly doubt they will scoff at it. They may be tone deaf but they do want to win.

He still wants to win and I doubt a couple million will deter him. He isn't broke, he's cost cutting. Thus if Adams tells him he needs 75mil to make a great team then I doubt he's going to say no.

I honestly don't believe the whole low 70's thing. I believe they'd like to not spend 81.5 mil + but I don't think they will handcuff Adams

Give Reinhart and Cirelli 4.5 mil each this year and make it either mid or back loaded. Waalah, you are at about 72mil

Not necessarily depending on how you structure the contracts. That team is at about 75/76mil salary

How does this look https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/369354

Hmm, I got Fleury and NJ's 3rd for Hutton. Would that be adequate?

Perry the Platypus