I believe the condition is that it becomes an unprotected 2024 first round pick if it’s a top 12 pick in 2023. That’s great because I can see the Isles being a bottom 5 team soon.
Now trade Bert. Other UFAs are Suter, Sundqvist, and Hagg. Oesterle and Psysk are on IR. Erne and Ned are in the minors. Also, looking at our cap friendly we're still on the hook for 1.055m for Abdelkader for 3 more years. Fuck you, Kenny. Also, we finally get off from Frans Nielsen and Richard Panik's hits after this year. And at least we're reducing the Abby hit from 2.3m this year to that new 1.055 number.
Ottawa definitely has mover solidly ahead of Detroit after todays events. Buffalo might come back down to earth next season, but they are better than us as well.
If next year we run out (lines moreso to designate roster spots than actual line combos) Vrana - Larkin - Raymond Fabbri-Copp-Perron Berggren-Ras-Zadina Kubalik-Veleno-Soderblom Walman-Seider Chariot-Edvinsson Maata-____ Husso ______ I think we'd have close to $30 mill for a defenseman, backup goalie, a scoring top line forward or top 6 at least and to bring back Veleno.
Also Yzerman runs the tightest shop. I didn't even see a rumor of that trade until the team announced it
Wingers usually fetch lesser returns but at this point Bertuzzi is probably the best player available that is actively being shopped.
Edvinsson is in the lineup for GR tonight. That doesn’t mean he won’t debut tomorrow, but it feels like it it’s less likely.
What is a Wing friendly contract that you would accept for Bert if Steve were to try to re-sign? I've been team trade him since COVID. But idk what the market is for him at this point. And then the follow up, what do you think he's going to ask for? DeToxRox
Bert is such an unknown at this point between his injuries and everything. I don't know what a good return would be for him nor know what his contract next year would look like. He may want a one year prove it contract instead of signing long term after one of his worst seasons
I imagine Bertuzzi wants term and Yzerman won’t give it to him. I would say a compromise would be something like 5X5 maybe?
I agree but that’s probably the compromise number. I just don’t see either side willing to compromise.
He's coming off a 2yr 9.5mil deal. Just turned 28. He probably wants something like a Hyman deal at the least, 7x5.5. And that's at the low end of AAV.
After the Hronek trade I’m now thinking we make 2-3 more deals. Bertuzzi seems like a given, but you never know. I think one of Vrana/Zadina are traded and then Sundqvist, but Suter could also go.
I think Pius is a valuable guy, still relatively young, doesn't turn 27 until May. But I don't think I want to pay him the 4+ mil that he's probably going to want. Trade him if you can.
Updating how things look headed into next season. Roster Locks - our Core 1. Larkin 2. Seider 3. Raymond 4. Berggren 5. Walman 6. Rasmussen 7. Veleno 8. Husso Likely Locks - Our core (are they ready?) 9. Edvinsson 10. Soderblom Locks (until the TDL) 11. Kubalik 12. Perron Locks - the Vets 13. Fabbri 14. Maata 15. Copp Locks - Dreaming of a buyout 16. Chiarot Here today, likely gone tomorrow 17. Vrana 18. Zadina 19. Lindstrom Let’s talk next TDL 20. Kasper 21. Johansson 22. Mazur 23. Wallinder Rasmussen - Larkin - Raymond Fabbri - Copp - Berggren Kubalik - ??? - Perron Soderblom - Veleno - ??? ??? Walman - Seider Edvinsson - Maata Chiarot - ??? ??? ??? Husso ??? I could see Kasper and Johansson debuting next season, but we will definitely be adding in FA. That concerns me to some extent, but such is life.
They'll definitely hit FA, but I highly doubt they use all their picks...I think trades happen too. Now for the nhl to finally give us lottery luck and Bedard...
To show why the rebuild is taking so long, here are the Holland players left in the organization: Larkin Rasmussen Veleno Berggren Lindstrom Zadina
Well by Pistons beat writers logic the rebuild didn't really start until this year because they just got bad contracts off block
We retained 50% on Bertuzzi’s contract, so we have one more contract we can retain on for this season. I imagine we do that if we trade Vrana, Sundqvist or Suter.
Boston pick is top 10 protected. I could see Boston falling off next year if Bergeron retires but even then they won’t be a top ten type team. I could see that still falling between 11-20.