Nikishin Go Boom
Russian Bulldozer Consultent
- Jul 31, 2017
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I wouldIt's certainly going to be an interesting offseason this year with a lot of new RFA contracts, guys that are pending FAs, question marks.
Jarvis MUST be resigned
Necas either has to be resigned or find a good trade for him (shouldn't be too hard)
Obviously we're probably losing 2 of Skjei, Pesce, Chatty (Chatty should be priority bc he'll be cheapest and fits incredibly well with us)
Guentz is currently a total question mark, probably depends on what he's asking for, how playoffs go, what happens with Necas
Do we keep Turbo or move on from him? Who do you replace him with
What is Nookie worth to keep around a couple more years?
There's the 2C question...Kuzy hasn't been it, KK was at the start of the season but has struggled since, and Drury isn't really there yet...we basically have 4x 3Cs. There are some pending UFA guys who could fill that 2C role, but then you probably have to get rid of 2 of the other guys we have signed.
Probably need 1-2 depth d-men to mentor Morrow or fill in if he's not NHL ready yet.
And then there's planning for the future after Burns is gone, assuming we re-sign Slavin, our defense is barren after next year.
There are a LOT of questions this offseason, and the team COULD look very similar with just a few differences/changes, or DRASTICALLY different with all the potential moving parts. And I know we're not generally a big UFA hotspot, but there are a lot of intriguing UFAs coming up (though some will re-sign with their current team I'm sure)
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Go the bratt route with Jarvis. Give him a 1 year 5 million deal to see if he repeats this performance then go 8 years.
Necas: i try and find a replacement. Super talented but a ghost in the playoffs. I think we could swing a good deal with Utah as they will be looking for marketable players. Or we give him a 1 year deal and punt to next season.
Drury: it better be cheap. Im cool with trading him and going league minimum on the 4C (Pono would have been perfect)
Kuzy: needs to go
Kk: probably should go. One of our better playoff guys so far.
2C: options are Jarvis, seeing if Vegas needs to move karlsson with their cap issues, or ride the frustrating Kuzy train.
Martinook will stay
We’ll need to find cheap depth at the wings as Turbo isn’t coming back
Defense shouldn’t be too bad. Plenty of lefty all defense guys who can play with Morrow.
JG: anything over 8 million aav on a 7+ year deal is too much. The majority of this contract is declining production years. If someone wants to give him a 70+ million, be my guest.