RangerTheo

After 2023/2024 season, its a NTC, I suspect a modified NTC, so he can be traded, that makes the term much more bearable

So my question is how many goals are scored because he is screening the goal tender? If he is a 25- 30 goal a year guy and you can add 5-10 a year from him screening, is that worth 6-7 mil a year? 7.5? In today's NHL, I think it is. Is it the right move for us? Probably not, we don't have the cap space and he will likely want years beyond his prime.

I have a some issues with Quinn. -If we are supposed to be in a rebuild and developing the kids, then win or loose give the kids minutes and let them play. -Chytil has 8 points in 6 games in Hartford, If you believe he is your future, bring him up and let him get 2nd line center minutes. -The argument for sending Kratsov down was to give him more minutes, but he is not even playing on a top 6 line in Hartford, not surrounded by talent and not getting minutes so what was the point? I suspect he will go back to the KHL at this point and I don't blame him. -Kakko gets no look on the top line despite how he clicked there in preseason. -Staal on the top d-pairing, are you kidding me? -Line shuffling, the rate at which Quinn shuffles lines, I don't think they will ever be able to build chemistry. Last night I saw a ton of off the mark passes, is that a product of players not used to their line mates? maybe. -There does not appear to be any defensive system. We have some talent on D, we should not be as bad as we are -He can't seem to be able to get them to play a 60 minute game I started out really liking his approach with the players, but lately I dislike his handling of the team, I just don't get it. I am not on the fire him bandwagon yet, but I think its time that Gorton and or JD sit him down and say "Listen, you are supposed to be developing these kids, we dont have an expectation you make the playoffs this year, we want to see the kids play and improve"

I think they also are considering the added advantage of not burning Kravtsov's rookie year contract. I think you will see him up exactly as many games as they can under that limit.

Question, does this save us his buyout cap hit?

I hadn't noticed that, but you are correct thank you.

Exactly, I just think we have more of a need for Krieder's skill set than Namestnikov's

If we buy out Smith instead of sending him down we save a lot more, and we only get 970k in dead cap space

We currently have 8,019,391 in projected cap space Lets say Trouba gets 7 Trading Namestnikov gets you 4 regardless of the return. Sending Beleskey down saves you 800k Buying out Smith gets you $3,379,167. essentially we would acquire $970,833 in dead cap space That gives you over 9 Mil to increase Krieder by about 2-2.5 and resign Buch with space left over for other moves The following year the dead cap space from Gerardi goes down by 2.5 mil The year after that Hank, and Shatty come off the books That gives us over 17 to play with for resigning whichever kids we decide to resign and that assume the same cap which is unlikely, it will probably go up I think with a little creativity, we can retain Krieder even with the Panarin contract and still be ok to resign our young kids in the future