Jump to content
  • Join us — it's free!

    We are the premiere internet community for New York Rangers news and fan discussion. Don't wait — join the forum today!

IGNORED

Mutual Interest Between Leafs, Pietrangelo if Blues Can't Re-Sign Him


Phil

Recommended Posts

Okay. How the hell would that work?

 

6M cap space. Figure Nylander and Johnsson out (10.4M). Pietrangelo in (~9M?). Fill the gaps with the ~7.5M cap space they have left.

 

While Pietrangelo is exactly what the Leafs need, he turns 31 in January. Giving him a 7 year contract will most likely hamstring that team in a few years. Hard to see Pietrangelo not getting a 7 year offer from somewhere. Risky move.

 

They would be able to recoup some good cheap ELCs and draft picks for Nylander/Johnsson.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6M cap space. Figure Nylander and Johnsson out (10.4M). Pietrangelo in (~9M?). Fill the gaps with the ~7.5M cap space they have left.

 

While Pietrangelo is exactly what the Leafs need, he turns 31 in January. Giving him a 7 year contract will most likely hamstring that team in a few years. Hard to see Pietrangelo not getting a 7 year offer from somewhere. Risky move.

 

They would be able to recoup some good cheap ELCs and draft picks for Nylander/Johnsson.

 

Okay so instead of 4 forwards, they'll have 3 forwards and a defenseman. IMO that's still spreading the wealth way too thin.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Okay so instead of 4 forwards, they'll have 3 forwards and a defenseman. IMO that's still spreading the wealth way too thin.

 

I'd probably agree with you, but I'd rather have the 3 forwards and the defenseman if they are choosing between the two routes.

 

The safest and smartest measure is probably just to trade Nylander for a good, younger, cost-controlled defenseman.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Trade his rights.

 

They won’t get as much due to removing conditional picks, but they could probably get a 3rd round pick. Or pursue sign and trade.

 

They absolutely should.

 

And there are plenty of teams that would want both the option of an 8th year (yup, seriously) and the extra negotiating window for that price.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

He'll be 31 when they're playing again...

They absolutely should.

 

And there are plenty of teams that would want both the option of an 8th year (yup, seriously) and the extra negotiating window for that price.

I doubt GMs would fight for the right to have him at 39.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


×
×
  • Create New...