It'll be tight.Pop Zeus wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:38 pm Rasmussen - signed.
How does it look on CapFriendly?
FORWARDS (13)
Right Wing: Lucas Raymond ($6,000,000) - Daniel Sprong ($3,600,000) - Patrick Kane ($5,000,000) - Christian Fischer ($1,500,000) - Craig Smith ($1,000,000)
Centre: Dylan Larkin ($8,700,000) - Andrew Copp ($5,625,000) - J.T. Compher ($5,100,000) - Joseph Veleno ($1,600,000)
Left Wing: Robby Fabbri ($4,000,000) - Michael Rasmussen ($3,200,000) - Alex DeBrincat ($7,875,000) - Jonatan Berggren ($1,000,000)
I bought out Kostin, who doesn't seem like he's in the plans. Raymond gets $6M.
Berggren-Mazur-Soderblom battle it out for a spot. Berggren faces waivers if he doesn't make it.
Perron not signed. I try to chisel Kane back to $4M and Sprong back to $3.2 instead of $3.6M.
DEFENSE (7)
Right: Moritz Seider ($9,000,000) - Justin Holl ($3,400,000) - Olli Määttä ($3,000,000)
Left: Jake Walman ($3,400,000) - Ben Chiarot ($4,750,000) - Simon Edvinsson ($894,167) - Albert Johansson ($850,000)
Seider gets $9M
Petry bought out. On second thought, maybe Holl should be bought out. Only one year of Petry remaining anyway.
GOALTENDER (2)
Alex Lyon ($900,000) - Ville Husso ($4,750,000)
Same. Need a veteran/AHL/NHL 3rd stringer.
BUYOUTS (4)
Justin Abdelkader ($1,055,556) - Kailer Yamamoto ($533,334) - Klim Kostin ($166,667) - Jeff Petry ($1,593,750)
Can we have this many buyouts?
DETAILS
Roster Size: 22
Salary Cap: $88,500,000
Cap Hit: $88,493,474
Cap Space: $6,526
We're missing one guy here.
Meh.
Yzerplan. Max out the cap for a rebuilding team that's not that young and isn't very good.
If Sprong hits 45-50 again, he'll want 5M+.
One option is to buy out Fabbri. He's got only 1 year left, but a buyout will save around 3M. Put that money into Sprong, who's a more consistent scorer and is more durable.
I see Kane leaving, simply because he probably wants to win another cup. I think he's using Detroit as a springboard to pad his stats and land on a good team.
I think Kostin remains -- he's cheap.
Hope Fischer returns.
Berggren should be a full-timer.
That leaves two forward spots open. I think one will go to a cheap rookie. Either Kasper or Danielson.
The second one will be a UFA.