2023 Off-Season Thread

[MillionDollarCam]

Echoing the sentiment that I don’t want DeBrincat. Good player but we have enough small players.

[Harbingers]

6 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

He might stick but if he doesn’t play consistently then the Canes need to find a spot for him to play this year.

It would not be helpful for him to just sit in the press box.

Rees or Pono?

[MillionDollarCam]

18 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Rees or Pono?

Pono, I don’t want him to just sit in the press box. If he makes the team he needs to play consistently, or at least rotate with Drury.

[Harbingers]

11 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Pono, I don’t want him to just sit in the press box. If he makes the team he needs to play consistently, or at least rotate with Drury.

I want him in on 4 for the first half of the season at least. 

[Anybodyhome]

13 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Pono, I don’t want him to just sit in the press box. If he makes the team he needs to play consistently, or at least rotate with Drury.

Speaking of Drury, what's the word on him? Haven't heard much since word got out he asked to be traded.

[MillionDollarCam]

20 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Speaking of Drury, what's the word on him? Haven't heard much since word got out he asked to be traded.

Also haven’t heard anything on that front either. I’m open to moving him in the right package for a forward.

[Harbingers]

21 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Speaking of Drury, what's the word on him? Haven't heard much since word got out he asked to be traded.

Seems once he got the slot he chilled out.

[DavidEng]

1 hour ago, Rocky Davis said:

I don't think Mendel counts against the cap because he's on a two way.  I think he's just an AHL body and secondary insurance.

He counts according to CapFriendly. His cap is listed and they dropped Canes available cap from ~2.8 mil to a little over $2 mil to account for his cap hit. I’m no expert just what I saw there.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/hurricanes

[MillionDollarCam]

16 minutes ago, DavidEng said:

He counts according to CapFriendly. His cap is listed and they dropped Canes available cap from ~2.8 mil to a little over $2 mil to account for his cap hit. I’m no expert just what I saw there.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/hurricanes

Yeah capfriendly is good with the numbers but they don’t know exactly who and who won’t make the team.

Mendel, Rees, Ponomarev, and Suzuki all have two-way’s meaning they can be sent down without counting toward the cap and all are waiver exempt.

Kochetkov is the only question mark not on an ELC and while he is waiver exempt and can be sent down, we get hit with a buried penalty if we do send him down.

Edited July 3, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[MillionDollarCam]

Just a quick explanation cause I’m bored.

- A player under 25 must sign an ELC Two-Way contract as their first NHL contract. The number of years of the contract is determined by the players age. Mendel is 24 so his ELC is only one year. The Two-Way contract allows Carolina to transfer him down to Chicag… I mean wherever, without any repercussions regarding the salary cap.

- Waiver exemption is a little different and a player can be waiver exempt even if they aren’t on their ELC anymore. It’s tough to explain and the best thing to do is to just use the waiver calculator. As mentioned above, Kochetkov is waiver exempt but if we send him down we still get hit with a percentage of his cap because he’s no longer on a two-way.

For anyone interested, here’s the waiver calculator.

https://www.capfriendly.com/waivers-calculator/pyotr-kochetkov

Edited July 3, 2023 by MillionDollarCam

[DavidEng]

7 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Just a quick explanation cause I’m bored.

- A player under 25 must sign an ELC Two-Way contract as their first NHL contract. The number of years of the contract is determined by the players age. Mendel is 24 so his ELC is only one year. The Two-Way contract allows Carolina to transfer him down to Chicag… I mean wherever, without any repercussions regarding the salary cap.

- Waiver exemption is a little different and a player can be waiver exempt even if they aren’t on their ELC anymore. It’s tough to explain and the best thing to do is to just use the waiver calculator. As mentioned above, Kochetkov is waiver exempt but if we send him down we still get hit with a percentage of his cap because he’s no longer on a two-way.

For anyone interested, here’s the waiver calculator.

https://www.capfriendly.com/waivers-calculator/pyotr-kochetkov

Thanks for the education and link.

[Anybodyhome]

I see Ethan Bear remains unsigned. I hope someone gives him a shot. Will likely never be a top 4, but he could definitely fill a 3rd pair spot.

He's a good guy- wish him the best.

[MillionDollarCam]

54 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

I see Ethan Bear remains unsigned. I hope someone gives him a shot. Will likely never be a top 4, but he could definitely fill a 3rd pair spot.

He's a good guy- wish him the best.

He’s probably not getting signed right now. He got injured in the world championships and had to have shoulder surgery. He probably won’t be able to play until December at the earliest.

Someone may add him after he’s healthy.

[DavidEng]

So what I’m reading seems to indicate Tarasenko signing wasn’t a done deal yesterday. If it was we would have had confirmation by now or at least other sources confirming. Talk of Ottawa if they can move deBrinkat. Could be what’s slowing down his decision. Supposedly agent was talking to six teams at one point.

A “sounds like” tweet is not a confirmation. I’m waiting for that. 

https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/amp/nhl_rumors_vladimir_tarasenko_and_john_gibson/s1_17076_38985732

 

Edited July 4, 2023 by DavidEng