They don't have cap problems!!!!
- Jsaquella

What were the Cap problems that stopped them from re-signing Carle?

its also the culture of Canadian hockey in general to look down on anyone that speaks out or self promotes.
- twotoekenn

The sport loves to punish brash non-conformists... PK Subban, Mike Ribeiro, Ray Emery, Josh Ho Sang, Evander Kane, etc.

Bill
Whats up with Jacob De Serres?

What were the Cap problems that stopped them from re-signing Carle?
- MJL

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=44847

These are the two names I can't seem to shake myself.
- SuperSchennBros

If we can't move Vinny I would go with this if I could be gm. I know it shows over cap but once Pronger is LTIR then it is compliant.




CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Evander Kane ($5.250m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Michael Raffl ($1.100m) / Vincent Lecavalier ($4.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
R.J. Umberger ($4.600m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Matt Read ($3.625m)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ($0.600m) / Scott Laughton ($0.863m) / Blair Jones ($0.600m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($2.000m) / Zach Bogosian ($5.143m)
Mark Streit ($5.250m) / Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m)
Mark Alt ($0.782m) / Andrew MacDonald ($5.000m)
Chris Pronger ($4.941m) / Nick Schultz ($1.250m)
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Ray Emery ($1.000m)
BUYOUTS
Daniel Briere ($0.000m)
Ilya Bryzgalov ($0.000m)
BONUS OVERAGE
$345,000
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $69,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $73,449,286; BONUSES: $1,830,833
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): -$4,449,286

Banking on and succeeding at doing so, are vastly different birds.

Let's look back at that summer, shall we? Suter was widely expected to end up with Minnesota. It wasn't like "Suter's ex-girlfriend lives in Minneosta and she's been calling him lately" but a pretty well known situation where Suter and Parise both wanted to play in Minnesota.

As for Weber, he was a RFA. For all the wonderful aspects of that, only TWO RFA hit with an offer sheet have left their original teams. One was Chris Gratton, the other was Dustin Penner. Both were disappointments and neither was a franchise type player.

Just because the Flyers were pursuing those guys, the reality is, they were not very likely to land either.

I mean, I'm pursuing financial independence and being able to spend my days fishing and drinking beer....but it's not likely to happen.
- Jsaquella

That has nothing to do with the length of Carle's contract. They decided to pursue 2 different guys at that time. Had they kept Carle, they likely would have locked him up, and had he hit UFA this year, he'd likely be getting $6M for 6 years.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=44847
- Tomahawk

Never happened. All heresay.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=44847
- Tomahawk

Did you even read it? Cap issues did not stop the Flyers from re-signing Matt Carle. They obviously couldn't come to an agreement during the season, and the Flyers went ahead and re-upped Grossmann. And one thing about tagging space, you can always creat some when needed.

Thanks, Bill, love reading about the Flyers blue line prospects.

Is Pitbull Pettersson playing for the Phantoms this coming season?

If we can't move Vinny I would go with this if I could be gm. I know it shows over cap but once Pronger is LTIR then it is compliant.




CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Evander Kane ($5.250m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Michael Raffl ($1.100m) / Vincent Lecavalier ($4.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
R.J. Umberger ($4.600m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Matt Read ($3.625m)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ($0.600m) / Scott Laughton ($0.863m) / Blair Jones ($0.600m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($2.000m) / Zach Bogosian ($5.143m)
Mark Streit ($5.250m) / Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m)
Mark Alt ($0.782m) / Andrew MacDonald ($5.000m)
Chris Pronger ($4.941m) / Nick Schultz ($1.250m)
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Ray Emery ($1.000m)
BUYOUTS
Daniel Briere ($0.000m)
Ilya Bryzgalov ($0.000m)
BONUS OVERAGE
$345,000
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $69,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $73,449,286; BONUSES: $1,830,833
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): -$4,449,286
- J35Bacher

They'd have to waive and demote Rinaldo coming out of camp.

If they can't move VL, I would re-sign Hall, waive Rosehill and go with the following:

Schenn-G-Jake
Raffl-VL-Read
Umberger-Couturier-Simmonds
PEB-Hall-Rinaldo or Akeson

Thoughts?
- BiggE

The only change I would make would be switch Read and Umberger. Read/Couturier/Simmonds would be the 2nd line, Raffl/Vinny/Umberger would be the 3rd line. I think Couturier with those wingers and more ice time would start to blossom offensively. Vinny still gets two 2-way wingers, and less responsibility in Berube's system while remaining a centre.

its also the culture of Canadian hockey in general to look down on anyone that speaks out or self promotes.
- twotoekenn

Ever lived in Canada? First hand knowledge would help back a statement like this up.

Opens up a nice spot on the 4th line for VL
- PhillySportsGuy

They might also be thinking about playing Raffl as the 4C.

They'd have to waive and demote Rinaldo coming out of camp.
- MJL

Yes. That's correct.

The sport loves to punish brash non-conformists... PK Subban, Mike Ribeiro, Ray Emery, Josh Ho Sang, Evander Kane, etc.
- Tomahawk

Granted it was a 30 second interview, but during the draft, Ho sang didn't seem to be a bad kid.

And one thing about tagging space, you can always creat some when needed.
- MJL

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- Tomahawk

Nope, not hard to do.

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- Tomahawk

Just put Giroux on waivers.

Just put Giroux on waivers.
- jmatchett383

And Coburn. Shake things up a bit...that's how you get things done.

I really hope this Vinny thing gets taken care of soon. The more I think about it the more I want this team ready to go once camp begins. I think if he is still around he will be a pro but the media will question it every day about the trade rumors and stuff.

Just put Giroux on waivers.
- jmatchett383

- Tomahawk

Well, I mean...you COULD, right?

I really hope this Vinny thing gets taken care of soon. The more I think about it the more I want this team ready to go once camp begins. I think if he is still around he will be a pro but the media will question it every day about the trade rumors and stuff.
- J35Bacher

I'm tired of talking about it. The horse died 2 months ago, let him RIP

Ouch:

http://www.ontheforecheck...nt-need-vincent-lecavlier

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- Tomahawk

memories of Michel Larocque