Bahl's first point! Congrats to him
- vlongo4419

And another good play from Zacha. Zacha-Bratt remains a match.

Zacha juicing his point totals so we can trade him in the draft.

And another good play from Zacha. Zacha-Bratt remains a match.
- MartysBetter88

Like what Hischier brings to that line too. Just need to figure out Jack's line and we have a nice 4 line attack.

My vote..
Foote-Hughes-Sharangovich
Zacha-Hischier-Bratt
Johnsson-Mercer/Boqvist-Kuokkanen
Wood-McLeod-Bastian

Let Holtz marinate. Perhaps playing Holtz with Clarke or Mercer for a season in the A before coming up. But again.. we only have so much room in the middle. Can Clarke play wing? Mercer seems to be killing it at center.

We may really not bring in any UFA forward. Even if we keep Foote and Mercer out, they’ll be ready the following year.. so then what? Just Johnsson will be coming out.

Sheeee is special

My vote..
Foote-Hughes-Sharangovich
Zacha-Hischier-Bratt
Johnsson-Mercer/Boqvist-Kuokkanen
Wood-McLeod-Bastian

Let Holtz marinate. Perhaps playing Holtz with Clarke or Mercer for a season in the A before coming up. But again.. we only have so much room in the middle. Can Clarke play wing? Mercer seems to be killing it at center.

We may really not bring in any UFA forward. Even if we keep Foote and Mercer out, they’ll be ready the following year.. so then what? Just Johnsson will be coming out.
- MartysBetter88

Clarke is a right winger, yes. Mercer plays both C and RW

What more can you say about Jack. Just makes the goal all by himself there. You love to see it.

What more can you say about Jack. Just makes the goal all by himself there. You love to see it.
- Pomegrant

Yea that was almost as pretty as Erika.

Still waiting on Hischier. I know he’s still coming back from being out, but I need to see 60pts next season from our 7.25mil captain.

My vote..
Foote-Hughes-Sharangovich
Zacha-Hischier-Bratt
Johnsson-Mercer/Boqvist-Kuokkanen
Wood-McLeod-Bastian

Let Holtz marinate. Perhaps playing Holtz with Clarke or Mercer for a season in the A before coming up. But again.. we only have so much room in the middle. Can Clarke play wing? Mercer seems to be killing it at center.

We may really not bring in any UFA forward. Even if we keep Foote and Mercer out, they’ll be ready the following year.. so then what? Just Johnsson will be coming out.
- MartysBetter88

I wonder if we'll throw an offer sheet or two around. Perfect time for one to work and their age would fit our timeline better.

I wonder if we'll throw an offer sheet or two around. Perfect time for one to work and their age would fit our timeline better.
- rmdevil313

I would love to, but i highly doubt it happens. Definitely the perfect time to do it with the flat cap and a bunch of teams being very tight, and we have all the cap in the world. Some very intriguing RFAs that are offer sheet eligible and depending on the player, the pick compensation is worth giving up.

But again, it won't happen. The one last year from Montreal for Aho was a complete joke

I really want this team to try to go get a true top line type of tplayer this offseason whether its through free agency(Hamilton), trade(M Tkachuk, Boeser), or offer sheet(Pettersson, Makar, Svech, Garland, ect). We gotta atleast try. Take advantage of teams tight to the cap, having expansion issues, or just having a fallout and want to make changes like a Calgary. This is the year to do it

You only really want to offer sheet when your team is really good because then the draft picks you're losing wouldn't be that great anyway. We could be giving people some really good picks so it just doesn't make a lot of sense from our side to speed up our time line to right now. We're still years out of being a serious contender so these picks matter a lot still.

Still waiting on Hischier. I know he’s still coming back from being out, but I need to see 60pts next season from our 7.25mil captain.
- MartysBetter88

Nico has been really good once he got his skating legs back under him. His conditioning was terrible with the broken leg, into covid, into the broken sinus. No reason to think that next year Nico isn't going to be the player we know he is.

Yea that was almost as pretty as Erika.

Still waiting on Hischier. I know he’s still coming back from being out, but I need to see 60pts next season from our 7.25mil captain.
- MartysBetter88

I know its a very small sample size this year and pretty much a washed season for Nico with everything that has happened to him, but hes scoring at a 30 goal pace this year. Pretty good for a guy who has been in and out of the lineup with some serious injuries/covid and playing a lot of games just trying to shake the rust off.

Where does Philly go from here? Add a dman? Their roster isn’t terrible. They just suck.

Where does Philly go from here? Add a dman? Their roster isn’t terrible. They just suck.
- MartysBetter88

I don't think AV is that great of a coach to start. Also their goaltending is horrible. Hart had a really bad season and Elliot is not a good backup either. They definitely need to upgrade on defense but they aren't going to get any elite talent in FA so they'll probably have to trade for it which means they have to lose something in return.

You only really want to offer sheet when your team is really good because then the draft picks you're losing wouldn't be that great anyway. We could be giving people some really good picks so it just doesn't make a lot of sense from our side to speed up our time line to right now. We're still years out of being a serious contender so these picks matter a lot still.
- Pomegrant

Unless we're going after Makar or Petterson, we wouldn't be giving up multiple 1st though. We can go up to 4.3 for only a second, 6.5 for a 1st and a 3rd. THose numbers could be high enough where they can't match, and if we're getting a legit top 6 F or top 4 D, it might be worth the 1st.

Unless we're going after Makar or Petterson, we wouldn't be giving up multiple 1st though. We can go up to 4.3 for only a second, 6.5 for a 1st and a 3rd. THose numbers could be high enough where they can't match, and if we're getting a legit top 6 F or top 4 D, it might be worth the 1st.
- rmdevil313

I see where you're coming from but flat cap won't be as big of a deal with expansion draft. What players are even in the 4.3 range that are worth it?

Poor Maltsev has had a rough night

I see where you're coming from but flat cap won't be as big of a deal with expansion draft. What players are even in the 4.3 range that are worth it?
- Pomegrant

I would need to check which players are RFAs in that range, but it depends on what teams are tight to the cap then slightly overpaying a player on that team to where they cant match it. Just an example, but you can offer sheet Cal Foote the 4.3M, which would be a 2nd round pick compensation, and Tampa would have a real hard time matching that. Obviously its an overpay, but hes worth it for a 2nd round pick imo. Another player could be Conor Garland in Arizona. Its been rumored that the Coyotes dont want to pay him a big contract(that he has earned) and you can try to steal him from Arizona just because their owners are very cheap and dont want to pay up. You'd need to dig into things like that

I would need to check which players are RFAs in that range, but it depends on what teams are tight to the cap then slightly overpaying a player on that team to where they cant match it. Just an example, but you can offer sheet Cal Foote the 4.3M, which would be a 2nd round pick compensation, and Tampa would have a real hard time matching that. Obviously its an overpay, but hes worth it for a 2nd round pick imo. You'd need to dig into things like that
- vlongo4419

Another problem is that once you give one of these guys a big contract the next one you give them you have to tender a qualifying offer which is +10% (if I remember correctly) on top of that too.

I just think there is a lot of risk involved here where you can get weighed down by a big contract that you have to give up something back for.

Another problem is that once you give one of these guys a big contract the next one you give them you have to tender a qualifying offer which is +10% (if I remember correctly) on top of that too.

I just think there is a lot of risk involved here where you can get weighed down by a big contract that you have to give up something back for.
- Pomegrant

I guess that depends if you think the player will continue to improve and get better and if they're worth it, and Cal Foote would 100% be worth it imo. I think its absolutely worth it for this team to dip into the offer sheet game this offseason and try to steal a player from somebody. But again, this is all for nothing though because offer sheets are a myth, they dont exist.

This team will be a bubble team next year, especially if they make the right moves and improve the roster.

I see where you're coming from but flat cap won't be as big of a deal with expansion draft. What players are even in the 4.3 range that are worth it?
- Pomegrant

Expansion draft could ruin it, but the Isles are in a decent amount of cap trouble and I think Beauvillier and Pelech could both be good fits. Svechnikov and Fiala are others that I wouldn't mind looking at.

Another problem is that once you give one of these guys a big contract the next one you give them you have to tender a qualifying offer which is +10% (if I remember correctly) on top of that too.

I just think there is a lot of risk involved here where you can get weighed down by a big contract that you have to give up something back for.
- Pomegrant

I think ideally if you make an offersheet, you make it longer term so that won't be an issue. 4 years from now we should see the cap rising too, so it won't be as big of an issue then.

I guess that depends if you think the player will continue to improve and get better and if they're worth it, and Cal Foote would 100% be worth it imo. I think its absolutely worth it for this team to dip into the offer sheet game this offseason and try to steal a player from somebody. But again, this is all for nothing though because offer sheets are a myth, they dont exist.

This team will be a bubble team next year, especially if they make the right moves and improve the roster.
- vlongo4419

I think there are a lot of factors that cause offer sheets to be so rare in normal times that don't exist anymore. A lot of teams up against the cap, not a lot of teams to dump contracts on, and player values basically moved backwards last summer. If there was ever a time for an offer sheet to work it would be this offseason.

I think there are a lot of factors that cause offer sheets to be so rare in normal times that don't exist anymore. A lot of teams up against the cap, not a lot of teams to dump contracts on, and player values basically moved backwards last summer. If there was ever a time for an offer sheet to work it would be this offseason.
- rmdevil313

100% agree