Armchair GM Thread 2022-2023

[L K]

I can't remember which podcast floated this, but I like the idea of buyouts not counting towards the cap - but in that case, they would have to be paid in full, instead of 1/3 or 2/3 it currently is.

Nah. Can't just let teams out of mistakes for just cash. Too easy for some teams to abuse. League will never go for it.

That's also a move that benefits teams with money and the league doesn't want that. 

I do think that LTIR shouldnt' be tradeable though.  I know its a loophole for teams to spend more money but the abuse of the cap floor with fake players or getting under the cap is nonsense.

[bustaheims]

I don’t know if I’m on board with that suggestion, either, but I don’t think LTIR contracts should count towards the cap floor.

I still think there should be a franchise player exception for one contract - but, it has to be a contract the team signed and it sticks with that player for the length of the contract, unless they’re traded. The cap needs some exceptions.

[CarltonTheBear]

In CHI-related news, not overly surprising, but it doesn’t sound as if the Hawks will be qualifying centre Dylan Strome. Expectation is he will be going to UFA on July 13. July 11 is deadline to issue Qualifying Offer but no reason to believe that will happen here. #outsider https://t.co/wIIbOd82Qd

— Bobby Margarita (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 7, 2022

Let's gooooooo

[louisstamos]

In CHI-related news, not overly surprising, but it doesn’t sound as if the Hawks will be qualifying centre Dylan Strome. Expectation is he will be going to UFA on July 13. July 11 is deadline to issue Qualifying Offer but no reason to believe that will happen here. #outsider https://t.co/wIIbOd82Qd

— Bobby Margarita (@TSNBobMcKenzie) July 7, 2022

Let's gooooooo

[herman]

Many teams close to the cap need cheap, complementary forwards to round out the roster. I, uh, think I know of a team where Strome fits in nicely (with a recent history of signing Group 6/non-QO players).

— Cam Charron (@camcharronyvr) July 7, 2022

[Joe]

Let’s say that Chicago doesn’t qualify strome, does that make him a full UFA or is there a minimum he needs to sign for based on his last contract?

[bustaheims]

Let’s say that Chicago doesn’t qualify strome, does that make him a full UFA or is there a minimum he needs to sign for based on his last contract?

Fully a UFA. There is no in between.

[Joe]

Thx.

[herman]

Word is that OTT/TOR have intensified discussions around Matt Murray. We will see how things play out, but those conversations continue.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 10, 2022

[Groundskeeper Willie]

Word is that OTT/TOR have intensified discussions around Matt Murray. We will see how things play out, but those conversations continue.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 10, 2022

If they can somehow make the cap hit around 2-2.5 to play him as a backup/1B then there are worse options. Even at 50% he's overpaid though. What a terrible contact that was.

I don't hate the idea of going cheap to start the season with something like a Reimer/Murray combo and re-evaluating mid season on a year like this where even the best options are very underwhelming.

[Zee]

Word is that OTT/TOR have intensified discussions around Matt Murray. We will see how things play out, but those conversations continue.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 10, 2022

Welp, that's a dice roll if it happens. Murray has been on the downslope for years now, can he regain his Stanley Cup form?

[herman]

Hearing the Blackhawks will not tender a qualifying offer to RFA Dominik Kubalik. No surprise there. It's been presumed for months that Dylan Strome won't receive one, either.

— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) July 10, 2022

[bustaheims]

Word is that OTT/TOR have intensified discussions around Matt Murray. We will see how things play out, but those conversations continue.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 10, 2022

How good of an asset are they sending with Murray?

[RedLeaf]

Hearing the Blackhawks will not tender a qualifying offer to RFA Dominik Kubalik. No surprise there. It's been presumed for months that Dylan Strome won't receive one, either.

— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) July 10, 2022

I don’t know much about Strome other than believing the Leafs would select him in the 2015 draft. So happy we got Marner instead. Seems like a pretty rocky start to his career since that draft. Anyone know what the story is with him?

[CarltonTheBear]

If we basically just swap Mrazek with Murray with Murray having a lower AAV (by way of 50% retention) and we get a more valuable asset from the sens than we gave up to dump Mrazek then I'd give that at least a passing grade.

Starting to feel like even if we had the cap space Edmonton and Washington will probably outbid us on Campbell and Kuemper once free agency opens.