Proportion of the cap is making long-term offers difficult
Eric Macramalla: “With cap going up by $25M via 2027, we’re already seeing stress between groups eager to pay gamers cheap salaries versus gamers need share of cap. Brokers see preserving share mannequin as cheap whereas groups received’t. See Kaprizov.”
- Marco D’Amico: “Brokers are utilizing the sharp projected rise of the wage cap (mixed with enlargement) to push for greater cap % on contract negotiations. Of their minds, 10% of the cap at the moment may doubtless turn into 6-7% by 2030. Gamers higher off going short-term, except…”
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Comparables for Stuart Skinner have shifted a bit this offseason
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf is now the tenth highest-paid goalie at a $7.5 million cap hit, after signing his seven-year deal after solely 71 NHL video games. What impression will which have on Stuart Skinner’s subsequent contract, as he has 50 playoff video games and two journeys to the Stanley Cup Ultimate?
If Skinner has a powerful common season, the Edmonton Oilers received’t be searching for a goalie on the commerce deadline. They’ll be in a wait-and-see mode with Skinner.
Anaheim Geese Lukas Dostal, who was an RFA, signed for $6.25 million. Dostal has 42 wins in 121 NHL video games. Wolf is at 37, and Skinner, together with playoffs, is at 124.
Kevin Woodley of InGoal journal on Skinner and the market.
“Nevertheless it’s all around the map. It’s Joey Daccord being a No. 1 (in Seattle) and getting $5 million. It’s MacKenzie Blackwood having all types of success in Colorado and searching like his potential is being fulfilled and he’s a $5-million (really $5.25-million) goalie.
The overarching feeling is if you happen to can’t repair it in free company, then not less than, ‘We all know what our man is and what he isn’t.’ I believe Stu Skinner’s worth in Edmonton could also be greater than anyplace else. There’s plenty of completely different league-wide opinions on Stu.”
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Blackwood might be a superb comparable in age and a big-bodied goalie, however have the youthful Wolf’s and Dostal’s offers moved Skinner greater than Blackwood’s $5.25 million?
If the Oilers are searching for a veteran goalie on the deadline, if the New York Islanders and Nashville Predators are out of it, possibly they’d contemplate transferring Ilya Sorokin ($8.25 million for seven years) and Juuse Saros ($7.74 million for eight).
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