Off Season Thread

[PantherChris]

46 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Let's not forget that Blake, Morrow, Nikishin and Stankoven are RFA after next season. 

 

So probably going to keep 8-10m free, giving 18m to spend. 

You aren't taking into account that the cap is expected to increase 8 or 9 million or so for the 2026-2027 season.

Also NHL cap space doesnt roll over so there is no "saving" cap even if the cap wasn't increasing (which it is) you could still sign players with that money for one year deals  

 

So stop spewing BS cap metrics that you are almost never correct about.

Edited yesterday at 08:24 PM by PantherChris

[carpanfan96]

2 hours ago, PantherChris said:

You aren't taking into account that the cap is expected to increase 8 or 9 million or so for the 2026-2027 season.

Also NHL cap space doesnt roll over so there is no "saving" cap even if the cap wasn't increasing (which it is) you could still sign players with that money for one year deals  

 

So stop spewing BS cap metrics that you are almost never correct about.

Nothing to do with roll over or any other thing you posted. Fact is Canes will want to sign three of those four. Any big time AAV contracts are going to hurt that 2026 roster which is at 60m spent on 14 players right now. 

 

That's all I meant by it. Nothing more, nothing less. 

[PantherChris]

28 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Nothing to do with roll over or any other thing you posted. Fact is Canes will want to sign three of those four. Any big time AAV contracts are going to hurt that 2026 roster which is at 60m spent on 14 players right now. 

 

That's all I meant by it. Nothing more, nothing less. 

Its literally an irrelevant point is my point.... you dont have to "save" anything for it because NHL contracts all have an equal yearly breakdown, spending to the cap this offseason even with longer contracts would STILL mean 8.5 to 9.5m in cap space next season not to mention its all of these guys first year of RFA. I'm not really sure what point you trying to make as ive shown that even if you spend the full 30m you still have the buffer you described.

Edited 22 hours ago by PantherChris