Strome signs a 2 year deal, at $2.5 million/year. Fair deal for both sides. And now all their RFAs are re-signed, and it's time for fans to start yelling at each other over who should be scratched, waived, bought out, traded, shot, or drawn & quartered to get to a 23 man roster. My prediction:
Goalies- Halak, Greiss & Berube. I don't see a move coming, even though all 3 have said they don't really like the 3 goalie system. I think Snow doesn't trust Halak's health, but there isn't a market for him, so why move him for little? I don't think Snow trusts Greiss to play as well as he did in the playoffs long term, so why move anyone? Berube is still unproven, but they keep saying how much they love his work ethic. That's probably to push Halak.
D- Leddy, Hamonic, Boychuk, de Haan, Hickey, Pulock, with Mayfield as the 7th. Pelech is healthy again and played well in his brief time last year, but he's on a 2-way deal, where Mayfield somehow got a 1-way deal. Pulock is better than the other 2 offensively, and with Boychuk struggling last year, they like Pulock's point shot.
Forward- Tavares, Ladd, Parenteau, Lee, Nelson, Strome, Bailey, Kulemin, Prince, Chimera, Cizikas, Clutterbuck, with Quine as the healthy scratch (alternating with Prince?) and Grabovski will start on IR, probably winding up on LTIR.
The Strome signing brings them to about $1.2 million below the cap, but Pelech's $854 will likely be removed when he's sent to Bridgeport, leaving them with $2 million. Possibly another $5 million if/when Grabovski goes to LTIR. They'll miss his creativity on the ice, but if he can't play, that money coming off the cap hit could allow them to make a move for a top 6 winger. Or if Greiss & Berube look promising and someone another team needs a goalie for some reason, Halak could be moved for $4.5 in cap space.
Wish the season was starting sooner.
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