I think there's actually quite a few top-4 D that can replace Tanev's 18-19 minutes. Now that Calgary has spent its cap room, they have to let Hamonic and Brodie walk. There's a few guys who will go for more than what we paid Tanev last year, but quite a few who could be $4 mil or less.Cherry Picker wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:52 amNot a lot of money left. Maybe Benning really wants to give his prospects, Chatfield and Rafferty, time on the right side.Raging Fury wrote: ↑Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:37 am Next, hole on defense. However I think it's better if we wait for this need. Bargains can be had for those who wait during UFA signing frenzy. We need cap efficiency more than anything else long term.
Right now the depth there is:
Myers
Rafferty
Chatfield
Benn
I would think that adding a right side D, if not Tanev, would be their priority, but maybe Benning sees this as the year the rookie D that have been cooking in Utica get their shot. Another option if the left side D does well, Rathbone and Juolevi, is to try Hughes on the right side? There are not many right side D on the market, so maybe that’s how they’ll go?
Hughes Edler
Myers Rathbone
Rafferty Juolevi
Chatfield Benn
Pietrangelo, Barrie, Vatanen, Tanev will all go for over $5 mil, but Schultz, Brodie, Ceci, Hamonic, maybe Shattenkirk will go for less.
If you're taking a super-cheap, high-reward type I'd offer Bogosian a one-year deal, I think he could be had for cheap, and he played well enough for 17:40/game in the Playoffs.