2nd year of a 7 year deal and the guy is already on waivers. Big yikes, also interesting that gauthier made the club over Fasching
V_T_H
Wow, they actually did it.
discofrislanders
So we have our final roster:
Duclair-Horvat-Barzal
Tsyplakov-Nelson-Palmieri
Lee-Pageau-Holmstrom
MacLean-Cizikas-Gauthier/Wahlstrom
Pelech-Pulock
Romanov-Dobson
Reilly-Mayfield
Cholowski
Sorokin
Varlamov
keytoitall
I’m sure Engvall will be back up this year at some point. Good for them for making the tough choice despite contract.
ArchieInABunker
It’s ruthless but it’s the exact right decision. Lou is right when he said (like 5 minutes ago lol) that Engvall got his spot on the 2nd line stolen by Tsyplakov and he’s not physical enough for the 4th line.
Fasching going down over Gauthier makes a little sense because he’s still injured at the moment but I’d bet you see him later in the season, at least for a game or two.
Bolduc being sent down and Cholowski staying is good. I think Bolduc isn’t a bad defenseman but he’s very green and needs playing time they can’t give him at the NHL level.
Gleb2006
Wow. Good move now. Bad moves got us here, but good on Lou to not let that influence the future
Freddybone32
I must be the only one who doesn’t mind having Engvall as a 1.85 million depth option, deployable at any time, when the cap is going up to ~94 million dollars next year.
If anyone in the top six gets hurt, we aren’t completely fucked and now have a speed option who we can plug in at anytime.
This isn’t as bad as everyone is saying. Most teams wish they had a reason to waive a player with the talent Engvall has.
The cap is probably going to be pushing $110 million by the end of Engvall’s deal. Are we really going to be bitching about what will be the equivalent of 1.6% of the cap?
BrandonNeider
Fasching will rise
discofrislanders
Get ready to learn Seagrape, buddy
starscream568
I get downvoted every time I mention how awful that contract is. The dude sucks
crazyhotwheels
Did he wave back?
In all seriousness, this is a very weird situation. Engvall is definitely an NHL caliber player, he is just the exact opposite of what Roy wants in a bottom 6 winger.
At the end of the day, giving him 3 or 4 years instead of 7 would just make him a more expensive depth option at this point. He’s still have a year or two too many and too high an AAV to get claimed. Just a case of him being signed to play in the system of a coach that got fired a half year into the contact and got replaced by a coach that hates his game. Oh well.
Burn_N_Turn1
Tough decision, but a necessary one
liguy181
Can someone ELI5 the cap implications of this move?
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2nd year of a 7 year deal and the guy is already on waivers. Big yikes, also interesting that gauthier made the club over Fasching
Wow, they actually did it.
So we have our final roster:
Duclair-Horvat-Barzal
Tsyplakov-Nelson-Palmieri
Lee-Pageau-Holmstrom
MacLean-Cizikas-Gauthier/Wahlstrom
Pelech-Pulock
Romanov-Dobson
Reilly-Mayfield
Cholowski
Sorokin
Varlamov
I’m sure Engvall will be back up this year at some point. Good for them for making the tough choice despite contract.
It’s ruthless but it’s the exact right decision. Lou is right when he said (like 5 minutes ago lol) that Engvall got his spot on the 2nd line stolen by Tsyplakov and he’s not physical enough for the 4th line.
Fasching going down over Gauthier makes a little sense because he’s still injured at the moment but I’d bet you see him later in the season, at least for a game or two.
Bolduc being sent down and Cholowski staying is good. I think Bolduc isn’t a bad defenseman but he’s very green and needs playing time they can’t give him at the NHL level.
Wow. Good move now. Bad moves got us here, but good on Lou to not let that influence the future
I must be the only one who doesn’t mind having Engvall as a 1.85 million depth option, deployable at any time, when the cap is going up to ~94 million dollars next year.
If anyone in the top six gets hurt, we aren’t completely fucked and now have a speed option who we can plug in at anytime.
This isn’t as bad as everyone is saying. Most teams wish they had a reason to waive a player with the talent Engvall has.
The cap is probably going to be pushing $110 million by the end of Engvall’s deal. Are we really going to be bitching about what will be the equivalent of 1.6% of the cap?
Fasching will rise
Get ready to learn Seagrape, buddy
I get downvoted every time I mention how awful that contract is. The dude sucks
Did he wave back?
In all seriousness, this is a very weird situation. Engvall is definitely an NHL caliber player, he is just the exact opposite of what Roy wants in a bottom 6 winger.
At the end of the day, giving him 3 or 4 years instead of 7 would just make him a more expensive depth option at this point. He’s still have a year or two too many and too high an AAV to get claimed. Just a case of him being signed to play in the system of a coach that got fired a half year into the contact and got replaced by a coach that hates his game. Oh well.
Tough decision, but a necessary one
Can someone ELI5 the cap implications of this move?