Hoffman traded, to the shock of nobody

[Puck_Pun]

14 hours ago, bladerookie said:

Is he really going to join the Panthers though? I mean, he went from Ottawa to the Panthers.

 

Sharks immediately bounced him.

[CreaseAndAssist]

(sigh)  I thought it was interesting he got flipped twice.  The Wild could've used a guy with Hoffman's scoring ability.  The Sharks IMO made out like bandits.  Got rid of an ugly contract...shipped out a potential cancer...and got picks and cap relief to try to target Kovalchuk.  If you're the Panthers do you really give a big warm welcome to Hoffman or do you just say...thanks for being here but keep your wife at home...ALWAYS.  

[J0e Th0rnton]

21 hours ago, ruxpin said:

 

Out of curiosity, how ya feeling now?

Curious to be honest. I was happy just ejecting Boedker.

 

But doing this gives the Sharks a lot more cap room than I was expecting.

 

11.5 million right now with the cap going up to 80 mil minimum according to all reports out so far. So that is 16.5 mil. Add martins 2.8 mil in cap savings from a buyout (or 4.8 mil via trade which is highly doubtful).

So 19.3 mil in cap space to sign 3 forwards and maybe a defensemen.

12 for tavares
5 for hertl and that leaves 2 mil for thornton + bonuses.

Trade karlsson and that gives us 2 more mil to round out the team with rookies.

[J0e Th0rnton]

its unreal that people earlier in the offseason thought DW would have to retain on Boedker or throw in a valueable (Yea Bergman does not have high value) asset for a team to take him

DW gets rid of the full 4m cap hit of Boedker, doesnt give away any other assets, and manages to get 2,4,5,6 draft picks in various years