At the very end of today’s episode Nick Kypreos says the Jackets are actively trying to reduce payroll. Bourne responded if we have to worry about the Jackets shedding salary.
Are these throw away comments or is there more here?
by JGraz19
@Columbus Blue Jackets
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It’s Kyper, so I’ll always take it with a grain of salt, but there are some hefty salaries on this club that put us way closer to the cap ceiling than a team of this caliber should be. And I think DW alluded to that in some interviews after his hiring.
I still think this team will spend money so we shouldn’t worry. I think the future of the team are all on ELCs and we need to get some contracts off the book so we can pay them
I mean Waddell has said we have some contracts to clean up. So yea. There’s no reason to carry a large payroll for dude’s that don’t produce or block the way of our prospects
I have a hard time believing that a podcast about the Leafs would know about this first
CBJ did a lot to try and avoid a real rebuild. Probably too late to do it now, but you can do a lot, and put yourself in a better salary cap position when guys like Fantilli, Johnson, and Jirichek are ready for the playoffs.
I mean we are trading Laine and his $9.1M salary so that’s already a massive reduction.
But also I really really hope the rumor is real and Waddell also finds a way to trade Severson and Elvis without retaining too much or having to sweeten the pot too much with draft picks/prospects.
I mean, Laine is on the move, Elvis might be too, and now there is a chance Gudbranson is moved or bought out. Why spend to the cap if we are nowhere near being a playoff team?
Gotta trust Waddell in his ways.
I wouldn’t be shocked if Elvis, Provorov, and Boqvist in any combination were shipped out to make roster space and to give the RFA signings a little more wiggle room.
Reducing payroll in a salary cap league is so lame
Welp, can’t imagine ownership is thrilled about spending to the cap , and being at the bottom of the standings . Makes sense ..
Well Laine is $9M off the top so I can’t imagine much else.
Which contracts are the worst offenders? We already know Laine is being traded, so that’s $8.7mil freed up. Merzlikins is a bad contract at $5.4mil x 3 years left. Provorov’s contract is fine since it expires in a year, I imagine he’ll be involved in a trade deadline deal. Gudbranson is a bad contract at $4mil x 2 years left, it’ll be hard to move without taking a big loss. Severson’s term is bad but I don’t think the money is terrible yet. Other than that, Sean Kuraly makes $2.5mil to be a 4C which isn’t great but he’s the fourth highest paid forward.
I realize we have quite a few RFA’s to bring back so our remaining cap space is gonna evaporate pretty quick. KJ, Chinakhov, Marchenko, Sillinger, Texier, and Bean all probably come back. Let Nylander and Meyer walk
Is this a surprising revelation? Waddell has been pretty open about this. Even saying directly “I need to deal with some team unfriendly contracts”
I enjoy listening to Kyper and Bourne, but only Sammy has any sort of clue about the Jackets. Bourne is completely clueless about the goings on in Columbus and Kyper is marginally better but not by much.
Marek and Friedman are much more dialed in.
Freeing up cap space by moving out pieces that no longer offer value ultimately will free them up for other moves. If Kyper wants to talk dumping salary he doesn’t need to look much farther than his best bud Mitch who the Leafs would be very happy to unload….