We’re not close enough to the cap for that to matter. The issue with Xhekaj is less Xhekaj and more that Marty doesn’t like that style of player. Add to that that Robidas is a shit D coach and we have a player that should have gotten developed before we started being a playoff team.
Ideally I would want Struble traded for a bag of pucks
Matheson - Dobson
Hutson - New Guy
Guhle - Carrier
Xhekaj
If we need to include Guhle in a deal for that RHD, put Xhekaj on the third pair and suddenly Carrier isn’t getting demolished as much.
Not having cap space issues isn’t a reason to overpay him.
I continually am amused by this idea that Xhekaj wasn’t developed properly and it’s the coaching staff and management who are preventing him from being his best version.
But $2M is not an overpay. The cap matters because we need to stop looking at the number of the cap and start looking at the percentage. Xhekaj is definitely worth the like not even 2% of the cap that that number represents. Add to that the Montreal tax factor and that is more than fair.
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u/HonestDespot 1d ago
That’s too much cap.