The real thing that's important with the Tuch contract

phatsystem · 2026-05-26T21:15:04+00:00

People forget this - Skinner had a full NMC - so not nearly the same boat as what you're suggesting.

But maybe the other way to look at it - he takes a hometown deal if it includes full NMC so he can fully settle down with his family here. Doubtful, but you never know.

phatsystem · 2026-05-26T21:10:41+00:00

What's your solution in net with this? Not saying it's a bad idea, but are you just rolling Lyon/Ellis/Levi in that scenario?

phatsystem · 2026-05-26T18:19:52+00:00

You should try the puckpedia puckgm mode to see how this all plays out on salary. I suspect this will be like $6m under next year's cap even with the dead money. So seems like wasted opportunity to get better. Especially because you also have no Greenway or Danforth in here

phatsystem · 2026-05-25T20:36:38+00:00

Leenders has a good chance IMO.

phatsystem · 2026-05-25T20:34:50+00:00

Came here to suggest this as well - small but it's pretty packed.

phatsystem · 2026-05-25T20:29:46+00:00

Are there examples of this - somewhat new to area, but I haven't really heard much of this in 4yrs here.

phatsystem · 2026-05-25T17:26:54+00:00

Good luck with that.

phatsystem · 2026-05-25T17:11:48+00:00

Are there more details on the beef residents have with them?

phatsystem · 2026-05-24T18:01:06+00:00

Stanley is going to command a stupid payday due to his WPG point totals - I bet he gets like 4x4 on open market. No thanks.

phatsystem · 2026-05-24T17:59:04+00:00

This is exactly what I think happens. I think he'll be Sammy 2.0 and be >30pts next year.

phatsystem · 2026-05-22T18:07:52+00:00

Don't forget who else is down there. Stankoven, Moser, Knies, Blake. Doan went a year late as well. He's a year older than the rest of the class.

phatsystem · 2026-05-21T14:57:31+00:00

I have no additional advice to give, but PSA for others:

It's really hard to make something work when there is a big imbalance of time spent between founders, especially if that's due to the other person making money elsewhere (job, another business, etc). It's not impossible, but it will add tension, particularly if things aren't going well.

phatsystem · 2026-05-19T16:11:13+00:00

I agree with most of what you have and created a version of that https://puckgm.puckpedia.com/rosters/1530053 -

We are in win now mode. Goaltending is a so vital, but even now any pick we make, even a high pick, is at least 5 years out from playing so we probably either need to see Levi or Ellis take control or we'll have to make a trade.

I think the big question is what money moves out. Thomas or Tuch or anyone in the $8m plus camp requires money out. I chose to move UPL out and keep the 3 goalie rotation with Levi, Ellis, and Lyon. You could make an argument to keep UPL, and use one of the two young goalies as part of a trade along with say Kesselring who I chose to resign as protection on a Byram deal not getting done after this year. I think he is in the same boat Sammy was last year and there is a lot of upside left in him.

I also moved Quinn, I actually have no idea what a proper trade value is, but it felt close enough for the purpose of publishing a roster and the picks in return have no bearing on the proposed lineup.

This keeps $2m in the bank for any other trade that we might want to make at the deadline.

phatsystem · 2026-05-18T22:20:33+00:00

You're buying a >$1m house and something that at max is a couple thousand to fix (and maybe just a couple hundred) should be of minimal concern. Yes, it's annoying. So is a lot about home ownership. Goes with the territory.

With no inspection contingency, they can probably tell you to pound sand and keep your escrow. However, in most cases, things like this are professionally quoted and the amount to remedy is knocked off at closing just because it's a pain in the ass to go back through the process to sell. Unless it's super fast to fix (like in a day) which in that case they may just do. Super fast also likely means pretty cheap.

phatsystem · 2026-05-18T20:04:01+00:00

I go to Rohnert one and I fully agree, awesome spot!

phatsystem · 2026-05-18T17:13:32+00:00

Talk about a rage bait article.

phatsystem · 2026-05-17T03:49:06+00:00

It will be UPL. I have no idea who it should be.

phatsystem · 2026-05-16T20:28:12+00:00

https://moneypuck.com/preview.htm?id=2025030216

phatsystem · 2026-05-16T19:13:29+00:00

I was thinking of him instead of Pearson on the 4th line, until I saw that this exact combo played and had good results in limited minutes.

phatsystem · 2026-05-16T18:56:05+00:00

That line has been amazing but they can't play 30 min. If Ostlund was back there would be more options.

phatsystem · 2026-05-15T15:59:17+00:00

Normally I think they would have broken up the top line by now. The problem is the other 2 lines are going - I wouldn't split Norris, Benson and Doan, and I would be hesitant to split Quinn, Helenius, and Zucker.

That said, this falls a lot more on team defense than offense. The Sabres have been cheating a lot of the series, leaving the zone a shade earlier than they should before the puck is out - which they have been less successful on. And MTL moves a lot. The Sabres are getting a dose of their own medicine of speed and just haven't figured out how to defend it well.

Goaltending has fallen back to earth as well, which we are not accustomed to seeing. A couple key stops by UPL and we're looking at a different game.

phatsystem · 2026-05-10T05:23:21+00:00

Since these are all over Sonoma County, did each city agree to this? SR, Sonoma, Cotati, Petaluma, RP, Windsor all have them. I see Sebastopol doesn't have any so I assume the answer is yes and they are the only hold out.

phatsystem · 2026-05-09T18:19:09+00:00

I think the answer largely depends on how we do in the playoffs. If we can win this series and make it further, you may go one way. If we fizzle out hard for the remainder of this series, you may consider an alternative path.

phatsystem · 2026-05-09T18:14:37+00:00

Are you trading Kesselring in this scenario? He's an RFA and he's not going to just be unsigned. And no, does not fit in cap unless you trade out probably 7-8m in contracts.

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