Will there be a rise in provide sheets going ahead?
Donnie & Dhali: Ahead Florida Assistant GM Steve Werier thinks there shall be extra provide sheets going ahead.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Rick Dhaliwal: “From the folks that you simply’re speaking to, since you’re nonetheless effectively linked within the NHL circles, provide sheets. Boy, did St Louis flip some heads. They received two good ones in (Philip) Broberg and (Dylan) Holloway final yr out of Edmonton. Do you see provide sheets coming with the cap going up? Take us into the within of a proposal sheet.”
Werier: “Yeah, like, brief reply, completely. I believe provide sheets like, like in different sports activities, and the development that’s been going the NHL currently, there shall be extra and with good purpose. You recognize, I believe the secret for those who’re making an attempt to construct a contender, is you need to stockpile elite younger gamers. And you are able to do that for those who’re fortunate within the draft, however you may as well do it by a proposal sheet.
And such as you stated, St Louis had some good success with Broberg and Holloway. And this yr you’ve gotten some actually attention-grabbing candidates, together with, you recognize, watching final evening, guys like Matthew Knies.
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And, yeah, you recognize, the cap going up provides, provides some measure of flexibility to groups, however you’ll additionally see, you recognize, the officer sheet numbers go up, and groups should signal different gamers as effectively.
So that you’re positively going to see it, I believe, for groups that is likely to be a bit of cap-crunched, like Edmonton was when St. Louis pounced. And then you definately’ll, you recognize, additionally most likely see some aspirational ones for gamers like Knies, and also you may even, I don’t know, I see some shocking ones, like we did with (Jesperi) Kotkaniemi.
However yeah, I believe they’re right here to remain. I believe they’re a implausible software. They’re one, you recognize, it’s one thing we talked rather a lot about in Florida and toyed with, and actually spent numerous time provide sheeting some prime younger gamers at the moment. And I actually don’t see, you recognize, the argument in opposition to it. It’s simply it’s that arduous to accumulate type of generational younger gamers and maintain them, and that’s a wonderful software to do it.”
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