Eastside's Hockey Elite Collide

Offer Ivan Baranka a two-way two-year deal with a team option (< 60 OF/DF average).

Alzner: 2,250,000 (100% base, +350k def. spec, +250k CON 80+, +200k SK -300K SH, PL, ST)
Boyle: 2,000,000 (300% base (78 OF 76 DF fastsim), -100k PE)
Godfrey: 1,603,124 (125% base, -300k PL, ST, PE)
Osala: 2,062,500 (125% base (67 OF 78 DF fastsim), +350k def. spec, -200k SH, FA)

Contracts offered. Rights and QO's and shit.

Alzner at $2.25M is like robbing a bank.

Michal Neuvirth and Braden Holtby -- Declared for arbitration.

Karl Alzner has signed a $2,200,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Brian Boyle has signed a $2,000,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Joe Finley has signed a $850,000 per year, 2 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

An award has been determined in the Michal Neuvirth arbitration.

WSH comps: Crawford, Peters; 900k for 2 years
Arbitrator comps: Howard, Quick

Neuvirth is a tweener who may have a ceiling as a backup goaltender, but is likely just going to be an AHL starter.

He has mostly reached his ceiling in everything but LE and strength, and thus is what he is. With his 60 CON, it is tough to envision him playing frequently in the NHL.

As a result, my arbitrator proposed 950k for 2 years to give a potential middle ground number of 925k.

But, I'm going to just put him at 950k in case he is used in the NHL. He is good enough attribute wise, probably not good enough CON wise.

Tim, you can accept/reject Michal Neuvirth at 950k for 2 years.

accept

Josh Godfrey has signed a $1,600,000 per year, 2 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Ivan Baranka has signed a $470,000 per year, 2 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Oskar Osala has signed a $2,100,000 per year, 2 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

An award has been determined in the Braden Holtby arb.

WSH comps: Neuvirth, Bishop, Quick; proposed 1.1M per 2 years + TO
Arbitrator comps: same

My arbitrator argues that Holtby is better than both Montoya and Neuvirth, which is true, and they are both NHL backups making 950k.

Holtby has the potential to be a 1b starter in the league, but his 68 CON leaves something to be desired. My arbitrator proposed 1.55M per, which might be a little high, but notes that it is lower than the award he gave Bishop before I middled it.

I think, in this case, a solid 1.5M on the AHL max is a good award for Holtby. Depending on how he progresses, he should get out of the AHL and be a serviceable backup, if not a starter for a weaker team.

Tim, you can accept/reject Braden Holtby at 1.5M for 2 + TO.

Accept.

Offer prospects F Gregory Hofmann, F Nikita Tochitsky*, D Matt Killian*, and D Edward Wittchow* their respective three-year, two-way entry level contracts.

Gregory Hofmann -- 11-20 slot; $2,000,000
Nikita Tochitsky -- 51-60 slot; $1,000,000 + $250,000 boost raise = $1,250,000
Matt Killian -- 76-90 slot; $850,000 + $250,000 boost raise = $1,100,000
Edward Wittchow -- 121-210 slot; $600,000 + $250,000 boost raise = $850,000

ELCs offered.

Confirm the team options for the following players:
Bates Battaglia
Matt Bradley
Denis Parshin
Jeff Schultz
Jose Theodore

Decline the team options for the following players:
Alexandre Giroux
Jeff Glass
Bill Guerin

Signed: Hofmann, Killian

Killian did not boost.

Offer C Cody Eakin a default two-way ELC.

Eakin ELC offered.

Cody Eakin has signed a $345,000 per year, 3 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Offer F Max Friberg and F Pavel Kulikov default ELCs; Friberg should be offered $900,000 with the new draft slot salary system.

Kulikov and Friberg ELCs offered.

Offer D Andy Welinski a default ELC.

Welinski ELC offered.

Cam Barker -- 2 years + team option @ $2,925,000 per year ($2,775,000 base + $350,000 DF specialist - $200,000 PL, ST devaluation)
Colby Cohen -- 2 years + team option @ $850,000 per year ($500,000 base + $350,000 DF specialist)
Jean-Pierre Dumont -- Arbitration
Olli Jokinen - Arbitration
Denis Parshin -- 1 year + team option @ $562,500
Andrei Plekhanov -- 1 year + team option @ $1,000,000
Jeff Schultz -- 1 year + team option @ $950,000
Jarret Stoll -- Arbitration
Semyon Varlamov -- Arbitration

I think those numbers are correct, but I'll let you verify.

Barker: 2.925M
Cohen: 850k
Parshin: 562,500
Plekhanov: 1M
Schultz: 950k

Other 4 to arbitration.

Well done, Timmy.

Contracts offered.

Barker falls under new Tyler Myers Rule with a (OF+DF)/2 of less than 75 and a DF of 78 or greater.

4,004,166 (3,854,166 + 350k def spec - 200k PL, ST)

Sorry Tim.

fuuuuu

Was I offering this to Barker?

Also, Parshin rejected your offer.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:Was I offering this to Barker?

Also, Parshin rejected your offer.

douche

Try 850K (what he's asking for in-game) for 3 years, two-way with a team option?

And yes - $4.004166M for Barker is fine.

Barker signed for 3. I'll just go edit the salary to $4,004,166.

Jeff Schultz has signed a $950,000 per year, 1 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Andrei Plekhanov has signed a $1,000,000 per year, 1 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Parshin is asking for 850k per for 4 years and a year's supply of blowjobs from an Eastern European hooker.

Commissioner (CBJ) wrote:Barker signed for 3. I'll just go edit the salary to $4,004,166.

Jeff Schultz has signed a $950,000 per year, 1 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Andrei Plekhanov has signed a $1,000,000 per year, 1 year deal with the Washington Capitals. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

Parshin is asking for 850k per for 4 years and a year's supply of blowjobs from an Eastern European hooker.

3 years + TO is the most I can give him, right?

Not sure how many Eastern European hookers are in PA. He'll have to talk to Bern about that.

CapsGM wrote:3 years + TO is the most I can give him, right?

Not sure how many Eastern European hookers are in PA. He'll have to talk to Bern about that.

You can give him 4.

Me neither, ask the BUF GM, he lives around there.

Awards have been determined in the JP Dumont, Jarret Stoll, Olli Jokinen, and Semyon Varlamov arbitrations.

Dumont
Terms: 1 yr + TO
GM proposal: 3.35M per; comps: Koivu, Hejduk, Sturm
Agent proposal: 3.25M per; comps: Sturm, Williams, Kariya

The agent would have accepted the GM's terms prior to this case going to arbitration.

Therefore, I award Dumont the GM's proposed $3,350,000 for the 2012-13 season with a team option for a second year.

Stoll
Terms: 3 yrs + TO
GM proposal: 3.06M per; comps: Boyle, Stajan, Higgins, Korpikoski
Agent proposal: 3,333,333 per; comps: Vermette, Ryan, Bergeron, Higgins

Both parties agree in this case that Stoll's real life salary is an overpayment compared to what he brings to the table in EHEC. Stoll did greatly outproduce everyone but Korpikoski in the GMs comps. With such a small range here, not much discussion needs to be had regarding Stoll's ability. Stoll's agents did express their willingness to take a pay cut due to the Capitals willing to make a longer term commitment to them than they had originally thought.

Stoll has twice been a 25-goal scorer in EHEC while having just 73 OF and has a pretty decent LE for a player of his age.

I award Jarret Stoll $3,250,000 for the next three seasons with an option for a fourth.

Jokinen
Terms: 1 yr + PO
GM proposal: 4.3M per; comps: Gagne, Tanguay, Roy, Frolov
Agent proposal: 5.15M per; comps: Elias, Sedin x 2, Gagne, Havlat

Ah, the curious case of Olli Jokinen. The overpaid veteran centerman who missed two months due to injury saw his production drop as he went from .95 PPG in 2010-11 to just .72 PPG in 2011-12. Last year, in arbitration, Simon Gagne received a 4.6M award and both GM and agent used him as a comp in this case. Jokinen's versatility is something to consider in this case because he has enough defensive ability to play on any line and be a contributing player.

Both the GM and the agent understand that Jokinen is not a 5.5M player any longer. The agent expressed his appreciation for the player option because he believes that Jokinen would get more on the open market than he will in arbitration and that he could have a bounceback season and earn more money next summer.

If we project Jokinen's point totals to 82 games, he'd have 59-60 points, with 30-31 goals. Surprisingly, even in the defensive-minded EHEC, 38 players notched the 30-goal plateau this season. Jokinen has surprisingly low leadership qualities for his age and experience and that's something to consider as we've weighed heavily on leadership in arbitration cases with older players.

I award Olli Jokinen $4,750,000 for one season with the player option. This salary gives Jokinen a chance to redeem himself and his representation's appreciation for the player option makes them okay with this number.

Varlamov
Terms: 2 yrs + TO
GM proposal: 4.3215M per; comps: Mason, Nabokov, Bryzgalov
Agent proposal: 6M per; comps: Lundqvist, Brodeur, Miller, Kiprusoff

Wow. A huge range in this case. Last year, Varlamov was signed via arbitration to a one-year deal as GM Gaw wanted to see how he would do in 2011-12 after struggling in the playoffs during the first two seasons of EHEC. He certainly wasn't bad in the playoffs this season, dropping to a 2.32 GAA after the previous year's 3.25 and the year before that's 4.02.

In the regular season, Varlamov was a beast, finishing with the best GAA of goaltenders who played more than 35 games and also the top save percentage in the 35+ game group. His 1.80 GAA was the only one of the regular starters to be under 2.00. He rattled off his third straight 40 win season and could be voted as the league's Vezina Trophy winner.

The issue with Varlamov is how to compensate his 72 CON. It is by no means elite and CON is clearly one of the most important goaltender attributes. Varlamov's LE is also just 53. The three Stanley Cup winners have had CON/LE of 83/89, 81/72, and 85/73. With that in mind, it's really hard to consider Varlamov an elite goaltender because he's just 1-3 in playoff series through the first three years of EHEC, leadership develops slowly, and CON doesn't change.

I'm inclined to go on the lower end in this case because of those factors, though slightly higher than the other comps for Varlamov's regular season success.

I award Semyon Varlamov $4,750,000 for the next two years with a team option to see if it is possible for a mid 50's LE, low 70s CON goaltender to have sustained playoff success.


Tim, you can accept/reject these awards.

Accept Jokinen, Stoll, and Varlamov. Welcome back, boys.

Will make a decision on JPD soon.

Stoll, Jokinen, Varlamov entered.

reject JPD

Also, sign Morgan Rielly ($2,500,000) and Phillip Di Giuseppe ($1,750,000) to ELCs.

ELCs offered.

PDG to be adjusted to 1.75M

Offer L Jason Zucker a two-way ELC (2010 draftee, 142nd overall = $600,000).

Zucker ELC offered.

4 years + $850,000 + two-way for Parshin.

Parshin will consider.

Offer F Daniel Pribyl a two-way ELC (2011 draftee, 5th round = $600,000).

Pribyl ELC offered.

Offer F Erik Karlsson a two-way ELC. 2012 draftee, 28th overall = $1,750,000 slot.

Offered. Will be adjusted to 1.75M after he signs.

Offer F Tyrel Seaman and F Seth Ambroz two-way ELCs.

Mark Dekanich -- Arbitration
Mike Fisher -- Arbitration
Olli Jokinen -- Arbitration
Jamie Langenbrunner -- Arbitration
Evgeni Nabokov -- Arbitration
Michal Neuvirth -- Arbitration

Joe Finley -- 1 year + two-way + team option @ EHM default (<60 average OF/DF)
Marcus Johansson -- 1 year + two-way + team option @ $1,006,250 ($406,250 base + $250,000CON bonus + $350,000 specialist bonus)
Artemy Panarin -- 2 years + two-way + team option @ $1,000,000 per year ($800,000 base + $200,000FO bonus)
Mikhail Ovechkov -- 2 years + two-way + team option @ $900,000 per year ($900,000 base)

Cancel the arbitration hearing for Jim Vandermeer.