Will there be a rise in supply sheets going ahead?
Donnie & bear: Ahead Florida Assistant GM Steve Werier thinks there will probably be extra supply sheets going ahead.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Rick Dhaliwal: “From the individuals that you simply’re speaking to, since you’re nonetheless properly related within the NHL circles, supply sheets. Boy, did St Louis flip some heads. They obtained two good ones in (Philip) Broberg and (Dylan) Holloway final yr out of Edmonton. Do you see supply sheets coming with the cap going up? Take us into the within of a proposal sheet.”
Werier: “Yeah, like, brief reply, completely. I feel supply sheets like, like in different sports activities, and the pattern that’s been going the NHL these days, there will probably be extra and with good motive. You understand, I feel the secret if you happen to’re attempting to construct a contender, is you need to stockpile elite younger gamers. And you are able to do that if you happen to’re fortunate within the draft, however you may also 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 some actually fascinating candidates, together with, you understand, watching final night time, guys like Matthew Knies.
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And, yeah, you understand, the cap going up provides, provides some measure of flexibility to groups, however you’ll additionally see, you understand, the officer sheet numbers go up, and groups should signal different gamers as properly.
So that you’re positively going to see it, I feel, for groups that is perhaps a bit cap-crunched, like Edmonton was when St. Louis pounced. And then you definitely’ll, you understand, additionally most likely see some aspirational ones for gamers like Knies, and also you would possibly even, I don’t know, I see some stunning ones, like we did with (Jesperi) Kotkaniemi.
However yeah, I feel they’re right here to remain. I feel they’re a unbelievable device. They’re one, you understand, it’s one thing we talked lots about in Florida and toyed with, and actually spent plenty of time taking a look at supply sheeting some high younger gamers at the moment. And I actually don’t see, you understand, the argument towards it. It’s simply it’s that onerous to amass form of generational younger gamers and preserve them, and that’s a wonderful device to do it.”
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