(06-13-2021, 12:19 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Have to agree that keeping both of them makes the offseason grade no better than that B-. Question? If we’re keeping THJ, don’t we also have to figure out a way to work over the cap to get the full MLE? I think that has to be the case otherwise the score can be no better than C+.
My line of thinking. Getting one of those and resign THJ requires minimum creativity. Either negotiate lower salaries, perform minor SnT or dump minor salaries. That's why B-.
Going over the cap is way more difficult. It would require a partner team to take a bunch of salaries, let's say roughly 20 mil worth. Not every team is prepared to do that, so list of possible FA is not reduced just by the will to come here but also a will of their team to do SnT. Or you need to involve third team paying assets to take our salaries. In the end one might wonder if the extra assets required for SnT are really worth the ability to have MLE instead of just rMLE. So a good over the cap would have to be very creative and requires a higher grade.
(06-13-2021, 01:51 PM)Hypermav Wrote: I give an F for rating the offseason before the offseason.
We didn't rate the offseason. We rated a couple of possible outcomes.