Capped: No Staaling These Negotiations

Chris Pudsey

2015-01-22

MarcStaal

 

The Fantasy Impact of Marc Staal’s contract extension.

 

77

7

22

29

0.38

8

50

116

0.06

140

4

11

2

109

02:38

43.0

60.4

25:44

42.2

                  

Taking the 10 closest cap hits for defencemen, and putting some numbers to those dollars we see some interesting things.

 

Name

Age

Team

Cap Hit

Pts

Hits

Blocks

ATOI

Brent Seabrook

29

CHI

$5.8M

24

68

73

22:15

Mike Green

29

WSH

$5.78M

27

43

42

19:06

Brent Burns

29

SJ

$5.76M

35

85

66

23:57

Andrei Markov

36

MTL

$5.75M

26

35

90

24:35

Matt Niskanen

28

WSH

$5.75M

15

82

54

22:13

Tobias Enstrom

30

WPG

$5.75M

13

14

44

24:27

Marc Staal

27

NYR

$5.7M

9

49

72

21:54

Duncan Keith

31

CHI

$5.54M

27

9

54

25:55

Brooks Orpik

34

WSH

$5.5M

9

171

125

22:13

Dan Girardi

30

NYR

$5.5M

11

120

97

23:28

 

Staal is the youngest in that group and comparing these overall numbers in regards to points, hits, blocks and average time on-ice, Staal appears to be in the middle or near the bottom of most of those categories.  As I mentioned earlier, Staal's value in the NHL isn't really measured in numbers.

 

If we take these same ten players, plug their names into the Fantasy Hockey Geek tool and see how they sit fantasy wise (where the numbers truly count) using UHL Salary Cap Dynasty League format (G, A, +/-, PIMs, SOG, GWG, PPP, SHP, Hits, Blocks, FOW) we get them ranked overall like this:

 

Name      

UHL Rank

Brent Seabrook

68

Mike Green

154

Brent Burns

37

Andrei Markov

94

Matt Niskanen

190

Tobias Enstrom

435

Marc Staal

233

Duncan Keith

165

Brooks Orpik

102

Dan Girardi

121

All of a sudden, that new contract doesn't look so good after all when we are talking about fantasy hockey.

 

So what does this new contract mean for the New York Rangers?

 

The new contract for the Rangers locks up one of their core pieces long term.  This is a very good thing.  Unfortunately, it also ties their hands a bit as other contract negotiations with other players comes down the pipe.  Guys like Derek Stepan, Mats Zuccarello, Martin St. Louis and Carl Hagelin are all due to be re-signed this coming summer and Staal's bite into the Rangers cap will probably mean one of these pending free agents will not be returning to the team (my guess, Hagelin won't be back). 

 

Don't be surprised to see the Rangers shopping Zuccarello or Hagelin at the deadline.  J.T. Miller is also coming off his entry level deal at seasons end but re-signing him shouldn't be as big of an issue. Stepan and Hagelin are restricted free agents while Zuccarello and St. Louis are both unrestricted at the end of this year. 

Re-signing Staal was an easy choice for the Rangers.  Figuring the others out will be a lot harder.

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