Fencer reregistered wrote:darrendaye wrote:Hal14 wrote:All of that is true. But what do you do with Kornet? As of now, he has a contract for this season with Boston. Garuba and Griffin do not.
Not sure the exact structure of Kornet's deal, but I think a portion of his contract has already been guaranteed which would mean he's unlikely to get waived. Brad loves Kornet and he's been with the team for 2.5 years now. So yeah, I don't see him getting waived. And no one is likely to want to trade for him. Perhaps he could be included as filler in a deal, but what deal would that be?
2022-23: $100,000 guaranteed, $300,000 guaranted on 8/15/22, $1,066,639 guaranteed Opening Night, fully guaranteed on 1/10/23
I could argue that he wouldn't be a guy that definitely gets signed elsewhere if waived. But the challenging issue is whether they willingly go into (possible, but not likely) 2nd apron territory to start the year. But that might factor into signing Blake anyway as I imagine his vet minimum number will be higher than Kornet's contract value. Unless they cut Champagnie and just leave 15th spot open but that doesn't seem likely they would just drop a wing without replacing.
Why wouldn't Blake accept true vet minimum and hence let the Celts get the salary and cap subsidies that go with that?
I can't think of a reason, unless he chooses to retire outright, which he well might if his non-sporadic playing days are over.
Don’t the various vet mins count the same?
