Davos steers through cap hell

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Davos steers through cap hell, primed for season 45

By: Frank Bagonogal

Throughout the offseason, HC Davos General Manager Jack Reily knew he had a difficult task in front of him. At the conclusion of the playoffs, he was aware of the situation that would face him over the next few days.

Sitting at $37,5000,00 (or $5,500,000) over cap due to general player progression as well as a kid season acquisition of James Faraday, the first move Reilly was forced into was losing 3 year Dynamo player, Kurtis Hunter, who has just begun a rebirth to his career.

Hunter was exchanged for the very promising Simon Valmount from Finland, cutting HC Davos salary back down to $35,250,000 and still work to do.

The next player to go surprised many. As the captain for the Dynamo for the past three seasons, Gifford Shock was expected to be a Davos lifer. Shock was exchanged straight up for the S47 COL 1st. "It was tough to part with Gifford, but he was a player that fell behind our other centers unfortunately," Reilly stated, "We just had to make a move."

Down to $32,250,000.

The next transaction involved a couple of younger players changing teams, with Dynamo prospect Giovanni Reuel being exchanged for another prospect - Maxime Perron. Helsinki needed to unload a talented youngster due to a surprise requirement to bring up Perron, so the Dynamo were pleased to bring in a slightly more promising prospect. The Dynamo also sent a 3rd Helsinki's way.

Back up to $33,250,000.

The final domino to fall was defender Joshua Rubin. "This was another difficult decision to make, because Rubin has skill as an offensive d-man, and he was pretty cap friendly to boot. Davos acquired another S47 1st pick (although it likely to be a later one as it is Helsinki's) from Cologne, and the roller coaster had finally reached its stopping point.

Jack Reilly had this to say: "To sum up, we exchanged some older talent for some younger, maybe less developed talent, along with some future picks which we could use and keep building the team. Overall, pretty happy with the way the offseason went."

Edited September 10, 2015 by CoachReilly