Proposal: (FLA/MIN) Knight for Gustavsson (50% retained)

[Digitalbooya]

Paying with (2 years of) cap space instead of paying with picks or prospects.

No retention = Minnesota adds, and they aren't giving picks or prospects for Knight when they already have Wallstedt.

Also, FLA keeps Knight if the goalie coming back is around $3m or more. Their motive for trading Knight is to open cap.

Minnesota doesn’t want a goaltender. Starting there is not great.

Minnesota doesn’t have ample cap space to blow on positions they don’t need, like goaltender. So you would be dumping Knight to us, meaning you pay Minnesota for the cap space. Not Minnesota gifting you our starting goaltender at less than $2M because you have an overinflated value on Knight.

If Minnesota trades Gus, it will be to give them more cap space to improve the scoring depth for their forwards. Not to add Knight at basically over $6.3M.

 

[NHL1674]

I'm still hoping Gus has a bounce back year, so we can roll with Gus/Wally in 2025-26....the first year that we're out of cap hell. I think it would be a huge mistake to move Gus too soon. But we ARE talking about Guerin here, so........

 

[thestonedkoala]

I'm still hoping Gus has a bounce back year, so we can roll with Gus/Wally in 2025-26....the first year that we're out of cap hell. I think it would be a huge mistake to move Gus too soon. But we ARE talking about Guerin here, so........

You take Fleury/Wally until Guerin goes on a bender and Fleury has to take over as GM and like it!

The basis of the deal isn't bad, but I think a third team needs to be involved.

To Florida: Gus (50%)
To Minnesota: Tkachuk
To Ottawa: Knight, Rossi, Lambos, Minnesota's 1st round pick

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

You take Fleury/Wally until Guerin goes on a bender and Fleury has to take over as GM and like it!

The basis of the deal isn't bad, but I think a third team needs to be involved.

To Florida: Gus (50%)
To Minnesota: Tkachuk
To Third Team: Knight, Rossi, Lambos, Minnesota's 1st round pick

That third team gets all that and doesn't give up anything? Sounds like a nice score for them.

 

[Dead Coyote]

Gustavsson is still quite young for a goalie and while he didn't have a great year he had one of the best years in the NHL for a goalie year before that. It's not like he's 35, he's 27. Knight has a lot more to prove and Wallstedt already exists on Minnesota, goalie isn't a concern for them at all.

 

[thestonedkoala]

That third team gets all that and doesn't give up anything? Sounds like a nice score for them.

Meant Ottawa. I was thinking of a third team. And Ottawa popped in my head.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I’m still hung up on how Knight has more value than Gus at this very moment. Dude hasn’t played an NHL game in over a year. Someone please explain.

 

[AKL]

This wasn't a very well thought out proposal

 

[Sota Popinski]

I’m still hung up on how Knight has more value than Gus at this very moment. Dude hasn’t played an NHL game in over a year. Someone please explain.

Once they go in the player assistance program, it doubles their value