Looking for: Elite 1C
Line-up at the moment
Brendan Perlini - 0.863M -
Matt Duchene 6M -
Nikita Kucherov 4.77M
Sebastian Aho 0.925M -
Jordan Staal 6M -
Teuvo Teräväinen 2.86M
Valentin Zykov 3.5M -
Martin Necas 0.925M -
Justin Williams 4.5M
Antoine Roussel 2M -
Lucas Wallmark 0.75M -
Nikolai Kulemin 1M
Brock McGinn 0.89M
Jaccob Slavin 5.3M -
Brett Pesce 4.025M
Noah Hanifin 5M -
Justin Faulk 4.833M
Haydn Fleury 0.863M-
Trevor van Riemsdyk 1.2M
Roland McKeown 0.745M
Braden Holtby 6.1M
Darcy Kuemper 1M
Salary cap 2018-19: $80,000,000
Cap hit 2018-19: $66,880,000 (Semin buyout included and Ryan 500k retained included)
Cap space: $13,120,000
Draft Picks 2018: 4th round (Wyatte Wylie), 5th, 6th & 7th.
Draft Picks 2019: 1st round, 2nd round (Coyotes), 3rd round, 4th round, 4th round (Bruins), 5th, 6th and 7th.
Most notable prospects:
1. Necas
2. Zykov
3. Wallmark
4. Kuok
5. Carrick
6. Nedeljkovic
7. McKeown
8. Saarela
9. Martin
Buyout cap penalties:
Alexander Semin $2,333,333
Retaining:
$500,000 of Bobby Ryan contract
Transactions:
Julien Gauthier, Jake Bean, 2018 2nd & 3rd for Braden Holtby
Marcus Kruger & 2019 2nd for Bostons 2019 4th owned by Blackhawks
Andrei Svechnikov, Jeff Skinner and Warren Foegele for Nikita Kucherov, Matt Duchene & Boris Katchouk
Elias Lindholm and Scott Darling for Brendan Perlini, Darcy Kuemper (at 1M cap hit, 850k retained by Coyotes) and 2019 2nd round Coyotes pick
Signings:
RFA Elias Lindholm 4M x 6yrs, 24M total
RFA Noah Hanifin 5M x 8yrs, 40M total
RFA Trevor van Riemsdyk 1.2M x 2 yr, 2.4M total
RFA Phillip Di Giuseppe 0.8M x 1 yrs
RFA Klas Dahlbeck 0.9M x 1 yrs
RFA Lucas Wallmark 0.75M x 1 yrs
UFA Antoine Roussel 2M x 3yrs, 6M total
UFA Nikolai Kulemin 1M x 1yrs
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This is where I'm at the moment.
Couple of notes:
* The game is almost done, UFA is still going on. I missed out on Tavares (a guy threw 13.5 x 7 to him, I didn't want to match that). I will try to look for an UFA top six LW to replace Perlini. It's not bad to try him at that spot though and if it doesn't work out, maybe swap him with Zykov.
* I like most of my trades. I overpaid a little bit for Blackhawks to take on Kruger and the Lindholm trade is mostly about getting rid of Darling. Thank goodness I like Perlini and the 2nd round pick so missing Lindholm isn't THAT bad. He would not have gotten to play C in this team anyway.
* I like the additions of Roussel and Kulemin. I'd love to see Roussel play for Canes and if Kulemin isn't working out, his contract is pretty much buriable.
* A lot of prospects are graduating. From that top nine prospect list four are in the roster. Good that we've got extra draft picks for 2019 as 2018 draft was a little bare for us.
* Overall, the roster looks very good. Franchise winger, very low end offensive 1C and elite goalie added while keeping the best prospects. There will be enough money to keep everyone around for a long time.
* If Necas becomes top six center in the next year or two, this team will make serious cup runs.
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But yeah, UFA is still going on. LWs like JvR, Neal and Perron are still up for grabs.