The NHL's 5 Most Untradable Contracts, according to the Hockey News

[SeanMoneyHands]

https://thehockeynews.com/news/the-nhls-five-most-untradeable-contracts

#1 Huberdeau
#2 Vlasic
#3 Nurse
#4 Seth Jones
#5 Couturier

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[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Vlasic feels more moveable than Huberdeau and Nurse, just based on term.

 

[SEALBound]

I don't agree with Huberdeau being the #1 on that list. It's a tougher deal to move, sure, but above those others? No.

Vlastic is old and not that good anymore. Nurse NEVER deserved that albatross. Jones NEVER deserved that albatross. Couturier is getting older and has suffered injuries.

Huberdeau went from a top-notch situation with a top 5 center to...Calgary (no offense). He's not injured, he didn't magically forget how to play hockey, and his historic performance earned him the long deal. I think if another team with a good center takes the risk, they would see the reward. It's the team, not the player. Everyone else on the list, it's the player.

 

[McPoyle]

Huberdeau went from a top-notch situation with a top 5 center to...Calgary (no offense). He's not injured, he didn't magically forget how to play hockey, and his historic performance earned him the long deal. I think if another team with a good center takes the risk, they would see the reward. It's the team, not the player. Everyone else on the list, it's the player.

If you make 11.5 million you should be able to drive a line.

 

[Darcy Tucker]

John Tavares has to be top 10

 

[miscs75]

Eventhough he was just traded, PLD belongs on this one. He’s going to get yelled at twice (once by the coach and once by Ovi) and then go back to being invisible out there.

 

[SEALBound]

If you make 11.5 million you should be able to drive a line.

Good thing he only makes 10.5mil.

 

[John Garretts KD]

I would put decent money that Tom Wilson’s contract ages poorly given his physical play, age, and injury history. He’s 30 years old and is getting paid $6.5 mill for the next 8 years.

 

[Lt Dan]

John Tavares has to be top 10

This is the final season of that albatross

 

[Darcy Tucker]

This is the final season of that albatross

Still un tradeable. No one has cap space for a faceoff specialist with no skating.

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

My methodology for his is how much would that player make on a UFA contract this year. In a world where Hronek makes $7.25 x 8, Seth Jones might be overpaid by $1.5M'ish x 6 years left, Huberdeau would be making $5M (or less), so he's overpaid by at least 5.5 x 6 years left, or about $33M. Vlasic would be overpaid by $6M, but he only has 2 years left. With that said - I don't see how Jones is on the list, because he's still a serviceable top pair RHD whose is over-exposed because the Hawks are terrible.

The guys who only have short time left are definitely moveable. For the person who listed Tavares, he only has 1 year left, and is only going to get paid $900K because he's already collected his signing bonus.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

I don't agree with Huberdeau being the #1 on that list. It's a tougher deal to move, sure, but above those others? No.

Vlastic is old and not that good anymore. Nurse NEVER deserved that albatross. Jones NEVER deserved that albatross. Couturier is getting older and has suffered injuries.

Huberdeau went from a top-notch situation with a top 5 center to...Calgary (no offense). He's not injured, he didn't magically forget how to play hockey, and his historic performance earned him the long deal. I think if another team with a good center takes the risk, they would see the reward. It's the team, not the player. Everyone else on the list, it's the player.

Hubderdeau was being centered by Sam Bennett, not Barkov.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

If you make 11.5 million you should be able to drive a line.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Nurse is #1 for me. Being paid like not just a true #1 d-man but one of the absolute best d-men in the league and he's a #3 on his best day.

 

[Lt Dan]

Still un tradeable. No one has cap space for a faceoff specialist with no skating.

NMC aside, There are multiple teams that could pull an "Arizona of a few years ago" and take the cap dump with sweetners like Calgary , Anaheim, Det, and SJ. The contract can absolutely be moved if toronto were to give up futures to move it

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Vlasic shouldn't be on the list.

He only has 2 years left. Assuming he was paid his signing bonus already, his base salary is 4.5M. Next year, his total salary is 5.5M and only 3.5M after his bonus is paid.

Are the Sharks likely to find a trade for him? No. But this isn't an impossible contract to move in the right scenario, like a swap of two bad contracts.

There is nothing you could attach to a contract like Huberdeau where it makes sense and also works for him (NMC). With Vlasic, if the Sharks called around the league at the start of the summer and offered to attach the VGK 2025 1st to him after his signing bonus was paid, and retain some salary (either directly via retention or by taking back a contract), someone would easily have taken him. He also might have waived since San Jose is still so far away from competing.

You can't really say the same thing about contracts like Jones or Hubderdeau. The only way to trade those contracts is for each other.

Ironically, Korpisalo would have been on that list ahd the Senators not found a way to trade him. Now his contract is still bad, but it's not nearly as bad since the Senators retained, and after this season his term will be down to a more manageable 3 years. I could easily see Boston trading him with some retention if he doesn't work out.

 

[FerrisRox]

John Tavares has to be top 10

With one year left and very little actual salary, if Tavares agreed to a move, he would be very easy to trade.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Jones is at worst an overpaid top 4 Dman. Bad contract and worse trade but his contract is way less of an issue than Nurse’s or Huberdeau.

Imagine the Oilers with Jones this postseason instead of Nurse

 

[Johnny Rifle]

Herpes might be easier to get rid of than Huberdeau, it’s that bad.

Pickles at least might decide to retire or LTIR before Nurse and Jones would ever become an effective trade piece.

 

[Look Up]

Jacob Trouba should be in there.

 

[banks]

Jones is at worst an overpaid top 4 Dman. Bad contract and worse trade but his contract is way less of an issue than Nurse’s or Huberdeau.

Imagine the Oilers with Jones this postseason instead of Nurse

Ya, I have no idea why people keep listing him in this kind of thing. Seth Jones played over 25 minutes a game last season, and led the Hawks defence in every scoring stat (G, A, PPP, EVP).

He's overpaid, but he's also overworked. Jones is doing his job.

 

[Patty Ice]

I knew that list would have Vlasic as soon as I read the thread title. Outdated thinking.

His contract is more inconsequential than untradable. Sharks have no reason to trade him and if no teams have no desire to trade for him, who cares?

 

[miscs75]

With one year left and very little actual salary, if Tavares agreed to a move, he would be very easy to trade.

You’d need a team with a guy like Melnyk at the helm for that one. He loved those low salary high cap hit guys.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

John Tavares has to be top 10

I would assume it would be up there but I mean at the same time. if Leafs were willing to do 50% retained so he's making 5.5m for the season and I think he's being paid out league min over the year so prob alot easier to trade than some others

 

[Suntouchable13]

Lol, the architect of that Hubie deal is the GM of the team I cheer for. What a joke.