What to do with this cap space

Created by: TheWolfe

Team: 2019-20 Detroit Red Wings

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2019

Published: Mar. 14, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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If this offseason plays out like I think it will, we will bring most of the band back together. I'm totally fine with that; Kronner and Vanek are great tutors for these young players, Howie is still a solid starter and Witter is a crowd favorite who's cheap. The only major deletion I made is buying out Ericsson. I know its the last year of his deal, but his contract is just obscene for his skill level and if our prospects can't beat him out for a spot...we have a problem.

That leaves us with a hefty chunk of cap space and I'm conflicted on what do do with it. We obliviously need D, but I'm not enamored with the free agents that are attainable for this team. There are upgrades to be had, sure, but I don't want us to get tied up in deals that are too expensive and too long for players that aren't good enough. This is how we got into this mess in the first place.

We also have some critical RFAs to sign soon, so there is that to consider as well.

I've been back and forth on this for the past couple weeks, so I'm curious to hear some other perspectives in terms of what to do with this team to set them up for the future.

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Howard, Jimmy	2	$5,500,000
Kronwall, Niklas	1	$3,500,000
Vanek, Thomas	1	$3,000,000
Witkowski, Luke	2	$750,000

Buyouts

Stephen Weiss: $1,666,667
Xavier Ouellet: $216,667
Jonathan Ericsson: $1,416,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,000,000	$64,409,165	$145,000	$2,307,500	$16,590,835

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bertuzzi, Tyler $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C UFA - 4	Mantha, Anthony $3,300,000$3,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Vanek, Thomas $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA	Athanasiou, Andreas $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Zadina, Filip $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3
Svechnikov, Evgeny $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Nielsen, Frans $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Helm, Darren $3,850,000$3,850,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 2
Rasmussen, Michael $894,166$894,166 ($850,000$850K) LW, C UFA - 2	Glendening, Luke $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 2	Abdelkader, Justin $4,250,000$4,250,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
DeKeyser, Danny $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD NTC UFA - 3	Green, Mike $2,687,500$2,687,500 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Howard, Jimmy $5,500,000$5,500,000 G UFA - 1
Kronwall, Niklas $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD UFA	Hronek, Filip $714,166$714,166 ($182,500$182K) RD RFA - 2	Bernier, Jonathan $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 2
Cholowski, Dennis $894,166$894,166 LD RFA - 2	Daley, Trevor $3,166,666$3,166,666 RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
De La Rose, Jacob $900,000$900,000 C, LW UFA - 1		Zetterberg, Henrik $6,083,333$6,083,333 C UFA - 2
Bowey, Madison $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 1		Franzen, Johan $3,954,545$3,954,545 RW, LW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Mar. 14, 2019 at 7:29 p.m.

Drw4209

Joined: May 2016

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Depends what happens in the draft. If they get one of Hughes or Kakko it accelerates the rebuild and they could be aggressive in free agency. If they wind with a prospect who will take a year or two they should just be patient and save their space for next year

Mar. 14, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Birtle34

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Who’s the goalie of the future? Bowey needs to play and see what you got? I’m not sure what’s in the 26/27 year old ufa class or if it makes sense to do some bidding or buying, but I would prefer that over a bunch of old vets on short deals, or bottom out and draft your rebuild. I’m undecided also

Mar. 14, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Birtle34

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Quoting: Drw4209

I wonder if lehner, Hayes, Myers, or any other younger expensive free agents make any sense as far as the rebuild goes

Mar. 14, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

goodaytoday

Joined: Mar. 2019

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I really like the patience not signing any of the big fish in free agency and keeping the cap for the kids next year. It should also help the team get another top 5 pick next year witch should help the rebuild. The only real difference I would do is put Svechnikov, Rasmussen, Cholowski and Zadina in the minors instead of giving them 4th and 3rd line minutes. I just don't think they are ready, there's no need to rush them.

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Mar. 14, 2019 at 8:47 p.m.

Jfstompers

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Quoting: goodaytoday

I agree with this except if you have the ability to add a top 4 defenseman we need to do it. I dont want to overpay drastically for myers or gardiner but id definitely kick the tires on them. Our record in the last 15 years of bringing defenseman along is so bad I dont think we can pass them by. we talk about cholo and hronek like we use to talk about spoul and oulette and smith and kindle before them.

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