Is Laine really available

Created by: tm0000

Team: 2019-20 New York Islanders

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 5, 2019

Published: Jun. 10, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

Description

If Patrik Laine becomes available as has been rumored, should the Isles go after him? He'd probably be good for 35-40 goals playing alongside Barzal.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Beauvillier, Anthony	2	$2,250,000
Dal Colle, Michael	1	$1,000,000
Ho-Sang, Joshua	1	$1,000,000
Laine, Patrik	5	$7,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lee, Anders	6	$7,000,000
Lehner, Robin	4	$4,500,000
Johansson, Marcus	2	$4,000,000

Trades

NYI

Gagner, Sam

Additional Details:

Boychuk at $4MM is probably a better deal that a comparable defenseman would get in FA. Isles get an OK-ish bottom 6 winger with some offensive upside and clear some salary in the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

EDM

Boychuk, Johnny ($2,000,000 retained)

NYI

Laine, Patrik [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Isles get Laine and sign him to a 5 year, $7.5MM AAV deal which buys out his first UFA year but puts him in line for another big payday at that point.

As far as the package going to Winnipeg, Leddy makes sense if they move Trouba. If they keep Trouba, maybe swap Beauvillier instead (and deal Leddy elsewhere for picks and/or prospects) . May need to add another draft pick going to Winnipeg in either scenario (2020 2nd rounder?)

WPG

Leddy, Nick
Wilde, Bode
2019 1st round pick (NYI)

Buyouts

Rick DiPietro: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Johnny Boychuk: $2,000,000 (33.33%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2019
2020
2021

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,000,000	$75,745,833	$0	$1,037,500	$7,254,167

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lee, Anders $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW UFA - 7	Barzal, Mathew $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) C, RW UFA - 1	Laine, Patrik $7,500,000$7,500,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 2
Beauvillier, Anthony $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Nelson, Brock $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 6	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 5
Dal Colle, Michael $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 2	Johansson, Marcus $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Gagner, Sam $2,835,000$2,835,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Martin, Matt $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Cizikas, Casey $3,350,000$3,350,000 C UFA - 2	Komarov, Leo $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW, C M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pelech, Adam $1,600,000$1,600,000 LD UFA - 2	Pulock, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Lehner, Robin $4,500,000$4,500,000 G UFA - 1
Toews, Devon $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Mayfield, Scott $1,450,000$1,450,000 RD UFA - 4	Greiss, Thomas $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 1
Hickey, Thomas $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 3	Dobson, Noah $894,167$894,167 ($537,500$538K) RD RFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Fritz, Tanner $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Clutterbuck, Cal $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW UFA - 3
Ho-Sang, Joshua $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Ladd, Andrew $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW NTC UFA - 4
Aho, Sebastian $770,000$770,000 ($100,000$100K) LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 10, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

joshelkin

Islanders Fan

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That's a reasonable Boychuk deal. Not to mention he's from the EDM area. I like it

Jun. 10, 2019 at 10:22 a.m.

bunzy1034

Cold spaghetti

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He isn’t available.

Jun. 10, 2019 at 10:25 a.m.

Warrior24

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Any potential deal for Laine (if available) would include Walstrom, Beau, 1st, and Aho or Wilde. Then the Isles have to come to terms on a contract, which would be about $8m to $9m per year. In that scenario you can only afford Laine or Lee to then sign Barzal, Pulock and Toews the next year. Seems like they are better off singing their core players and targeting a guy like Reilly Smith from Vegas since they need to move cap.

Jun. 10, 2019 at 10:26 a.m.

coga16

Joined: Jun. 2015

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I dont think they are trying to trade him, bc the team has so much RFA control on him yet, but I wouldn't be shocked to find out that Jets are listening to offers for him.

Jun. 10, 2019 at 10:44 a.m.

slapshot723

NYI

Joined: Jun. 2016

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Quoting: Warrior24

I think the choice between Laine and Lee would be easy as Laine. That trade may be a little rich, but it's probably worth it.

I do agree that targeting Reilly Smith is a better move for the Islanders. He'd be a great fit here, and we can probably get Eakin from them too.

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