Possible move to dump Backes

Created by: bigbrit93

Team: 2019-20 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 9, 2019

Published: Dec. 9, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I know Toffoli has been beaten to death on here, but I think he would be a solid 2RW that solidifies the top 6 for the Bs. I went with what I felt was a fair price, NHL D-man- high prospect who's progressing and getting close to NHL readiness, and a 2nd round pick.

My next move was purely for cap. I tried looking in to Gaborik's injury, but didn't find anything newer than last year when he was still seeing a back specialist in LA. My thought process here is that the Bs get an immediate 1.2 extra cap space, while the Sens get a leadership guy who can still play (when healthy). This trade is solely based on thinking that Gaborik is on LTIR and basically it's only his contract being traded, and that he most likely will never actually play for the Bruins.

My thinking here is that Ottowa at least gets someone who can play now, and the Bruins can clear Backes' contract without having to overpay massively to attach him on to another deal.

Trades

BOS

Toffoli, Tyler

LAK

Moore, John
Zboril, Jakub
2020 2nd round pick (BOS)

BOS

Gáborík, Marián

OTT

Backes, David
2021 4th round pick (BOS)

Buyouts

Dennis Seidenberg: $1,166,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Matt Beleskey: $1,900,000 (50%)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$77,871,667	$0	$2,432,500	$3,628,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW UFA - 4
DeBrusk, Jake $863,333$863,333 ($450,000$450K) RW, LW UFA - 1	Krejci, David $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Toffoli, Tyler $4,600,000$4,600,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Bjork, Anders $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $3,200,000$3,200,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Heinen, Danton $2,800,000$2,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Nordström, Joakim $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Wagner, Chris $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, C UFA - 1
		Ritchie, Brett $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chara, Zdeno $2,000,000$2,000,000 ($1,750,000$2M) LD NMC UFA - 1		Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Krug, Torey $5,250,000$5,250,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 3	Halák, Jaroslav $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Grzelcyk, Matt $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 1	Carlo, Brandon $2,850,000$2,850,000 RD UFA - 2
	Clifton, Connor $725,000$725,000 ($20,000$20K) RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lindholm, Pär $850,000$850,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Miller, Kevan $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 1	Gáborík, Marián $4,875,000$4,875,000 RW UFA - 2
	Kuhlman, Karson $750,000$750,000 RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Dec. 9, 2019 at 3:31 p.m.

BigDog91

Joined: Mar. 2019

Posts: 1,509

Likes: 374

Why would ottawa make that trade and only get a 4th. Gaborik contract is insured and they dont have to pay him.

Matteo liked this.

Dec. 9, 2019 at 3:33 p.m.

bigbrit93

Joined: Oct. 2016

Posts: 314

Likes: 9

Quoting: BigDog91

Why would ottawa make that trade and only get a 4th. Gaborik contract is insured and they dont have to pay him.

I couldn't find anything say his contract was anything more than a normal IR contract, which to me meant Ottowa still owed him the money. Was there a special circumstance on the trade due to his back injury that I missed when looking it up?

Dec. 9, 2019 at 3:36 p.m.

BigDog91

Joined: Mar. 2019

Posts: 1,509

Likes: 374

Quoting: bigbrit93

All contracts on LTIR are insured by the league. Otherwise all good teams would be trading with sens for those players.

Matteo liked this.

Dec. 9, 2019 at 3:41 p.m.

bigbrit93

Joined: Oct. 2016

Posts: 314

Likes: 9

Quoting: BigDog91

All contracts on LTIR are insured by the league. Otherwise all good teams would be trading with sens for those players.

That's a good point, but he's actually only listed on IR, not LTIR, on CapFriendly which made me think it would be easier (at all possible) to trade for his contract with minimal added on to a player who can contribute in any way.

Dec. 9, 2019 at 3:46 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 60,005

Likes: 22,951

Quoting: bigbrit93

Stop it. LTIR or IR, may not no difference on who actually pays Gaborik's salary. More than likely it's the insurance company. Still why would the Sens want to pay out of pocket 4m for Backes next season? Plus ignoring the fact that Backes has M NTC and can easily block any trade to a team with cap space.

See All

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES