One more cap crunched year

Created by: fluff118

Team: 2020-21 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 6, 2020

Published: Mar. 6, 2020

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

Two biggest unknowns for the fans right now:
1) Does Hank retire?
2) Does Staal retire?

If both happen, the Rangers will be busy this offseason.

If one happens (Staal), they will find a a 1-2 year replacement UFA (Lundkvist/Miller/Hajek all not ready yet).

If the other happens (Hank), they might add a 4c and push Howden out to LW, and Kravtsov may play another year in Hartford.

John Davidson has preached patience, and I think next year is the last year we'll need to be patient.

About 24 million comes off the books after next year, and only minor raises going out.

Also, Hartford will be a pretty good team next year again, with Miller, Reunanen, Pajuniemi, Lundkvist, maybe Lias, and Huska and Wall. Possibly Kravtsov depending on what happens with NYR offseason/cap implications.

VERY bright future for NYR organization all around.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Miller, K'Andre	3	$925,000
Lundkvist, Nils	3	$925,000
Pajuniemi, Lauri	3	$925,000
Wall, Tyler	3	$845,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Deangelo, Anthony	5	$5,500,000
Lemieux, Brendan	3	$1,250,000
Georgiev, Alexandar	2	$2,000,000
Strome, Ryan	1	$4,650,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Fast, Jesper		4	$2,500,000

Buyouts

Kevin Shattenkirk: $6,083,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Ryan Spooner: $300,000
Brad Richards: $0

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
21	$84,000,000	$76,933,133	$0	$8,062,500	$7,066,867

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Buchnevich, Pavel $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 6	Strome, Ryan $4,650,000$4,650,000 RW, C UFA - 2	Kakko, Kaapo $925,000$925,000 ($2,650,000$3M) RW RFA - 2
Kravtsov, Vitali $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2	Chytil, Filip $894,166$894,166 ($350,000$350K) C, LW UFA - 1	Gauthier, Julien $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RW UFA - 1
Lemieux, Brendan $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Howden, Brett $863,333$863,333 C, LW UFA - 1	Fast, Jesper $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Smith, Brendan $4,350,000$4,350,000 LD/RD, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Lundqvist, Henrik $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Lindgren, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 1	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2	Shesterkin, Igor $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) G UFA - 1
Staal, Marc $5,700,000$5,700,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Deangelo, Anthony $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Georgiev, Alexandar $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Kreider, C.		Zibanejad, M.		Buchnevich, P.
	Panarin, A.		Deangelo, A.

Power Play 2
Gauthier, J.		Chytil, F.		Kakko, K.
	Fox, A.		Trouba, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Zibanejad, M.	Fast, J.
	Lindgren, R.	Fox, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Howden, B.	Gauthier, J.
	Smith, B.	Trouba, J.

Top Comments

Mar. 6, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

JeffW

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 4,192

Likes: 1,654

Unfortunately neither probably retire.. these guys arent going to see another nhl contract after next season so if I were them I'd watch the games from the press box and collect my millions 4.5 for staal and 5.5 for hank

Mar. 6, 2020 at 2:19 p.m.

BSpadaro83

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 1,739

Likes: 469

I mean even in that case, just dont over pay Fast, bridge & trade Tony and dont roster 3 goalies, trade Georgiev and have Hank back up... Its not hard to roll the year forward without massive change and still get some space.

Mar. 6, 2020 at 2:20 p.m.

fluff118

Joined: Feb. 2020

Posts: 117

Likes: 18

I completely agree, that's why I left them in the roster. It's going to be super tight, but I think this is very close to what they put on the ice next year. Only changes might be:
1) Smith traded
2) Fast not re-signed
3) Kravtsov not called up

Otherwise, not much to change for next year. The following year is the start of the next window of contention, which should hopefully last at least 5 years, if not 6-8.

Mar. 6, 2020 at 2:20 p.m.

papishark

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 8,800

Likes: 3,226

Niether are retiring. You could buy them out though or pay to trade

Mar. 6, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

fluff118

Joined: Feb. 2020

Posts: 117

Likes: 18

Quoting: BSpadaro83

"without massive change"

I would have to disagree with the one thing that saves you the most money...bridge and trade Tony D. That is a massive change to this teams future.

Georgiev = not a massive change
Fast = not a massive change (but 2.5 is a discount, not an overpay). He'll fetch 3m easily.

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