Sergachev Offersheet

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 27, 2020

Published: Mar. 28, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Assuming cap only goes to $83M.

Tampa Bay has ~$6.8M to sign at least 5 players to get the minimum 20 man roster. Assuming they are somehow able to fill the other 4 roster spots with $700k cap hits that only leaves ~$4M to resign Sergachev.

Tampa would only need to offer ~$4.6M to match MTL's offer after you factor in taxes, however it is possible Sergachev and his agent would be willing to sign this deal to try and force Tampa Bay into matching it, in which case Sergachev will have boosted his contract with TB by at least $2M.

If TB were unable to match the offersheet, Sergachev still gets paid likely more than TB would pay him, and he will get the opportunity to play 1st pairing minutes and step out of Hedman's shadow in Tampa Bay, setting him up for a big pay day after this two year deal expires.

This is a win win for MTL. They either get Sergachev or they screw over a division rivals plan (TB would have to move out salary somehow to match).

If the offersheet is successful, I would likely flip Mete afterwards (assuming they are able to sign scandella) since they will need to make room for Sergachev and Romanov.