CBO Boychuk NYI

Team: 2020-21 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: May 21, 2020

Published: May 21, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

If there's a CBO Avs probably wouldn't need to use theirs, so acquiring assets from another team to make a CBO makes sense. NYI will likely want to use their CBO on Ladd, so Boychuk would be a suitable CBO trade candidate.

Note that Sakic also has a history of using the cap and buyouts to his advantage, given that he leveraged Orpik's buyout to get Grubauer cheaper, and also retained 50% of Barrie's caphit.


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Boychuk has $8m salary remaining, and at 60% (like last time) that means it would cost COL $4.8m in real dollars.

For $4.8m of real dollars and $6m in capspace for the next 2 years NYI would need to give up something of value. NYI lack 2nd round picks in both 2020 and 2021 so the only reasonable alternatives are:

- downgrade their 2021 1st (to COL 2021 2nd)

and/or

- to add a recently drafted 2nd round prospect, such as Bode Wilde. Note that NYI would still keep their top 5 prospects in Dobson; Wahlstrom; Sorokin; Bellows; and Holmstrom.

and/or

- NYI 2020 or 2021 3rd

In this AGM I have used the Bode Wilde and a 1st/2nd swap in exchange for the Boychuk CBO. For comparison, Marleau's $6m/1 year cap hit cost Toronto a 1st straight up to get rid of, so I figure that downgrading ~25 picks and adding a prospect recently drafted in the 2nd round would be reasonably fair for a $4.8m cash buyout and $6m capspace for 2 years.

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In moving Boychuk and Wilde NYI would still have a solid D group going forwards, as shown below. They can afford to move a RHD prospect like Wilde more than some of their other prospects.

Should NYI be interested Zadorov could also be included in the deal with a suitable makeweight added on NYI's side.

Pelech-Pulock
Toews-Dobson
Aho-Mayfield
(Trade Leddy)

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From Colorado's perspective, Wilde would solidify Colorado's RHD depth, giving them 3 potential RHD's (i.e. Timmins/Wilde/Helleson) to replace Johnson/Cole on the 2nd and 3rd pairs behind Makar going forward.

Byram --------- Makar
Girard --------- Timmins
Graves -------- Wilde
Zhuravlyov -- Helleson

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Please comment below as I'd love to hear some thoughts on the value and feasibility of this trade.

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