Eichel Bandwagon

Created by: tkecanuck341

Team: 2020-21 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: May 28, 2020

Published: May 28, 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

This obviously isn't something that would ever actually happen, but since everyone else is doing it...

Kopitar would obviously need to waive his trade protection or have Buffalo on his 7-team trade list that begins on July 1. Not sure how the clauses will work since normally the clause would have been in place on draft day, but this summer's draft is going to happen after July 1 when the clause supposedly downgrades from a full NMC to a modified NTC.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Grundström, Carl	2	$875,000
Prokhorkin, Nikolai	1	$925,000
Wagner, Austin	2	$875,000
Walker, Sean	4	$2,500,000
Luff, Matt	1	$700,000

Trades

LAK

Eichel, Jack
2020 1st round pick (BUF)

BUF

Kopitar, Anze
Vilardi, Gabriel
2020 1st round pick (LAK)
2021 1st round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

The Kings aren't willing to move out of the 1st round this season, but they'd likely downgrade a few picks if it got them Eichel. Buffalo gets LA's 1st round pick next summer, which will likely be in the low-to-mid teens.

LAK

Leddy, Nick

NYI

2020 3rd round pick (CBJ)
2021 4th round pick (CGY)

Buyouts

Dion Phaneuf: $4,062,500

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $700,000
Ilya Kovalchuk: $6,250,000

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
23	$81,500,000	$64,466,363	$0	$1,990,000	$17,033,637

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Iafallo, Alex $2,425,000$2,425,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Brown, Dustin $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Prokhorkin, Nikolai $925,000$925,000 C, LW UFA	Carter, Jeff $2,636,364$2,636,364 RW, C UFA - 2	Frk, Martin $725,000$725,000 RW UFA - 2
Kempe, Adrian $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Lizotte, Blake $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Wagner, Austin $875,000$875,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Grundström, Carl $875,000$875,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Amadio, Michael $700,000$700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Moore, Trevor $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Leddy, Nick $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 2	Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Quick, Jonathan $2,900,000$2,900,000 G UFA - 3
Anderson, Michael $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2	Roy, Matt $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1	Petersen, Cal $858,333$858,333 G UFA - 2
MacDermid, Kurtis $875,000$875,000 LD/RD, LW UFA - 2	Walker, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $747,500$747,500 ($182,500$182K) C, LW, RW RFA - 2
Luff, Matt $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1
Clague, Kale $761,666$761,666 ($107,500$108K) LD/RD RFA - 1

Top Comments

May 28, 2020 at 6:15 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 23,684

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Terrible for the Sabres.

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May 28, 2020 at 6:29 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 14,560

Likes: 6,150

Quoting: MisstheWhalers

Terrible for the Sabres.

How do you figure? They get an elite two-way center for a few seasons, a bonafide price-controlled 1C/2C in Vilardi, an improved chance at the draft lottery this summer (even if they don't win the lottery, it's a guaranteed top 7 OA pick), and another lottery pick next summer.

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May 28, 2020 at 7:18 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 23,684

Likes: 12,381

Quoting: tkecanuck341

The 2020 1sts basically cancel each other out so it's Eichel for a soon to be 33 year old Kopitar who makes the same amount of money as Eichel, Vilardi and a 2021-1st, hardly seems worth Eichel imo.

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May 28, 2020 at 7:23 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,462

Likes: 25,357

Quoting: MisstheWhalers

The 2020 1sts basically cancel each other out so it's Eichel for a soon to be 33 year old Kopitar who makes the same amount of money as Eichel, Vilardi and a 2021-1st, hardly seems worth Eichel imo.

Yeah, that Wayne Gretzky trade keeps looking better and better for the Kings every day. Of course, Wayne isn't the player that Eichel is . . . Wayne is what, 60 years old now?

Just yanking your chain.

May 28, 2020 at 7:24 p.m.

krzyk0

Joined: Oct. 2019

Posts: 332

Likes: 363

Imagine going from living in LA to Buffalo. That's about as brutal as it gets.

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