What Vegas might look like no trades

Created by: Redguard191

Team: 2020-21 Vegas Golden Knights

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 10, 2020

Published: Jul. 10, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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Going to have to tighten our belts on this one. I can see the appeal of moving Statsny but I just don't know what you do about that center depth. Also keeping Statsny means when you try Glass on the 2nd the lineup still looks solid.

I couldn't justify signing Nosek over Merrill when we have Stephenson and Cousins. Hague, Bischoff and Coughlan are probably better but it's risky running so many young guys that aren't Byram/Hughes

Edit: I've been convinced (didn't take much) that Merrill isn't a must have for the coming seasons but still means the cap will be tight.

Edit2: If there is an AHL player that has a chance but isn't on the roster I believe all of them (players that have a chance) can freely come up and go down. So to save cap I've left them in the AHL so they can be yo-yo'd to the GM's hearts content. Brown hasn't made a roster yet but he could make it out of camp changing nothing on this prediction.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Cousins, Nick		3	$1,250,000
Stephenson, Chandler		3	$1,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Sparks, Garret		2	$850,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Tomas Tatar: $500,000 (9.43%)

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$76,224,105	$285,772	$850,000	$5,275,895

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Pacioretty, Max $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 7	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Marchessault, Jonathan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Stastny, Paul $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Stephenson, Chandler $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Glass, Cody $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C, RW RFA - 2	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Carrier, William $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW UFA - 4	Roy, Nicolas $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Reaves, Ryan $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 2
	Cousins, Nick $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Theodore, Shea $5,200,000$5,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 5	Martinez, Alec $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Fleury, Marc-André $3,500,000$3,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
McNabb, Brayden $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Schmidt, Nate $5,950,000$5,950,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 5
Holden, Nick $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD UFA - 2	Whitecloud, Zach $725,000$725,000 RD UFA - 2	Dansk, Oscar $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 10, 2020 at 12:21 p.m.

bhavikp27

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You could probably play Hague and let Merrill walk. Also, you forgot the backup.

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Jul. 10, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

Birtle34

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I wonder how they are going to deal with the fact they are exempt from expansion draft, I would try to secure some cap room and some second rounders and try to upgrade backup goalie and some depth from teams that don’t want to lose there guys for nothing.

Jul. 10, 2020 at 12:49 p.m.

total_knut

Joined: Jul. 2019

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I can't see Merrill being brought back mainly because Hague should be ready for full-time. Not only does he need to start getting some reps, but he comes at almost half the price. Having Hague and Whitecloud along with 5 vets is not having too many young guys in my opinion.

I think we will see many teams carrying more young guys than they were hoping for the next few years. The money has to fit. But if we only have Glass, Hague, and Zach on our roster (I think Dansk will be backup over Ferguson), that's actually not that many young guys at all.

Unfortunately, all rosters are in for a jolt once the injuries kick in. GM's have to think and plan ahead, but plans can get derailed pretty quickly.

Jul. 10, 2020 at 1:25 p.m.

MGK

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 1,186

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I can't see them committing 2.75m to Cousins and Merrill, even if they have Cousins' rights.

Quinney and Brown were good in a pinch this year. They're good options for 13th F. Quinney, Leschyshyn and Cotter can all be call ups without going through waivers too.

I can see them going with 21 players again and using Holden at Forward and Defense.

Jul. 10, 2020 at 1:51 p.m.

Vegasloveforthebills

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 501

Likes: 241

I see 20/21 Hague being 19/20 Roy. The AHL yo-yo, but that probably saves the cash spending on Merrill.

Dansk could start the season as the backup, but they could switch at the deadline, especially if aNother team is worried who they may lose during the expansion draft.

I think Stephenson is a touch low, but nothing crazy. Like 250k

If they trade Stastny, Marchessault, Smith or Tuch it will be for picks and/or prospects. Save Cap space For the deadline, similar to this season.

(One sneaky suspicion I have is Stastny is dealt, and Haula is re-signed for half of Stastny to be 3C with Tuch and Stephenson)

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