Upgrading the middle

Created by: Bluejackets2000

Team: 2020-21 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 16, 2020

Published: Jul. 16, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

People will love...People will hate.
I have seen numerous posts with OS for Cirelli.
This helps TB out with a package of a couple younger skilled players in lower salary bracket, buying them time before their next contracts, as well as a couple picks.
I am not saying Tampa would not possibly receive some crazy trade offer from a team for Cirelli that bests this one.
This is probably the value package that I estimate that Jarmo would make to trade for him, given Tampa's current situation. Further, if offer sheet does come in, this would give Tampa an option to trade him and not lose him for just the 2 picks at that contact value or have to pay someone else to dump salary in a pinch to meet the OS deadline.

Cirelli would get the same bridge deal contract (salary & term) as Dubois.
They both have similar scoring numbers (Dubois .67 pts per game, Cirelli .58 pts per game).

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dubois, Pierre-Luc	3	$6,000,000
MacInnis, Ryan	2	$1,000,000
Stenlund, Kevin	2	$1,250,000
Gavrikov, Vladislav	3	$2,500,000
Anderson, Josh	2	$2,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Cirelli, Anthony		3	$6,000,000

Trades

CBJ

Cirelli, Anthony [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

TB risks losing Cirelli to OS, up to $6.3M value would return only a 1st & 3rd pick, and they would probably have to pay to unload a cap dump in Killorn, Johnson or Gourde just to open enough cap space to keep him.

TBL

Anderson, Josh
Texier, Alexandre
2020 5th round pick (CBJ)
2021 1st round pick (CBJ)

Additional Details:

Jackets lack the 3rd round pick to OS Cirelli. This package has value in Texier, who is about a year or two away from being full time 2C ready. Anderson, the 1st in 2021, and a lower round pick for additonal value

Buyouts

Scott Hartnell: $1,250,000
Alexander Wennberg: $441,667

Buried

Scott Harrington: $558,333 ($1,633,333)

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
23	$81,500,000	$69,206,667	$0	$1,225,000	$12,293,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
	Dubois, Pierre-Luc $6,000,000$6,000,000 C UFA - 2	Atkinson, Cam $5,875,000$5,875,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Nyquist, Gustav $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Cirelli, Anthony $6,000,000$6,000,000	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Foudy, Liam $894,167$894,167 ($375,000$375K) LW, C RFA - 2	Grigorenko, Mikhail $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Foligno, Nick $1,375,000$1,375,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Nash, Riley $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Bemström, Emil $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 2
Robinson, Eric $975,000$975,000 LW UFA - 2	MacInnis, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Stenlund, Kevin $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Jones, Seth $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Korpisalo, Joonas $2,800,000$2,800,000 G UFA - 2
Gavrikov, Vladislav $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 3	Savard, David $1,062,500$1,062,500 RD UFA - 1	Merzlikins, Elvis $4,000,000$4,000,000 G UFA - 2
Murray, Ryan $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Nutivaara, Markus $2,700,000$2,700,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Kukan, Dean $1,650,000$1,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Dubinsky, Brandon $5,850,000$5,850,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jul. 16, 2020 at 12:21 p.m.

Jacketsman61

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 4,375

Likes: 866

I don’t hate it but Texier is a bit rich for a guy that is not proven. Cirelli may be good but he has no track record of production without elite players.

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Jul. 16, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

Ajp_18

Joined: Mar. 2018

Posts: 9,851

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I wouldn’t move both Texier and a 1st for him. One or the other maybe. Tbh I don’t see Cirelli adding anything more then what Grigorenko or Texier could do as the 2nd line center tbh.

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Jul. 16, 2020 at 12:28 p.m.

Jambo

Jefe

Joined: Jan. 2019

Posts: 1,685

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Price for Harringston/Kukan/Nutivaara ?

Jul. 16, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

Friendly_Cannon

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 3,772

Likes: 3,238

Quoting: Jambo

Price for Harringston/Kukan/Nutivaara ?

Harry id give ya for a 5th.
Kukan is weird I wouldn’t give him away for anything less than a 2nd (a huge overpay) because we don’t know what we have in him. Doesn’t play enough. Too many d above him. Shows flashes of brilliance but not consistent.

And Nutivaara is a young d left shot 2 way d man who can log top 4 mins. Probably worth second and a prospect.

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Jul. 16, 2020 at 11:32 p.m.

Bluejackets2000

Joined: Aug. 2017

Posts: 2,400

Likes: 866

Quoting: Jacketsman61

I don’t hate it but Texier is a bit rich for a guy that is not proven. Cirelli may be good but he has no track record of production without elite players.

Quoting: Ajp_18

I wouldn’t move both Texier and a 1st for him. One or the other maybe. Tbh I don’t see Cirelli adding anything more then what Grigorenko or Texier could do as the 2nd line center tbh.

In actuality I would rather keep Tex and see what we have in him, (also can’t wait to see what we have in Grigorenko & Foudy too). I just thought I would see what the team looked like with Cirelli via trade since we can’t OS him.
PS...I Totally agree it probably is an overpay with that package.

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