Strange Possibility with Faulk

Created by: BluesBandit

Team: 2020-21 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 19, 2020

Published: Jul. 19, 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 article (https://www.stlouisgametime.com/2020/6/29/21305232/the-most-exciting-blues-hypothetical) on STL Game Time outlines how the Blues could buyout Faulk and actually gain more cap space than his contract value for the next two years. The cap hit only starts to hurt the Blues after the 2022 season. They'd have him on the books till 2034 but only 4 seasons would be a cap hit over $2 million. Click the long term outlook to see for yourself or the link to see the full buyout projection.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Dunn, Vince		3	$3,500,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Pietrangelo, Alex		8	$8,750,000

Trades

STL

Stanley, Logan

Additional Details:

Or Gawanke.

WPG

Bozak, Tyler
Walman, Jake [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Cap space from Little on LTIR.

Buyouts

Justin Faulk: -$286,207

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
22	$81,500,000	$70,785,974	$306,349	$850,000	$10,714,026

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Schwartz, Jaden $5,350,000$5,350,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 8	Tarasenko, Vladimir $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW NTC UFA - 3
Sanford, Zachary $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 3	Perron, David $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Steen, Alexander $5,750,000$5,750,000 LW, RW, C NTC UFA - 1	Thomas, Robert $894,166$894,166 ($425,000$425K) C, RW UFA - 1	Kyrou, Jordan $758,333$758,333 RW UFA - 1
Barbashev, Ivan $1,475,000$1,475,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Blais, Samuel $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dunn, Vince $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Pietrangelo, Alex $8,750,000$8,750,000 RD UFA - 7	Binnington, Jordan $4,400,000$4,400,000 G UFA - 1
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 2
Gunnarsson, Carl $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Bortuzzo, Robert $1,375,000$1,375,000 RD UFA - 2	Allen, Jake $4,350,000$4,350,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Stanley, Logan $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) LD RFA - 1
MacEachern, Mackenzie $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Top Comments

Jul. 19, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

Seider53

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 1,021

Likes: 641

Its an interesting loophole, is this really better than trading a guy as a cap dump though?

Jul. 19, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.

arafay

Joined: Mar. 2018

Posts: 7,318

Likes: 2,384

Would rather get sent a pick than Wallman. Even then, I think the jets will have better option than an aging bozak. For example, I see stastny being a available this offseason. That said not a bad trade or even a bad option for the jets

Jul. 19, 2020 at 1:55 p.m.

West_Virginia_Take_Me_Home

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 1,437

Likes: 374

I think Faulk has a lot of upside and they will probably expose him during the expansion draft if he hasnt returned to peak performance. Other than that, interesting scenario. For the trade, I dont see the blues giving up a center for a defenseman that doesnt crack their lineup. Theyd either need another forward, prospect, pick, or combination to move Bozak.

Jul. 19, 2020 at 2:09 p.m.

Leafs_and_Sens_Fan

Joined: Jan. 2020

Posts: 8,370

Likes: 2,275

I don't think the Blues would want to pay him till 2034.

Quoting: Seider53

Its an interesting loophole, is this really better than trading a guy as a cap dump though?

Might be hard with the NTC.

Jul. 19, 2020 at 2:13 p.m.

Timmah007

Joined: Jun. 2020

Posts: 8,634

Likes: 3,931

Wow. The buyout actually looks like a better solution than I would have thought.

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