Pretenders to Contenders

Created by: Rayjb159

Team: 2020-21 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 25, 2020

Published: Aug. 25, 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

Rangers went from the basement to a fringe playoff team in 2020. Now with a few moves and a golden ticket #1 draft choice, they can make the next step to becoming a perennial playoff team. By 2020, they can be cup contenders with the right moves and internal growth. This is a very exciting and deep team making the future bright on Broadway!

- Staal is bought out as his roster spot is desperately needed and he has a full NMC
- Rangers draft Lafreniere with the 1st overall
- These lines are what I see about 20 games into the season as the beginning of the season will have a lot of mixing and matching

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Georgiev, Alexandar	2	$2,250,000
Lemieux, Brendan	2	$1,750,000
Domi, Max	5	$5,500,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	2	$1,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafrenire, Alexis		3	$975,000

Trades

NYR

Domi, Max [RFA Rights]
2020 2nd round pick (CHI)

Additional Details:

Rangers get the young 2C that they covet to bring balance to the lineup and offer veteran experience to the young kids at wing

MTL

Deangelo, Anthony [RFA Rights]
2020 3rd round pick (DAL)

Additional Details:

Montreal has 3 younger centers that are starting to emerge so Domi is a odd man out. TonyD brings scoring to their back end and will give their PP a huge boost

NYR

Brodin, Jonas

Additional Details:

Rangers get a solid young LHD that can shore up the struggling defense and act as a mentor to the young kids coming down the pipe in the next couple years

MIN

2020 1st round pick (CAR)

Additional Details:

Wild are nearly up against the cap with some vets to sign. This trade helps them add young cheap talent in a stacked draft for just one contract year of Brodin

NYR

Mittelstadt, Casey [RFA Rights]
2020 2nd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Rangers get a center project and 2nd pick for Strome, who becomes expendable once they acquire Domi

BUF

Strome, Ryan [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

With so much uncertainty over the roster next season, Buffalo grabs a vet center that can strengthen the lineup while still being const controlled as a RFA

NYR

Hank retires to play with his brother

ANA

Lundqvist, Henrik

Buyouts

Kevin Shattenkirk: $6,083,333
Dan Girardi: $1,111,111
Ryan Spooner: $300,000
Brad Richards: $0
Marc Staal: $3,566,667

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	$76,224,800	$0	$9,212,500	$5,275,200

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 6	Domi, Max $5,500,000$5,500,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Kakko, Kaapo $925,000$925,000 ($2,650,000$3M) RW RFA - 2
Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Buchnevich, Pavel $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Lafrenire, Alexis $975,000$975,000	Chytil, Filip $894,166$894,166 ($350,000$350K) C, LW UFA - 1	Kravtsov, Vitali $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2
	Barron, Morgan $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 3	Gauthier, Julien $863,333$863,333 ($300,000$300K) RW UFA - 1
Lemieux, Brendan $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Mittelstadt, Casey $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Howden, Brett $863,333$863,333 C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Brodin, Jonas $4,166,667$4,166,667 LD NMC UFA - 1	Trouba, Jacob $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 6
Lindgren, Ryan $925,000$925,000 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 1	Fox, Adam $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 2	Shesterkin, Igor $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) G UFA - 1
Miller, K'Andre $925,000$925,000 ($300,000$300K) LD RFA - 3	Smith, Brendan $4,350,000$4,350,000 LD/RD, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Georgiev, Alexandar $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 2
Hájek, Libor $833,333$833,333 LD UFA - 1