Going a slightly different direction

Team: 2020-21 New York Rangers

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 1, 2020

Published: Sep. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Pretty simple stuff here:


-Florida trade gets the Panthers younger and cuts 3+ mil in salary next year. Talent-wise the deal is a wash. So it's a net positive move for Florida.
-Dubnyk most likely is getting bought out. Lundqvist comes in as a 1 year stop gap to Kaaponen to play with his buddy Zucc to a team with solid cap space. Allows the team to stay competitive while developing Kaaponen since they don't want to pay/commit any UFA goaltender good enough to start, nor do they want to pay significant assets for any goaltender available via trade (such as with Andersen).
-Domi trade is pretty easy. Strome and Domi are very similar players, Domi doesn't want to play wing and is frankly a lot less effective there at both ends of the ice. Strome is a plus defender at RW. So as a 2nd line RW in Montreal, he should be a solid 45-50 pt 2way winger. Which should hold a lot more value in Montreal than what would be a middle 6, 45-50 point defensive liability LW they'd have in Domi.

1.

2.

3.