a realistic Blues offseason

Created by: Shylo_Moxii

Team: 2020-21 St. Louis Blues

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 9, 2020

Published: Sep. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Biggest thing on capfriendly.
-Blues need to sign Pietrangelo
-Blues need cap space, so let's make every other team benefit because we don't think STL has space.
-Blues will re-sign Dunn to a bridge deal especially when Dunn has arbitration rights, and I'm sure he's gonna use it.
-Colton Parayko is one of the Top Defenseman on the Blues and in the League. Blues are contending. Blues don't want a bunch of spare parts that we won't use in a Cup push.

Spare Parts meaning guys like Hainsey, at some trades Dermott, I don't see a problem with Johnsson, but at the end of the day it's not worth it for the Blues.

We'll just leave it at that.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Dunn, Vince	2	$3,000,000
Reinke, Mitch	2	$800,000
Walman, Jake	2	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Pietrangelo, Alex		7	$9,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Steen, Alexander		1	$1,500,000

Trades

STL

2020 4th round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Buffalo needs a 2C, while Bozak is not an amazing 2C and probably on the decline, still a serviceable stop gap for the next year until Cozens is ready to take the role.

BUF

Bozak, Tyler

Additional Details:

Blues need some cap relief, and while Bozak could probably fetch a 3rd, I'm not sure anyone would be willing to go up to that value, and in order to get the deal done Blues need to make some compromises to make it work.

STL

2020 4th round pick (BOS)

Additional Details:

While I'm not sure New Jersey is a right fit, Blues definitely need to make cap work, and I'm pretty sure that under the circumstances, Sanford is very tradable. I think he could be for quite a few teams, and honestly a 4th Round Pick is pretty decent. He's had good numbers, but I can't help but think that him on a line with O'Reilly had something to do with that. So him being traded Sanford is not the most consistent of players, but he's definitely not a bottom feeder.

NJD

Sanford, Zachary

Additional Details:

Blues at this point still need a couple million to salvage and the best way to do that is what I think is using Kyrou, and Kostin as forward support. It's time for them to move up the lineup, and I think Sanford is one of the guys who's the odd man out.

STL

2020 5th round pick (DET)

Additional Details:

Under conditions that Detroit buys him out and telling Steen they will sign him again once bought out. I don't think Steen would be upset at waiving it, and this could be done with any number of teams done. I'm not gonna get worried with the pick that Detroit sends back at this point all that matters is he is sent and re-signed to the team.

DET

Steen, Alexander
2020 1st round pick (STL)

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	$69,597,181	$306,349	$637,500	$11,902,819

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Schwartz, Jaden $5,350,000$5,350,000 LW M-NTC 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	Schenn, Brayden $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 8
MacEachern, Mackenzie $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2		Thomas, Robert $894,166$894,166 ($425,000$425K) C, RW UFA - 1
Steen, Alexander $1,500,000$1,500,000	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 3	Kyrou, Jordan $758,333$758,333 RW UFA - 1
	Barbashev, Ivan $1,475,000$1,475,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Kostin, Klim $863,333$863,333 ($212,500$212K) LW, RW RFA - 2
		Blais, Samuel $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dunn, Vince $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Pietrangelo, Alex $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 7	Binnington, Jordan $4,400,000$4,400,000 G UFA - 1
Faulk, Justin $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 7	Parayko, Colton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Husso, Ville $750,000$750,000 G UFA - 2
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Bortuzzo, Robert $1,375,000$1,375,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Gunnarsson, Carl $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Tarasenko, Vladimir $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW NTC UFA - 3
Walker, Nathan $700,000$700,000 LW UFA - 1
Foley, Erik $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1

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Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:05 p.m.

redwingsfan04

Joined: Jun. 2020

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I'd accept this as Detroit but I'm pretty sure there's a rule against trading away a player for the other team to buyout so you can resign them

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Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:06 p.m.

BStinson

Joined: May 2020

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I’d do this from Detroit, I think we’ve discussed something even more beneficial to STL in this.

DET - Steen (buyout), 2020 1st
STL - VGK 2021 3rd

Quoting: redwingsfan04

I'd accept this as Detroit but I'm pretty sure there's a rule against trading away a player for the other team to buyout so you can resign them

Technically, it would have to be like the Orpik situation where there isn’t a deal in place for him to return to STL.

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Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Shylo_Moxii

Joined: Mar. 2018

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Quoting: redwingsfan04

I'd accept this as Detroit but I'm pretty sure there's a rule against trading away a player for the other team to buyout so you can resign them

No, rules are against you signing a player after buying him out. there isn't any issue with trading him to other team to buy him out then sign him again.

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Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Vermathex

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Quoting: redwingsfan04

I'd accept this as Detroit but I'm pretty sure there's a rule against trading away a player for the other team to buyout so you can resign them

it happened with orpik in the grubaur deal

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Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:11 p.m.

redwingsfan04

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Quoting: BeastModeUnknown

No, rules are against you signing a player after buying him out. there isn't any issue with trading him to other team to buy him out then sign him again.

Ok I wasn't sure. I just know that I've been yelled at in other ACGM's for proposing a similar situation

Quoting: Vermathex

it happened with orpik in the grubaur deal

I believe there wasn't a plan for him to come back in that deal which was why it was allowed

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