Get Johnson and Cernak from Tampa

Created by: KingsLover

Team: 2020-21 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 2, 2020

Published: Dec. 2, 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

I may have gauged the value wrong for the deal, but I stand by what I say and I don't think theres any way Tampa moves Johnson unless there's a 1st and a solid prospect attached. So instead, in order to keep the draft assets for Tampa I have them sending Cernak because he would be able to attract significantly more attention than Johnson.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Blackwood, Mackenzie	2	$3,750,000
Bratt, Jesper	2	$2,425,000
Cernak, Erik	2	$2,850,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Englund, Andreas		1	$700,000
Karlsson, Melker		1	$700,000

Trades

NJD

Cernak, Erik [RFA Rights]
Johnson, Tyler
2023 2nd round pick (TBL)

Additional Details:

When it comes to New Jersey they're one of the only teams I believe actually can take on Johnson's contract without it being that big of a detriment. The team only has 3 total NHL contracts on the books after 2022, so the 4 years remaining on his deal won't be as bad.
Cernak is a great pickup for NJ as he is a standout defensive defensemen, and considering this team struggled mightily on the defensive end who can be an important building block for the future blue-line of the team.

TBL

Kuokkanen, Janne

Additional Details:

If Tampa can get a solid young guy like Kuokkanen out of this deal, a guy who can potentially be a top 9/3rd line forward that would be great.

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000
Mike Cammalleri: $1,666,667

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$70,993,555	$0	$3,350,000	$10,506,445

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Johnsson, Andreas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 7	Palmieri, Kyle $2,325,000$2,325,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Gusev, Nikita $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Hughes, Jack $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2	Bratt, Jesper $2,425,000$2,425,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW NTC UFA - 4	Zacha, Pavel $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Merkley, Nick $874,125$874,125 RW, C UFA - 1
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Zajac, Travis $2,875,000$2,875,000 C NTC UFA - 1
		Karlsson, Melker $700,000$700,000 RW, C UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Murray, Ryan $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 3	Blackwood, Mackenzie $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 3
Butcher, Will $2,822,764$2,822,764 LD UFA - 2	Cernak, Erik $2,850,000$2,850,000 RD UFA - 3	Crawford, Corey $3,900,000$3,900,000 G NTC UFA - 2
Kulikov, Dmitry $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Subban, P.K. $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
McLeod, Michael $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) C RFA - 1
Carrick, Connor $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 1
Englund, Andreas $700,000$700,000 LD UFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Palmieri, K.		Hischier, N.		Hughes, J.
	Gusev, N.		Subban, P.

Power Play 2
Merkley, N.		Zacha, P.		Bratt, J.
	Johnson, T.		Severson, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Zajac, T.	Zacha, P.
	Murray, R.	Cernak, E.

Penalty Kill 2
	Hischier, N.	Karlsson, M.
	Kulikov, D.	Severson, D.

Top Comments

Dec. 2, 2020 at 6:18 a.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Cernak will not be involved in a Johnson trade without a top end prospect going the other way

Dec. 2, 2020 at 6:29 a.m.

KingsLover

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 911

Likes: 209

Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

Cernak will not be involved in a Johnson trade without a top end prospect going the other way

I get that it's just hard to gauge value, since Johnson has 4 years remaining, so NJ needs Tampa Bay to really offer something substantial since they're both taking on a bad contract and helping out the Lightning with their cap issues. Also I know Cernak is important for Tampa but the amount of money they'll need to clear to sign both Cernak and Cirelli will be hard to do, and with Cal Foote on his way up, he can be the piece that makes trading away a bad contract in Johnson work.

Dec. 2, 2020 at 6:39 a.m.

Hammerwise

Joined: Aug. 2018

Posts: 6,348

Likes: 2,244

No one wanted Johnson for free, but cernak (with Johnson attached) is worth more than that.

KingsLover liked this.

Dec. 2, 2020 at 6:43 a.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 38,747

Likes: 19,816

Quoting: KingsLover

You paid 2 2nds for a bad contract last year. Johnson is hardly overpaid if at all. The only thing bad about his contract is the clause and term

Dec. 2, 2020 at 7:07 a.m.

KingsLover

Joined: Dec. 2016

Posts: 911

Likes: 209

Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy

You paid 2 2nds for a bad contract last year. Johnson is hardly overpaid if at all. The only thing bad about his contract is the clause and term

Yes but the Lightning are completely desperate, to clear salary and since nobody will take Johnson a real good sweetner needs to be added and thats Cernak. Now maybe Tampa doesn't send a pick, thats my mistake maybe NJ sends one.

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