Pacioretty Trades

Created by: Alfie11

Team: 2020-21 Vegas Golden Knights

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 9, 2020

Published: Dec. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

In general I think Vegas could use a 3RD now, D/RW prospects for the future, and a G capable of being a backup in 1-2 years (a long term G prospect would be fine too to have somebody to compete with Saville, but young goalie prospects don’t get dealt often). With that in mind I think these are the 5 teams Pacioretty is most likely to get dealt to.

If San Jose decides they’re a contender (lol) they could use Pacioretty but I don’t see a trade that makes sense. They’d need to somehow cut a few mil in cap and they have no mid-level contracts outside Labanc (who they shouldn’t trade), and they also have no great prospects (a couple of their 2020 picks, Merkley, Leonard, and Blichfeld are okay, basically nobody else in their system has any sort of upside though, especially not within 2-3 years, and I wouldn’t consider any of those guys blue-chippers). I really don’t see a package that impresses Vegas and keeps San Jose cap compliant.

Note on the NJD idea: As I mentioned in the trade description box, I don’t think NJD should trade any of their 3 high-end winger prospects, Smith, or next year’s 1st, but because of their overall prospect pool depth and the strength of those high end prospects (plus having guys like Hughes/Hischier already in the NHL), I think they can afford to package a few of the B prospects for Pacioretty if they’re so inclined. Particularly the forward prospects, because NJD basically has 5 guys for their top 6 of the future in Hughes/Hischier/Foote/Holtz/Mercer, so any other forward prospect might just be considered expendable.

Trades

VGK

Studnicka, Jack

Additional Details:

Studnicka and a pick might be enough (1st or 2nd)

BOS

VGK

Additional Details:

Trocheck would probably be of a lot of interest if Carolina is willing to run Staal as the 2C again. If not then Foegele might be an option to build a trade around, but Dzingel or Niederreiter would probably also need to go for cap reasons, Carolina doesn’t exactly have much room (Nino would probably end up dumped in a separate deal tbh). Carolina also has all sorts of intriguing prospects (Suzuki, Drury, Bokk, Bean, Keane) either to facilitate a Pacioretty trade or to be used to dump Dzingel and/or Niederreiter. Doubt they want to part with Pesce but Vegas would love him I’m sure. Honestly I think a Fleury+Foegele for Pacioretty deal, with Niederreiter dumped with a pick to NJD or something would work fine for both sides, but idk maybe Canes fans think Foegele has insane upside that I just don’t see.

CAR

VGK

Additional Details:

Idk if Kukan is ready to be the full time second pair RD, but Peeke is NHL ready, so Savard may be expendable, alongside a pick or prospect. Alternatively some combo of picks and prospects may be appealing, likely including either Kivlenieks or Vehvilainen (CBJ goalie pipeline is DEEP and VGK could really use a backup post-Fleury, Saville won’t be ready by then, and everyone else in their system is pretty meh as far as I know) plus 1-2 guys like Carlsson/Voronkov/Berni/Stenlund/TFW and a 1st, or just one of the goalies+Kukan and a pick.

CBJ

VGK

Additional Details:

Tomasino and Askarov are untouchable obviously, but everyone else is sort of meh. Some package of these guys and a pick could probably get it done (round depends on how many and what quality of prospects are in the package, e.g. Trenin+Afanasyev would result in a lower pick, neither of those being included would mean a 1st).

NSH

VGK

Additional Details:

NJD has all sorts of B prospects they could make a package out of, doubt they give up a 1st though. Due to Zacha not figuring into the top 6, he may be considered expendable? Idk, he’s still a good 3C but the Devils do have Zajac to play behind Hischier and Hughes for now. It would certainly make a deal come together with less pieces, as NJD shouldn’t consider trading Holtz/Foote/Mercer/Smith/1st. If they can find a package that works for both sides I do think it’d be a good fit for the Devils, but the problem is they should really hang onto their high level prospects lol

NJD

Retained Salary Transactions

Tomas Tatar: $500,000 (9.43%)

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
43	$81,500,000	$114,004,854	$285,772	$4,547,500	-$32,504,854

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchessault, Jonathan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 7	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Carrier, William $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW UFA - 4	Glass, Cody $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C, RW RFA - 2	Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Roy, Nicolas $750,000$750,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Nosek, Tomas $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Pacioretty, Max $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Stephenson, Chandler $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 4	Reaves, Ryan $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW UFA - 2
Foegele, Warren $2,150,000$2,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Studnicka, Jack $769,167$769,167 ($107,500$108K) RW, C RFA - 2	Niederreiter, Nino $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Dzingel, Ryan $3,375,000$3,375,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Trocheck, Vincent $4,750,000$4,750,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Tolvanen, Eeli $894,166$894,166 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW RFA - 1	Afanasyev, Egor $803,333$803,333 C, LW RFA - 4
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Pitlick, Rem $874,125$874,125 LW, RW UFA - 1
	Trenin, Yakov $725,000$725,000 LW, C UFA - 2
	Merkley, Nick $874,125$874,125 RW, C UFA - 1
	Schnarr, Nathan $786,667$786,667 ($107,500$108K) C UFA - 2
	McLeod, Michael $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) C RFA - 1
	Zacha, Pavel $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Theodore, Shea $5,200,000$5,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 5	Pietrangelo, Alex $8,800,000$8,800,000 RD NMC UFA - 7	Fleury, Marc-André $3,500,000$3,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Martinez, Alec $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Whitecloud, Zach $725,000$725,000 RD UFA - 2	Lehner, Robin $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Holden, Nick $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD UFA - 2	McNabb, Brayden $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Kivlenieks, Matiss $725,000$725,000 G RFA - 2
Dahlström, Carl $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1	Kukan, Dean $1,650,000$1,650,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Vehvilainen, Veini $925,000$925,000 G UFA - 1
Carlsson, Gabriel $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 2	Savard, David $1,062,500$1,062,500 RD UFA - 1
Fleury, Haydn $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Carrier, Alexandre $733,333$733,333 RD UFA - 3
Bahl, Kevin $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) LD RFA - 3

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Dec. 9, 2020 at 6:35 a.m.

ON3M4N

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 11,524

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Boston doesn't really need a LW and I can't see them moving their top prospect. They wouldn't even consider moving Stud's in a deal for OEL

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Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:58 a.m.

Gofnut999

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 19,939

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Quoting: ON3M4N

Boston doesn't really need a LW and I can't see them moving their top prospect. They wouldn't even consider moving Stud's in a deal for OEL

Not to mention the cap space problem.

Dec. 9, 2020 at 8:16 a.m.

spockrock

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,554

Likes: 541

CAR has very limited cap space and Svechnikov and Hamilton to re-sign. IF they were interested in Pacioretty, it’d have to be a dollar in dollar out trade. Vegas isn’t going to be able to dump 4 years at $7M and also fill holes in their lineup.

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Dec. 9, 2020 at 8:31 a.m.

Hawks_Are_Dumm

Chewbacca88

Joined: Sep. 2018

Posts: 1,184

Likes: 114

I feel like no matter what, if Vegas trades Pacioretty they look like fools. Giving up what they gave up to get him, signing him to a massive contract extension, and flipping him within 2 years isn't a good look. For Vegas to win a Pacioretty trade, they would need to be getting a B+ prospect, a roster player, and a 2nd round pick.

Dec. 9, 2020 at 9:08 a.m.

etpeck

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,299

Likes: 399

How about a deal like dzingle, a 2nd, and a prospect from the canes. Prospect would maybe be Bokk

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