Raanta and Nemeth

Created by: Shootica

Team: 2020-21 Buffalo Sabres

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 15, 2020

Published: Dec. 15, 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

My thought process here:

Arizona has been reportedly looking to trade Raanta with the goal of shedding salary and recouping draft picks. This accomplishes that. They gain $4.25M in cap space and give Adin Hill the backup role he's earned. Buffalo is looking to bolster their goaltending position, which this does. I think Raanta's value is a late 2nd round pick, and is lower than it should be due to injury concerns. This conditional pick will range from a mid 2nd to a mid 3rd, and hedges Buffalo against the risk of an injury to Raanta.

Detroit is considerably stronger on the left side of their defense, Buffalo is considerably stronger on the right. They swap bottom four defensemen here to balance their lineups. Detroit takes on an extra
$875K in salary, which doesn't hinder their ability to weaponize their cap space for Tampa. Miller has an extra year left, but he isn't a long-term commitment and he's a serviceable middle/bottom pairing guy that could be beneficial to have so that Seider isn't being forced into the lineup too early.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mittelstadt, Casey		1	$874,125

Trades

BUF

Raanta, Antti

ARI

Johansson, Jonas
2022 2nd round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

Draft pick becomes a 2022 3rd if Raanta plays less than 25 games.

Buried

Carter Hutton: $1,675,000 ($2,750,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$74,073,334	$1,487,500	$4,337,500	$7,426,666

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Skinner, Jeff $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 6	Olofsson, Victor $3,050,000$3,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Hall, Taylor $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW NMC UFA - 1	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Cozens, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) C, LW UFA - 3
Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 3	Eakin, Cody $2,250,000$2,250,000 C UFA - 2	Reinhart, Sam $5,200,000$5,200,000 RW UFA - 1
Girgensons, Zemgus $2,200,000$2,200,000 LW, C UFA - 3		Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 3
	Lazar, Curtis $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dahlin, Rasmus $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LD/RD UFA - 1	Montour, Brandon $3,850,000$3,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Raanta, Antti $4,250,000$4,250,000 G UFA - 1
McCabe, Jake $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 2	Ullmark, Linus $2,600,000$2,600,000 G UFA - 1
Nemeth, Patrik $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rieder, Tobias $700,000$700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Irwin, Matt $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Dec. 15, 2020 at 2:58 p.m.

Barilko14

In Pridham we trust

Joined: May 2015

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Likes: 1,969

Seems to make sense from an unbiased outside POV.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

imawesome

I want Gourde back

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 4,565

Likes: 2,374

I tihnk that Detroit would want a mid-round pick as they aren't trying to compete and Buffalo probably are and they don't feel inclined to help them even with fair value. The Raanta trade seems fair

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 3:02 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 40,526

Likes: 25,401

Brilliant construction. Both of these trades are extremely well devised. Bravo!

I have an Arizona framework-for-the-rebuild post percolating and will do my best to remember to give you credit for this one.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 3:10 p.m.

DeadWingsv2

PlusMinus is stupid

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 7,319

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Detroit has no need for more RHD and we'd get more for Nemeth at the deadline anyways. Going to need more.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 3:24 p.m.

Shootica

Joined: Feb. 2017

Posts: 504

Likes: 191

Quoting: DeadWingsv2

Detroit has no need for more RHD and we'd get more for Nemeth at the deadline anyways. Going to need more.

Am I incorrect in seeing your RD depth as Hronek, Stretcher, Biega? That seems really thin to me, but maybe I'm missing something.

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