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What I think it would take for Eichel to work in Colorado from cap perspective

Created by: Anus_McLeod
Team: 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 5, 2021
Published: Mar. 5, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Left Handed
Original Team
Waivers Exempt
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Position
Trade Clause
Max Perf. Bonus
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
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Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
Too many aren't considering the cap enough with the Eichel to Colorado trades. Obviously I would love to have a Mack/Jack combo, but basically it would take the following in order to make it work and still have good players around Eichel:

-All of Compher, Donskoi, and Graves need to go (maybe Kadri, but he has trade protection, which makes it a little tougher)
-Makar needs to take a bridge
-Landeskog and Grubauer need to take very reasonable deals
-The Avs cannot include Newhook, as they need him in order to fill the lineup
-Based on the above, the Sabres would have to accept a trade that does not include Newhook, which I doubt they do
-Unless it happens after the expansion draft, Johnson needs to waive his NMC
-Avs need to find a bargain LD (note that Chara is not a serious plug here, but it made me chuckle)

It's really tough. I guess this kinda works, but it's a ton of dominos falling neatly in order to get there. And more tough decisions would be necessary in the future. Filling the roster without draft picks is tough too.
Free Agent Signings
RESERVE LISTYEARSCAP HIT
3$925,000
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$1,350,000
3$6,750,000
2$1,150,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
4$5,000,000
7$6,750,000
1$1,000,000
1$800,000
Trades
1.
COL
  1. Eichel, Jack
BUF
  1. Byram, Bowen
  2. Compher, J.T.
  3. Kaut, Martin
  4. 2021 1st round pick (COL)
  5. 2022 1st round pick (COL)
2.
COL
    Seattle
    BUF
    1. Graves, Ryan
    3.
    COL
      Anywhere to get rid of salary
      BUF
      1. Donskoi, Joonas
      DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
      2021
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      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
      2022
      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
      2023
      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
      Logo of the COL
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      ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
      22$81,500,000$83,189,796$1,741,463$200,000-$1,689,796
      Left WingCentreRight Wing
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      Landeskog, Gabriel
      $6,750,000$6,750,000
      LW, C
      UFA - 8
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      MacKinnon, Nathan
      $6,300,000$6,300,000
      C
      M-NTC
      UFA - 2
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      Rantanen, Mikko
      $9,250,000$9,250,000
      RW, C
      UFA - 4
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      Newhook, Alex
      $925,000$925,000
      C, LW
      RFA - 2
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      Eichel, Jack
      $10,000,000$10,000,000
      C
      UFA - 5
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      Burakovsky, André
      $4,900,000$4,900,000
      RW, LW
      UFA - 1
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      Nichushkin, Valeri
      $2,500,000$2,500,000
      RW, LW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      Kadri, Nazem
      $4,500,000$4,500,000
      C
      M-NTC
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      Jost, Tyson
      $1,350,000$1,350,000
      C
      UFA - 2
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      Bowers, Shane
      $925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$200,000$200K)
      C
      RFA - 1
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      Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard
      $1,000,000$1,000,000
      C, LW
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      O'Connor, Logan
      $725,000$725,000
      RW, LW
      UFA - 1
      Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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      Toews, Devon
      $4,100,000$4,100,000
      LD
      UFA - 3
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      Makar, Cale
      $6,750,000$6,750,000
      RD
      UFA - 6
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      Grubauer, Philipp
      $5,000,000$5,000,000
      G
      UFA - 6
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      Girard, Samuel
      $5,000,000$5,000,000
      LD/RD
      UFA - 6
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      Johnson, Erik
      $6,000,000$6,000,000
      RD
      M-NTC, NMC
      UFA - 2
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      Francouz, Pavel
      $2,000,000$2,000,000
      G
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      Timmins, Conor
      $1,150,000$1,150,000
      RD
      RFA - 2
      Chara, Zdeno
      $800,000$800,000
      LD
      UFA - 1
      ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      Henry, Nicholas
      $798,333$798,333
      RW
      UFA - 1
      Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
      MacDonald, Jacob
      $725,000$725,000
      LD/RD
      UFA - 1

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      Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.
      #1
      villenash
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      If Eichel goes to COL (which he won't), Newhook would have to be going back to BUF. He would be redundant in COL at that point and would be much more valuable to BUF who just lost their top center. Cozens - Newhook would be their future
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      Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:27 a.m.
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      MJCrv
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      I think that’s a pretty good offer for Eichel. I like Kaut more than newhook, but I wonder if the Sabres would want the center instead.
      Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:28 a.m.
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      coga16
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      that was my point about adding eichel, you have to move out as much money as you take in with him. and with how grubauer is playing, I think he could maybe even get 6m, closer to what Markstrom got in UFA.

      I think that landeskog contract is about 1m too low and bridging Makar is a bad idea, its going to hurt the team really bad down the line, you try to get the long term deal done now.
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      Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:29 a.m.
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      GMs
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      Landeskog will get way more than Kreider/Gallagher
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      Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:32 a.m.
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      Anus_McLeod
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      Quoting: villenash
      If Eichel goes to COL (which he won't), Newhook would have to be going back to BUF. He would be redundant in COL at that point and would be much more valuable to BUF who just lost their top center. Cozens - Newhook would be their future


      Quoting: MJCrv
      I think that’s a pretty good offer for Eichel. I like Kaut more than newhook, but I wonder if the Sabres would want the center instead.


      Quoting: coga16
      that was my point about adding eichel, you have to move out as much money as you take in with him. and with how grubauer is playing, I think he could maybe even get 6m, closer to what Markstrom got in UFA.

      I think that landeskog contract is about 1m too low and bridging Makar is a bad idea, its going to hurt the team really bad down the line, you try to get the long term deal done now.


      Quoting: GMs
      Landeskog will get way more than Kreider/Gallagher


      See description. I'm not in disagreement with the points being made.
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