Weaponizing cap space

Created by: Watty1

Team: 2021-22 Detroit Red Wings

Initial Creation Date: May 10, 2021

Published: May 10, 2021

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

Is Cholowski protected? Someone else can answer this for me.

Martin jones has been awful in SJ but could Detroit weaponize its cap space and grab SJ's 1st to take on the rest of the contract? They aren't close yet, so what difference does it make for one season? Detroit can either find another tandem option or buyout Jones at $2.3m and it will cost little against their cap.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bromé, Mathias	1	$874,125
Rasmussen, Michael	1	$874,125
Smith, Givani	1	$750,000
Svechnikov, Evgeny	1	$917,831
Vrána, Jakub	5	$5,500,000
Bertuzzi, Tyler	5	$5,500,000
Erne, Adam	4	$2,100,000
Cholowski, Dennis	1	$874,125
Lindström, Gustav	1	$832,125
Djoos, Christian	1	$1,100,000
Hronek, Filip	2	$2,650,000

Trades

DET

Lost to expansion

SEA

Cholowski, Dennis

DET

Gardiner, Jake
2021 2nd round pick (CAR)

CAR

Svechnikov, Evgeny

DET

Jones, Martin
2021 1st round pick (SJS)

SJS

Brattström, Victor
2021 3rd round pick (VGK)

Buyouts

Justin Abdelkader: $2,305,556

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
21	$81,500,000	$57,299,265	$0	$1,168,750	$24,200,735

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Vrána, Jakub $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW UFA - 3	Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C UFA - 2	Bertuzzi, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Zadina, Filip $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1	Fabbri, Robby $2,950,000$2,950,000 LW UFA - 1	Namestnikov, Vladislav $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1
Pánik, Richard $1,375,000$1,375,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Nielsen, Frans $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 1	Erne, Adam $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Smith, Givani $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Rasmussen, Michael $874,125$874,125 LW, C UFA - 3	Bromé, Mathias $874,125$874,125 LW, RW UFA
	Veleno, Joseph $894,167$894,167 ($318,750$319K) C RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
DeKeyser, Danny $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Stecher, Troy $1,700,000$1,700,000 RD UFA - 1	Greiss, Thomas $3,600,000$3,600,000 G UFA - 1
Gardiner, Jake $4,050,000$4,050,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Hronek, Filip $2,650,000$2,650,000 RD RFA - 3
Djoos, Christian $1,100,000$1,100,000 LD UFA	Lindström, Gustav $832,125$832,125 RD RFA - 2	Jones, Martin $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1