Shedding more vets for assets

Created by: ChrisPy97

Team: 2021-22 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: May 24, 2021

Published: May 24, 2021

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I actually think the Ducks are in a really good place for a rebuild - save for perhaps their poor goaltender, who you wish was 3 years younger so his prime would last longer and occur more conveniently.

While some vets (Getzlaf) are set to (probably) leave, others (Silfverberg) might not be as valuable anymore as trade pieces, but some (Rakell) still could net some decent returns. Plus they could keep just enough quality vets (Fowler) to foster the young kids.

Finally, I may be way off base, and I know he's 29 and hardly a spring chicken, but I think Granlund is a perfect UFA for Anaheim to grab this offseason. He can play throughout the top 6 where they need him to, he offers experience, and he will be better than Henrique without costing as much money. He provides a bit of a buffer for some of the younger players I think, plus he'll get way more opportunities especially if he's moved back to center. I also think the trades and signings below give them enough cap space over the next few years to re-sign their RFAs, while providing some short term trade chips who can - in the mean time - help out throughout the lineup.

Here's just an idea from an outside observer looking in.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lundeström, Isac	2	$2,000,000
Mahura, Josh	2	$1,000,000
Steel, Sam	2	$2,000,000
Comtois, Maxime	3	$4,000,000
Jones, Max	2	$1,500,000
Heinen, Danton	2	$3,000,000
Phillips, Matthew	1	$900,000
Simon, Dominik	1	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Granlund, Mikael		4	$5,000,000
Dzingel, Ryan		2	$2,500,000

Trades

ANA

Protection List:
Lundeström, Terry, Jones, Steel, Silfverberg, Rakell, Heinen
Manson, Fowler, Lindholm
Gibson

SEA

Volkov, Alexander [RFA Rights]

ANA

Neal, James
2021 4th round pick (EDM)
2022 2nd round pick (EDM)

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Lots of cap space, maybe acts a good 3C behind their 2 gods. Plus they save almost $4 million of cap in this trade with the retention

EDM

Henrique, Adam ($1,825,000 retained)

Additional Details:

I had a 1st Rd. pick in here from Edmonton first but idk if there's enough value going the other way. Lmk if you disagree

ANA

Phillips, Matthew [RFA Rights]
Simon, Dominik [RFA Rights]
2022 3rd round pick (TOR)

CGY

Silfverberg, Jakob

ANA

Tippett, Owen
2021 2nd round pick (FLA)
2022 3rd round pick (FLA)

FLA

Rakell, Rickard

ANA

Niku, Sami
2022 3rd round pick (CBJ)

WPG

Manson, Josh
2021 5th round pick (EDM)

Buyouts

Corey Perry: $2,000,000
Simon Despres: $0
James Neal: $1,916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Adam Henrique: $1,825,000 (125.32%)

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
26	$81,500,000	$61,104,167	$0	$2,682,500	$20,395,833

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Comtois, Maxime $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW RFA - 2	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2	Tippett, Owen $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW UFA - 1
Lundeström, Isac $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 4	Terry, Troy $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW UFA - 2
Jones, Max $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, RW RFA - 3	Steel, Sam $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Heinen, Danton $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Dzingel, Ryan $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Grant, Derek $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Deslauriers, Nicolas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Milano, Sonny $1,700,000$1,700,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Groulx, Benoit-Olivier $822,500$822,500 ($132,500$132K) C RFA - 2	Simon, Dominik $800,000$800,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lindholm, Hampus $2,602,778$2,602,778 LD UFA - 1	Drysdale, Jamie $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 6
	Fleury, Haydn $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Stolarz, Anthony $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 2
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 5	Shattenkirk, Kevin $3,900,000$3,900,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Olle $773,889$773,889 G UFA - 1
Larsson, Jacob $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 1	Niku, Sami $750,000$750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Mahura, Josh $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Kesler, Ryan $6,875,000$6,875,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Phillips, Matthew $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, C UFA - 1
Perreault, Jacob $894,167$894,167 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 4
Guhle, Brendan $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Curran, Kodie $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1

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May 24, 2021 at 2:31 p.m.

flamesfan

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Flames decline

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May 24, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

ChrisPy97

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Quoting: flamesfan

Flames decline

Yeah this was the one I had the least confidence in. I was just looking for teams that could use an extra top 6 or top 9 winger, and the easiest choice was LA, but no WAY Anaheim does any deal with LA I don't think

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May 24, 2021 at 2:48 p.m.

Lenny7

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I don't know...I don't think you really worry about Rico at this point. Not a ton of point doing all of this just to make the lateral move of getting Granlund IMO. Edmonton could probably just buyout Neal, and get Granlund themselves if they really wanted to.

I'd love to get a bit of value out of Silfverberg, but don't see it happening without retention.

I feel like Rakell likely gets a 1st+so/so prospect instead of Tippett+2nd+3rd. Tippett seems like a playoff-type player, where it's more valuable to bang and crash, so I'd assume the Panthers would prefer to hold onto him.

I'd prefer to get a 2nd+meh prospect for Manson if we're intent on moving him. Personally, I'd rather keep him to eat up some of the dirty minutes so we can actually ease Drysdale in, as opposed to throwing him to the wolves like we did this year. I'd also assume it's one of him, Shatty or Fleury who ends up going in the expansion draft. Stolarz would be a wildcard pick, but is still more likely to get picked than Volkov, IMO.

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May 24, 2021 at 2:49 p.m.

Lenny7

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Quoting: ChrisPy97

It'd be interesting to see who he has on his NTC too. A lot of guys have the Canadian teams on there to avoid the high income tax rates.

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May 24, 2021 at 3:15 p.m.

ChrisPy97

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Quoting: Lenny7

All great points! Totally understand

I think there's a bit more value and potential to Tippett maybe - I see him as a maybe better Patric Hörnqvist-type player, in which case he could fit in the top 6 of most teams. I also think since Florida already has Hörnqvist himself as well as Denisenko, that Rakell is an upgrade they can afford.

I'm not sure Manson is worth that much, although I can understand wanting it. He just hasn't been able to show enough the past two years, at very little fault of his own. I think they should keep Fleury or at least make room for younger D so I would keep one of him or Shattenkirk. On that note I based the Volkov decision on my own opinion plus a couple mock drafts done by some pros. It's almost impossible to predict these things, but with the amount of quality defense out there I think they're more likely to take more swings at young forwards who might do better with increased opportunity, like Volkov. I also always forget how there were just some nothing picks (Methot, Berube) that barely had any roster impact at all. So who the heck knows lol.

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