Using cap space to trade up - four times

Created by: NHLfan10506

Team: 2020-21 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 5, 2021

Published: Jun. 6, 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

Doing it once is unrealistic
Doing it twice is crazy town
Doing it four times makes it an ACGM

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Taking on over $21.7 million in salaries and turning a late pick into a very high pick.
Through four trades with: NYI, FLA, EDM, VAN
Moving up draft: #129 --> #60 --> #27 --> #21 --> #9

Actual Net AAV impact to Devils:

2021-22: +$13,983,328
2022-23: +$2,400,001

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Devils roster moves with cap dumps

Komarov: Buy-out ($1.67m, $667k) (or he returns to KHL)
Stralman: Play him for year (possible TDL move out)
Koskinen: Play him for 2021-22
Turris: Buy-out ($183k, $783k)
Eriksson: Buy-out ($4m, $1m)
Beagle: Play him for 2021-22 (or LTIR)

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NHL Entry Draft

1. Power
2. Beniers
3. Eklund
4. Hughes <---NJD (our original pick)
5. Guenther
6. Edvinsson
7. Wallstedt
8. Coronato
9. Clarke <---NJD (acquired through cap dump trades)
10. Johnson
11. *No Pick*
12. Lysell
13. Lucius
14. Ceulemans
15. McTavish
16. Raty
17. Chirbrikov
18. Sillinger
19. Svechkov
20. Lambos <---NJD (Islanders pick)

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Note:

The Devils players on LTIR are UFAs
The players on IR are draft picks

Free Agent Signings

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Hughes, Luke	3	$925,000
Clarke, Brandt	3	$925,000
Lambos, Carson	3	$925,000

Trades

NJD

Komarov, Leo
2021 2nd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

60th overall

NYI

2021 5th round pick (BUF)

Additional Details:

129th overall

NJD

Strålman, Anton
2021 1st round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

27th overall

FLA

Butcher, Will ($1,866,660 retained)
2021 2nd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

60th overall

NJD

Koskinen, Mikko
Turris, Kyle
2021 1st round pick (EDM)
2021 4th round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

21st overall
117th overall

EDM

2021 1st round pick (FLA)

Additional Details:

27th overall

NJD

Beagle, Jay
Eriksson, Loui
2021 1st round pick (VAN)
2021 5th round pick (VAN)

Additional Details:

9th overall
137th overall

VAN

2021 1st round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

21st overall

NJD

SEA

Johnsson, Andreas

NJD

Entry Draft Picks
#4 (NJD)
#9 (VAN)
#20 (NYI)

SEA

Entry Draft Selections
Luke Hughes
Brandt Clarke
Carson Lambos

Buyouts

Cory Schneider: $2,000,000
Mike Cammalleri: $1,666,667
Leo Komarov: $2,083,333
Kyle Turris: $1,100,000
Loui Eriksson: $5,666,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Travis Zajac: $2,875,000 (50%)
Kyle Palmieri: $2,325,000 (50%)
Will Butcher: $1,866,660 (66.13%)

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

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
20	$81,500,000	$72,731,616	$0	$4,312,500	$8,768,384

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Zacha, Pavel $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 7	Bratt, Jesper $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Kuokkanen, Janne $811,666$811,666 ($32,500$32K) LW, C UFA - 1	Hughes, Jack $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) C UFA - 2	Sharangovich, Yegor $775,833$775,833 ($132,500$132K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1
Maltsev, Mikhail $809,167$809,167 ($132,500$132K) C, LW UFA - 2	Boqvist, Jesper $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Merkley, Nick $874,125$874,125 RW, C UFA - 1
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	McLeod, Michael $863,333$863,333 ($500,000$500K) C RFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $714,166$714,166 ($132,500$132K) RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Smith, Ty $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) LD/RD RFA - 3	Subban, P.K. $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Blackwood, Mackenzie $2,800,000$2,800,000 G UFA - 3
Siegenthaler, Jonas $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Severson, Damon $4,166,666$4,166,666 RD UFA - 3
Bahl, Kevin $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) LD RFA - 3	Strålman, Anton $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Koskinen, Mikko $4,500,000$4,500,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000	Murray, Ryan $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD UFA - 1
	Clarke, Brandt $925,000$925,000	Carrick, Connor $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 1
	Lambos, Carson $925,000$925,000	Tennyson, Matt $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1
		Wedgewood, Scott $700,000$700,000 G UFA - 1
		Dell, Aaron $800,000$800,000 G UFA - 1
		Beagle, Jay $3,000,000$3,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Studenic, Marian $775,833$775,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Foote, Nolan $894,167$894,167 ($0$0$0$0) LW RFA - 4
Thompson, Tyce $912,500$912,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($25,000$25K) RW RFA - 2
Mercer, Dawson $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, C RFA - 4
Okhotiuk, Nikita $795,000$795,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA - 4

Top Comments

Jun. 6, 2021 at 7:40 a.m.

AnyoneButTheBruins

StevieY19!!

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 1,068

Likes: 690

I think for the Edmonton trade you are taking in too much money to move up only 6 spots and too little money to move from 21st to 9th.

Nighthawk liked this.

Jun. 6, 2021 at 7:40 a.m.

kevinbergeron

deadpool

Joined: Mar. 2021

Posts: 626

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i really like this idea

Jun. 6, 2021 at 7:50 a.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 39,982

Likes: 18,309

Quoting: AnyoneButTheBruins

I think for the Edmonton trade you are taking in too much money to move up only 6 spots and too little money to move from 21st to 9th.

Yeah, could probably refine it a bit of I spent some time on it.
Maybe even cut it down to 2-3 trades.

But it was more presenting the general idea of using cap space to climb draft board.

Jun. 6, 2021 at 7:50 a.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 39,982

Likes: 18,309

Quoting: kevinbergeron

i really like this idea

Thanks.

Jun. 6, 2021 at 8:01 a.m.

Nighthawk

2018 Canucks

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 2,172

Likes: 747

Canucks would have to seriously consider that trade.

Does JB want to dump 2 contracts & still have 21oa?
The cap space would allow more flexibility for sure.

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Using cap space to trade up - four times

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Description

Free Agent Signings

Trades

NJD

NYI

NJD

FLA

NJD

EDM

NJD

VAN

NJD

SEA

NJD

SEA

Buyouts

Retained Salary Transactions

Recapture Fees

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