Seattle claims Nick Leddy. Out of everyone available, Leddy makes the most sense for Seattle. They could claim Bellows, Koivula, Aho, or Dal Colle, but Leddy is a legit top-4 offensive LHD with only one year left on his deal. I think he would re-sign at his current deal or even less if he enjoys Seattle. Or even better, they could move him right after claiming to a team that could use him (Buffalo, Arizona, NJD, LA, WPG, Toronto, Columbus to name a few).
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NYI-SJS (based on https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2457334)
Isles get a 2nd/3rd pairing LHD on a reasonable contract in Radim Simek, and a nice, two-way, versatile forward in Ryan Donato. Both these guys would really solidify the roster. Donato signs his QO here of one year, $2.15M. Chances are to save cap, he would not be qualified (not sure if he's QO eligible) or re-signed in 2022-23.
San Jose gets a starting goalie in Semyon Varlamov, at minimum someone who can tandem with Martin Jones. They also get Michael Dal Colle, a guy who can sign at the league minimum and maybe get a better role suited for him in a nice change of scenery. He's at least a good project for a team like San Jose to take on.
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NYI-VGK
Isles get Brayden McNabb, a defensive LHD on an expiring contract who could pair very nicely with Noah Dobson, especially since Andy Greene will likely retire. Isles also get Nicolas Roy, a young-ish two-way center with offensive potential and can replace Casey Cizikas, who will likely be too expensive to bring back. McNabb would be a one-year rental, with Robin Salo or Samuel Bolduc ready to fight for that spot.
Vegas gets Kieffer Bellows, who can provide third-line production on his QO ($874,125 based on CapFriendly's QO calculator). He'd play with Cody Glass, his center in Juniors where they had tremendous success (Bellows 41 goals, 74 points in 56 games; Glass 102 points in 64 games). A potential third line of Bellows-Glass-Tuch could be filthy. They also would save a tiny bit of cap space, which they could use to just have, or they could even go after Eichel (that's at least what I'm hoping for, a line of Pacioretty-Eichel-Stone would dominate the NHL).
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Other Notes:
- Anthony Beauvillier signed to a four-year deal with a $4.1M cap hit. Basically the forward version of the Devon Toews contract.
- Adam Pelech signed to a six-year deal with a $4.4M cap hit. I used guys like Jakob Chychrun, Marcus Pettersson, John Marino, Shayne Gostisbehere, and Rasmus Andersson as direction here.
- Ilya Sorokin signed to a two-year deal with a $4M cap hit. I figured the Elvis Merzlikins deal was comparable enough here.
- Devan Dubnyk is signed to a one-year deal at $900k. I figured he's the best option of all G available to potentially play at a high level for a backup, and sign a cheap contract given the cap constraints.
- Thomas Hickey is bought out, charging the Islanders $833,334 for two seasons.
- Andrew Ladd is sent to BPT in this, not on LTIR. I wanted to make sure in case he's not put on LTIR, I can still make all the moves I made. Obviously, I was able to, but if he does go on LTIR it creates a ton more flexibility for the Isles to get another defenseman, a better backup G, or 3LW. Honestly, I probably wouldn't make the SJ deal if Ladd is on LTIR and just keep Varlamov, while signing UFAs to fill Donato and Simek's spots in the AGM.
He could. Like I said, I used some pretty fair comparables here. A lot of these defensemen seem to be getting six-year deals in the mid-$4M range. I think he's the best defensive defenseman in the NHL, but his offense isn't really there. He's been getting some points but that's not his game. Either way, I don't think he should be getting more than $5M.
He could. Like I said, I used some pretty fair comparables here. A lot of these defensemen seem to be getting six-year deals in the mid-$4M range. I think he's the best defensive defenseman in the NHL, but his offense isn't really there. He's been getting some points but that's not his game. Either way, I don't think he should be getting more than $5M.
Islanders might not offer him 5 mill but I’m sure there is many teams in the league that would offer him 5 mill plus and considering he’s an rfa islander would have to either match or take the compensation, if Jacob Trouba can get 8 mill and krug can get 6.5 mill just for an elite power play quartback and solid offensive production then pelech can get atleast 5.5mill to be a shutdown guy
Islanders might not offer him 5 mill but I’m sure there is many teams in the league that would offer him 5 mill plus and considering he’s an rfa islander would have to either match or take the compensation, if Jacob Trouba can get 8 mill and krug can get 6.5 mill just for an elite power play quartback and solid offensive production then pelech can get atleast 5.5mill to be a shutdown guy
offersheets rarely happen and I doubt pelech would get one
He could. Like I said, I used some pretty fair comparables here. A lot of these defensemen seem to be getting six-year deals in the mid-$4M range. I think he's the best defensive defenseman in the NHL, but his offense isn't really there. He's been getting some points but that's not his game. Either way, I don't think he should be getting more than $5M.
Pelech drives offense at an elite level , he just doesn't put up a ton of points because he doesn't play on the PP and the isles don't have a lot of finishing talent. But he still plays 20+ on a SC contending team, he's on a 6 year deal he'll get 5 mill at least
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