Next Step in the Rebuild

Created by: MCfubar

Team: 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 7, 2022

Published: Jun. 20, 2022

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

Yzerman preaches slow and steady for the rebuild, as he tries to mold the team roster to his longterm plan. Signing Copp at a slight overpay brings a legit 2C into the lineup, as well as bringing a local boy home (Ann Arbor native and former UofM teammate of Larkin). Vegas is still in a cap crunch with most aging vets having NTC or NMC contracts, so the offer sheet for RFA Hague will be hard to match. Bringing back Namestnikov to take on the playoff proven locker room presence in place of Gagner, and he can play all forward positions up and down the lineup. All of this still provides Yzerman with options at the trade deadline.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Stephens, Mitchell	2	$875,000
Walman, Jake	3	$1,750,000
Zadina, Filip	2	$1,250,000
Hague, Nicolas	4	$4,200,000
Kapanen, Kasperi	4	$4,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
L'Esperance, Joel	2	$925,000
Namestnikov, Vladislav	2	$2,250,000
Hellberg, Magnus	2	$1,250,000
Copp, Andrew	5	$6,000,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Hague, Nicolas	$4,200,000	2023 2nd round pick

Trades

DET

Kapanen, Kasperi [RFA Rights]

PIT

Erne, Adam
2022 3rd round pick (DET)

DET

Grans, Helge

Additional Details:

Prospect trade from a position of strength

LAK

Johansson, Albert

Additional Details:

LA gets a NHL ready LD that has been playing and excelling against men in SHL

Buyouts

Justin Abdelkader: $2,305,556
Frans Nielsen: $500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Richard Pánik: $1,375,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$63,023,056	$0	$3,775,000	$19,476,944

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bertuzzi, Tyler $2,375,000$2,375,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NTC UFA - 1	Raymond, Lucas $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Vrána, Jakub $2,625,000$2,625,000 LW UFA - 2	Copp, Andrew $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 5	Zadina, Filip $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, LW RFA - 3
Rasmussen, Michael $1,460,000$1,460,000 LW, C UFA - 2	Suter, Pius $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Kapanen, Kasperi $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW UFA - 2
Smith, Givani $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Veleno, Joseph $894,167$894,167 ($425,000$425K) C RFA - 1	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Namestnikov, Vladislav $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, RW, C UFA - 1	Stephens, Mitchell $875,000$875,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hague, Nicolas $4,200,000$4,200,000 LD RFA - 3	Seider, Moritz $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Nedeljkovic, Alex $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 1
Edvinsson, Simon $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 4	Hronek, Filip $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD RFA - 2
Walman, Jake $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD UFA - 1		Hellberg, Magnus $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 1
Oesterle, Jordan $1,350,000$1,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Lindström, Gustav $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Fabbri, Robby $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW UFA - 3

Top Comments

Jun. 20, 2022 at 11:01 a.m.

dtd_tank

Joined: Jun. 2016

Posts: 2,080

Likes: 865

Why would Detroit make the LA trade? Also, I don't think Kapanen is needed because we have Berggren.

Jun. 20, 2022 at 11:09 a.m.

Billy12Bob

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 5,588

Likes: 3,001

Kapanen can be had cheaper, he might not even be qualified.
Helge Grans is a Hronek carbon copy, I'm not sure it's a good idea to trade Johansson for him.
Pairing Edvinsson with Hronek is a disaster waiting to happen, get a solid puckhandling defender (like Pettersson) to partner with him and give Simon a year in GR to learn the ropes.
Play Zadina as 3LW until Fabbri heals, put Kapanen as 2RW and Berggren as 3RW.

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Jun. 20, 2022 at 11:20 a.m.

WhyWait

Do it now!

Joined: Feb. 2022

Posts: 823

Likes: 156

Kapanen for Erne, 3rd

Pittsburgh doesn't want Erne's $2.1M cap hit.

However, continuing with this trade, Kapanen at $4.75Mx4 is insane. He will most likely end up signing a 1-2 year $2.5M-ish deal to get his numbers back up.

Jun. 20, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

RedWings86

Joined: Dec. 2018

Posts: 266

Likes: 218

I like your direction. Been seeing a lot of ‘playoff contention’ and ‘going for it’ ACGMs for the Wings, but rebuilding for atleast next season is in their better interest. A few things I’d adjust (my opinion):

Not offer sheeting Hague. He has upside and we definitely have a need at LHD, but he seems more of a depth piece as of right now. I feel it would be better to acquire a fill-in D via free agency like Cole.

While D can be regarded as a position of strength, LHD is not. So I’d keep Johansson as well.

Personally don’t want KK, but his contract is too rich for where his value is right now. He’ll get a bridge deal for a lower AAV, likely under his qualifying offer.

Jun. 20, 2022 at 11:37 a.m.

toque

Joined: Apr. 2018

Posts: 1,366

Likes: 1,581

Copp is going to get max term at that number if he makes it to free agency

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