Weaponize Cap Space

Created by: mhendrickson61

Team: 2022-23 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 23, 2022

Published: Jun. 23, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

GM Pat Verbeek tipped his hand in terms of weaponizing cap space at the deadline this season (i.e. the foiled Dadonov trade), here's some scenarios that could prove to be very beneficial to the team's current and future roster construction. My goal was to make next year's roster as optimal as possible while simultaneously having as many cards in the 2023 draft. This is less about actual transactions and more about spending Anaheim's absurd cap space (currently $39.5 million, could go up even more with Gibson/Comtois trade(s)). I would be beyond ecstatic if the Ducks' offseason even barely resembles what I've outlined below. Will it? No.

I also threw in Korchinski and Howard as Anaheim's 10th and 22nd overall selections hehe.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lundeström, Isac	3	$1,265,000
Milano, Sonny	4	$3,800,000
Steel, Sam	1	$750,000
Vaakanainen, Urho	2	$900,000
Benoit, Simon	2	$900,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	3	$5,000,000
Necas, Martin	3	$4,000,000
Sandin, Rasmus	3	$4,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Manson, Josh		3	$3,500,000
Aston-Reese, Zach		3	$2,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Korchinski, Kevin		3	$925,000
Howard, Isaac		3	$925,000

Trades

ANA

Lucic, Milan
Monahan, Sean
2023 1st round pick (CGY)

Additional Details:

This trade is assuming that Calgary is able to re-sign Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Kylington, Mangiapane, etc. I'd also target Colorado in a salary dump trade (i.e. Erik Johnson).

CGY

Andersson, Axel
Jones, Max
2023 3rd round pick (MIN)

ANA

Klefbom, Oscar
Puljujärvi, Jesse [RFA Rights]
2023 1st round pick (EDM)

EDM

Gibson, John ($1,750,000 retained)
Steel, Sam

ANA

Necas, Martin [RFA Rights]

CAR

Comtois, Maxime
Lundeström, Isac
Mahura, Josh
2023 2nd round pick (COL)
2023 2nd round pick (BOS)

Retained Salary Transactions

John Gibson: $1,750,000 (27.34%)

Buried

John Moore: $1,625,000 ($2,750,000)
Petr Mrázek: $2,675,000 ($3,800,000)

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$82,500,000	$76,021,583	$0	$4,282,500	$6,478,417

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Milano, Sonny $3,800,000$3,800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Terry, Troy $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW UFA - 1
Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 3	Perreault, Jacob $863,333$863,333 RW RFA - 3
Tracey, Brayden $863,333$863,333 LW RFA - 2	Necas, Martin $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW RFA - 2	Puljujärvi, Jesse $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Aston-Reese, Zach $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Monahan, Sean $6,375,000$6,375,000 C, LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Carrick, Sam $425,000$425,000 C, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Drysdale, Jamie $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 1	Stolarz, Anthony $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 1
Sandin, Rasmus $4,000,000$4,000,000 LD UFA - 2	Manson, Josh $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 4	Dostal, Lukas $822,500$822,500 G RFA - 1
Vaakanainen, Urho $900,000$900,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Shattenkirk, Kevin $3,900,000$3,900,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Benoit, Simon $900,000$900,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Grant, Derek $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Lucic, Milan $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Klefbom, Oscar $4,167,000$4,167,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Regenda, Pavol $855,000$855,000 ($82,500$82K) LW, RW RFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Milano, S.		Zegras, T.		McTavish, M.
	Fowler, C.		Terry, T.

Power Play 2
Henrique, A.		Necas, M.		Perreault, J.
	Sandin, R.		Drysdale, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Aston-Reese, Z.	Puljujärvi, J.
	Fowler, C.	Manson, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	McTavish, M.	Terry, T.
	Sandin, R.	Shattenkirk, K.

Top Comments

Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:03 p.m.

evelutions2

Lets Get Kraken

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Would the Ducks be willing to trade Terry with Necas as the starting piece?

Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:05 p.m.

mhendrickson61

Matthew Hendrickson

Joined: Feb. 2022

Posts: 43

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It's probably also important to note that an integral part of GMPV's offseason is extending Terry, Zegras & Drysdale. Part of my criterium when doing this was any salary taken on in trades would only be for the upcoming season, with the only exception being Petr Mrazek. Any extensions made this offseason to the aforementioned players would kick in after the 2022-2023 season, when Lucic, Monahan, Shattenkirk & Klefbom all reach free agency. That leaves Anaheim with ample room to extend at least 2 of the 3 extension candidates to long-term deals, with additional cap being freed up the season after in the form of Henrique, Silfverberg and Mrazek. How'd I do?

Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:06 p.m.

mhendrickson61

Matthew Hendrickson

Joined: Feb. 2022

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Quoting: evelutions2

Would the Ducks be willing to trade Terry with Necas as the starting piece?

I'd find it unlikely, I only threw Necas in since there's rumours circulating around that Carolina might be shopping him/Bear.

Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:09 p.m.

odyssey

H.Lindholm Lover

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leafs decline

Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:16 p.m.

mhendrickson61

Matthew Hendrickson

Joined: Feb. 2022

Posts: 43

Likes: 16

Quoting: odyssey

leafs decline

I'm sure they would, just didn't want to go down the "Gibson for Mrazek & Nylander" rabbit hole

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