Matthews trade that makes sense

Created by: Jacketsman61

Team: 2023-24 Columbus Blue Jackets

Initial Creation Date: May 14, 2023

Published: May 20, 2023

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

Obviously this only happens if Matthews agrees to sign an extension.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fix-Wolansky, Trey	1	$900,000
Berni, Tim	1	$950,000
Christiansen, Jake	1	$950,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
De Haan, Calvin		2	$1,750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Carlsson, Leo		3	$925,000

Trades

CBJ

Matthews, Auston

Additional Details:

Signed to 8 year extension AAV 12.5 mil. This trade happens on July 1.

TOR

Bemström, Emil
Johnson, Kent
Mateychuk, Denton
Roslovic, Jack
2024 1st round pick (CBJ)
2025 1st round pick (CBJ)

Additional Details:

2024 1st lottery protected. In case the pick is a lottery winner the picks move to 2025 and 2026 as unprotected.

CBJ

Murphy, Connor
2023 3rd round pick (DAL)

CHI

Fix-Wolansky, Trey
Peeke, Andrew
2023 1st round pick (LAK)

Buyouts

Alexander Wennberg: $891,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$83,500,000	$79,486,083	$0	$1,700,000	$4,013,917

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 6	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C NMC UFA - 1	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Texier, Alexandre $1,525,000$1,525,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 1	Carlsson, Leo $925,000$925,000	Marchenko, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RW RFA - 1
Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Sillinger, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Chinakhov, Yegor $800,000$800,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Voronkov, Dmitri $925,000$925,000 LW, C, RW RFA - 2	Kuraly, Sean $2,500,000$2,500,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Danforth, Justin $975,000$975,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Robinson, Eric $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW UFA - 1	Foudy, Liam $762,500$762,500 LW, C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Werenski, Zachary $9,583,333$9,583,333 LD NMC UFA - 5	Murphy, Connor $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Merzlikins, Elvis $5,400,000$5,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
De Haan, Calvin $1,750,000$1,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 2	Tarasov, Daniil $1,050,000$1,050,000 G RFA - 2
Bean, Jake $2,333,333$2,333,333 LD/RD RFA - 1	Gudbranson, Erik $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3
Christiansen, Jake $950,000$950,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Blankenburg, Nick $825,000$825,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

May 20, 2023 at 8:25 a.m.

RipNasty

Rip

Joined: Dec. 2022

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This trade would have to include whoever you draft in this draft.

May 20, 2023 at 8:25 a.m.

JAKE6

Let Him Cook

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 4,011

Likes: 962

why would matthews want to play in columbus

May 20, 2023 at 8:26 a.m.

JAKE6

Let Him Cook

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 4,011

Likes: 962

kent and leo carlsson makes it fair. keep the other pieces

May 20, 2023 at 8:27 a.m.

Kyle_Davidson

Kyle from Chicago

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 9,981

Likes: 6,028

I like the idea of Murphy to CBJ in general. He would be a good mentor for your D core, is from CBJ, and while still a good player he doesn’t fit our competitive timeline. I’m not sure about the other pieces but I would target the LAK 1st.

May 20, 2023 at 8:36 a.m.

Garak

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 11,570

Likes: 11,673

TOR would and should be asking for CBJ's 2023 1st.

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