EK65 to WSH the weaponize Cap space

Created by: Iggyfenton

Team: 2023-24 San Jose Sharks

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 13, 2023

Published: Jun. 13, 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

SJS deal Karlsson (4mil retained) to WSH to get the #8 overall pick in 2023 and Protas. Washington gets Sturm and Benning to help on cheaper contracts. Washington actually saves $ on the deal. They go for it in the final years of Ovi. Then, Weaponize cap space by taking contracts for Bailey and Granlund for picks.

Trades

SJS

Dowd, Nic
Jensen, Nick
Persson, Ludwig
Protas, Aliaksei
van Riemsdyk, Trevor
2023 1st round pick (WSH)
2024 3rd round pick (BOS)
2024 3rd round pick (MIN)

WSH

Benning, Matthew
Karlsson, Erik ($4,000,000 retained)
Sturm, Nico
2023 7th round pick (PIT)
2024 5th round pick (PIT)

SJS

Bailey, Josh
2024 1st round pick (NYI)

Additional Details:

Top 3 protected 2024 1st

NYI

Dowd, Nic
2025 5th round pick (SJS)

SJS

Granlund, Mikael
2023 1st round pick (PIT)
2024 2nd round pick (PIT)
2025 3rd round pick (PIT)

PIT

2023 3rd round pick (CAR)
2024 3rd round pick (MIN)

Buyouts

Martin Jones: $2,916,667
Rūdolfs Balcers: $308,334

Retained Salary Transactions

Brent Burns: $2,720,000 (34%)
Erik Karlsson: $4,000,000 (40%)

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
23	$83,500,000	$77,753,335	$25,000	$1,282,500	$5,746,665

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Eklund, William $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) LW RFA - 3	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Bailey, Josh $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Bordeleau, Thomas $916,667$916,667 C, LW RFA - 1	Lorentz, Steven $1,050,000$1,050,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Labanc, Kevin $4,725,000$4,725,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Lindblom, Oskar $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C RFA - 1	Protas, Aliaksei $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW, C UFA - 1
Persson, Ludwig $846,667$846,667 ($80,000$80K) LW, C RFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Ferraro, Mario $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 3	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Thrun, Henry $912,500$912,500 ($212,500$212K) LD RFA - 1	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 3	Chrona, Magnus $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 2
Jensen, Nick $4,050,000$4,050,000 RD UFA - 3	Knyzhov, Nikolai $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
MacDonald, Jacob $762,500$762,500 LD/RD UFA - 1	Simek, Radim $2,250,000$2,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1