Comparing Zegras to other RFA Trades w 4 YRs of Control

Created by: BrodeurBro30

Team: 2023-24 Anaheim Ducks

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 21, 2023

Published: Sep. 21, 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

Zegras just finished his ELC and has 4 years of control left off his contract. I found two other players that were traded right after their ELCs ended (Jonathan Drouin, Dougie Hamilton).

Here are those respective players trades

The Drouin - Sergachev Trade

To MTL
- Jonathan Drouin (came off a 20 goal season like Zegras, Top 6 FWD)
- Conditional 6th Round Pick

To TBL
- Mikhail Sergachev
- Conditional 2nd Round Pick

The Dougie Hamilton Trade (draft picks only)

To CGY
- Dougie Hamilton

To BOS
- 2015 1st Round Pick (#15)
- 2015 2nd Round Pick (#45)
- 2015 2nd Round Pick (#52)

I present two different Zegras trades based on these comps:

Disclaimer: I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE FINAL TRADE or close to a framework of an actual deal. I thought including and comparing star players with 4 years of team control left would be interesting. Given that many teams are up against the cap, money tends to be an issue and factored into a lot of trades.

Trades

ANA

Slafkovsky, Juraj
2024 2nd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

Giving up on a No. 1 OVR pick seems far-fetched, almost impossible. While riddled with injuries, and a disappointing rookie year, he’s still 19. He’s an incredibly promising Power FWD, but Montreal has shown in the past that it likes to play with fire.

Trading a blue chip prospect in Sergachev, Pick #13 (2022) and Picks #31,37 (2023) shows they are not reticent with parting with solid trade capital to get the guys that can play Montreal hockey.

MTL

Zegras, Trevor [RFA Rights]
2024 6th round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

The Ducks, like the Lightning, decide they want a blue chip prospect/young NHL player that fills an organizational need and that is able to step in and grow with this core.

It’s also a league shattering and risky trade, filled with mixed emotions like the Drouin trade many years ago. The Ducks want a lot for Zegras and this is something that could be in the works.

ANA

2024 1st round pick (BUF)
2024 2nd round pick (BUF)
2025 2nd round pick (BUF)

BUF

Trevor Zegras

- Buffalo has also been another team speculated in a Zegras deal. Used them for pure Draft capital example like the Dougie Hamilton trade.

I don’t think a trade will be purely draft capital

Buyouts

Simon Despres: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$60,957,917	$0	$10,175,000	$22,542,083

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Henrique, Adam $1,456,250$1,456,250 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 1	Strome, Ryan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C UFA - 4	Terry, Troy $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW UFA - 7
Vatrano, Frank $3,650,000$3,650,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Carlsson, Leo $950,000$950,000 ($3,250,000$3M) C RFA - 3	Killorn, Alex $6,250,000$6,250,000 RW, LW NTC UFA - 4
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	McTavish, Mason $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) C, LW RFA - 2	Silfverberg, Jakob $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Jones, Max $1,295,000$1,295,000 LW, RW RFA - 1		Carrick, Sam $425,000$425,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2		Leason, Brett $775,000$775,000 RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Fowler, Cam $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Gudas, Radko $4,000,000$4,000,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Gibson, John $6,400,000$6,400,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
LaCombe, Jackson $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Lyubushkin, Ilya $687,500$687,500 RD UFA - 1	Dostal, Lukas $812,500$812,500 G RFA - 2
Vaakanainen, Urho $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1		Stalock, Alex $800,000$800,000 G UFA - 1
Hägg, Robert $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1
White, Colton $762,500$762,500 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Lundeström, Isac $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW RFA - 1

Top Comments

Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:23 p.m.

pretzelcoatl

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I take issue with the Drouin comp. Although he was the same age as Zegras is now, their production is very different in the two years leading up to the trade.

Drouin 15-16: 39 pt pace
Drouin 16-17: 60 pt pace

Zegras 21-22: 67 pt pace
Zegras 22-23: 66 pt pace

On top of that, Zegras is an extremely marketable fan favorite. It should take more than Slafkovsky and a 2nd to get it done imo.

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Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:30 p.m.

Caufield

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Slaf is way higher ranked than Sergachev was at the time of the trade. IK this seems to be what ANA wants, but I can tell you now, if Slaf is the price for Z, Zegras will not be a Habs

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Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:33 p.m.

LIRIK

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

Drouin was stuck playing 3rd line his first two season in Tampa, while Zegras played 1st line. I think value should be close.

And Slafkovsky value is higher than Sergachev was. Not sure MTL should be adding a pick.

I think if a trade was to be made for Zegras, it would have been for MTL 5th overall pick at the 2023 draft.

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Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:34 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

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I wouldn’t give up Slaf for Suzuki. Suzuki and Zegras are about the same valie

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Sep. 21, 2023 at 10:34 p.m.

BrodeurBro30

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Quoting: pretzelcoatl

It’s difficult to find up and coming star players who get moved right after their ELC. It’s very rare and usually the team that drafted them will give an extension. I get what you are saying though and my idea was Drouin was also an up and coming player that had another untapped level (hindsight, he never broke through). Many are saying about Zegras, though we can all admit Zegras is a much better player than Drouin was at the time.

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