Waiving Copley

Created by: tkecanuck341

Team: 2023-24 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 28, 2023

Published: Sep. 28, 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

Copley was the least impressive of the three goaltenders in Australia, and due to his cap hit compared to Rittich, is the better choice to send down to the AHL. The Kings need to maximize cap space, and this clears up significantly more room than running with Copley.

Additionally, cap strapped teams in need of a goaltender like Tampa and Colorado are less likely to take a goaltender making nearly double the league minimum off waivers. If the Kings try to demote Big Save Dave, they could very well end up losing him and being without a viable 3rd string goalie to cover for injuries.

Retained Salary Transactions

Ivan Provorov: $2,025,000 (30%)

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $700,000

Buried

Pheonix Copley: $350,000 ($1,500,000)

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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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$83,500,000	$82,876,667	$0	$4,712,500	$623,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Byfield, Quinton $894,167$894,167 ($2,650,000$3M) LW, C RFA - 1	Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Kempe, Adrian $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Moore, Trevor $4,200,000$4,200,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Arvidsson, Viktor $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Fiala, Kevin $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6	Dubois, Pierre-Luc $8,500,000$8,500,000 C UFA - 8	Kaliyev, Arthur $894,167$894,167 ($212,500$212K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Grundström, Carl $1,300,000$1,300,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Lizotte, Blake $1,675,000$1,675,000 C RFA - 1	Lewis, Trevor $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Anderson, Michael $4,125,000$4,125,000 LD UFA - 8	Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 4	Talbot, Cam $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($1,000,000$1M) G NTC UFA - 1
Gavrikov, Vladislav $5,875,000$5,875,000 LD NMC UFA - 2	Clarke, Brandt $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 3	Rittich, David $875,000$875,000 G UFA - 1
Björnfot, Tobias $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 2	Roy, Matt $3,150,000$3,150,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $775,000$775,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 1

Top Comments

Sep. 28, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 38,628

Likes: 19,734

Damn the band is back together in LA. My guys Talbot and Ritter with the reunion tour

Sep. 28, 2023 at 7:14 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 40,610

Likes: 18,499

Welcome to Arizona, Phoenix!

(Assuming he’s claimed)

Sep. 28, 2023 at 7:20 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 14,596

Likes: 6,158

Quoting: NHLfan10506

Welcome to Arizona, Phoenix!

(Assuming he’s claimed)

Would be funny.

Sep. 30, 2023 at 4:46 p.m.

d4rk1ll4

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 259

Likes: 29

Interesting. Some questions:

1. Where will LA finish in the ranking?

2. What will most likely be the PP?

3. Who is likely to have a breakout year or who will surprise in terms of point production? Who is advantaged by the line combinations?

4. Who is likely to have a bad year in point production?

5. How many games each goalie is likely to play?

Sep. 30, 2023 at 5:14 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 14,596

Likes: 6,158

Quoting: d4rk1ll4

1. 3rd in the Pacific behind Vegas and Edmonton.

2. PP1 - Kopitar, Kempe, Fiala, Byfield, Doughty
PP2 - PLD, Danault, Arvidsson, Kaliyev, Clarke/Spence

3. Byfield, Kaliyev, Clarke/Spence

4. Moore

5. Talbot - 40, Rittich - 25, Copley - 17

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