Why exactly did we claim Bjornfot

Created by: TheFastAndTheFleuryous

Team: 2023-24 Vegas Golden Knights

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 4, 2024

Published: Jan. 4, 2024

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

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The title speaks for itself. At best, he’s a 7D, even with the injuries we’ve had.

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$80,562,484	$0	$82,500	$2,937,516

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Barbashev, Ivan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 4
Dorofeyev, Pavel $825,000$825,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Stephenson, Chandler $2,750,000$2,750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Marchessault, Jonathan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Howden, Brett $1,900,000$1,900,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Roy, Nicolas $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW UFA - 4	Kolesar, Keegan $1,400,000$1,400,000 RW UFA - 2
Carrier, William $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW UFA - 1	Cotter, Paul $775,000$775,000 LW, RW RFA - 3	Amadio, Michael $762,500$762,500 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Martinez, Alec $5,250,000$5,250,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Pietrangelo, Alex $8,800,000$8,800,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Patera, Jiri $775,000$775,000 G UFA - 1
McNabb, Brayden $2,850,000$2,850,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Whitecloud, Zach $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 5	Thompson, Logan $766,667$766,667 G UFA - 2
Hague, Nicolas $2,294,150$2,294,150 LD RFA - 2	Pachal, Brayden $775,000$775,000 RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Björnfot, Tobias $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 2	Karlsson, William $5,900,000$5,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 4	Theodore, Shea $5,200,000$5,200,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2
Denisenko, Grigori $775,000$775,000 LW, RW RFA - 2	Hill, Adin $4,900,000$4,900,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2	Lehner, Robin $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
	Hutton, Ben $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1	Miromanov, Daniil $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1
	Korczak, Kaedan $789,167$789,167 ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 1

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Jan. 4 at 3:39 p.m.

OldNYIfan

Once a Kings Fan Too

Joined: Jun. 2018

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. . . 'cause he was cheap and available.

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Jan. 4 at 3:41 p.m.

PuckLuck_77

Joined: Mar. 2019

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To mess with LA. Causes depth issues and possible cap issues later when we try to re-activate Arvidsson.

That's assuming Vegas doesn't place him on waivers in a couple weeks when Theodore comes back and LA gets to re-claim him.

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Jan. 4 at 3:42 p.m.

Caniac555

Hurricane Waddell

Joined: May 2018

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As simple as bring him in, see what you’ve got, cheap to move on from. If you like him, you have a league min defenseman for another year.

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Jan. 4 at 3:43 p.m.

Rob32sjsharks

Joined: Apr. 2020

Posts: 11,226

Likes: 4,666

His name! It’s a great hockey name lol.

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Jan. 4 at 3:50 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

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For the same reason that Edmonton claimed Troy Grosenick, Buffalo claimed Christian Wolanin, and Nashville claimed Sammy ****emo. Why not?

With the injuries, Vegas has the salary and roster space. Worst case scenario, they can pick Bjornfot's brain on the Kings system and put him back on waivers in a few weeks when Theodore and Hutton are healthy.

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