Had a Thought - Lemme Know What You Think After Reading Description

Created by: Anus_McLeod

Team: 2024-25 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2024

Published: Mar. 14, 2024

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

Not sure if there would be appetite for this from either side, but the thought popped into my head for some reason. Colton has a NTC that kicks in next year, so theoretically the trade could happen before it goes into effect. The Avs have been quite happy with Colton, but it could be where they save some much needed money.

Anyway, Colorado bets on a young player with a high ceiling and saves a bit of cap by doing so. Ritchie replaces Colton as 3C. Meanwhile, NY gets a sure thing for four more years but also adds some cap in the short term. This adds protection for the Chytil injury as well.

I don't know who (if anyone) adds here. I'm tempted to say NY since Kakko is having a very rough season, but I also recognize that high potential has value. Thus, I ended up leaving it as a straight up trade and would like to hear some opinions from both sides.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Behrens, Sean		3	$925,000
Ritchie, Calum		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kakko, Kaapo	2	$2,400,000
Annunen, Justus	2	$775,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	4	$6,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnson, Jack		1	$800,000

Trades

COL

Kakko, Kaapo [RFA Rights]

NYR

Colton, Ross

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
22	$87,700,000	$87,313,750	$0	$57,500	$386,250

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lehkonen, Artturi $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	MacKinnon, Nathan $12,600,000$12,600,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 1
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 5	Mittelstadt, Casey $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, C RFA	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,125,000$6,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Kovalenko, Nikolai $896,250$896,250 ($57,500$58K) RW RFA - 1	Ritchie, Calum $950,000$950,000 C RFA	Kakko, Kaapo $2,400,000$2,400,000 RW RFA
Wood, Miles $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 5	Foudy, Jean-Luc $847,500$847,500 C RFA - 1	O'Connor, Logan $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Toews, Devon $7,250,000$7,250,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 3	Georgiev, Alexandar $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 1
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Manson, Josh $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Annunen, Justus $775,000$775,000 G RFA - 2
Johnson, Jack $800,000$800,000 LD UFA	Malinski, Sam $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 1