Free Agent Splashes to Be Competitive

Created by: OldNYIfan

Team: 2024-25 Arizona Coyotes

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 25, 2024

Published: Apr. 25, 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

Utah's new owner says that he and his wife want their team to be competitive right out of the box, so I expect them to aggressively pursue free agents in the off season. I don't expect them to be able to land any of the big names (Guentzel, Lindholm, Reinhart, Pesce, Roy) but I'll take Chandler Stephenson or Sean Monahan at $5.5 million for however many years they want and Jonathan Marchessault or Tyler Toffoli at $6 million for however many years they want. (If Utah can't land one of the latter, maybe they can sign Jake DeBrusk for up to $5 million.) Brady Skjei should like his number and term.

None of the current crop of free-agent goaltenders appealed to me, at least for Utah.

Toronto fans are always insisting that Timothy Liljegren is worth more than a second, so, here's twice that.

Utah puts an end to the previous regime's Barrett Hayton mistake; Habs fans keep telling everyone that Jordan Harris or Jayden Struble has to go. I'll take either.

A couple of recent first-round draft picks signed off the Reserve List even though I don't think that will happen this season; I'm just doing this so no one forgets who's in the pipeline.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
But, Daniil		3	$950,000
Simashev, Dmitri		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Durzi, Sean	7	$6,000,000
Liljegren, Timothy	1	$2,800,000
Kesselring, Michael	2	$2,000,000
Moser, J.J.	2	$2,000,000
Välimäki, Juuso	1	$2,000,000
Söderström, Victor	2	$1,300,000
Kelemen, Milos	2	$850,000
Jeník, Jan	2	$813,750
McCartney, Ben	2	$813,750

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Skjei, Brady	5	$6,500,000
Toffoli, Tyler	3	$6,000,000
Stephenson, Chandler	5	$5,500,000
O'Brien, Liam	2	$950,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Buium, Zeev		3	$975,000

Trades

ARI

Liljegren, Timothy [RFA Rights]

TOR

2024 2nd round pick (FLA)
2025 2nd round pick (TOR)

Buried

Victor Söderström: $150,000 ($1,300,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,500,000	$81,022,143	$0	$4,407,500	$6,477,857

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Keller, Clayton $7,150,000$7,150,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Stephenson, Chandler $5,500,000$5,500,000 C, LW UFA	Schmaltz, Nick $5,850,000$5,850,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2
Crouse, Lawson $4,300,000$4,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Cooley, Logan $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) C RFA - 2	Toffoli, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Maccelli, Matias $3,425,000$3,425,000 LW RFA - 2	McBain, Jack $1,599,999$1,599,999 C, LW RFA - 1	Guenther, Dylan $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Kerfoot, Alexander $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Bjugstad, Nick $2,100,000$2,100,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Doan, Josh $925,000$925,000 RW RFA - 2
Carcone, Michael $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
O'Brien, Liam $950,000$950,000 LW, RW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Skjei, Brady $6,500,000$6,500,000 LD UFA	Durzi, Sean $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD/RD RFA	Vejmelka, Karel $2,725,000$2,725,000 G UFA - 1
Välimäki, Juuso $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD RFA	Liljegren, Timothy $2,800,000$2,800,000 RD RFA	Ingram, Connor $1,950,000$1,950,000 G UFA - 2
Moser, J.J. $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD RFA	Kesselring, Michael $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Weber, Shea $7,857,143$7,857,143 RD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Apr. 25 at 11:45 p.m.

DeclanLovesHockey

Joined: Nov. 2023

Posts: 104

Likes: 38

As much as I love Lilly leafs would be stupid not to accept that

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Apr. 25 at 11:49 p.m.

Random2152

Just Keep Swimming

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Quoting: DeclanLovesHockey

As much as I love Lilly leafs would be stupid not to accept that

Can't see any reason Lily would be worth less than Sandy. Being right handed should mean a better return.
Would look like:
2 early 2nds (top 40), both in same year
late 1st + late 2nd (dif years)

Besides, it isn't just a value issue. Why would the Leafs do this? How does this help them? We have been looking for RHD for years and now you want to jettison the homegrown one for picks?

Apr. 25 at 11:56 p.m.

MontysPython

Player Model Maker

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 1,118

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Quoting: Random2152

flip the picks?

Apr. 25 at 11:57 p.m.

Random2152

Just Keep Swimming

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 9,336

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Quoting: MontysPython

flip the picks?

For what? A young RHD?

Apr. 25 at 11:59 p.m.

MontysPython

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Quoting: Random2152

For what? A young RHD?

a vet RHD with playoff experience`\/(••)\/`

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