Kovalchuk

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Created by: Greenothemeano

Team: 2018-19 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 21, 2018

Published: Jun. 21, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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I think they should try to find a trade partner or buyout Backes but they've already announced they don't plan on buying anyone out this season so I figured I wouldn't do something Sweeney has already said they don't plan on doing. They'll have cap space next year when Chara and mcquaid expire plus they can buy out backes next year if they still haven't found a trade partner so they'll have money to resign McAvoy, Carlo, Donato, Heinen, etc. If they can get Kovalchuk for around $6 mil for a couple of years, I think that would be a good investment because if he can still score at a similar pace to his KHL totals we will have much better depth and it'll make the offense harder to stop. The Bruins should focus on keeping the 1st line together because nobody could contain them this past season and why would you mess with their chemistry by moving Pasta to Krejci's wing?

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kuraly, Sean		2	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Kovalchuk, Ilya	2	$6,000,000
Schaller, Tim	1	$1,500,000
Khudobin, Anton	2	$1,750,000

Buyouts

Dennis Seidenberg: $1,166,667
Jimmy Hayes: $866,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Matt Beleskey: $1,900,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$80,000,000	$77,690,668	$774,000	$3,737,500	$2,309,332

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW UFA - 5
DeBrusk, Jake $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) RW, LW UFA - 2	Krejci, David $7,250,000$7,250,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Kovalchuk, Ilya $6,000,000$6,000,000
Bjork, Anders $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Donato, Ryan $900,000$900,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Heinen, Danton $872,500$872,500 ($212,500$212K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Schaller, Tim $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW UFA - 2	Backes, David $4,500,000$4,500,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 3	Acciari, Noel $725,000$725,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Kuraly, Sean $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chara, Zdeno $5,000,000$5,000,000 ($1,750,000$2M) LD NMC UFA - 1	McAvoy, Charlie $916,667$916,667 ($500,000$500K) RD UFA - 1	Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Krug, Torey $5,250,000$5,250,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Carlo, Brandon $789,167$789,167 RD UFA - 1
Grzelcyk, Matt $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD UFA - 2	Miller, Kevan $2,500,000$2,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Khudobin, Anton $1,750,000$1,750,000 G UFA - 2
Vaakanainen, Urho $925,000$925,000 LD/RD RFA - 4	McQuaid, Adam $2,750,000$2,750,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Marchand, B.		Bergeron, P.		Pastrnak, D.
	Krug, T.		Krejci, D.

Power Play 2
Kovalchuk, I.		Heinen, D.		Donato, R.
	DeBrusk, J.		McAvoy, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Bergeron, P.	Marchand, B.
	Chara, Z.	Carlo, B.

Penalty Kill 2
	Backes, D.	Schaller, T.
	Miller, K.	McAvoy, C.

Jun. 21, 2018 at 2:05 p.m.

Acegamer

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 1,261

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Kovalchuk scares me, I don't mind experimenting, but for 6 mil a year I think it is too risky for an aging player. That being said I understand you picked 6 mil a year because that is probably what he will get. But I think the Bruins should look elsewhere.

Jun. 21, 2018 at 2:13 p.m.

AlphaHockey65

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 564

Likes: 155

Quoting: l19f9

I agree. Kovalchuk is heading into his late 30s so anything more than 1-2 years is worrisome. He still has talent and his KHL numbers are great but the team he played on is so stacked lol.

Bruins also have to try to see if Backes/Krejci can be shopped around after this season as McAvoy, DeBrusk and company might get costly.

Jun. 21, 2018 at 2:45 p.m.

Bruinsdiehard

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 202

Likes: 10

I like your reasoning about keeping the 1st line together, and I completely agree. But the Bruins would get very little cap relief by buying out Backes contract. His contract was structured in such a way as to intentionally prevent the Bruins from buying it out in later years.

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