Getting creative with Ellis in 2019

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Created by: TML_GM

Team: 2019-20 Toronto Maple Leafs

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 20, 2018

Published: Jul. 20, 2018

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Seems like a "creative" idea to solve the RHD whole with a quality player at a reasonable cost long term would be to work out a deal with another team if Ryan Ellis hits free agency. In that deal, the non-cap team who signs him to a 7 year 7 million dollar contract would then flip him to the Leafs at 50% retention for a generous futures package of picks and prospects. Essentially buying the futures in exchange for cash and their retention slot. I'm not sure if this would be legal from a CBA standpoint however.

Something similar with an already signed RHD (Pesce) here: https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/807825

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Matthews, Auston	8	$11,500,000
Marner, Mitchell	8	$7,500,000
Nylander, William	7	$6,500,000
Johnsson, Andreas	4	$2,500,000
Sparks, Garret	3	$1,025,000
Moore, Trevor	2	$800,000
Borgman, Andreas	2	$800,000
Ozhiganov, Igor	2	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ellis, Ryan		7	$3,500,000
Krüger, Marcus		1	$1,000,000

Trades

TOR

Vegas signs Ryan Ellis to 7x7 and then retains 50% to send him to the Leafs

Could be another team like Arizona instead.

A team that can afford the retention slot for the long term (possibly less if a new CBA allows a reset on that restriction), isn't traditionally at the cap max and is looking to stock up on futures.

VGK

Sandin, Rasmus
2020 1st round pick (TOR)
2021 2nd round pick (TOR)
2022 3rd round pick (TOR)

Additional Details:

RFA rights to Kapanen
RFA rights to Leivo
RFA rights to Carrick

Buyouts

Mikhail Grabovski: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Phil Kessel: $1,200,000 (15%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,000,000	$76,344,166	$0	$482,500	$5,655,834

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Johnsson, Andreas $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Matthews, Auston $11,500,000$11,500,000 C UFA - 5	Nylander, William $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW UFA - 5
Hyman, Zach $2,250,000$2,250,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 6	Marner, Mitchell $7,500,000$7,500,000 RW UFA - 6
Marleau, Patrick $700,000$700,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Bracco, Jeremy $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) RW UFA - 1
Grundström, Carl $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Krüger, Marcus $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA	Brown, Connor $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Moore, Trevor $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Gauthier, Frédérik $675,000$675,000 C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Rielly, Morgan $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD UFA - 3	Ellis, Ryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 8	Andersen, Frederik $5,000,000$5,000,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Dermott, Travis $863,333$863,333 LD/RD UFA - 1	Zaitsev, Nikita $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 5
	Liljegren, Timothy $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) RD RFA - 3	Sparks, Garret $1,025,000$1,025,000 G UFA - 1
Borgman, Andreas $800,000$800,000 LD UFA - 1	Ozhiganov, Igor $800,000$800,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Horton, Nathan $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Johnsson, A.		Matthews, A.		Kadri, N.
	Nylander, W.		Rielly, M.

Power Play 2
Marleau, P.		Tavares, J.		Bracco, J.
	Marner, M.		Ellis, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Krüger, M.	Grundström, C.
	Zaitsev, N.	Borgman, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	Hyman, Z.	Brown, C.
	Ellis, R.	Rielly, M.

Jul. 20, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

Goldendelicious

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 665

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Creative thought, but no way Vegas is going to sign a guy like Ellis to trade him. Again, way to much in terms of picks and prospects going out the door for Ellis. He's not a #1 defenseman.

Jul. 20, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

saint2e

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 18

Likes: 2

I'm intrigued by the strategy. I don't know if a team would handcuff themselves $3.5M for 7 years, but I suppose that's where the picks and prospects come in to make it worth their while.

Jul. 20, 2018 at 11:14 a.m.

theturnaround

Joined: May 2018

Posts: 234

Likes: 43

you just gave up a first,second and third plus your first pick this year, kapanan and 2 others for 3.5 mil in cap space. its called get rid of that junk guy named zietsev. this is the worst idea i have ever seen just because what you gave up. creative but not effective

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