Realistic Jack Johnson Trade

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Created by: TheExpert

Team: 2018-19 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 7, 2019

Published: Feb. 7, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Notice how I didn't make a trade? That's because there's no such thing as a realistic Jack Johnson trade. The problem with trading JJ this season is the fact that the combination of his play and contract gives him a virtually negative trade value. The Pens would have to trade him with a significant asset to make a deal even plausible. Then there's the possibility that they'd have to retain salary.. I've seen some trades that could work, but not this season. The earliest a trade will even become a possibility is next season, and that's only if he shows improvements. Although I do believe that's possible if the Pens play to their full potential as a team. The most realistic time frame for a JJ trade would be sometime between the 2020 draft and 2021-22 trade deadline. At this point they could be able to make a trade similar to the Hunwick/Sheary deal with Buffalo.

Retained Salary Transactions

Carl Hagelin: $250,000 (6.25%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020
2021

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LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$79,500,000	$75,036,559	$0	$982,500	$4,463,441

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $734,167$734,167 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW UFA - 1	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Simon, Dominik $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Hörnqvist, Patric $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW NTC UFA - 5
Pearson, Tanner $3,750,000$3,750,000 LW UFA - 3	Bjugstad, Nick $2,050,000$2,050,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Kessel, Phil $6,800,000$6,800,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Blueger, Teddy $650,000$650,000 C, LW UFA - 1	McCann, Jared $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Aston-Reese, Zach $925,000$925,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 5	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Murray, Matt $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 2
Määttä, Olli $3,333,225$3,333,225 LD UFA - 4	Schultz, Justin $5,500,000$5,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	DeSmith, Casey $675,000$675,000 G UFA - 1
Pettersson, Marcus $794,167$794,167 LD UFA - 1	Riikola, Juuso $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Cullen, Matt $650,000$650,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Johnson, Jack $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD UFA - 5
Ruhwedel, Chad $650,000$650,000 RD UFA - 1

Feb. 7, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

MisstheWhalers

Joined: Jan. 2019

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He's Crosby's buddy, he ain't going anywhere.

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Feb. 7, 2019 at 6:15 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

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Yep, sure is difficult to trade a unwanted player with four years of term after this year. With a 5..525m raise to Guentzal next season, not a flexible cap for Pens.

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Feb. 7, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

TheExpert

Thread Starter

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 312

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Quoting: palhal

Yep, sure is difficult to trade a unwanted player with four years of term after this year. With a 5..525m raise to Guentzal next season, not a flexible cap for Pens.

Unless they resign all of their young players to team-friendly deals a cap casualty seems inevitable. If Blueger or Aston-Reese can earn a larger role, Pearson will be the most likely candidate.

Feb. 7, 2019 at 6:27 p.m.

tatatavares

Big John T

Joined: Sep. 2018

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For all the hockey smarts in the NHL

There's a lot of old boys repeating the same mistakes over and over.
JJ was guaranteed to be a bad contract because age related decline was multiplied by the term.
It's an absolute disaster 1 year in though. You can blame the salary on a bidding war, but giving term was an inexcusable mistake.

Is it buyout proof because of the age 35+ season? Otherwise I guess they hold it for 1 more season, and then pay a team starting their rebuild to warehouse the contract.

Feb. 7, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.

Britishbulldog

C,mon Leafs...Please

Joined: Jun. 2015

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Quoting: tatatavares

The '35+' clause is only for when the contract is signed when the player is 35 + at the time of signing

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Feb. 7, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

awesome

Joined: Jun. 2018

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Quoting: tatatavares

He was already not a good player so term on its own isn't an issue. If it was 1.5m for five years you can easily bury, trade, buyout, or even just use him as a 7th defenseman. But because he takes up over 3m of cap space(which is more in line with what a 2nd pairing defenseman would make) its harder to trade, cant really buyout easily, you can bury him in the AHL but that leaves you with 2million of a cap hit still.

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Feb. 7, 2019 at 7:33 p.m.

tydini11

Re-sign Bo

Joined: Dec. 2018

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Is he still bankrupt?

Feb. 7, 2019 at 8:26 p.m.

aedoran

Joined: Dec. 2017

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Quoting: awesome

That's what I was thinking they could bury him.

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